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1968 Indiana

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Big Ten), coached by John Pont.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1968, game by game: won vs. Baylor 40–36; lost at No. 12 Kansas 20–38; won vs. Illinois 28–14; won at Iowa 38–34; lost vs. No. 18 Michigan 22–27; won vs. Arizona 16–13; won at Wisconsin 21–20; won at No. 17 Michigan State 24–22; lost vs. Minnesota 6–20; lost at No. 12 Purdue 35–38+14−18Won 40–36 vs. Baylor+4BaylorLost 20–38 at No. 12 Kansas-18No. 12 KansasWon 28–14 vs. Illinois+14IllinoisWon 38–34 at Iowa+4IowaLost 22–27 vs. No. 18 Michigan-5No. 18 MichiganWon 16–13 vs. Arizona+3ArizonaWon 21–20 at Wisconsin+1WisconsinWon 24–22 at No. 17 Michigan State+2No. 17 Michigan StateLost 6–20 vs. Minnesota-14MinnesotaLost 35–38 at No. 12 Purdue-3No. 12 Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsBaylorW 40–⁠3672%
Sep 28at12KansasL 20–⁠3843%
Oct 5vsIllinoisW 28–⁠1473%
Oct 12atIowaW 38–⁠3465%
Oct 19vs18MichiganL 22–⁠2756%
Oct 26vsArizonaW 16–⁠1355%
Nov 2atWisconsinW 21–⁠2075%
Nov 9at17Michigan StateW 24–⁠2239%
Nov 16vsMinnesotaL 6–⁠2058%
Nov 23at12PurdueL 35–⁠3824%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 38–⁠35; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 3: 13
  4. Wk 6: 19
  5. Wk 10: 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 1968.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 5th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
250–⁠262
Coach
John Pont
Elo
1507 −21 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.0 No. 41 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Al Gage, Jerry Grecco and Jim Sniadecki
Most valuable player
Harry Gonso and Al Gage

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 4Jim Sniadecki LBSan Francisco 49ers

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State7–⁠010–⁠01
Michigan6–⁠18–⁠212
Purdue5–⁠28–⁠210
Minnesota5–⁠26–⁠4
Indiana4–⁠36–⁠4
Iowa4–⁠35–⁠5
Michigan State2–⁠55–⁠5
Northwestern1–⁠61–⁠9
Illinois1–⁠61–⁠9
Wisconsin0–⁠70–⁠10

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