2006 Indiana

5–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Terry Hoeppner. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest upsetBeat No. 15 Iowa 31–⁠28Oct 14
Iowa was ranked No. 15, above it.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 2	vsWestern Michigan	W 39–⁠20	47%
Sep 9	atBall State	W 24–⁠23	41%
Sep 16	vsSouthern Illinois	L 28–⁠35	58%
Sep 23	vsUConn	L 7–⁠14	50%
Sep 30	vsWisconsin	L 17–⁠52	27%
Oct 7	atIllinois	W 34–⁠32	45%
Oct 14	vs15Iowa	W 31–⁠28	24%
Oct 21	at1Ohio State	L 3–⁠44	7%
Oct 28	vsMichigan State	W 46–⁠21	44%
Nov 4	atMinnesota	L 26–⁠63	36%
Nov 11	vs2Michigan	L 3–⁠34	17%
Nov 18	atPurdue	L 19–⁠28	26%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 28–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Led the nationMarcus Thigpen: kickoff return average (30.1)

Record: 5–⁠7
Conference: 3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Ten
AP final: Unranked
Points: 277–⁠394
Coach: Terry Hoeppner
Elo: 1405 −2 this season
SP+ rating: -9.9 No. 92 of 119; offense No. 75, defense No. 98, special teams No. 69
SRS: −5.5 No. 80 of 119 in FBS
Recruiting class: No. 67

Offensive coordinator: Bill Lynch
Defensive coordinators: Brian George and Joe Palcic
Captains: Lance Bennett, Justin Frye, Kenny Kendal and Will Meyers
Most valuable player: Kellen Lewis

How good, play by play

Offense85th of 119
Defense95th of 119

	EPA per play	Success	Explosiveness	FBS rank
Offense		0.00	37%	0.97	85th of 119
Defense		0.10	42%	0.99	95th of 119

How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

	Points per trip inside the 40	Average start	Havoc
Offense		-0.1	own 27	3% allowed
Defense		-0.1	own 34	2% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2006 class

Alex Perry OT	★★★	No. 932
Cody Faulkner OG	★★★	No. 932
Jarrod Smith OG	★★★	No. 973
Ray Fisher CB	★★★	No. 981
William Patterson S	★★★	No. 1045

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2006 class by position

	Signed	Stars	Rating
Quarterbacks	1	2.0	0.789
Receivers	2	2.0	0.756
Offensive line	7	2.4	0.783
Defensive line	1	2.0	0.722
Linebackers	1	2.0	0.767
Defensive backs	4	2.5	0.769
Whole class	16	2.3	0.772

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

All-Big Ten

2 second team

Second team

James HardyWRCoaches-2
Tracy PorterDBMedia-2

From Wikipedia’s 2006 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2006 Big Ten standings

Conference page

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Ohio State	8–⁠0	12–⁠1	2
Wisconsin	7–⁠1	12–⁠1	7
Michigan	7–⁠1	11–⁠2	8
Penn State	5–⁠3	9–⁠4	24
Purdue	5–⁠3	8–⁠6
Minnesota	3–⁠5	6–⁠7
Indiana	3–⁠5	5–⁠7
Iowa	2–⁠6	6–⁠7
Northwestern	2–⁠6	4–⁠8
Michigan State	1–⁠7	4–⁠8
Illinois	1–⁠7	2–⁠10

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