1968 Indiana Hoosiers football team

	1968 Big Ten football standings
	† – Conference champion ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Indiana Hoosiers football
	1968 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1968 record	6–4 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Pont (4th season)
MVP	Harry Gonso, Al Gage
Home stadium	Seventeenth Street Stadium; (Capacity: 48,344)
	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.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	Baylor*	No. 15	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, Indiana		W 40–36	-
September 28	at No. 12 Kansas*	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		L 20–38	-
October 5	Illinois		Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, Indiana		W 28–14	-
October 12	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	ABC	W 38–34	-
October 19	No. 18 Michigan	No. 19	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, Indiana		L 22–27	51,951
October 26	Arizona*		Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, Indiana		W 16–13	-
November 2	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin		W 21–20	51,666
November 9	at No. 17 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan (Old Brass Spittoon)		W 24–22	-
November 16	Minnesota	No. 19	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, Indiana		L 6–20	49,234
November 23	at No. 12 Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)		L 35–38	-
*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
T	`71`	Andrews, JohnJohn Andrews	3.0 !So
C	`53`	Applegate, SteveSteve Applegate	5.0 !Jr
QB	`14`	Brown, GregGreg Brown	3.0 !So
WR	`40`	Butcher, JadeJade Butcher	5.0 !Jr
G	`63`	DeSalle, DonDon DeSalle	5.0 !Jr
TE	`81`	Gage, AlAl Gage	7.0 !Sr
QB	`16`	Gonso, HarryHarry Gonso	5.0 !Jr
HB	`17`	Isenbarger, JohnJohn Isenbarger	5.0 !Jr
WR	`88`	Long, KenKen Long	7.0 !Sr
RB	`10`	Pernell, BobBob Pernell	3.0 !So
QB	`18`	Perry, MikeMike Perry	7.0 !Sr
T	`79`	Spickard, RickRick Spickard	7.0 !Sr
WR	`89`	Stolberg, EricEric Stolberg	5.0 !Jr
RB	`15`	Thompson, RickRick Thompson	3.0 !So
G	`73`	Wood, BillBill Wood	3.0 !So
QB	`13`	Wortley, GeorgeGeorge Wortley	7.0 !Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`45`	Adams, MikeMike Adams	5.0 !Jr
S	`33`	Baughman, MikeMike Baughman	5.0 !Jr
DE	`80`	Bilanus, TomTom Bilanus	7.0 !Sr
DB	`22`	Cunningham, NateNate Cunningham	7.0 !Sr
DT	`60`	Grecco, JerryJerry Grecco	7.0 !Sr
S	`20`	Mathias, JayJay Mathias	5.0 !Jr
DB	`21`	Norman, BennyBenny Norman	5.0 !Jr
LB	`54`	Pankratz, KarlKarl Pankratz	5.0 !Jr
LB	`46`	Silas, DanDan Silas	3.0 !So
LB	`83`	Sniadecki, JimJim Sniadecki	7.0 !Sr
DE	`61`	Snowden, CalCal Snowden	7.0 !Sr
DT	`75`	White, BobBob White	3.0 !So
DT	`97`	Wolfe, BillBill Wolfe	5.0 !Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1968 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1/1 Ohio State †	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
#12/15 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
#10/11 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
#NR/18 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 / Coaches' Poll