1990 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1990 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bill Mallory, the Hoosiers compiled an overall record of 6–5–1 with a mark of 3–4–1 in conference play, placing seventh the Big Ten. Indiana was invited to the Peach Bowl, where they lost to Auburn, 27–23. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.

1990 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Michigan +	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Michigan State +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
No. 25 Illinois +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Iowa +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
Northwestern	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Purdue	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Wisconsin	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15		Kentucky*		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		W 45–24	58,150	^[1]
September 22	1:00 pm	Missouri*		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 58–7	45,228
September 29		Eastern Michigan*		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 37–6	40,043
October 6	11:30 am	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 42–0	30,447
October 13	12:30 pm	Ohio State	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN	T 27–27	52,080
October 20	1:05 pm	at Minnesota	No. 20	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 0–12	38,227
October 27	12:30 pm	No. 20 Michigan		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN	L 19–45	51,948
November 3	12:30 pm	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ESPN	L 20–45	74,261
November 10	12:00 pm	Wisconsin		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 20–7	45,093
November 17	12:30 pm	No. 22 Illinois		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 10–24	44,639
November 24	1:00 pm	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		W 28–14	50,519–51,393	^[2]^[3]
December 29	11:30 am	vs. Auburn		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	ABC	L 23–27	38,962	^[4]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1990 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB		Vaughn Dunbar
QB		Trent Green
RB		Ernie Thompson
WR		Rob Turner

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S		Mike Dumas
DT		Nolan Harrison
LB		Troy Mason

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Scott Bonnell
K		Matt Pruslecki
P		Macky Smith

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Mike Dumas	2	28	Safety	Houston Oilers
Nolan Harrison	6	146	Defensive tackle	Los Angeles Raiders
Ernie Thompson	12	312	Running back	Los Angeles Raiders