1917 Indiana
5–2 (1–2 Western Conference), coached by Jumbo Stiehm. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Wabash 51–0Oct 6
By 51 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | vsFranklin | W 50–0 | 85% |
| Oct 6 | vsWabash | W 51–0 | 84% |
| Oct 13 | vsSaint Louis | W 40–0 | 87% |
| Oct 27 | at Minnesota | L 9–33 | 23% |
| Nov 3 | vs Ohio State | L 3–26 | 39% |
| Nov 10 | vsDePauw | W 35–0 | 85% |
| Nov 24 | at Purdue | W 37–0 | 44% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Purdue 37–0; 7th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).
- Record
- 5–2
- Conference
- 1–2 7th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 225–59
- Coach
- Jumbo Stiehm
- Elo
- 1479 +44 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 16.7 No. 25 of 88 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Russell Hathaway
All-Big Ten
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From Wikipedia’s 1917 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1917 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 4–0 | 8–0–1 | |
| Minnesota | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
 Northwestern | 3–2 | 5–2 | |
 Wisconsin | 3–2 | 4–2–1 | |
 Illinois | 2–2–1 | 5–2–1 | |
| Chicago | 2–2–1 | 3–2–1 | |
| Indiana | 1–2 | 5–2 | |
 Michigan | 0–1 | 8–2 | |
| Purdue | 0–4 | 3–4 | |
 Iowa | 0–2 | 3–5 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.