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1969 Indiana

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

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1969, game by game: won at Kentucky 58–30; lost vs. California 14–17; lost at Colorado 7–30; won vs. Minnesota 17–7; won vs. Illinois 41–20; lost at Wisconsin 34–36; won at Michigan State 16–0; lost vs. Iowa 17–28; lost at Northwestern 27–30; lost vs. No. 17 Purdue 21–44+28−23Won 58–30 at Kentucky+28KentuckyLost 14–17 vs. California-3CaliforniaLost 7–30 at Colorado-23ColoradoWon 17–7 vs. Minnesota+10MinnesotaWon 41–20 vs. Illinois+21IllinoisLost 34–36 at Wisconsin-2WisconsinWon 16–0 at Michigan State+16Michigan StateLost 17–28 vs. Iowa-11IowaLost 27–30 at Northwestern-3NorthwesternLost 21–44 vs. No. 17 Purdue-23No. 17 Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atKentuckyW 58–⁠3051%
Sep 27vsCaliforniaL 14–⁠1759%
Oct 4atColoradoL 7–⁠3045%
Oct 11vsMinnesotaW 17–⁠757%
Oct 18vsIllinoisW 41–⁠2081%
Oct 25atWisconsinL 34–⁠3672%
Nov 1atMichigan StateW 16–⁠037%
Nov 8vsIowaL 17–⁠2874%
Nov 15atNorthwesternL 27–⁠3064%
Nov 22vs17PurdueL 21–⁠4436%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 44–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 10
Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
252–⁠242
Coach
John Pont
Elo
1463 −41 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.7 No. 45 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Steve Applegate, Harry Gonso and Karl Pankratz
Most valuable player
John Isenbarger

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 2John Isenbarger RBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 6Jade Butcher WRAtlanta Falcons

All-Big Ten

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State6–⁠18–⁠14
Michigan6–⁠18–⁠39
Purdue5–⁠28–⁠218
Minnesota4–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa3–⁠45–⁠5
Indiana3–⁠44–⁠6
Wisconsin3–⁠43–⁠7
Northwestern3–⁠43–⁠7
Michigan State2–⁠54–⁠6
Illinois0–⁠70–⁠10

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