1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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.

1979 Indiana Hoosiers football
Team Photo of the 1979 Holiday Bowl
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 38–37 vs. BYU
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 19
1979 record	8–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lee Corso (7th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,324)

1979 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Purdue	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 18 Michigan	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Iowa	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Michigan State	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Northwestern	0	–	9	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

In the Old Oaken Bucket, the Hoosiers lost to Purdue by a score of 37–21.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	W 30–26	59,780
September 15	Vanderbilt*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	W 44–13	30,685
September 22	Kentucky*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	W 18–10	45,920
September 29	Colorado*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	L 16–17	36,160
October 6	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	W 3–0	74,188
October 13	at No. 8 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	L 6–47	87,521
October 20	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	W 30–0	30,086
October 27	at No. 10 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 21–27	104,832
November 3	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	W 42–24	35,507
November 10	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	W 45–14	30,874
November 17	No. 12 Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 21–37	53,202
December 21	vs. No. 9 BYU*	San Diego Stadium San Diego (Holiday Bowl)	W 38–37	52,200
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class T 73 Gerhard Ahting Jr QB 14 Tim Clifford Jr WR 7 Steve Corso Sr WR 88 Mike Friede Sr TE Dave Harangody Jr RB 24 Mike Harkrader Jr RB 44 Lonnie Johnson Jr OL 70 Lucky Wallace Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 21 Dart Ramsey DB Mark Sutor DL 62 Terry Tallen (C) Sr DB 8 Tim Wilbur So LB 64 Randy Willhite	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Kevin Kellogg Jr P 6 Larry Lovett Jr K Steve Straub Sr	Head coach Lee Corso Coordinators/assistant coaches Bill Doba – Linebackers Bob Otolski – Special teams Gus Pachis Morris Watts Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

at Iowa

Indiana at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Hoosiers 0 3 7 20 30 Hawkeyes 13 13 0 0 26 Date: September 8 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 59,780 Source:

Scoring summary 1 IOWA Dennis Mosley 23-yard run (kick failed) IOWA 6–0 1 IOWA Mosley 5-yard run (Schilling kick) IOWA 13–0 2 Indiana Straub 29-yard field goal IOWA 13–3 2 IOWA Mosley 5-yard pass from Suess (Schilling kick) IOWA 20–3 2 3:06 IOWA Mosley 1-yard run (pass failed) IOWA 26–3 3 Indiana Johnson 51-yard pass from Clifford (Straub kick) IOWA 26–10 4 Indiana Johnson 1-yard run (pass failed) IOWA 26–16 4 Indiana Clifford 1-yard run (Straub kick) IOWA 26–23 4 0:58 Indiana Johnson 66-yard pass from Clifford (Straub kick) Indiana 30–26

See also: 1979 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–24–4	1978	W 34–14

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.

Vanderbilt

See also: 1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1899	W 20–0

Kentucky

See also: 1979 Kentucky Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–3–1	1974	L 22–28

Colorado

See also: 1979 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1970	L 9–16

at Wisconsin

See also: 1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–21–2	1978	L 7–34

at Ohio State

Indiana at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total Hoosiers 0 0 6 0 6 • No. 8 Buckeyes 9 17 14 7 47 Date: October 13 Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:48 Game attendance: 87,251 Game weather: Cloudy; 44°F; wind 15 NW

Scoring summary Q1 11:38 OHST Campbell 2-yard run (kick failed) OHST 6–0 Q1 5:51 OHST Janakievski 32-yard field goal OHST 9–0 Q2 11:23 OHST Janakievski 35-yard field goal OHST 12–0 Q2 3:50 OHST Campbell 3-yard run (Janakievski kick) OHST 19–0 Q2 :28 OHST Donley 21-yard pass from Schlichter (Janakievski kick) OHST 26–0 Q3 11:22 OHST Volley 2-yard run (Janakievski kick) OHST 33–0 Q3 7:14 OHST Schlichter 5-yard run (Janakievski kick) OHST 40–0 Q3 :57 IND Clifford 2-yard run (run failed) OHST 40–6 Q4 3:58 OHST Hicks 11-yard pass from Castignola (Janakievski kick) OHST 47–6

See also: 1979 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

at Michigan

Indiana at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Hoosiers 0 14 0 7 21 • No. 10 Wolverines 7 0 14 6 27 Date: October 27 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan Game attendance: 104,832

Scoring summary 1 MICH Lawrence Reid 3-yard run (Virgil kick) MICH 7-0 2 IND Dave Harangody 3-yard pass from Tim Clifford (Kellogg kick) Tied 7-7 2 IND Lonnie Johnson 14-yard run (Kellogg kick) IND 14-7 3 MICH Lawrence Reid 50-yard run (Virgil kick) Tied 14-14 3 MICH Butch Woolfolk 2-yard run (Virgil kick) MICH 21-14 4 0:55 IND Dave Harangody 3-yard pass from Tim Clifford (Kellogg kick) Tied 21-21 4 0:00 MICH Anthony Carter 45-yard pass from John Wangler MICH 27-21

See also: 1979 Michigan Wolverines football team

Purdue

See also: 1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Old Oaken Bucket

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–50–6	1978	L 7–20

vs. BYU (Holiday Bowl)

Indiana vs. BYU

1 2 3 4 Total • Hoosiers 14 7 10 7 38 No. 9 Cougars 14 3 13 7 37 Date: December 21 Location: San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California Game attendance: 52,500

Scoring summary 1 BYU Eric Lane 1-yard touchdown run (Brent Johnson kick) BYU 7-0 1 IND Bob Stephenson 38-yard touchdown pass from Tim Clifford (Kevin Kellog kick) Tied 7-7 1 IND Clifford 1-yard touchdown run (Kellog kick) IND 14-7 1 BYU Marc Wilson 3-yard touchdown run (Johnson kick) Tied 14-14 2 BYU Johnson 40-yard field goal BYU 17-14 2 IND Clifford 1-yard touchdown run (Kellog kick) IND 21-17 3 BYU Homer Jones 13-yard touchdown pass from Wilson (Johnson kick) BYU 24-21 3 IND Mike Harkrader 1-yard touchdown run (Kellog kick) IND 28-24 3 IND Kellog 26-yard field goal IND 31-24 3 BYU Johnson 29-yard field goal IND 31-27 3 BYU Johnson 46-yard field goal IND 31-30 4 BYU Eric Lane 15-yard touchdown pass from Wilson (Johnson kick) BYU 37-31 4 IND Tim Wilbur 62-yard punt return (Kellog kick) IND 38-37

Main article: 1979 Holiday Bowl

See also: 1979 BYU Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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Awards and honors

• Tim Clifford, Chicago Tribune Silver Football

1980 NFL draftees

Main article: 1980 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Mike Friede	Wide Receiver	3	62	Detroit Lions

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References

1. "1979 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
2. "Indiana Beats BYU In Bowl Upset, 38‐37". The New York Times. December 22, 1979. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
3. "1980 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 17, 2019.