1977 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1977 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–5–1 (4–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lee Corso (5th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,324)

1977 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Indiana	4	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Illinois	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1977 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 fifth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10		Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	L 14–30	34,755
September 17		LSU*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	W 24–21	-
September 24		Miami (OH)*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	L 20–21	-
October 1		at No. 11 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	L 13–31	76,034
October 8		at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 28–3	-
October 15		Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon)	T 13–13	36,982
October 22		at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	L 7–21	-
October 29		No. 19 Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	W 34–22	30,399
November 5		at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	W 24–21	49,620
November 12	1:30 PM	at No. 4 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	L 7–35	87,786
November 19		Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 21–10	52,914
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1977 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 73 Gerhard Ahting Fr QB 14 Tim Clifford Fr WR 88 Mike Friede So C 50 Mark Heidel Jr G 64 Mark Johnson So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 35 Joe Norman Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Lee Corso Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

1978 NFL draftees

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Charles Peal	Defensive tackle	10	273	Los Angeles Rams