1981 Indiana Hoosiers football team
| 1981 Indiana Hoosiers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1981 record | 3–8 (3–6 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Lee Corso (9th season) |
| Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,324) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Ohio State + | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Iowa + | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Michigan | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1981 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 ninth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.
Several Indiana players ranked among the Big Ten leaders, including the following:
- Quarterback Babe Laufenberg ranked third in the conference with a 57.1% pass completion percentage, fifth with 1,788 passing yards, and sixth with a 118.5 passing efficiency rating.[1]
- Wide receiver Duane Gunn led the conference with an average of 21.2 yards per reception and 27.3 yards per kickoff return and sixth with 656 receiving yards.[1]
- Marc Longshore ranked fifth in the conference with four interceptions.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 12 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | W 21–20 | - | |||||
| September 19 | No. 2 USC* | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana | ONTV | L 21–0 | 51,167 | ||||
| September 26 | at Syracuse* | Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York | L 7–21 | - | |||||
| October 3 | 1:30 PM | No. 8 Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana | L 17–38 | 50,612 | ||||
| October 10 | at No. 15 Iowa | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa | L 28–42 | 60,000 | |||||
| October 17 | Minnesota |
Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana | W 17–16 | 46,460 | |||||
| October 24 | at Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio | L 10–29 | 87,182 | |||||
| October 31 | at Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan (Old Brass Spittoon) | L 3–26 | - | |||||
| November 7 | Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana | L 7–28 | 44,218 | |||||
| November 14 | at Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois | L 14–35 | - | |||||
| November 21 | Purdue | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) | W 20–17 | 48,466 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
References
- 1 2 3 "1981 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "1981 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
- ↑ "1981 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
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