1976 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1976 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1976 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 fourth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1976 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1976 record56 (44 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 52,324)
1976 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Michigan + 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 6 Ohio State + 7 1 0  9 2 1
Minnesota 4 4 0  6 5 0
Illinois 4 4 0  5 6 0
Indiana 4 4 0  5 6 0
Purdue 4 4 0  5 6 0
Iowa 3 5 0  5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0  5 6 0
Michigan State 3 5 0  4 6 1
Northwestern 1 7 0  1 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11at MinnesotaL 13–3234,004
September 18No. 8 Nebraska*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 13–4541,289
September 25at Washington*W 20–1340,425
October 2NC State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 21–24-
October 9Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 7–0-
October 16at IowaW 14–757,465
October 23No. 1 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 0–3539,385
October 30No. 8 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 7–4739,663
November 6at Michigan StateL 0–23-
November 13Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 15–1427,518
November 20at PurdueW 20–1463,220
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Players selected in the 1977 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Dave KnowlesOffensive Tackle9231New Orleans Saints

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References

  1. "1976 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  2. "1976 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1977.htm


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