American college football season
The 1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his eighth and final year as head coach of the Hoosiers, before being fired at the end of the season.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 16 | | Minnesota | | W 27–23 | 35,783 | |
September 23 | | TCU* | - Memorial Stadium
- Bloomington, IN
| L 28–31 | 34,004 | |
September 30 | | at Kentucky* | | W 35–34 | 37,500 | [1] |
October 7 | | at Syracuse* | | W 10–2 | 18,444 | |
October 14 | | Wisconsin | - Memorial Stadium
- Bloomington, IN
| W 33–7 | 50,122 | |
October 21 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 4 Ohio State | | L 7–44 | 86,365 | |
October 28 | | at Northwestern | | L 14–23 | 32,007 | |
November 4 | | No. 4 Michigan | - Memorial Stadium
- Bloomington, IN
| L 7–21 | 41,336 | |
November 11 | | at Illinois | | L 20–37 | 55,077 | |
November 18 | | Iowa | - Memorial Stadium
- Bloomington, IN
| W 16–8 | 27,440 | |
November 25 | | at Purdue | | L 7–42 | 65,605 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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1973 NFL draftees
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