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1975 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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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.

Record2–8–1 (1–6–1 Big Ten)
Headcoach
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1975 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–8–1 (1–6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDonnie Thomas
Captains
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
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1975 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Ohio State $8–0–011–1–0
No. 8 Michigan7–1–08–2–2
Michigan State4–4–07–4–0
Illinois4–4–05–6–0
Purdue4–4–04–7–0
Wisconsin3–4–14–6–1
Minnesota3–5–06–5–0
Iowa3–5–03–8–0
Northwestern2–6–03–8–0
Indiana1–6–12–8–1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13MinnesotaW 20–1435,953[1]
September 20at No. 6 Nebraska*L 0–4576,022[2]
September 27Utah*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 31–732,864[3]
October 4at NC State*L 0–2739,700[4]
October 11at NorthwesternL 0–3027,800[5]
October 18Iowadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 10–2032,441[6]
October 25at No. 7 MichiganL 7–5593,857[7]
November 1at No. 1 Ohio StateL 14–2487,835[8]
November 8Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
L 6–1431,930[9]
November 15at WisconsinT 9–965,317[10]
November 22Purdue
L 7–943,455[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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).[17]

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