1975 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1975 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record2–8–1 (1–6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVP Donnie Thomas
Captain Jim Shuck, Donnie Thomas
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1974
1976  
1975 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 0 011 1 0
No. 8 Michigan 7 1 08 2 2
Michigan State 4 4 07 4 0
Illinois 4 4 05 6 0
Purdue 4 4 04 7 0
Wisconsin 3 4 14 6 1
Minnesota 3 5 06 5 0
Iowa 3 5 03 8 0
Northwestern 2 6 03 8 0
Indiana 1 6 12 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University in the 1975 Big Ten Conference 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 third year as head coach of the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers offense only scored 104 points while the defense allowed 254 points. Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball player and College Basketball Hall of Fame member Quinn Buckner was drafted by the Washington Redskins though he did not play football his junior or senior year.

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13 Minnesota W 20–1435,954
September 20at No. 6 Nebraska *L 0–4576,022
September 27 Utah *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 31–732,864 [1]
October 4at NC State *L 0–2739,700 [2]
October 11at Northwestern L 0–3027,800
October 18 Iowa Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 10–2032,441
October 25at No. 7 Michigan L 7–5593,857 [3]
November 1at No. 1 Ohio State L 14–2487,835
November 8 Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
L 6–1431,930
November 15at Wisconsin T 9–965,317
November 22 Purdue
L 7–943,455
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1976 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Greg McGuire Defensive tackle 6181 Dallas Cowboys
John JordanDefensive tackle8221 New York Giants
Donnie Thomas Linebacker 11298 New England Patriots
Quinn Buckner Defensive back14393 Washington Redskins
Trent Smock Wide receiver15419 Detroit Lions

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Defensive back Quinn Buckner went on to a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [9]

References

  1. "Welcome back! IU returns Jones, Smock and defense to repertoire, rips Utah 31–7". The Courier-Journal. September 28, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Hoosiers fall". Sunday Courier and Press. October 5, 1975. Retrieved January 26, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Curt Sylvester (October 26, 1975). "Michigan Rolls On 55-7". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 4E via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1975 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. "1975 Football Schedule". Indiana University . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  7. "1975 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  8. "1976 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
  9. "Quinn Buckner Stats".