1975 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1975 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–8–1 (1–6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDonnie Thomas
CaptainJim Shuck, Donnie Thomas
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 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. 8 Michigan 7 1 0 8 2 2
Michigan State 4 4 0 7 4 0
Illinois 4 4 0 5 6 0
Purdue 4 4 0 4 7 0
Wisconsin 3 4 1 4 6 1
Minnesota 3 5 0 6 5 0
Iowa 3 5 0 3 8 0
Northwestern 2 6 0 3 8 0
Indiana 1 6 1 2 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.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 13MinnesotaW 20–1435,954
September 20at No. 6 Nebraska*L 0–4576,022
September 27Utah*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 31–732,864
October 4at NC State*L 0–2739,700
October 11at NorthwesternL 0–3027,800
October 18Iowadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 10–2032,441
October 25at No. 7 MichiganL 7–5593,857
November 1at No. 1 Ohio StateL 14–2487,835
November 8Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
L 6–1431,930
November 15at WisconsinT 9–965,317
November 22Purdue
L 7–943,455
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1976 NFL draftees[edit]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Greg McGuire Defensive tackle 6 181 Dallas Cowboys
John Jordan Defensive tackle 8 221 New York Giants
Donnie Thomas Linebacker 11 298 New England Patriots
Quinn Buckner Defensive back 14 393 Washington Redskins
Trent Smock Wide receiver 15 419 Detroit Lions

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Defensive back Quinn Buckner went on to a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1975 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "1975 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "1975 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  5. ^ "1976 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
  6. ^ "Quinn Buckner Stats".