Indiana Hoosiers football

Indiana Hoosiers football
2024 Indiana Hoosiers football team
First season1887; 137 years ago
Athletic directorScott Dolson
Head coachCurt Cignetti
1st season, 10–0 (1.000)
StadiumMemorial Stadium
(capacity: 52,656)
Year built1960
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationBloomington, Indiana
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
All-time record516–713–44 (.423)
Bowl record3–10 (.231)
Conference titles2 (1945, 1967)
RivalriesIllinois (rivalry)
Kentucky (rivalry)
Michigan State (rivalry)
Purdue (rivalry)
Consensus All-Americans7[1]
Current uniform
ColorsCrimson and cream[2]
   
Fight song"Indiana, Our Indiana"
Mascotnone
Marching bandMarching Hundred
Websiteiuhoosiers.com

The Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers have played their home games at Memorial Stadium since 1960. The team has won the Big Ten Championship twice, once in 1945 and again in 1967. The Hoosiers have appeared in 12 bowl games, including the 1968 Rose Bowl. Six Indiana players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, including Zora Clevinger, Bill Ingram, Pete Pihos, George Taliaferro, John Tavener, and Anthony Thompson, who was also National Player of the Year in 1989. The Hoosiers are currently led by head coach Curt Cignetti.

Indiana University has the most losses of any Division I (FBS or FCS) football program (713),[3] and also the fourth worst winning percentage of any FBS team with over 1,000 games played (.421).[4] No coach since 1948 has left with a winning record.[5]

  1. ^ "NCAA Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2014. pp. 13–18. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "Primary Colors". Indiana University Athletics Brand and Uniform Guidelines (PDF). August 28, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Indiana Becomes First Division I Football Program to 700 Losses". SI. October 16, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "Winsipedia - College football ALL-TIME RECORD (WINNING %) (*minimum 100 games) rankings". Winsipedia. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  5. ^ "Indiana Hoosiers Coaches". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 24, 2024.