The initial season wasn't good, but there were several players on the field who would contribute to the Hoosiers' greatest season not long afterwards.
Each of the three coaching changes Indiana football made since Bo McMillin left in 1947 were made by a different Indiana athletic director.
Orwig hired two football coaches as athletic director from 1961-75, and both made a considerable impact for the Hoosiers. On April 27, the NCAA lowered the boom. Indiana University was placed on a four-year probation, the most severe penalty ever placed on a single school. Dickens was back on the hot seat. His continued employment was contingent on a Big Ten vote, which he didn’t get until July 31, 1960.
Football never recovered under Dickens. From 1960-64, Indiana never won more than three games and went 3-28 in Big Ten games. As the losing continued, fan and university support eroded. Dickens resigned in December 1964 with a 20-41-2 record at Indiana. Speculation surrounding Devaney persisted into mid-January 1965. When Devaney went on an Acapulco vacation shortly after Nebraska lost 10-7 to Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl, the handwriting was on the wall for Indiana to make a big splash.
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