2022 Indiana Hoosiers Football Season
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The 2022 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University in the
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. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana and competed as a member of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Tom Allen. They finished the season 4–8, 2–7 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place in the East division.


Spring game

The Hoosiers did not hold an official 2022 spring game, instead choosing to have closed-practices throughout the spring, with the general public and media not in attendance. The Hoosiers have not held an official Spring Game since 2019.


Offseason


Coaching changes

Following the release of Nick Sheridan as offensive coordinator, the Hoosiers would announce on December 9, 2021, that they had hired former
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head coach as their new offensive coordinator; Bell had previously coached Umass from 2019-2021. On January 31, 2022, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish announced that they had hired Indiana running backs coach Deland McCullough to the same position for their team; McCullough had previously coached for one year with the Hoosiers. On February 7, 2022, Indiana announced that they had hired former
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running backs coach Craig Johnson as the Hoosiers' new running backs coach; Johnson had served as the running backs coach for the NFL's New York Giants from 2014-2019.


Transfers

Outgoing Notable departures from the 2021 squad included: Incoming


2022 NFL Draft

Hoosiers who were picked in the 2022 NFL Draft:


Preseason


Preseason Big Ten poll

Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a ''de facto'' preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2022 poll, Indiana was projected to finish last in the East Division.


Schedule

The Hoosiers' 2022 schedule consisted of seven home games and five away games. The Hoosiers played three non-conference games, against Idaho and Western Kentucky at home and on the road against Cincinnati. In conference, Indiana hosted Illinois, Michigan, Maryland,
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and
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. They traveled to Nebraska, Rutgers, Ohio State and Michigan State.


Game summaries


vs Illinois


vs Idaho


vs Western Kentucky


at Cincinnati


at Nebraska


vs No. 4 Michigan


vs Maryland


at Rutgers


vs No. 15 Penn State


at No. 2 Ohio State


at Michigan State


vs Purdue


Rankings


Roster


Radio

Radio coverage for all games was broadcast o
IUHoosiers.com
All-Access and on various radio frequencies throughout the state. The primary radio announcer is long-time broadcaster Don Fischer with Play-by-Play and pre, half, and post game shows by John Herrick.


References

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