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1950 Indiana

3–⁠5–⁠1 (1–⁠4 Western Conference), coached by Clyde Smith.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1950, game by game: tied at Nebraska 20–20; won vs. No. 17 Iowa 20–7; lost vs. No. 12 Ohio State 14–26; won vs. No. 11 Notre Dame 20–7; lost at No. 12 Illinois 0–20; lost at No. 13 Michigan State 0–35; lost at Michigan 7–20; won vs. Marquette 18–7; lost at Purdue 0–13+13−35Tied 20–20 at Nebraska0NebraskaWon 20–7 vs. No. 17 Iowa+13No. 17 IowaLost 14–26 vs. No. 12 Ohio State-12No. 12 Ohio StateWon 20–7 vs. No. 11 Notre Dame+13No. 11 Notre DameLost 0–20 at No. 12 Illinois-20No. 12 IllinoisLost 0–35 at No. 13 Michigan State-35No. 13 Michigan StateLost 7–20 at Michigan-13MichiganWon 18–7 vs. Marquette+11MarquetteLost 0–13 at Purdue-13Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30atNebraskaT 20–⁠2038%
Oct 7vs17IowaW 20–⁠745%
Oct 14vs12Ohio StateL 14–⁠2636%
Oct 21vs11Notre DameW 20–⁠723%
Oct 28at12IllinoisL 0–⁠2031%
Nov 4at13Michigan StateL 0–⁠3519%
Nov 11atMichiganL 7–⁠2022%
Nov 18vsMarquetteW 18–⁠749%
Nov 25atPurdueL 0–⁠1349%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 13–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 19

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 1950.

Record
3–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 8th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
99–⁠155
Coach
Clyde Smith
Elo
1434 +18 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.4 No. 49 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ernest Kovatch
Most valuable player
Bob Robertson

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

  • Cliff AndersonEUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠19
Wisconsin5–⁠26–⁠3
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠314
Illinois4–⁠27–⁠213
Northwestern3–⁠36–⁠3
Iowa2–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Purdue1–⁠42–⁠7

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