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1984 Indiana

0–⁠11 (0–⁠9 Big Ten), coached by Bill Mallory.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1984, game by game: lost at Duke 24–31; lost vs. Kentucky 14–48; lost at Northwestern 37–40; lost vs. No. 14 Michigan 6–14; lost at Minnesota 24–33; lost at Michigan State 6–13; lost vs. Wisconsin 16–20; lost vs. No. 17 Iowa 20–24; lost at No. 16 Ohio State 7–50; lost vs. Illinois 7–34; lost at Purdue 24–31+7−43Lost 24–31 at Duke-7DukeLost 14–48 vs. Kentucky-34KentuckyLost 37–40 at Northwestern-3NorthwesternLost 6–14 vs. No. 14 Michigan-8No. 14 MichiganLost 24–33 at Minnesota-9MinnesotaLost 6–13 at Michigan State-7Michigan StateLost 16–20 vs. Wisconsin-4WisconsinLost 20–24 vs. No. 17 Iowa-4No. 17 IowaLost 7–50 at No. 16 Ohio State-43No. 16 Ohio StateLost 7–34 vs. Illinois-27IllinoisLost 24–31 at Purdue-7Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atDukeL 24–⁠3137%
Sep 15vsKentuckyL 14–⁠4846%
Sep 22atNorthwesternL 37–⁠4048%
Sep 29vs14MichiganL 6–⁠1423%
Oct 6atMinnesotaL 24–⁠3346%
Oct 13atMichigan StateL 6–⁠1326%
Oct 20vsWisconsinL 16–⁠2031%
Oct 27vs17IowaL 20–⁠2416%
Nov 3at16Ohio StateL 7–⁠509%
Nov 10vsIllinoisL 7–⁠3416%
Nov 17atPurdueL 24–⁠3120%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 31–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.

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

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1984.

Record
0–⁠11
Conference
0–⁠9 10th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
185–⁠338
Coach
Bill Mallory
Elo
1290 −136 this season
SP+ rating
-16.1 No. 98 of 106; offense No. 81, defense No. 96
SRS
−9.6 No. 85 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Joe Novak
Captains
Joe Fitzgerald and Tom Van Dyck
Most valuable player
Joe Fitzgerald

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 1Kevin Allen OTPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Joe FitzgeraldLBAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State7–⁠29–⁠313
Illinois6–⁠37–⁠4
Purdue6–⁠37–⁠5
Iowa5–⁠3–⁠18–⁠4–⁠116
Wisconsin5–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Michigan State5–⁠46–⁠6
Michigan5–⁠46–⁠6
Minnesota3–⁠64–⁠7
Northwestern2–⁠72–⁠9
Indiana0–⁠90–⁠11

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