1951 Indiana Hoosiers football team

	1951 Big Ten football standings
	† – Conference champion ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1951 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1951 Big Ten 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 fourth and final year as head coach of the Hoosiers. At the end of the season, Smith was fired and replaced by Bernie Crimmins.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	at No. 14 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	L 48–6	55,790
October 6	Pittsburgh*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 13–6	-
October 13	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 14–33	60,165
October 20	at No. 17 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 10–32	74,265
October 27	No. 4 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 0–21	-
November 3	at No. 10 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 07–6	51,118
November 10	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 14–16	45,986
November 17	No. 1 Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)	L 26–30	-
November 24	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 13–21	-
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1951 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4/3 Illinois †	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
#NR/14 Purdue	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
#8/8 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Michigan	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Northwestern	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Iowa	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	2

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll