1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1959
| team = Indiana Hoosiers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 4–4–1
| conf_record = 2–4–1
| head_coach = Phil Dickens
| hc_year = 2nd
| mvp = Ted Aucreman
| captain = Ted Smith
| stadium = Memorial Stadium
}}
{{1959 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The 1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1959 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 Phil Dickens, in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1959
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 20–0
| attend = 20,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Minnesota
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 14–24
| attend = 52,927
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Marquette
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 33–13
| attend = 30,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Nebraska
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE
| score = 7–23
| attend = 34,471
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Michigan State
| site_stadium = Spartan Stadium
| site_cityst = East Lansing, MI
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 6–14
| attend = 54,611
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Northwestern
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 13–30
| attend = 41,296
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| time =
| w/l = t
| away = y
| opponent = Ohio State
| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 0–0
| attend = 82,075
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Michigan
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 26–7
| attend = 24,171
| source = {{cite news|title=Hoosiers Post 26-7 Triumph|newspaper=The Hammond Times|date=November 15, 1959|page=D1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30061254/hoosiers_post_267_triumph/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| time =
| w/l = l
| opponent = Purdue
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| gamename = Old Oaken Bucket
| score = 7–20
| attend = 32,325
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=1959 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/indiana/1959-schedule.html |website=College Football @ Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=December 28, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=1959 Football Schedule |url=https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/football/schedule/1959 |publisher=Indiana University |access-date=December 28, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Indiana Football 2023 Record Book |url=https://static.iuhoosiers.com/custompages/pdf/fb/2023/23-FB-Record_Book_Full.pdf |publisher=Indiana University |page=14 |access-date=December 28, 2023 }}
1960 NFL draftees
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| align="center" bgcolor=""
| Ted Aucreman | End | 11 | 123 | Detroit Lions |
| align="center" bgcolor=""
| Vic Jones | Back | 13 | 146 | Chicago Cardinals |
References
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