1973 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lee Corso (1st season)
MVP	Chuck Sukurs
Captain	Ken Starling
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1972 1974 →

1973 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Ohio State +	7	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Michigan +	7	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
Minnesota	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Indiana	0	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Iowa	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Lee Corso, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	Illinois	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	L 14–28	51,433
September 22	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 10–26	38,643	[1]
September 29	Kentucky*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	W 17–3	51,523	[2]
October 6	at No. 20 West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 28–14	37,000	[3]
October 13	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 3–24	37,710
October 20	No. 1 Ohio State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–37	53,183
October 27	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 7–31	66,365
November 3	at No. 4 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 13–49	76,432	[4]
November 10	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 20–21	41,053
November 17	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	L 9–10	50,116
November 24	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 23–28	44,789
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1973 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR Bill Armstrong OL John Babcock OL Carl Barzilaukas OL Dan Boarman RB Dennis Cremeens WR Mike Flanagan QB Mike Glazier WR Rodney Harris WR Neil Hayes RB Reggie Holmes QB Willie Jones RB Joel Kirby QB Bob Kramer TE Steve Mastin OL Chuck Shukurs OL Dean Shumaker TE Trent Smock RB Courtney Snyder OL Bill Sparhawk RB Ken St. Pierre RB Ken Starling (C) RB Harold Waterhouse WR Bill Weeks RB Sylvester Wilson RB Mark Zellmer	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Bill Atkinson DB Marc Bailey LB Tom Buck DB Quinn Buckner LB Mark Deming DL Mark DiSalvo DB Kirk Edwards DL John Jordan DB Rod Lawson DL Stu O'Dell DB Gary Powell LB Steve Sanders LB Donnie Thomas DL Mike Winslow	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Frank Stavroff P Jim Wenzel	Head coach Lee Corso Coordinators/assistant coaches Howard Brown Peter Compise Jim Gruden Hal Hunter Jim Johnson Bob Otolski Timmy Redebaugh Ray Shands Trent Walters Morris Watts Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Player	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT
Willie Jones	76	135	881	5

Player	Att	Yards	TD
Ken Starling	180	676	2

Player	Rec	Yards	TD
Trent Smock	36	505	5

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All-Big Ten (1st Team)

• Bill Armstrong, SE
• John Babcock, C
• Chuck Sukurs, C
• Jim Wenzel, P

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