Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 8 at Iowa W 30–2659,780 September 15 Vanderbilt * W 44–1330,685 [1] September 22 Kentucky * Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry ) W 18–1045,920 [2] September 29 Colorado * Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN L 16–1736,160 October 6 at Wisconsin W 3–074,188 October 13 at No. 8 Ohio State L 6–4787,521 October 20 Northwestern Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN W 30–030,086 October 27 at No. 10 Michigan L 21–27104,832 [3] November 3 Minnesota Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN W 42–2435,507 November 10 at Illinois W 45–1430,874 November 17 No. 12 Purdue L 21–3753,202 December 21 vs. No. 9 BYU * W 38–3752,200 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 21 Dart Ramsey DB 13 Mark Sutor Fr DL 62 Terry Tallen (C) Sr LB 60 Craig Walls So 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 9 Steve Straub Sr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Indiana at Iowa 1 2 3 4 Total • Hoosiers 0 3 7 20 30 Hawkeyes 13 13 0 0 26
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
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 .
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 13Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 1:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:48Game attendance: 87,251Game weather: Cloudy; 44 °F (7 °C); wind 15 mph (24 km/h) NWScoring 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
Indiana at Michigan 1 2 3 4 Total Hoosiers 0 14 0 7 21 • No. 10 Wolverines 7 0 14 6 27
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 WanglerMICH 27-21
edit Indiana vs. BYU 1 2 3 4 Total • Hoosiers 14 7 10 7 38 No. 9 Cougars 14 3 13 7 37
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
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