1963 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1963 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1963 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Phil Dickens, in his sixth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1963 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–6 (1–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPTom Nowatzke
CaptainDick Wervey
Home stadiumSeventeenth Street Stadium
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Illinois $ 5 1 1 8 1 1
No. 9 Michigan State 4 1 1 6 2 1
Ohio State 4 1 1 5 3 1
Purdue 4 3 0 5 4 0
Northwestern 3 4 0 5 4 0
Wisconsin 3 4 0 5 4 0
Michigan 2 3 2 3 4 2
Iowa 2 3 1 3 3 2
Minnesota 2 5 0 3 6 0
Indiana 1 5 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at No. 7 NorthwesternL 21–3440,868
October 5Ohio StateL 0–2142,296
October 12at IowaL 26–3758,600
October 19at Michigan StateL 3–2052,297
October 26Cincinnati*
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 20–634,583
November 2at MinnesotaW 24–651,657
November 9Oregon State* 
  • Seventeenth Street Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 20–1525,846–25,895
November 16at Oregon*L 22–2819,051[1]
November 30Purdue
L 15–2133,987
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1964 NFL draftees edit

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Marv Woodson Defensive end 1 8 Baltimore Colts

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References edit

  1. ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 17, 1963). "Murphy's catch brings Oregon 28-22 win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  2. ^ "1963 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "1963 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "1963 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  6. ^ "1964 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2007.