1949 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1949 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Clyde B. Smith, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Record1–8 (0–6 Big Nine)

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1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Ohio State +	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	2
No. 7 Michigan +	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Purdue	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Indiana	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 6–49	53,844
October 1	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–46	70,568
October 8	TCU*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 6–13	20,000	^[1]
October 15	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 9–35
October 22	No. 16 Pittsburgh*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 48–14	16,000	^[2]
October 29	Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 14–30	30,000
November 5	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 14–33	40,457
November 12	at No. 5 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–20	79,200
November 19	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 6–14	34,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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