1966 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1966 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season. 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.

1966 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	1
No. 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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17		Miami (OH)*	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 10–20	28,538
September 24		at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 26–14	37,777
October 1	7:30 p.m.	at Texas*	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 0–35	56,000	^[1]
October 8		Minnesota	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	T 7–7	34,721
October 15		Illinois	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 10–24	39,339–39,399
October 21		at Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 7–14	17,627
October 29		at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 19–20	38,952
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 (rivalry)	L 19–37	30,096
November 19		at No. 10 Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 6–51	62,197
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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