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1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1979
team	Indiana Hoosiers
sport	football
image	Holiday Bowl Squad.jpg
caption	Team photo of the 1979 Holiday Bowl
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
CoachRank	16
APRank	19
record	8–4
conf_record	5–3
head_coach	Lee Corso
hc_year	7th
mvp	Tim Clifford
captain	Tim Clifford
captain2	Tony D'Orazio
captain3	Terry Tallen
captain4	Brent Tisdale
stadium	Memorial Stadium
champion	Holiday Bowl champion
bowl	[Holiday Bowl](1979-holiday-bowl)
bowl_result	W 38–37 vs. [BYU](1979-byu-cougars-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.

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

Schedule

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Roster

Bill Doba – Linebackers
Bob Otolski – Special teams
Gus Pachis
Morris Watts

Game summaries

At Iowa

Source:

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. This was also the debut for Iowa's new head coach Hayden Fry.

Vanderbilt

Kentucky

Colorado

At Wisconsin

At Ohio State

At Michigan

Purdue

Vs. BYU (Holiday Bowl)

Main article: 1979 Holiday Bowl

Awards and honors

Tim Clifford, Chicago Tribune Silver Football

1980 NFL draftees

Main article: 1980 NFL draft

References

(September 9, 1979). "Indiana rally turns back Hawkeyes, 30–26". The Times.
(September 16, 1979). "Hoosiers near perfect in victory over Vandy, go to 2–0". The Kokomo Tribune.
(September 23, 1979). "Indiana holds off Kentuckians, 18–10". The Indianapolis Star.
(September 30, 1979). "Colorado Buffaloes I.U.". The Indianapolis Star.
(October 7, 1979). "Indiana shuts out Wisconsin by 3–0". Dayton Daily News.
(October 14, 1979). "Ohio State quarterback leads romp over Indiana". The Pantagraph.
(October 21, 1979). "Indiana romps past Northwestern, 30–0". The Des Moines Register.
Mick McCabe. (October 28, 1979). "Whew! U-M grabs a squeaker, 27-21: 6 Seconds Left, Carter TD Catch Tops Indiana". Detroit Free Press.
(November 4, 1979). "Hoosiers feast on Gophers 42–24". Minneapolis Tribune.
(November 11, 1979). "Hoosier steamroller flattens Illini, 45–14". The Indianapolis Star.
(November 18, 1979). "Purdue, Herrmann survive IU challenge". Evansville Courier and Press.
(December 22, 1979). "Indiana shocks BYU 38–37". The Sacramento Bee.
. ["1979 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results"](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/indiana/1979-schedule.html). *[[Sports Reference]]*.
. ["1979 Football Schedule"](https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/football/schedule/1979). *[[Indiana University]]*.
. ["Indiana Football 2023 Record Book"](https://static.iuhoosiers.com/custompages/pdf/fb/2023/23-FB-Record_Book_Full.pdf). *[[Indiana University]]*.
"1979 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearbook).
(December 22, 1979). "Indiana Beats BYU In Bowl Upset, 38-37". [[The New York Times]].
"1980 NFL Draft". [[Sports Reference.

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