The 1915 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1915 college football season. In their second season under head coach Clarence Childs, the Hoosiers compiled a 3–3–1 record and finished in eighth place in the Western Conference. Jim Thorpe, Sac and Fox Nation citizen and first Native American to win gold for the United States in the Olympics, worked as assistant coach for the 1915 Indiana Hoosiers football team. Thorpe coached the backfield and kickers. The team won games against (7–0), Miami (OH) (41–0), and Northwestern (14–6), tied with Washington and Lee (7–7), and lost to Chicago (13–7), Ohio State (10–9), and Purdue (7–0).
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Personnel
Roster + Name Position Year Ref.Buschman, Charles SeverinWrayCrosbyAllen, Frank EmersonLEEwingWileyDavenportKnachelLindseyWiley, H. C.SmithJacobsWhinneryMcCoy, Emil WiltonMarshallPope, Spencer GordonEFreshmanHathaway, Russel Grant T-GOwens, Arnet HarveyConkle, Frederick AllenStutesman, Frank M.LandisSpringerBowserPeckinpaugh, Earl MartinRogersMullett, DeWitt TalmageTurner, Howard K.Gray, Harry P.Bonsib, Louis WilliamMcIntosh, Freal Hildreth "Mac"FBPrather, Clinton CharnerRTMatthews, Walter NorbetREWhitaker, Frank Berkett (C)QBVoss, Walter C. F.CScott, Clair HudsonRHShonkwiler, Fred AngesWallaceRedmon, John ThomasLGWelland, Paul HenryRGErehart, Archie DeanLHMurchie, Lewis KeithLT
Staff
Head coach, Clarence C. Childs Assistant coach, Jim Thorpe Jake Buskirk Ira Coleman Batman Jesse Ferguson, trainer
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