1975 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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.

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
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Ohio State $8001110
No. 8 Michigan710822
Michigan State440740
Illinois440560
Purdue440470
Wisconsin341461
Minnesota350650
Iowa350380
Northwestern260380
Indiana161281
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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 18Iowa
  • 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
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1976 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Greg McGuireDefensive tackle6181Dallas Cowboys
John JordanDefensive tackle8221New York Giants
Donnie ThomasLinebacker11298New England Patriots
Quinn BucknerDefensive back14393Washington Redskins
Trent SmockWide receiver15419Detroit Lions

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

References


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