1978 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1978 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1978 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 sixth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1978 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1978 record47 (35 Big Ten)
Head coachLee Corso (6th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
1978 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Michigan + 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 12 Michigan State + 7 1 0  8 3 0
No. 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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16at No. 13 LSU*
L 17–24-
September 23No. 15 Washington*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 14–740,244
September 30No. 12 Nebraska*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ABCL 17–6942,738
October 7at WisconsinL 7–3475,266
October 14Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 38–10-
October 21at Michigan State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)
L 14–4976,013
October 28Illinois
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 31–10-
November 4at Minnesota
L 31–3239,797
November 11Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 34–1433,167
November 181:30 PMNo. 19 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 18–2147,560
November 25at No. 18 PurdueL 7–2069,918
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1978 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 73 Gerhard Ahting So
QB Scott Arnett
RB Jerry Bowers
RB Glenn Brooks
RB Darrick Burnett
QB 14 Tim Clifford So
RB Al Darring
WR Mark Fishel
WR 88 Mike Friede Jr
RB Mike Harkrader
C 50 Mark Heidel Sr
RB Rodney Hopkins
QB Chad Huck
RB Lonnie Johnson
OG 64 Mark Johnson Jr
WR Nate Lundy
OL Doug Peacock
WR Ron Pennick
OL Jeff Phipps
TE Dan Powers
TE Bob Stephenson
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Dave Abrams
DL George Doehla
DB Dale Keneipp
DL Al Leake
DL Greg McIntosh
LB 35 Joe Norman Sr
DL Carl Smith
DB John Swinehart
LB Doug Sybert
DL Terry Tallen
DL Brent Tisdale
DB Tim Wilbur
DL Randy Willhite
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K David Freud
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season summary

Ohio State

Ohio State Buckeyes (6–2–1) at Indiana Hoosiers (4–5)
1 2 34Total
Ohio St 7 0 7721
Indiana 7 3 0818

at Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

  • Date: November 18, 1978
  • Game weather: Overcast • 41 °F (5 °C) • Wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn) to 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn)
  • Game attendance: 47,540
  • Box Score

1979 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Joe NormanLinebacker245Seattle Seahawks

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References

  1. "1978 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  2. "1978 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1979.htm


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