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1975 Indiana

2–⁠8–⁠1 (1–⁠6–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Lee Corso.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1975, game by game: won vs. Minnesota 20–14; lost at No. 6 Nebraska 0–45; won vs. Utah 31–7; lost at NC State 0–27; lost at Northwestern 0–30; lost vs. Iowa 10–20; lost at No. 7 Michigan 7–55; lost at No. 1 Ohio State 14–24; lost vs. Michigan State 6–14; tied at Wisconsin 9–9; lost vs. Purdue 7–9+24−48Won 20–14 vs. Minnesota+6MinnesotaLost 0–45 at No. 6 Nebraska-45No. 6 NebraskaWon 31–7 vs. Utah+24UtahLost 0–27 at NC State-27NC StateLost 0–30 at Northwestern-30NorthwesternLost 10–20 vs. Iowa-10IowaLost 7–55 at No. 7 Michigan-48No. 7 MichiganLost 14–24 at No. 1 Ohio State-10No. 1 Ohio StateLost 6–14 vs. Michigan State-8Michigan StateTied 9–9 at Wisconsin0WisconsinLost 7–9 vs. Purdue-2Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsMinnesotaW 20–⁠1449%
Sep 20at6NebraskaL 0–⁠4514%
Sep 27vsUtahW 31–⁠764%
Oct 4atNC StateL 0–⁠2724%
Oct 11atNorthwesternL 0–⁠3041%
Oct 18vsIowaL 10–⁠2063%
Oct 25at7MichiganL 7–⁠557%
Nov 1at1Ohio StateL 14–⁠246%
Nov 8vsMichigan StateL 6–⁠1427%
Nov 15atWisconsinT 9–⁠924%
Nov 22vsPurdueL 7–⁠940%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 9–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 128th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
2–⁠8–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠6–⁠1 10th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
104–⁠254
Coach
Lee Corso
Elo
1318 −61 this season
SP+ rating
-14.3 No. 112 of 132; offense No. 127, defense No. 83
SRS
−6.4 No. 98 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jim Shuck and Donnie Thomas
Most valuable player
Donnie Thomas

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 6Greg McGuire OTDallas Cowboys

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Donnie ThomasLBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Courtney SnyderRBUPI-2
  • Jim ShuckCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State8–⁠011–⁠14
Michigan7–⁠18–⁠2–⁠28
Michigan State4–⁠47–⁠4
Illinois4–⁠45–⁠6
Purdue4–⁠44–⁠7
Wisconsin3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota3–⁠56–⁠5
Iowa3–⁠53–⁠8
Northwestern2–⁠63–⁠8
Indiana1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1

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