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1982 Indiana

5–⁠6 (4–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Lee Corso.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1982, game by game: won vs. Northwestern 30–0; lost at No. 19 USC 7–28; won vs. Syracuse 17–10; lost at Michigan 10–24; lost vs. Iowa 20–24; won at Minnesota 40–21; lost vs. Ohio State 25–49; lost vs. Michigan State 14–22; won at Wisconsin 20–17; lost vs. Illinois 7–48; won at Purdue 13–7+30−41Won 30–0 vs. Northwestern+30NorthwesternLost 7–28 at No. 19 USC-21No. 19 USCWon 17–10 vs. Syracuse+7SyracuseLost 10–24 at Michigan-14MichiganLost 20–24 vs. Iowa-4IowaWon 40–21 at Minnesota+19MinnesotaLost 25–49 vs. Ohio State-24Ohio StateLost 14–22 vs. Michigan State-8Michigan StateWon 20–17 at Wisconsin+3WisconsinLost 7–48 vs. Illinois-41IllinoisWon 13–7 at Purdue+6Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsNorthwesternW 30–⁠076%
Sep 18at19USCL 7–⁠2821%
Sep 25vsSyracuseW 17–⁠1049%
Oct 2atMichiganL 10–⁠2420%
Oct 9vsIowaL 20–⁠2445%
Oct 16atMinnesotaW 40–⁠2133%
Oct 23vsOhio StateL 25–⁠4941%
Oct 30vsMichigan StateL 14–⁠2263%
Nov 6atWisconsinW 20–⁠1725%
Nov 13vsIllinoisL 7–⁠4840%
Nov 20atPurdueW 13–⁠737%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Purdue 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠5 6th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
203–⁠250
Coach
Lee Corso
Elo
1429 +8 this season
SP+ rating
-1.2 No. 63 of 109; offense No. 67, defense No. 60
SRS
2.6 No. 48 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Ron Corradini
Captains
Babe Laufenberg and Marc Longshore
Most valuable player
Babe Laufenberg

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 6Babe Laufenberg QBWashington Redskins

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Duane GunnWRAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan8–⁠18–⁠4
Ohio State7–⁠19–⁠312
Iowa6–⁠28–⁠4
Illinois6–⁠37–⁠5
Wisconsin5–⁠47–⁠5
Indiana4–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue3–⁠63–⁠8
Northwestern2–⁠73–⁠8
Michigan State2–⁠72–⁠9
Minnesota1–⁠83–⁠8

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