1962 Indiana

3–⁠6 (1–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Phil Dickens.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1962, game by game: won vs. Kansas State 21–0; won at Cincinnati 26–6; lost at Wisconsin 6–30; lost vs. Iowa 10–14; lost at Washington State 15–21; lost vs. No. 10 Michigan State 8–26; lost vs. No. 1 Northwestern 21–26; lost at Ohio State 7–10; won at Purdue 12–7+21−24Won 21–0 vs. Kansas State+21Kansas StateWon 26–6 at Cincinnati+20CincinnatiLost 6–30 at Wisconsin-24WisconsinLost 10–14 vs. Iowa-4IowaLost 15–21 at Washington State-6Washington StateLost 8–26 vs. No. 10 Michigan State-18No. 10 Michigan StateLost 21–26 vs. No. 1 Northwestern-5No. 1 NorthwesternLost 7–10 at Ohio State-3Ohio StateWon 12–7 at Purdue+5Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Purdue 12–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

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 1962.

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠5 9th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
126–⁠140
Coach
Phil Dickens
Elo
1447 +13 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.4 No. 27 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Nate Ramsey
Most valuable player
Woody Moore

Drafted in 1963

The 1963 draft
Rd 6John Johnson OTChicago Bears

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1962 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wisconsin6–⁠18–⁠22
Minnesota5–⁠26–⁠2–⁠110
Northwestern4–⁠27–⁠2
Ohio State4–⁠26–⁠3
Michigan State3–⁠35–⁠4
Purdue3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Iowa3–⁠34–⁠5
Illinois2–⁠52–⁠7
Indiana1–⁠53–⁠6
Michigan1–⁠62–⁠7

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