Indiana·Big Ten

2019 — The Winning Chapter

Indiana's 2019 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Gator Bowl
AP final #24 post-bowls
SP+ +3.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Ball Sta 34-24 W vs East Ill 52-0 L vs Ohio St 10-51 W vs UConn 38-3 L @ Mich St 31-40 W vs Rutgers 35-0 W @ Maryland 34-28 W @ Nebraska 38-31 W vs Northw 34-3 L @ Penn St 27-34 L vs Michigan 14-39 W @ Purdue 44-41 L @ Tennes 22-23 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Indiana 52, Eastern Illinois 0. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Indiana 10, Ohio State 51. A 41-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Indiana fell to Tennessee 22-23 in the postseason.

"Go IU"
— Indiana fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What it meant

2019 is a middle chapter for Indiana — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.