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2008 Indiana

3–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Big Ten), coached by Bill Lynch.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 2008, game by game: won vs. Western Kentucky 31–13; won vs. Murray State 45–3; lost vs. Ball State 20–42; lost vs. Michigan State 29–42; lost at Minnesota 7–16; lost vs. Iowa 9–45; lost at Illinois 13–55; won vs. Northwestern 21–19; lost vs. Central Michigan 34–37; lost vs. Wisconsin 20–55; lost at No. 7 Penn State 7–34; lost at Purdue 10–62+42−52Won 31–13 vs. Western Kentucky+18Western KentuckyWon 45–3 vs. Murray State+42Murray StateLost 20–42 vs. Ball State-22Ball StateLost 29–42 vs. Michigan State-13Michigan StateLost 7–16 at Minnesota-9MinnesotaLost 9–45 vs. Iowa-36IowaLost 13–55 at Illinois-42IllinoisWon 21–19 vs. Northwestern+2NorthwesternLost 34–37 vs. Central Michigan-3Central MichiganLost 20–55 vs. Wisconsin-35WisconsinLost 7–34 at No. 7 Penn State-27No. 7 Penn StateLost 10–62 at Purdue-52Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsWestern KentuckyW 31–⁠1373%
Sep 6vsMurray StateW 45–⁠389%
Sep 20vsBall StateL 20–⁠4252%
Sep 27vsMichigan StateL 29–⁠4243%
Oct 4atMinnesotaL 7–⁠1635%
Oct 11vsIowaL 9–⁠4548%
Oct 18atIllinoisL 13–⁠5523%
Oct 25vsNorthwesternW 21–⁠1934%
Nov 1vsCentral MichiganL 34–⁠3736%
Nov 8vsWisconsinL 20–⁠5532%
Nov 15at7Penn StateL 7–⁠347%
Nov 22atPurdueL 10–⁠6232%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 62–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 124th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
3–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 11th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
246–⁠423
Coach
Bill Lynch
Elo
1342 −142 this season
SP+ rating
-8.3 No. 88 of 120; offense No. 72, defense No. 87, special teams No. 91
SRS
−12.0 No. 103 of 120 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 68
Offensive coordinator
Matt Canada
Defensive coordinators
Brian George and Joe Palcic
Captains
Will Patterson, Christopher Phillips and Marcus Thigpen
Most valuable player
Jammie Kirlew

How good, play by play

  • Offense113th of 120
  • Defense117th of 120
  • Offense, opponent-adjusted121st of 120
  • Defense, opponent-adjusted123rd of 120
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense-0.0635%0.87113th of 120
Defense0.1348%0.90117th of 120
Opponent-adjusted-0.02 off
0.09 def		36% off
45% def		—121st off
123rd def
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. The opponent-adjusted row (offense / defense) is CollegeFootballData.com’s WEPA, which accounts for who each team played.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 302% allowed
Defense0.0own 311% 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 2008 class

Tandon Doss WR★★★No. 841
Tyler Adetona WR★★★No. 857
Shane Covington RB★★★No. 984
Marquelo Suel WR★★★No. 988
Kyle Kozak SDE★★★No. 1016

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

The 2008 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks13.00.803
Running backs32.70.818
Receivers42.80.813
Offensive line42.50.802
Defensive line43.00.816
Defensive backs13.00.820
Whole class172.80.812

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

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 2008 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2008 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Penn State7–⁠111–⁠28
Ohio State7–⁠110–⁠39
Michigan State6–⁠29–⁠424
Northwestern5–⁠39–⁠4
Iowa5–⁠39–⁠420
Wisconsin3–⁠57–⁠6
Minnesota3–⁠57–⁠6
Illinois3–⁠55–⁠7
Purdue2–⁠64–⁠8
Michigan2–⁠63–⁠9
Indiana1–⁠73–⁠9

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