1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team
1979 Indiana Hoosiers football | |
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 Team Photo of the 1979 Holiday Bowl | |
Holiday Bowl champion | |
Holiday Bowl, W 38–37 vs. BYU | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 16 |
| AP | No. 19 |
| 1979 record | 8–4 (5–3 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Lee Corso (7th season) |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,324) |
1979 Big Ten football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Ohio State $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Purdue | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Michigan | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Indiana | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1979 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 seventh year as head coach of the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers participated in the Holiday Bowl, in a post-season matchup against BYU. The Hoosiers won 38–37.
In the Old Oaken Bucket, the Hoosiers lost to Purdue by a score of 37–21.
Contents
1 Schedule
2 Roster
3 1980 NFL draftees
4 Awards and honors
5 References
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 8 | at Iowa |
| W 30–26 | 59,780 |
| September 15 | Vanderbilt* |
| W 44–13 | 30,685 |
| September 22 | Kentucky* |
| W 18–10 | 45,920 |
| September 29 | Colorado* |
| L 16–17 | 36,160 |
| October 6 | at Wisconsin |
| W 3–0 | 74,188 |
| October 13 | at No. 8 Ohio State |
| L 6–47 | 87,521 |
| October 20 | Northwestern  |
| W 30–0 | 30,086 |
| October 27 | at No. 10 Michigan |
| L 21–27 | 104,832 |
| November 3 | Minnesota |
| W 42–24 | 35,507 |
| November 10 | at Illinois |
| W 45–14 | 30,874 |
| November 17 | No. 12 Purdue |
| L 21–37 | 53,202 |
| December 21 | vs. No. 9 BYU* |
| W 38–37 | 52,200 |
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Roster
| 1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Offense
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| Special teams
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Injured
Redshirt
1980 NFL draftees
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Mike Friede | Wide Receiver | 3 | 62 | Detroit Lions |
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Awards and honors
- Tim Clifford, Chicago Tribune Silver Football
References
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