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1990 Indiana

6–⁠5–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Bill Mallory.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1990, game by game: won at Kentucky 45–24; won vs. Missouri 58–7; won vs. Eastern Michigan 37–6; won at Northwestern 42–0; tied vs. Ohio State 27–27; lost at Minnesota 0–12; lost vs. No. 20 Michigan 19–45; lost at Michigan State 20–45; won vs. Wisconsin 20–7; lost vs. No. 22 Illinois 10–24; won at Purdue 28–14; lost vs. Auburn 23–27+51−26Won 45–24 at Kentucky+21KentuckyWon 58–7 vs. Missouri+51MissouriWon 37–6 vs. Eastern Michigan+31Eastern MichiganWon 42–0 at Northwestern+42NorthwesternTied 27–27 vs. Ohio State0Ohio StateLost 0–12 at Minnesota-12MinnesotaLost 19–45 vs. No. 20 Michigan-26No. 20 MichiganLost 20–45 at Michigan State-25Michigan StateWon 20–7 vs. Wisconsin+13WisconsinLost 10–24 vs. No. 22 Illinois-14No. 22 IllinoisWon 28–14 at Purdue+14PurdueLost 23–27 vs. Auburn-4Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15atKentuckyW 45–⁠2448%
Sep 22vsMissouriW 58–⁠775%
Sep 29vsEastern MichiganW 37–⁠670%
Oct 6atNorthwesternW 42–⁠075%
Oct 13vsOhio StateT 27–⁠2767%
Oct 20atMinnesotaL 0–⁠1257%
Oct 27vs20MichiganL 19–⁠4544%
Nov 3atMichigan StateL 20–⁠4534%
Nov 10vsWisconsinW 20–⁠784%
Nov 17vs22IllinoisL 10–⁠2450%
Nov 24atPurdueW 28–⁠1464%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsAuburnPeach BowlL 23–⁠2731%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Auburn 27–⁠23 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 22
  2. Wk 8: 20
Record
6–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 7th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
329–⁠238
Coach
Bill Mallory
Elo
1516 −4 this season
SP+ rating
4.0 No. 43 of 104; offense No. 47, defense No. 44
SRS
6.0 No. 38 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Joe Novak
Captains
Mike Dumas and Cal Miller
Most valuable player
Mike Dumas

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 2Mike Dumas DBHouston Oilers
Rd 6Nolan Harrison DTLos Angeles Raiders

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Mike DumasDBAP-1; Coaches-1
  • Macky SmithPAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠29–⁠37
Michigan State6–⁠28–⁠3–⁠116
Iowa6–⁠28–⁠418
Illinois6–⁠28–⁠425
Ohio State5–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Minnesota5–⁠36–⁠5
Indiana3–⁠4–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Northwestern1–⁠72–⁠9
Purdue1–⁠72–⁠9
Wisconsin0–⁠81–⁠10

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