1979 Indiana Hoosiers 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.

1979 Indiana Hoosiers football
Team photo of the 1979 Holiday Bowl
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 38–37 vs. BYU
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 19
Record	8–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lee Corso (7th season)
MVP	Tim Clifford
Captains	Tim Clifford Tony D'Orazio Terry Tallen Brent Tisdale
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Purdue	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 18 Michigan	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Iowa	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Michigan State	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Northwestern	0	–	9	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 30–26	59,780	[1]
September 15	Vanderbilt*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 44–13	30,685	[2]
September 22	Kentucky*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	W 18–10	45,920	[3]
September 29	Colorado*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 16–17	36,160	[4]
October 6	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 3–0	74,188	[5]
October 13	at No. 8 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 6–47	87,521	[6]
October 20	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 30–0	30,086	[7]
October 27	at No. 10 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 21–27	104,832	[8]
November 3	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 42–24	35,507	[9]
November 10	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 45–14	30,874	[10]
November 17	No. 12 Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 21–37	53,202	[11]
December 21	vs. No. 9 BYU*	San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	W 38–37	52,200	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1979 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 73 Gerhard Ahting Jr QB 14 Tim Clifford (C) Jr WR 7 Steve Corso Sr WR 88 Mike Friede Sr TE 81 Dave Harangody Jr RB 24 Mike Harkrader Jr RB 44 Lonnie Johnson Jr OL 70 Lucky Wallace Jr	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 DL 97 Brent Tisdale (C) Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Kevin Kellogg Jr P 6 Larry Lovett Jr K 9 Steve Straub Sr	Head coach Lee Corso Coordinators/assistant coaches Bill Doba – Linebackers Bob Otolski – Special teams Gus Pachis Morris Watts Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

At Iowa

Indiana at Iowa

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hoosiers	0	3	7	20	30
Hawkeyes	13	13	0	0	26

• Date: September 8
• Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
• Game attendance: 59,780

• Source:

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

See also: 1979 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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

See also: 1979 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

Kentucky

See also: 1979 Kentucky Wildcats football team

Colorado

See also: 1979 Colorado Buffaloes football team

At Wisconsin

See also: 1979 Wisconsin Badgers football team

At Ohio State

Indiana at Ohio State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	0	0	6	0	6
• No. 8 Buckeyes	9	17	14	7	47

• Date: October 13
• Location: Ohio Stadium
• Game start: 1:30 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 2:48
• Game attendance: 87,251
• Game weather: Cloudy; 44 °F (7 °C); wind 15 mph (24 km/h) NW

Scoring 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

See also: 1979 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

At Michigan

Indiana at Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	0	14	0	7	21
• No. 10 Wolverines	7	0	14	6	27

• Date: October 27
• Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Game attendance: 104,832

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 Wangler	MICH 27-21

See also: 1979 Michigan Wolverines football team

Purdue

See also: 1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Old Oaken Bucket

Vs. BYU (Holiday Bowl)

Indiana vs. BYU

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hoosiers	14	7	10	7	38
No. 9 Cougars	14	3	13	7	37

• Date: December 21
• Location: San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California
• Game attendance: 52,500

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

Main article: 1979 Holiday Bowl

See also: 1979 BYU Cougars football team

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Awards and honors

• Tim Clifford, Chicago Tribune Silver Football

1980 NFL draftees

Main article: 1980 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Mike Friede	Wide receiver	3	62	Detroit Lions

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