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1980 Indiana

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Lee Corso.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1980, game by game: lost vs. Iowa 7–16; won at Kentucky 36–30; won at Colorado 49–7; won vs. Duke 31–21; won vs. Wisconsin 24–0; lost at No. 9 Ohio State 17–27; won at Northwestern 35–20; lost vs. No. 18 Michigan 0–35; lost at Minnesota 7–31; won vs. Illinois 26–24; lost at Purdue 23–24+42−35Lost 7–16 vs. Iowa-9IowaWon 36–30 at Kentucky+6KentuckyWon 49–7 at Colorado+42ColoradoWon 31–21 vs. Duke+10DukeWon 24–0 vs. Wisconsin+24WisconsinLost 17–27 at No. 9 Ohio State-10No. 9 Ohio StateWon 35–20 at Northwestern+15NorthwesternLost 0–35 vs. No. 18 Michigan-35No. 18 MichiganLost 7–31 at Minnesota-24MinnesotaWon 26–24 vs. Illinois+2IllinoisLost 23–24 at Purdue-1Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsIowaL 7–⁠1664%
Sep 20atKentuckyW 36–⁠3038%
Sep 27atColoradoW 49–⁠756%
Oct 4vsDukeW 31–⁠2180%
Oct 11vsWisconsinW 24–⁠073%
Oct 18at9Ohio StateL 17–⁠2731%
Oct 25atNorthwesternW 35–⁠2083%
Nov 1vs18MichiganL 0–⁠3546%
Nov 8atMinnesotaL 7–⁠3150%
Nov 15vsIllinoisW 26–⁠2474%
Nov 22atPurdueL 23–⁠2426%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 24–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
255–⁠235
Coach
Lee Corso
Elo
1510 −17 this season
SP+ rating
-3.7 No. 86 of 133; offense No. 69, defense No. 95
SRS
3.5 No. 55 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Tim Clifford, Terry Tallen, Lucky Wallace and Craig Walls
Most valuable player
Tim Clifford

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Marlin EvansLBUPI-1
  • Tim WilburDBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Bob StephensonTEUPI-2
  • Gerhard AhtingOTUPI-2
  • Craig WallsLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan8–⁠010–⁠24
Ohio State7–⁠19–⁠315
Purdue7–⁠19–⁠317
Iowa4–⁠44–⁠7
Minnesota4–⁠55–⁠6
Indiana3–⁠56–⁠5
Wisconsin3–⁠54–⁠7
Illinois3–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Michigan State2–⁠63–⁠8
Northwestern0–⁠90–⁠11

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