1948 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1948 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1948 Big Nine Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Nine Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Clyde B. Smith, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Record2–7 (2–4 Big Nine)

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1948 Big Nine Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Michigan $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
No. 7 Northwestern	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Minnesota	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Purdue	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Indiana	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Illinois	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Indiana was ranked at No. 63 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 35–7	40,000	^[2]
October 2	Iowa		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 7–0
October 9	TCU*	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 6–7	28,000	^[3]^[4]
October 16	Ohio State		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 0–17	32,000	^[5]
October 23	at Pittsburgh*		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 14–21	17,118	^[6]
October 30	at No. 15 Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 7–30	64,926
November 6	No. 1 Notre Dame*		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 6–42	34,000
November 13	at No. 1 Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–54	84,043
November 20	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 0–39	47,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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