1978 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1978 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1978 record 4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Lee Corso (6th season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
1978 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Michigan + 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 12 Michigan State + 7 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
No. 13 Purdue 6 –1 –1  9 –2 –1
Ohio State 6 –2 –0  7 –4 –1
Minnesota 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –4 –2  5 –4 –2
Indiana 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Iowa 2 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
Illinois 0 –6 –2  1 –8 –2
Northwestern 0 –8 –1  0 –10 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Lee Corso, in his sixth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 16 at No. 13 LSU* Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 17–24   -
September 23 No. 15 Washington* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 14–7   40,244
September 30 No. 12 Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN ABC L 17–69   42,738
October 7 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 7–34   75,266
October 14 Northwesterndagger Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 38–10   -
October 21 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon) L 14–49   76,013
October 28 Illinois Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 31–10   -
November 4 at Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 31–32   39,797
November 11 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 34–14   33,167
November 18 1:30 PM No. 19 Ohio State Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 18–21   47,560
November 25 at No. 18 Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) L 7–20   69,918
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

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1979 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Joe NormanLinebacker245Seattle Seahawks

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References

  1. ↑ "1978 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ "1978 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1979.htm
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