1966 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1966 Indiana Hoosiers football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1966 record	1–8–1 (1–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Pont
Home stadium	Seventeenth Street Stadium (Capacity: 48,344)

1966 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	1
#7 Purdue	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Michigan	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Ohio State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	5	–	1	1	–	8	–	1
Iowa	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1966 college 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 John Pont, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17		Miami (OH)*	Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 10–20	-
September 24		at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 26–14	-
October 1	7:30 PM	at Texas*	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 0–35	56,000
October 8		Minnesota	Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, IN	T 7–7	34,721
October 15		Illinois	Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 10–24	-
October 21		at Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	L 7–14	-
October 29		at Iowa	Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 19–20	-
November 5		at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 0–7	80,834
November 12		No. 2 Michigan State	Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)	L 19–37	30,096
November 19		at No. 10 Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 6–51	-
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Bob Van Pelt	Center	5	114	Philadelphia Eagles

Indiana Hoosiers football

Venues	Jordan Field (1887–1924) Memorial Stadium (old) (1925–1959) Memorial Stadium (1960–present) John Mellencamp Pavilion (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kentucky (The Bourbon Barrel) Michigan State (Old Brass Spittoon) Purdue (Old Oaken Bucket)

Culture & lore	"Indiana, Our Indiana" Marching Hundred

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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