1968 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1968 Indiana Hoosiers football
1968 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–4 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Pont (4th season);
MVP	Harry Gonso, Al Gage
Captain	Al Gage, Jerry Grecco, Jim Sniadecki
Home stadium	Seventeenth Street Stadium
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1968 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 John Pont, in his fourth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1968 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
No. 12 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Indiana	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Wisconsin	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	Baylor*	No. 15	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 40–36	44,382
September 28	at No. 12 Kansas*	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 20–38	38,470–44,000
October 5	Illinois		Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 28–14	50,241–50,996
October 12	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 38–34	54,633
October 19	No. 18 Michigan	No. 19	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 22–27	51,951
October 26	Arizona*		Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 16–13	44,847
November 2	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 21–20	51,666
November 9	at No. 17 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)		W 24–22	65,841
November 16	Minnesota	No. 19	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 6–20	49,234
November 23	at No. 12 Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		L 35–38	63,294
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1968 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT	`71`	John Andrews	So
C	`53`	Steve Applegate	Jr
QB	`14`	Greg Brown	So
WR	`40`	Jade Butcher	Jr
G	`63`	Don DeSalle	Jr
TE	`81`	Al Gage	Sr
QB	`16`	Harry Gonso	Jr
HB	`17`	John Isenbarger	Jr
WR	`88`	Ken Long	Sr
RB	`10`	Bob Pernell	So
QB	`18`	Mike Perry	Sr
OT	`79`	Rick Spickard	Sr
WR	`89`	Eric Stolberg	Jr
RB	`15`	Rick Thompson	So
G	`73`	Bill Wood	So
QB	`13`	George Wortley	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`45`	Mike Adams	Jr
S	`33`	Mike Baughman	Jr
DE	`80`	Tom Bilanus	Sr
DB	`22`	Nate Cunningham	Sr
DT	`60`	Jerry Grecco	Sr
S	`20`	Jay Mathias	Jr
DB	`21`	Benny Norman	Jr
LB	`54`	Karl Pankratz	Jr
LB	`46`	Dan Silas	So
LB	`83`	Jim Sniadecki	Sr
DE	`61`	Cal Snowden	Sr
DT	`75`	Bob White	So
DT	`97`	Bill Wolfe	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class