1973 Indiana

2–⁠9 (0–⁠8 Big Ten), coached by Lee Corso. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest upsetBeat No. 20 West Virginia 28–⁠14Oct 6
West Virginia was ranked No. 20, above it.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 15	vsIllinois	L 14–⁠28	53%
Sep 22	atArizona	L 10–⁠26	29%
Sep 29	vsKentucky	W 17–⁠3	52%
Oct 6	at20West Virginia	W 28–⁠14	20%
Oct 13	atMinnesota	L 3–⁠24	48%
Oct 20	vs1Ohio State	L 7–⁠37	26%
Oct 27	atWisconsin	L 7–⁠31	45%
Nov 3	at4Michigan	L 13–⁠49	9%
Nov 10	vsNorthwestern	L 20–⁠21	62%
Nov 17	atMichigan State	L 9–⁠10	27%
Nov 24	vsPurdue	L 23–⁠28	44%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 28–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Rd 1

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2 first team, 1 second team

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Michigan	7–⁠0–⁠1	10–⁠0–⁠1	6
Ohio State	7–⁠0–⁠1	10–⁠0–⁠1	2
Minnesota	6–⁠2	7–⁠4
Purdue	4–⁠4	5–⁠6
Michigan State	4–⁠4	5–⁠6
Illinois	4–⁠4	5–⁠6
Northwestern	4–⁠4	4–⁠7
Wisconsin	3–⁠5	4–⁠7
Indiana	0–⁠8	2–⁠9
Iowa	0–⁠8	0–⁠11

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