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1942 Indiana

7–⁠3 (2–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by Bo McMillin.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1942, game by game: won vs. Butler 53–0; lost at Ohio State 21–32; won at Nebraska 12–0; won at Pittsburgh 19–7; lost vs. Iowa 13–14; lost vs. Iowa Pre-Flight 6–26; won at No. 7 Minnesota 7–0; won vs. Kansas State 54–0; won at Purdue 20–0; won at Fort Knox 51–0+54−20Won 53–0 vs. Butler+53ButlerLost 21–32 at Ohio State-11Ohio StateWon 12–0 at Nebraska+12NebraskaWon 19–7 at Pittsburgh+12PittsburghLost 13–14 vs. Iowa-1IowaLost 6–26 vs. Iowa Pre-Flight-20Iowa Pre-FlightWon 7–0 at No. 7 Minnesota+7No. 7 MinnesotaWon 54–0 vs. Kansas State+54Kansas StateWon 20–0 at Purdue+20PurdueWon 51–0 at Fort Knox+51Fort Knox
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsButlerW 53–⁠089%
Oct 3atOhio StateL 21–⁠3229%
Oct 10atNebraskaW 12–⁠035%
Oct 17atPittsburghW 19–⁠741%
Oct 24vsIowaL 13–⁠1467%
Oct 31vsIowa Pre-FlightL 6–⁠2648%
Nov 7at7MinnesotaW 7–⁠021%
Nov 14vsKansas StateW 54–⁠085%
Nov 21atPurdueW 20–⁠070%
Nov 28atFort KnoxW 51–⁠086%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Fort Knox 51–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 18

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1942.

Heisman voteBilly Hillenbrand, fifth

Led the nationBilly Hillenbrand: punt return yards (481 yds), punt return average (20.9)

Consensus All-AmericanBilly Hillenbrand, RB

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠2 tied for 5th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
256–⁠79
Coach
Bo McMillin
Elo
1566 +96 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.6 No. 29 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bob White
Most valuable player
Lou Saban

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State5–⁠19–⁠11
Wisconsin4–⁠18–⁠1–⁠13
Michigan3–⁠27–⁠39
Illinois3–⁠26–⁠4
Iowa3–⁠36–⁠4
Minnesota3–⁠35–⁠419
Indiana2–⁠27–⁠3
Purdue1–⁠41–⁠8
Northwestern0–⁠61–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.