geografia: Indiana Hoosiers football

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The Indiana Hoosiers football program represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football (FBS) and in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers have played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana, since 1960. The Hoosiers have won the Big Ten Championship three times, doing it first in 1945, again in 1967, and most recently in 2025. Indiana has appeared in 17 bowl games, including the 1968 and 2026 Rose Bowl games. Long considered one of the weaker power-conference programs in the conference and the country, with the second-worst win percentage of any power conference school as of 2026, Indiana has shifted its fortunes in…

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The 2025 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington (Indiana or IU) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers were led by second-year head coach Curt Cignetti. They played home games at Memorial Stadium located in Bloomington, Indiana, as members of the Big Ten Conference. The 2025 season was the most successful season in Indiana's football history. The season included numerous firsts for the program: the Hoosiers defeated a top-five ranked opponent on the road for the first time (week 7 at No. 3 Oregon); had their highest AP poll, Coaches Poll, and College Football Playoff rankings in program history (all at No. 1); had a road victory…

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The 2025 Big Ten Football Championship Game (officially known as the 2025 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) was a college football game played on December 6, 2025, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the 15th edition of the Big Ten Football Championship Game and determined the champion of the conference for the 2025 season, as well as earning the winner an automatic bid to the 2025 College Football Playoff. The game began at 8:00 p.m. EST on Fox. The Hoosiers upset the Buckeyes to win their first outright Big Ten championship since 1945 and first Big Ten championship overall since 1967. This game was the first No. 1 vs. No. 2-ranked AP Po…

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Indiana Hoosiers football under Curt Cignetti began on November 30, 2023, when Cignetti was hired as the 30th Head Coach of the Indiana Hoosiers football team. Cignetti succeeded Tom Allen, who had been dismissed following the 2023 season. Previously the head coach at James Madison, Cignetti inherited a program that had finished 3–9 in its previous season and had three consecutive losing seasons. His tenure has been marked by an extraordinarily rapid rise in the program's national prominence, including consecutive appearances in the College Football Playoff, a Big Ten Conference championship, and a national championship. On November 30, 2023, Cignetti officially accepted the head coaching p…

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The Indiana Hoosiers are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of Indiana University Bloomington, nicknamed Hoosiers (after the demonym for people from the state of Indiana). The Hoosiers participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 24 sports and joined the Big Ten Conference on December 1, 1899. The school's official colors are cream and crimson. The Indiana Hoosiers have won 24 NCAA national championships, one Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national championship, one College Football Playoff championship, and 145 NCAA individual national championships. The Hoosiers' team titles include eight by the men's soccer team…

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The 2024 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti. They played home games at Memorial Stadium located in Bloomington, Indiana, as members of the Big Ten Conference. This season marked the first time Indiana hosted a Saturday College GameDay in school history, doing so in a game against Washington. Following a 20–15 home win against Michigan on Week 11, the Hoosiers achieved the first 10-win season in program history, as well as their first 7-win season in conference play. Their 10-game winning streak was snapped in Week 13 after a 38–15 road loss…

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