Head Coach: Herman Byers (142-37-8, 20th year)
Record: 9-0 (7-0 SIAC A, 5-0 City)
Ranking: #1 in final AP Rankings, final Litkenhous Ratings & final UPI Rankings
Championships: State, SIAC A & City Champs
Results
* – denotes SIAC A contest
| Date | Opponent | Score |
| Sep. 8 | Crawfordsville | W 53-0 |
| Sep. 16 | Muncie Central | W 66-0 |
| Sep. 22 | Mater Dei * | W 42-0 |
| Sep. 30 | @ New Albany * | W 26-0 |
| Oct. 13 | @ Central * | W 21-0 |
| Oct. 21 | Bloomington * | W 46-0 |
| Oct. 27 | @ North * | W 26-0 |
| Nov. 4 | Memorial * | W 33-0 |
| Nov. 10 | Bosse * | W 55-0 |
Individual Honors
- Dave Ballard
- All-SIAC A-Division honorable mention guard
- Herman Byers
- Bloomington Herald-Telephone Coach of the Year
- Gary Fendrich
- UPI All-State honorable mention end
- All-SIAC A-Division honorable mention back
- Press All-City end
- Jerry Fendrich
- AP All-State end
- UPI All-State second team end
- All-SIAC A-Division end
- Courier All-City end
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City end
- Press All-City end
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City end
- Don Hansen
- AP All-State fullback
- UPI All-State fullback
- All-SIAC A-Division back
- Courier All-City fullback
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City fullback
- Press All-City back
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City fullback & Most Valuable Player
- Doug Harp
- AP All-State tackle
- UPI All-State second team tackle
- All-SIAC A-Division tackle
- Courier All-City tackle
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City tackle
- Press All-City guard
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City tackle
- Danny Jones
- UPI All-State honorable mention back
- All-SIAC A-Division honorable mention back
- Karl Klusmeier
- UPI All-State honorable mention back
- All-SIAC A-Division second team back
- Press All-City back
- Richard Nau
- UPI All-State honorable mention center
- Charles Orth
- AP All-State halfback
- All-SIAC A-Division back
- Courier All-City halfback
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City halfback
- Press All-City back
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City halfback & team captain
- Tom Reasor
- AP All-State guard
- UPI All-State tackle
- All-SIAC A-Division tackle
- Courier All-City tackle
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City tackle
- Press All-City tackle
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City tackle
- Steve Stucke
- UPI All-State honorable mention guard
- Mike Stucki
- All-SIAC A-Division guard
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