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Indiana Hoosiers

Big TenBloomington, INMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)

2026: 6–⁠1 (3–⁠1 Big Ten), No. 6 in the AP poll. Last: lost to No. 4 Ohio State 19–⁠15 at home. Next: at Michigan, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.

  1. W 52–⁠16North Texas
  2. W 55–⁠0Howard
  3. W 38–⁠0Western Kentucky
  4. W 29–⁠23Northwestern
  5. W 47–⁠15at Rutgers
  6. W 20–⁠17at Nebraska
  7. L 15–⁠19No. 4 Ohio State
  8. Oct 24at Michigan
  9. Oct 31Minnesota
  10. Nov 14USC
  11. Nov 21at Washington
  12. Nov 28Purdue
  • Outfitted by Adidas
  • Sudler Trophy, 2007

Indiana in the news

Indiana has played football since 1887 and is 516–⁠697–⁠38 in the 1,251 games on record here, which start in 1892. Indiana claims one national championship (2025). The Hoosiers finished No. 1 in the final AP poll in 2025. They have won three Big Ten Conference titles (the last in 2025), counting shared titles. Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy here in 2025. Since 1936, the NFL Draft has taken 93 players from here in its first seven rounds, 13 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took six players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 5 players and 1 coach from Indiana. Bill Mallory (1984–⁠1996) won more games here than any other coach: 68. The most-played rival is Purdue: 127 meetings, Purdue leads 77–⁠44–⁠6. This season, under Curt Cignetti, they’re 6–⁠1.

Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) in Bloomington
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)Photo: JYDecker, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2002Indiana lost to No. 15 Iowa 24–⁠8 at home.

Résumé

All-time record
532–⁠719–⁠46 official; 516–⁠697–⁠38 on file; how we count
Postseason
6–⁠11 matches the official bowl record
AP No. 1 finishes
1
Weeks at No. 1
1 of 94 ranked
Elo now
1781 2nd of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 3 · Composite No. 5 in FBS, Oct 17. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2025 rated 1882
Conference titles
3 last in 2025
Seasons
132 since 1892, 1,251 games

Identity

Fight song
Indiana, Our Indiana
Apparel
Adidas
Band
Indiana University Marching Hundred since 1896, 300 members

2026 season 6–⁠1

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsNorth TexasW 52–⁠1678%
Sep 12vsHowardW 55–⁠097%
Sep 19vsWestern KentuckyW 38–⁠089%
Sep 25vsNorthwesternW 29–⁠2383%
Oct 3atRutgersW 47–⁠1585%
Oct 10atNebraskaW 20–⁠1767%
Oct 17vs4Ohio StateL 15–⁠1962%
Oct 24atMichiganPreview65%
Oct 31vsMinnesotaPreview85%
Nov 14vsUSCPreview72%
Nov 21atWashingtonPreview68%
Nov 28vsPurduePreview91%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Indiana’s Elo through 2026: 1755 going into the opener, 1781 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 6 to unranked.175017751800Elo 1755 going in; beat North Texas 52–16; AP No. 6Elo 1769 going in; beat Howard 55–0; AP No. 5Elo 1771 going in; beat Western Kentucky 38–0; AP No. 4Elo 1778 going in; beat Northwestern 29–23; AP No. 5Elo 1784 going in; beat Rutgers 47–15; AP No. 6Elo 1793 going in; beat Nebraska 20–17; AP No. 7Elo 1802 going in; lost to Ohio State 19–15; AP No. 5Now: Elo 1781 after the latest game1781
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North TexasHowardWestern KentuckyNorthwesternRutgersNebraskaOhio StateNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠32
20272 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20283 games: 3 home, non-conference only
20293 games: 3 home, non-conference only
20301 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20321 game: 1 away, non-conference only

Indiana’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of October 6, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookThe money

On the 2026 team

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Indiana.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Adidas · Independently corroborated
Mascot
Hoosier the Bison · Independently corroborated
Offensive coordinator
Mike Shanahan · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Bryant Haines · Official source
NIL collective
Hoosiers Connect · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Adidas.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1892

Best seasons ever
Indiana end-of-season Elo from 1892 to 2026, best in 2025 at 1882.130015001700190019001920194019601980200020202025 peak: Elo 1882
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team. Filled dots: finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

On Bluesky

  • Bill Radjewski

    Who's been the most efficient QB through Week 7? 📊 The top 3 in opponent-adjusted EPA per Dropback: 🥇 Jayden Maiava (USC) — 0.43 🥈 Darian Mensah (Miami) — 0.42 🥉 Josh Hoover (Indiana) — 0.40 Who's standing out to you?

    Read on Bluesky

  • Alex Kirshner

    UCLA is going to be on a 2024 Indiana program if they get in (there for a good time, not a long time) but these guys could have a spot wrapped in a month if they just beat four teams they're a lot better than. What a crazy thing

    Read on Bluesky

  • Eleven Warriors

    This week, Indiana made popcorn bowls featuring field goal posts to troll Ohio State for Jayden Fielding's chip-shot miss in the 2025 B1G championship game. The Hoosiers missed both of their FG attempts on Saturday.

    Read on Bluesky

  • Pat Forde

    Column: After losing its biggest home game ever by the width of a shoe, Indiana fans’ F-bombing fury proved that the program has fully arrived. Defeat is now intolerable. bit.ly/4jtnXPM

    Read on Bluesky

  • Eleven Warriors

    UNDAUNTED: Ohio State avenges its 2025 Big Ten Championship Game loss and snaps Indiana’s 22-game win streak with a 19-15 win over the defending national champions in Bloomington.

    Read on Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Curt Cignetti2024–⁠202633–⁠3
Tom Allen2016–⁠202333–⁠49
Kevin Wilson2011–⁠201626–⁠47
Bill Lynch2007–⁠201019–⁠30
Terry Hoeppner2005–⁠20069–⁠14
Gerry DiNardo2002–⁠20048–⁠27
Cam Cameron1997–⁠200118–⁠37
Bill Mallory1984–⁠199668–⁠78–⁠3
Sam Wyche19833–⁠8
Lee Corso1973–⁠198241–⁠68–⁠2
John Pont1965–⁠197231–⁠51–⁠1
Phil Dickens1958–⁠196420–⁠41–⁠2
Bob Hicks19571–⁠8
Bernie Crimmins1952–⁠195613–⁠32
Clyde Smith1948–⁠19518–⁠27–⁠1
Bo McMillin1934–⁠194763–⁠48–⁠11
Billy Hayes1931–⁠19336–⁠14–⁠4
Pat Page1926–⁠193014–⁠24–⁠3
William Ingram1923–⁠192510–⁠12–⁠1
James Herron19221–⁠4–⁠2
Jumbo Stiehm1916–⁠192120–⁠18–⁠1
Clarence Childs1914–⁠19156–⁠7–⁠1
James Sheldon1905–⁠191335–⁠26–⁠3
James Horne1898–⁠190430–⁠21–⁠3
Madison G. Gonterman18970–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesIU record
Purdue12744–⁠77–⁠6 ‡
Ohio State10013–⁠81–⁠5 †
Northwestern8537–⁠47–⁠1
Iowa7929–⁠46–⁠4
Illinois7426–⁠46–⁠2
Michigan7311–⁠62
Michigan State7220–⁠49–⁠2 †
Minnesota6926–⁠40–⁠3

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Purdue, Illinois, Michigan State, Kentucky.

Trophies it holds: Old Brass Spittoon (Michigan State, since 2024), Old Oaken Bucket (Purdue, since 2024). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (131)

Every program Indiana has played, A to Z, with Indiana’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

3, counting shared titles
Big Ten Conference 3
1945, 1967 (shared), 2025

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1887–⁠1899
  2. Western Conference 1900–⁠1952
  3. Big Ten since 1953

Indiana’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).

National award winners

All awards
2025Fernando Mendoza QBHeisman, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Davey O’Brien, Manning
2025Curt Cignetti coachWalter Camp Coach, Bear Bryant Award, Bobby Dodd Award
2025Bryant Haines coachBroyles Award
2024Curt Cignetti coachEddie Robinson, Walter Camp Coach
1989Anthony Thompson RBMaxwell, Walter Camp
1967John Pont coachEddie Robinson, Walter Camp Coach

Consensus All-Americans 8

2025Carter Smith OL
2014Tevin Coleman RB
1991Vaughn Dunbar RB
1989Anthony Thompson RB
1988Anthony Thompson RB
1945Bob Ravensberg E
1944John Tavener C
1942Billy Hillenbrand RB

Led the nation 10

2025Elijah Sarratt receiving touchdowns (15 TD)
2025Fernando Mendoza passing touchdowns (41 TD), passer rating (182.9)
2009Ray Fisher kickoff return average (37.4)
2006Marcus Thigpen kickoff return average (30.1)
1999Levron Williams yards per carry (6.9)
1991Vaughn Dunbar rushing yards (1,805 yds)
1989Anthony Thompson rushing yards (1,793 yds), rushing touchdowns (24 TD), points (154 pts), points per game (14.20)
1987Ernie Jones receiving yards (1,265 yds)
1943R. Hoernschemeyer passing yards (1,133 yds), total offense (1,648 yds)
1942Billy Hillenbrand punt return yards (481 yds), punt return average (20.9)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
1989Anthony Thompson RB2nd
1942Billy Hillenbrand RB5th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
5
Coaches
1
2007Anthony Thompson RB
1990John Tavener C
1981George Taliaferro RB
1973Bill Ingram coach, career 1922–⁠1934
1968Zora Clevenger RB
1966Pete Pihos E

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
93 since 1936
First-round picks
13
AAFC and AFL picks
6 1947, 1949, 1961, 1964
2026Fernando Mendoza QBNo. 1, Las Vegas Raiders
2026Omar Cooper Jr. WRNo. 30, New York Jets
1994Thomas Lewis WRNo. 24, New York Giants
1992Vaughn Dunbar RBNo. 21, New Orleans Saints
1988Eric Moore OGNo. 10, New York Giants
1985Kevin Allen OTNo. 9, Philadelphia Eagles
1974Carl Barzilauskas DTNo. 6, New York Jets
1968Doug Crusan OTNo. 27, Miami Dolphins

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

Indiana University-Bloomington
Enrollment
48,424 38,093 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Bloomington, Indiana
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1820
Graduates’ median earnings
$63,742 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @IndianaFootballInstagram @IndianaFootballFacebook IndianaFootball
Athletics department
X @IUHoosiersInstagram @IUHoosiersFacebook IUHoosiers

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones iuhoosiers.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. from 1961Dick Enberg radio

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Indiana football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Indiana (1 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20266–⁠13–⁠16Curt Cignetti178126.7
202516–⁠09–⁠0201Curt Cignetti188232.4
202411–⁠28–⁠110Curt Cignetti165320.1
20233–⁠91–⁠8Tom Allen1375-7.4
20224–⁠82–⁠7Tom Allen1400-7.1
20212–⁠100–⁠917Tom Allen1392-7.8
20206–⁠26–⁠112Tom Allen162211.2
20198–⁠55–⁠4Tom Allen154212.8
20185–⁠72–⁠7Tom Allen14521.6
20175–⁠72–⁠7Tom Allen149610.2
20166–⁠74–⁠5Kevin Wilson, Tom Allen14874.6
20156–⁠72–⁠6Kevin Wilson14740.4
20144–⁠81–⁠7Kevin Wilson14181.8
20135–⁠73–⁠5Kevin Wilson14701.4
20124–⁠82–⁠6Kevin Wilson1383-4.6
20111–⁠110–⁠8Kevin Wilson1310-16.9
20105–⁠71–⁠7Bill Lynch1405-5.3
20094–⁠81–⁠7Bill Lynch1381-6.7
20083–⁠91–⁠7Bill Lynch1342-8.3
20077–⁠63–⁠5Bill Lynch1476-0.2
20065–⁠73–⁠5Terry Hoeppner1405-9.9
20054–⁠71–⁠7Terry Hoeppner1361-4.7
20043–⁠81–⁠7Gerry DiNardo1352-7.4
20032–⁠101–⁠7Gerry DiNardo1303-17.2
20023–⁠91–⁠7Gerry DiNardo1357-12.8
Every season back to 1892 (107 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20015–⁠64–⁠4Cam Cameron15147.7
20003–⁠82–⁠6Cam Cameron1415-2.2
19994–⁠73–⁠5Cam Cameron1417-4.6
19984–⁠72–⁠6Cam Cameron14041.5
19972–⁠91–⁠7Cam Cameron1348-10.6
19963–⁠81–⁠7Bill Mallory14313.5
19952–⁠90–⁠8Bill Mallory1361-5.1
19946–⁠53–⁠5Bill Mallory15164.9
19938–⁠45–⁠3Bill Mallory15429.6
19925–⁠63–⁠5Bill Mallory1483-2.7
19917–⁠4–⁠15–⁠3Bill Mallory15909.8
19906–⁠5–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Bill Mallory15164.0
19895–⁠63–⁠5Bill Mallory15311.8
19888–⁠3–⁠15–⁠320Bill Mallory163113.7
19878–⁠46–⁠2Bill Mallory15588.3
19866–⁠63–⁠5Bill Mallory14632.8
19854–⁠71–⁠7Bill Mallory1336-11.6
19840–⁠110–⁠9Bill Mallory1290-16.1
19833–⁠82–⁠7Sam Wyche1389-15.7
19825–⁠64–⁠5Lee Corso1429-1.2
19813–⁠83–⁠6Lee Corso1381-15.6
19806–⁠53–⁠5Lee Corso1510-3.7
19798–⁠45–⁠319Lee Corso15409.2
19784–⁠73–⁠5Lee Corso1452-3.4
19775–⁠5–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1Lee Corso1484-0.3
19765–⁠64–⁠4Lee Corso1416-7.4
19752–⁠8–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1Lee Corso1318-14.3
19741–⁠101–⁠7Lee Corso1318-7.4
19732–⁠90–⁠8Lee Corso1356-3.4
19725–⁠63–⁠5John Pont1400-9.6
19713–⁠82–⁠6John Pont1351-15.0
19701–⁠91–⁠6John Pont1297-24.4
19694–⁠63–⁠414John Pont1463
19686–⁠44–⁠313John Pont1507
19679–⁠26–⁠14John Pont1542
19661–⁠8–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1John Pont1363
19652–⁠81–⁠6John Pont1385
19642–⁠71–⁠5Phil Dickens1440
19633–⁠61–⁠5Phil Dickens1476
19623–⁠61–⁠5Phil Dickens1447
19612–⁠70–⁠6Phil Dickens1401
19601–⁠80–⁠7Phil Dickens1367
19594–⁠4–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1Phil Dickens1502
19585–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Phil Dickens1463
19571–⁠80–⁠6Bob Hicks1333
19563–⁠61–⁠5Bernie Crimmins1411
19553–⁠61–⁠5Bernie Crimmins1423
19543–⁠62–⁠4Bernie Crimmins1399
19532–⁠71–⁠5Bernie Crimmins1357
19522–⁠71–⁠5Bernie Crimmins1384
19512–⁠71–⁠5Clyde Smith1428
19503–⁠5–⁠11–⁠4Clyde Smith1434
19491–⁠80–⁠6Clyde Smith1373
19482–⁠72–⁠417Clyde Smith1447
19475–⁠3–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Bo McMillin1596
19466–⁠34–⁠220Bo McMillin1629
19459–⁠0–⁠15–⁠0–⁠184Bo McMillin1721
19447–⁠34–⁠319Bo McMillin1604
19434–⁠4–⁠22–⁠3–⁠1Bo McMillin1521
19427–⁠32–⁠2Bo McMillin1566
19412–⁠61–⁠3Bo McMillin1456
19403–⁠52–⁠3Bo McMillin1465
19392–⁠4–⁠22–⁠3Bo McMillin1464
19381–⁠6–⁠11–⁠4Bo McMillin1451
19375–⁠33–⁠2Bo McMillin1561
19365–⁠2–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1Bo McMillin1559
19354–⁠3–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1Bo McMillin1505
19343–⁠3–⁠21–⁠3–⁠1Bo McMillin1459
19331–⁠5–⁠20–⁠3–⁠2Billy Hayes1369
19323–⁠4–⁠11–⁠4–⁠1Billy Hayes1419
19312–⁠5–⁠11–⁠4–⁠1Billy Hayes1401
19302–⁠5–⁠11–⁠3Pat Page1383
19292–⁠6–⁠11–⁠3–⁠1Pat Page1383
19284–⁠42–⁠4Pat Page1469
19273–⁠4–⁠11–⁠2–⁠1Pat Page1444
19263–⁠50–⁠4Pat Page1403
19253–⁠4–⁠10–⁠3–⁠1William Ingram1390
19244–⁠41–⁠3William Ingram1388
19233–⁠42–⁠2William Ingram1348
19221–⁠4–⁠20–⁠2–⁠1James Herron1407
19213–⁠41–⁠2Jumbo Stiehm1479
19205–⁠23–⁠1Jumbo Stiehm1543
19193–⁠40–⁠2Jumbo Stiehm1460
1918few games on file2–⁠2Jumbo Stiehm1442
19175–⁠21–⁠2Jumbo Stiehm1479
19162–⁠4–⁠10–⁠3–⁠1Jumbo Stiehm1403
19153–⁠3–⁠11–⁠3Clarence Childs1422
19143–⁠41–⁠4Clarence Childs1374
19133–⁠42–⁠4James Sheldon1374
19122–⁠50–⁠5James Sheldon1396
19113–⁠3–⁠10–⁠3–⁠1James Sheldon1492
19106–⁠13–⁠1James Sheldon1581
19094–⁠31–⁠3James Sheldon1536
19083–⁠41–⁠3James Sheldon1461
19072–⁠3–⁠10–⁠3James Sheldon1508
19064–⁠20–⁠2James Sheldon1570
19058–⁠1–⁠10–⁠1–⁠1James Sheldon1578
1904partial7–⁠40–⁠3James Horne1439
19034–⁠41–⁠2James Horne1418
19023–⁠5–⁠10–⁠4James Horne1424
19016–⁠31–⁠2James Horne1507
19004–⁠2–⁠21–⁠2–⁠1James Horne1532
18996–⁠2James Horne1531
1898few games on file0–⁠1James Horne1443
1897few games on file0–⁠1Madison G. Gonterman1448
1893few games on file0–⁠11460
1892few games on file0–⁠11475

Officially 532–⁠719–⁠46 since 1887 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 516–⁠697–⁠38 (−16 wins, −22 losses, −8 ties). Our file starts in 1892; the program began in 1887. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1894–⁠96: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Game by game, 131 of 132 seasons are complete on file. For one season (1904) the record comes from coaching totals and some games are missing, so early totals and streaks count only the games on file.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.