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1964 Indiana

2–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Phil Dickens.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1964, game by game: lost vs. Northwestern 13–14; lost at No. 5 Ohio State 9–17; lost vs. Iowa 20–21; won vs. Michigan State 27–20; won at Miami 28–14; lost vs. Minnesota 0–21; lost at Oregon State 14–24; lost vs. Oregon 21–29; lost at Purdue 22–28+14−21Lost 13–14 vs. Northwestern-1NorthwesternLost 9–17 at No. 5 Ohio State-8No. 5 Ohio StateLost 20–21 vs. Iowa-1IowaWon 27–20 vs. Michigan State+7Michigan StateWon 28–14 at Miami+14MiamiLost 0–21 vs. Minnesota-21MinnesotaLost 14–24 at Oregon State-10Oregon StateLost 21–29 vs. Oregon-8OregonLost 22–28 at Purdue-6Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsNorthwesternL 13–⁠1445%
Oct 3at5Ohio StateL 9–⁠1729%
Oct 10vsIowaL 20–⁠2144%
Oct 17vsMichigan StateW 27–⁠2041%
Oct 23atMiamiW 28–⁠1452%
Oct 31vsMinnesotaL 0–⁠2160%
Nov 7atOregon StateL 14–⁠2423%
Nov 14vsOregonL 21–⁠2932%
Nov 21atPurdueL 22–⁠2827%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 28–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 69th-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 1964.

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 9th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
154–⁠188
Coach
Phil Dickens
Elo
1440 −44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.8 No. 38 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Rich Badar and Mel Branch
Most valuable player
Rich Badar

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 1Tom Nowatzke RBDetroit Lions

All-Big Ten

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠19–⁠14
Ohio State5–⁠17–⁠29
Purdue5–⁠26–⁠3
Illinois4–⁠36–⁠3
Minnesota4–⁠35–⁠4
Michigan State3–⁠34–⁠5
Wisconsin2–⁠53–⁠6
Northwestern2–⁠53–⁠6
Iowa1–⁠53–⁠6
Indiana1–⁠52–⁠7

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