2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana competed as a member of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by first-year head coach Tom Allen and finished 5–7 overall, 2–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the East Division.

Spring Game
The 2017 Spring Game took place in Bloomington, on April 13, at 7:00 PM.

Previous season
The Hoosiers finished the 2016 season 6–6, 4–5 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place in the Eastern Division. The highlight of the season was beating No. 17-ranked Michigan State, as well as beating Purdue to become bowl eligible for the second year in a row; a feat last accomplished in the 1990 and 1991 seasons. Following a loss to Utah in the Foster Farms Bowl, Indiana finished their season 6–7.

Offseason
Following the season, the Hoosiers would fire sixth year Offensive Coordinator Kevin Johns on January 2, 2017 and hire Tennessee Offensive Coordinator Mike DeBord two days later. On January 4, 2017, Grant Heard joined the Hoosiers' coaching staff as the wide receivers coach. He formerly coached at Ole Miss. On March 3, 2017, Mike Hart was hired to fill the vacant role of running backs' coach. Hart was a former running backs coach at Syracuse, Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan, as well as a former running back for the Indianapolis Colts.

Departures
Notable departures from the 2016 squad included:

2017 NFL Draft
Hoosiers who were picked in the 2017 NFL Draft:

Recruits
The Hoosiers signed a total of 23 recruits.

Returning starters
Indiana had seven returning players on offense, nine on defense and two on special teams that started games in 2016.

Schedule
The Hoosiers' 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home games and 6 away games. The Hoosiers first non-conference game were away at Virginia of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), before hosting the remaining two non-conference games; against FIU from Conference USA (C-USA) and against Georgia Southern of the Sun Belt Conference (Sun Belt).

The Hoosiers played nine conference games; they hosted Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Rutgers. They traveled to Penn State, Michigan State, Maryland, Illinois, and Purdue.


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 * undefined ESPN's College GameDay was held in Bloomington for the first time in the show's broadcast history.
 * undefinedThe game between Florida International University and Indiana, originally scheduled for 3:30 p.m., was cancelled due to Hurricane Irma. The cancelled game scheduled for September 16 will serve as Indiana's bye week, with a replacement game added on October 7 against Charleston Southern University.

Radio
Radio coverage for all games will be broadcast on 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.