1978 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1978 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1978 record 47 (35 Big Ten)
Head coach Lee Corso (6th year)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
1978 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Michigan + 7 1 0     10 2 0
#12 Michigan State + 7 1 0     8 3 0
#13 Purdue 6 1 1     9 2 1
Ohio State 6 2 0     7 4 1
Minnesota 4 4 0     5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 4 2     5 4 2
Indiana 3 5 0     4 7 0
Iowa 2 6 0     2 9 0
Illinois 0 6 2     1 8 2
Northwestern 0 8 1     0 10 1
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Lee Corso, in his sixth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 16 at No. 13 LSU* Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA L 1724   -
September 23 No. 15 Washington* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 147   40,244
September 30 No. 12 Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN ABC L 1769   42,738
October 7 at Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI L 734   75,266
October 14 Northwesterndagger Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 3810   -
October 21 at Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon) L 1449   76,013
October 28 Illinois Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 3110   -
November 4 at Minnesota Memorial StadiumMinneapolis, MN L 3132   39,797
November 11 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 3414   33,167
November 18 1:30 PM No. 19 Ohio State Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 1821   47,560
November 25 at No. 18 Purdue Ross-Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) L 720   69,918
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

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1979 NFL draftees

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Joe Norman Linebacker 2 45 Seattle Seahawks

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References

  1. "1978 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  2. "1978 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1979.htm
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