Year: | 1979 |
Team: | Indiana Hoosiers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
Short Conf: | Big Ten |
Coachrank: | 16 |
Aprank: | 19 |
Record: | 8–4 |
Conf Record: | 5–3 |
Head Coach: | Lee Corso |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Mvp: | Tim Clifford |
Captain: | Tim Clifford, Tony D'Orazio, Terry Tallen, Brent Tisdale |
Stadium: | Memorial Stadium |
Champion: | Holiday Bowl champion |
Bowl: | Holiday Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 38–37 vs. BYU |
The 1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Lee Corso, in his seventh year as head coach of the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers participated in the Holiday Bowl, in a post-season matchup against BYU. The Hoosiers won, 38–37.
In the Old Oaken Bucket, the Hoosiers lost to Purdue by a score of 37–21.
See also: 1979 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
On October 22, 2016, former Indiana University coach and current ESPN College Football analyst Lee Corso described the game on College Gameday. He said at halftime he told the Hoosiers (who were losing the game 26–3) to not bother coming out for the 2nd half unless they were prepared to win the game. Indiana would then go on to win the game 30–26. This was also the debut for Iowa's new head coach Hayden Fry.
See also: 1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football team.
See also: 1979 Kentucky Wildcats football team.
See also: 1979 Colorado Buffaloes football team.
See also: 1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team.
See also: 1979 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.
See also: 1979 Michigan Wolverines football team.
See also: 1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Old Oaken Bucket.
See main article: 1979 Holiday Bowl.
See also: 1979 BYU Cougars football team.
See main article: 1980 NFL draft.
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Mike Friede | Wide receiver | 3 | 62 | Detroit Lions |