1981 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1981 Indiana Hoosiers football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1981 record	3–8 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lee Corso (9th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,324)

1981 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#15 Ohio State +	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#18 Iowa +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#12 Michigan	6	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Indiana	3	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	9	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A 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 ninth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12		at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 21–20	-
September 19		#2 USC*	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	ONTV	L 21–0	51,167
September 26		at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY		L 7–21	-
October 3	1:30 PM	#8 Michigan	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN		L 17–38	50,612
October 10		at #15 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		L 28–42	60,000
October 17		Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN		W 17–16	46,460
October 24		at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 10–29	87,182
October 31		at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)		L 3–26	-
November 7		Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN		L 7–28	44,218
November 14		at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		L 14–35	-
November 21		Purdue	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		W 20–17	48,466
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "1981 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
↑ "1981 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Retrieved October 14, 2015.

Indiana Hoosiers football

Venues	Jordan Field (1887–1924) Memorial Stadium (old) (1925–1959) Memorial Stadium (1960–present) John Mellencamp Pavilion (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Kentucky (Bourbon Barrel) Michigan State (Old Brass Spittoon) Purdue (Old Oaken Bucket)

Culture & lore	"Indiana, Our Indiana" Marching Hundred

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, November 30, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.