This year's Indiana Hoosiers believe they can have a successful campaign, but a tough bunch of road games could keep them on the outside looking in. The 2014 Indiana Hoosiers Football Schedule is listed below.
Indiana hasn't played in a bowl game since the 2007 Insight Bowl, when they gave up 49 to Oklahoma State. Prior to that, the Hoosiers played in eight other bowl games, the first being the 1968 Rose Bowl, a 14-3 loss to USC. Can this year's team reach the goal of getting to a bowl game?
Indiana won just one game in 2011, claimed four in 2012 and won five games last season. They have a handful of winnable games early in the schedule, but then it gets very difficult.
The Big Ten East features Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State to name a few, all of which are on the schedule for the Hoosiers this season.
Tre Roberson and Nate Sudfeld return for their junior years at quarterback. Both guys spend a lot of time on the field and it has proven to work for Indiana.
The Hoosiers had no problems on offense last season, averaging 38.4 points per game. That certainly is good enough to win games — but remember that Indiana lost seven contests last season. Hard to believe.
The defense is to blame. The Hoosiers gave up an average of 38.8 points and 527.9 yards per game last season.
If Indiana can get to the Iowa game at 4-1, they have a shot at going bowling this season. If they stumble in any of their winnable games, they won't.
2014 Indiana Hoosiers Football Schedule
Aug. 30 Indiana State
Sept. 6 Bye week
Sept. 13 at Bowling Green
Sept. 20 at Missouri
Sept. 27 Maryland
Oct. 4 North Texas
Oct. 11 at Iowa
Oct. 18 Michigan State
Oct. 25 Bye week
Nov. 1 at Michigan
Nov. 8 Penn State
Nov. 15 at Rutgers
Nov. 22 at Ohio State
Nov. 29 Purdue
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