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1974 Indiana

1–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Big Ten), coached by Lee Corso.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1974, game by game: lost at Illinois 0–16; lost vs. No. 17 Arizona 20–35; lost at Kentucky 22–28; lost vs. West Virginia 0–24; won vs. Minnesota 34–3; lost at No. 1 Ohio State 9–49; lost vs. Wisconsin 25–35; lost vs. No. 3 Michigan 7–21; lost at Northwestern 22–24; lost vs. No. 15 Michigan State 10–19; lost at Purdue 17–38+31−40Lost 0–16 at Illinois-16IllinoisLost 20–35 vs. No. 17 Arizona-15No. 17 ArizonaLost 22–28 at Kentucky-6KentuckyLost 0–24 vs. West Virginia-24West VirginiaWon 34–3 vs. Minnesota+31MinnesotaLost 9–49 at No. 1 Ohio State-40No. 1 Ohio StateLost 25–35 vs. Wisconsin-10WisconsinLost 7–21 vs. No. 3 Michigan-14No. 3 MichiganLost 22–24 at Northwestern-2NorthwesternLost 10–19 vs. No. 15 Michigan State-9No. 15 Michigan StateLost 17–38 at Purdue-21Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atIllinoisL 0–⁠1633%
Sep 21vs17ArizonaL 20–⁠3534%
Sep 28atKentuckyL 22–⁠2824%
Oct 5vsWest VirginiaL 0–⁠2438%
Oct 12vsMinnesotaW 34–⁠335%
Oct 19at1Ohio StateL 9–⁠498%
Oct 26vsWisconsinL 25–⁠3540%
Nov 2vs3MichiganL 7–⁠2113%
Nov 9atNorthwesternL 22–⁠2439%
Nov 16vs15Michigan StateL 10–⁠1928%
Nov 23atPurdueL 17–⁠3827%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 38–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 127th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠7 10th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
166–⁠292
Coach
Lee Corso
Elo
1318 −86 this season
SP+ rating
-7.4 No. 90 of 124; offense No. 79, defense No. 93
SRS
−2.6 No. 77 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bill Atkinson and Tim Mills
Most valuable player
Donnie Thomas

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 6Larry Jameson DTSt. Louis Cardinals

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Courtney SnyderRBAP-1; UPI-2

Second team

  • Donnie ThomasLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan7–⁠110–⁠13
Ohio State7–⁠110–⁠24
Michigan State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠112
Wisconsin5–⁠37–⁠4
Illinois4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Purdue3–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota2–⁠64–⁠7
Northwestern2–⁠63–⁠8
Iowa2–⁠63–⁠8
Indiana1–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.