1970 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1970 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1970 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 sixth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Record1–9 (1–6 Big Ten)

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1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Purdue	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19		Colorado*	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 9–16	42,471	^[1]
September 26	4:31 p.m.	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–56	30,000	^[2]
October 3		No. 14 West Virginia*	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 10–16	44,882	^[3]
October 10		at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 0–23	40,220	^[4]
October 17		at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 30–24	42,708	^[5]
October 24	1:30 pm	Wisconsin	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 12–30	48,643	^[6]
October 31		Michigan State	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	L 7–32	41,426	^[7]
November 7		at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 13–42	43,217	^[8]
November 14		Northwestern	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–21	25,778	^[9]
November 21		at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 0–40	69,357	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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