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1995 Indiana

2–⁠9 (0–⁠8 Big Ten), coached by Bill Mallory.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1995, game by game: won vs. Western Michigan 24–10; lost vs. Kentucky 10–17; won vs. Southern Miss 27–26; lost at Northwestern 7–31; lost vs. Illinois 10–17; lost at No. 23 Iowa 13–22; lost vs. No. 10 Michigan 17–34; lost at No. 16 Penn State 21–45; lost vs. Michigan State 13–31; lost at No. 2 Ohio State 3–42; lost vs. Purdue 14–51+14−39Won 24–10 vs. Western Michigan+14Western MichiganLost 10–17 vs. Kentucky-7KentuckyWon 27–26 vs. Southern Miss+1Southern MissLost 7–31 at Northwestern-24NorthwesternLost 10–17 vs. Illinois-7IllinoisLost 13–22 at No. 23 Iowa-9No. 23 IowaLost 17–34 vs. No. 10 Michigan-17No. 10 MichiganLost 21–45 at No. 16 Penn State-24No. 16 Penn StateLost 13–31 vs. Michigan State-18Michigan StateLost 3–42 at No. 2 Ohio State-39No. 2 Ohio StateLost 14–51 vs. Purdue-37Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsWestern MichiganW 24–⁠1056%
Sep 16vsKentuckyL 10–⁠1780%
Sep 23vsSouthern MissW 27–⁠2655%
Sep 30atNorthwesternL 7–⁠3148%
Oct 7vsIllinoisL 10–⁠1746%
Oct 14at23IowaL 13–⁠2227%
Oct 21vs10MichiganL 17–⁠3427%
Oct 28at16Penn StateL 21–⁠4513%
Nov 11vsMichigan StateL 13–⁠3139%
Nov 18at2Ohio StateL 3–⁠427%
Nov 24vsPurdueL 14–⁠5147%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 51–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠8 11th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
159–⁠326
Coach
Bill Mallory
Elo
1361 −150 this season
SP+ rating
-5.1 No. 70 of 107; offense No. 84, defense No. 61
SRS
−3.8 No. 65 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Joe Novak
Captains
Sean Glover and John Hammerstein
Most valuable player
Sean Glover

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 7Eric Smedley DBBuffalo Bills

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Northwestern8–⁠010–⁠28
Ohio State7–⁠111–⁠26
Penn State5–⁠39–⁠313
Michigan5–⁠39–⁠417
Michigan State4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa4–⁠48–⁠425
Illinois3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Wisconsin3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
Purdue2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠73–⁠8
Indiana0–⁠82–⁠9

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