The 1939 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an

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team that represented the

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in the

1939 Big Ten Conference football season The 1939 Big Ten Conference football season was the 44th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1939 college football season. The 1939 Big Ten ...

. In their sixth year under head coach

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, the Hoosiers compiled a 2–4–2 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the

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. Indiana was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 50 in the 1939

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ratings. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in

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Indiana Hoosiers football seasons

Indiana Hoosiers football The Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers have played their home games at Memorial Stadium since 1960 ...

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