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1994 Indiana

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Bill Mallory. Officially 7–⁠4. Michigan State forfeited to Indiana. The season’s Wikipedia article records 6–⁠5, the results on the field.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1994, game by game: won vs. Cincinnati 28–3; won vs. Miami (OH) 35–14; won at Kentucky 59–29; lost at No. 16 Wisconsin 13–62; won vs. Minnesota 25–14; won at Iowa 27–20; lost vs. Northwestern 7–20; lost at Michigan State 21–27; lost vs. No. 2 Penn State 29–35; lost vs. Ohio State 17–32; won at Purdue 33–29+30−49Won 28–3 vs. Cincinnati+25CincinnatiWon 35–14 vs. Miami (OH)+21Miami (OH)Won 59–29 at Kentucky+30KentuckyLost 13–62 at No. 16 Wisconsin-49No. 16 WisconsinWon 25–14 vs. Minnesota+11MinnesotaWon 27–20 at Iowa+7IowaLost 7–20 vs. Northwestern-13NorthwesternLost 21–27 at Michigan State-6Michigan StateLost 29–35 vs. No. 2 Penn State-6No. 2 Penn StateLost 17–32 vs. Ohio State-15Ohio StateWon 33–29 at Purdue+4Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsCincinnatiW 28–⁠357%
Sep 10vsMiami (OH)W 35–⁠1474%
Sep 17atKentuckyW 59–⁠2953%
Sep 24at16WisconsinL 13–⁠6244%
Oct 1vsMinnesotaW 25–⁠1473%
Oct 8atIowaW 27–⁠2059%
Oct 22vsNorthwesternL 7–⁠2081%
Oct 29atMichigan StateL 21–⁠27won by forfeit51%
Nov 5vs2Penn StateL 29–⁠3526%
Nov 12vsOhio StateL 17–⁠3238%
Nov 19atPurdueW 33–⁠2949%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Purdue 33–⁠29; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 25
Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 8th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 25
Points
294–⁠285
Coach
Bill Mallory
Elo
1516 −12 this season
SP+ rating
4.9 No. 45 of 106; offense No. 39, defense No. 57
SRS
5.9 No. 37 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Joe Novak
Captains
Troy Drake and Alfonzo Thurman
Most valuable player
Alfonzo Thurman

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 2Andrew Greene OGMiami Dolphins
Rd 5Lance Brown DBPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Ten

3 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Penn State8–⁠012–⁠02
Ohio State6–⁠29–⁠414
Michigan5–⁠38–⁠412
Wisconsin4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Illinois4–⁠47–⁠5
Michigan State4–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Indiana3–⁠56–⁠5
Purdue2–⁠4–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Northwestern2–⁠63–⁠7–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠73–⁠8

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