1970 Indiana Hoosiers football team

American college football season

1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Purdue	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his sixth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	Colorado *	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 9–16	42,174
September 26	4:31 p.m.	at California *	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–56	29,857
October 3	No. 14 West Virginia *	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 10–16	44,882	^[1]
October 10	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 0–23	40,220
October 17	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 30–24	42,079–42,708
October 24	1:30 pm	Wisconsin ^dagger	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 12–30	48,643
October 31	Michigan State	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	L 7–32	41,126
November 7	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 13–42	43,217
November 14	Northwestern	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–21	25,778
November 21	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 0–40	69,357
*Non-conference game ^daggerHomecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Player Position Round Pick NFL club

John Andrews Tight end 5 130 Baltimore Colts

Chris Morris Guard 10 258 Minnesota Vikings

^ "Hoosiers shaken, 16–10". Chicago Tribune. October 4, 1970. Retrieved January 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1970 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^ "1970 Football Schedule". Indiana University . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^ "1970 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
^ "1971 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.

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