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99 Years

99 Years Table
			Overall				Conference				SRS		Polls
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
1	2023	Big Ten	4	8	0	.333	2	7	0	.222	-1.54	5.79						Mel Tucker (2-0), Harlon Barnett (2-8)
2	2022	Big Ten	5	7	0	.417	3	6	0	.333	0.98	5.48	15	11				Mel Tucker (5-7)
3	2021	Big Ten	11	2	0	.846	7	2	0	.778	14.41	5.26		5	9	3	10	Mel Tucker (11-2)	Peach Bowl (W)
4	2020	Big Ten	2	5	0	.286	2	5	0	.286	-2.93	8.79						Mel Tucker (2-5)
5	2019	Big Ten	7	6	0	.538	4	5	0	.444	6.06	5.60	18	18				Mark Dantonio (7-6)	Pinstripe Bowl (W)
6	2018	Big Ten	7	6	0	.538	5	4	0	.556	6.01	5.08	11	11		18		Mark Dantonio (7-6)	Redbox Bowl (L)
7	2017	Big Ten	10	3	0	.769	7	2	0	.778	13.83	7.68		13	15	16	16	Mark Dantonio (10-3)	Holiday Bowl (W)
8	2016	Big Ten	3	9	0	.250	1	8	0	.111	-1.79	4.29	12	8				Mark Dantonio (3-9)
9	2015	Big Ten	12	2	0	.857	7	1	0	.875	15.36	6.58	5	2	6	3	3	Mark Dantonio (12-2)	Cotton Bowl (L)
10	2014	Big Ten	11	2	0	.846	7	1	0	.875	16.07	1.68	8	5	5	8	8	Mark Dantonio (11-2)	Cotton Bowl (W)
11	2013	Big Ten	13	1	0	.929	8	0	0	1.000	14.74	0.67		3	3			Mark Dantonio (13-1)	Rose Bowl (W)
12	2012	Big Ten	7	6	0	.538	3	5	0	.375	6.21	3.75	13	10				Mark Dantonio (7-6)	Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (W)
13	2011	Big Ten	11	3	0	.786	7	1	0	.875	10.05	1.48	17	9	11			Mark Dantonio (11-3)	Outback Bowl (W)
14	2010	Big Ten	11	2	0	.846	7	1	0	.875	9.91	1.29		5	14			Mark Dantonio (11-2)	Capital One Bowl (L)
15	2009	Big Ten	6	7	0	.462	4	4	0	.500	2.52	1.68						Mark Dantonio (6-7)	Alamo Bowl (L)
16	2008	Big Ten	9	4	0	.692	6	2	0	.750	7.92	3.15		17	24			Mark Dantonio (9-4)	Capital One Bowl (L)
17	2007	Big Ten	7	6	0	.538	3	5	0	.375	6.69	1.69						Mark Dantonio (7-6)	Champs Sports Bowl (L)
18	2006	Big Ten	4	8	0	.333	1	7	0	.125	-3.14	1.11						John Smith (4-8)
19	2005	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	2	6	0	.250	8.32	6.32		11				John Smith (5-6)
20	2004	Big Ten	5	7	0	.417	4	4	0	.500	2.30	2.30						John Smith (5-7)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
21	2003	Big Ten	8	5	0	.615	5	3	0	.625	7.95	3.56		9				John Smith (8-5)	Alamo Bowl (L)
22	2002	Big Ten	4	8	0	.333	2	6	0	.250	-2.67	3.09	18	15				Bobby Williams (3-6), Morris Watts (1-2)
23	2001	Big Ten	7	5	0	.583	3	5	0	.375	6.26	2.93		22				Bobby Williams (7-5)	Silicon Valley Bowl (W)
24	2000	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	2	6	0	.250	2.79	5.52	25	18				Bobby Williams (5-6)
25	1999	Big Ten	10	2	0	.833	6	2	0	.750	14.95	7.03		5	7			Nick Saban (9-2), Bobby Williams (1-0)	Citrus Bowl (W)
26	1998	Big Ten	6	6	0	.500	4	4	0	.500	8.13	5.80	23	23				Nick Saban (6-6)
27	1997	Big Ten	7	5	0	.583	4	4	0	.500	9.47	4.05	25	11				Nick Saban (7-5)	Aloha Bowl (L)
28	1996	Big Ten	6	6	0	.500	5	3	0	.625	8.66	5.16						Nick Saban (6-6)	Sun Bowl (L)
29	1995	Big Ten	6	5	1	.542	4	3	1	.563	7.68	9.27						Nick Saban (6-5-1)	Independence Bowl (L)
30	1994	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	4	4	0	.500	7.75	7.84						George Perles (5-6)		record adjusted to 0-11-0 by NCAA
31	1993	Big Ten	6	6	0	.500	4	4	0	.500	7.21	7.96		22				George Perles (6-6)	Liberty Bowl (L)
32	1992	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	5	3	0	.625	2.72	4.54						George Perles (5-6)
33	1991	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273	3	5	0	.375	-4.57	3.43	20	18				George Perles (3-8)
34	1990	Big Ten	8	3	1	.708	6	2	0	.750	12.26	4.84	23	16	16			George Perles (8-3-1)	Sun Bowl (W)
35	1989	Big Ten	8	4	0	.667	6	2	0	.750	12.15	2.56		16	16			George Perles (8-4)	Aloha Bowl (W)
36	1988	Big Ten	6	5	1	.542	6	1	1	.813	9.75	6.00	15	15				George Perles (6-5-1)	Gator Bowl (L)
37	1987	Big Ten	9	2	1	.792	7	0	1	.938	14.31	6.98		8	8			George Perles (9-2-1)	Rose Bowl (W)
38	1986	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545	4	4	0	.500	7.67	3.31	20	17				George Perles (6-5)
39	1985	Big Ten	7	5	0	.583	5	3	0	.625	8.82	6.40						George Perles (7-5)	Hall of Fame Classic (L)
40	1984	Big Ten	6	6	0	.500	5	4	0	.556	2.39	2.81						George Perles (6-6)	Cherry Bowl (L)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
41	1983	Big Ten	4	6	1	.409	2	6	1	.278	0.64	4.46						George Perles (4-6-1)
42	1982	Big Ten	2	9	0	.182	2	7	0	.222	0.92	6.19						Frank Waters (2-9)
43	1981	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	4	5	0	.444	3.68	4.23						Frank Waters (5-6)
44	1980	Big Ten	3	8	0	.273	2	6	0	.250	1.76	6.13						Frank Waters (3-8)
45	1979	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	3	5	0	.375	6.42	6.60	10	7				Darryl Rogers (5-6)
46	1978	Big Ten	8	3	0	.727	7	1	0	.875	18.39	5.48		12	12			Darryl Rogers (8-3)
47	1977	Big Ten	7	3	1	.682	6	1	1	.813	13.04	5.86						Darryl Rogers (7-3-1)
48	1976	Big Ten	4	6	1	.409	3	5	0	.375	4.07	7.79						Darryl Rogers (4-6-1)
49	1975	Big Ten	7	4	0	.636	4	4	0	.500	11.69	7.15	12	11				Dennis Stolz (7-4)
50	1974	Big Ten	7	3	1	.682	6	1	1	.813	13.80	7.53		12	12			Dennis Stolz (7-3-1)
51	1973	Big Ten	5	6	0	.455	4	4	0	.500	8.33	11.15						Dennis Stolz (5-6)
52	1972	Big Ten	5	5	1	.500	5	2	1	.688	10.76	9.76		18				Duffy Daugherty (5-5-1)
53	1971	Big Ten	6	5	0	.545	5	3	0	.625	9.88	6.60		18				Duffy Daugherty (6-5)
54	1970	Big Ten	4	6	0	.400	3	4	0	.429	7.56	10.66						Duffy Daugherty (4-6)
55	1969	Big Ten	4	6	0	.400	2	5	0	.286	5.44	8.74	12	12				Duffy Daugherty (4-6)
56	1968	Big Ten	5	5	0	.500	2	5	0	.286	10.91	8.01		12				Duffy Daugherty (5-5)
57	1967	Big Ten	3	7	0	.300	3	4	0	.429	5.26	8.96	3	3				Duffy Daugherty (3-7)
58	1966	Big Ten	9	0	1	.950	7	0	0	1.000	21.46	5.16	2	1	2			Duffy Daugherty (9-0-1)		National Championships: NFF
59	1965	Big Ten	10	1	0	.909	7	0	0	1.000	26.75	12.66		1	2			Duffy Daugherty (10-1)	Rose Bowl (L)	National Championships: FWAA, NFF, UPI
60	1964	Big Ten	4	5	0	.444	3	3	0	.500	13.09	13.42		9				Duffy Daugherty (4-5)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
61	1963	Big Ten	6	2	1	.722	4	1	1	.750	19.76	11.32		4	9			Duffy Daugherty (6-2-1)
62	1962	Big Ten	5	4	0	.556	3	3	0	.500	16.78	8.89	4	4				Duffy Daugherty (5-4)
63	1961	Big Ten	7	2	0	.778	5	2	0	.714	20.05	7.38	6	1	8			Duffy Daugherty (7-2)
64	1960	Big Ten	6	2	1	.722	4	2	0	.667	19.69	12.25	8	6	15			Duffy Daugherty (6-2-1)
65	1959	Big Ten	5	4	0	.556	4	2	0	.667	13.06	9.95	19	11				Duffy Daugherty (5-4)
66	1958	Big Ten	3	5	1	.389	0	5	1	.083	7.45	8.45	4	4				Duffy Daugherty (3-5-1)
67	1957	Big Ten	8	1	0	.889	5	1	0	.833	23.79	7.46	3	1	3			Duffy Daugherty (8-1)
68	1956	Big Ten	7	2	0	.778	4	2	0	.667	18.97	6.86	2	1	9			Duffy Daugherty (7-2)
69	1955	Big Ten	9	1	0	.900	5	1	0	.833	24.00	8.50		2	2			Duffy Daugherty (9-1)	Rose Bowl (W)
70	1954	Big Ten	3	6	0	.333	1	5	0	.167	9.69	10.91	6	6				Duffy Daugherty (3-6)
71	1953	Big Ten	9	1	0	.900	5	1	0	.833	21.74	9.64	2	2	3			Biggie Munn (9-1)	Rose Bowl (W)
72	1952	Ind	9	0	0	1.000					25.65	7.20	1	1	1			Biggie Munn (9-0)		National Championships: AP, UPI
73	1951	Ind	9	0	0	1.000					23.06	8.06	2	1	2			Biggie Munn (9-0)
74	1950	Ind	8	1	0	.889					16.91	3.13	19	2	8			Biggie Munn (8-1)
75	1949	Ind	6	3	0	.667					19.30	8.19		8	19			Biggie Munn (6-3)
76	1948	Ind	6	2	2	.700					16.15	4.35		11	14			Biggie Munn (6-2-2)
77	1947	Ind	7	2	0	.778					9.29	1.18						Biggie Munn (7-2)
78	1946	Ind	5	5	0	.500					1.49	2.49						Charlie Bachman (5-5)
79	1945	Ind	5	3	1	.611					5.20	4.43						Charlie Bachman (5-3-1)
80	1944	Ind	6	1	0	.857					8.27	-6.59						Charlie Bachman (6-1)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
81	1942	Ind	4	3	2	.556					2.89	2.33						Charlie Bachman (4-3-2)
82	1941	Ind	5	3	1	.611					9.36	4.02						Charlie Bachman (5-3-1)
83	1940	Ind	3	4	1	.438					8.58	6.96						Charlie Bachman (3-4-1)
84	1939	Ind	4	4	1	.500					1.66	1.11						Charlie Bachman (4-4-1)
85	1938	Ind	6	3	0	.667					6.96	0.07						Charlie Bachman (6-3)
86	1937	Ind	8	2	0	.800					7.47	-0.23						Charlie Bachman (8-2)	Orange Bowl (L)
87	1936	Ind	6	1	2	.778					9.11	-0.01						Charlie Bachman (6-1-2)
88	1935	Ind	6	2	0	.750					14.66	1.79						Charlie Bachman (6-2)
89	1934	Ind	8	1	0	.889					8.09	-1.91						Charlie Bachman (8-1)
90	1933	Ind	4	2	2	.625					6.05	2.92						Charlie Bachman (4-2-2)
91	1932	Ind	7	1	0	.875					10.24	-0.63						Jimmy Crowley (7-1)
92	1931	Ind	5	3	1	.611					8.58	0.14						Jimmy Crowley (5-3-1)
93	1930	Ind	5	1	2	.750					8.19	-1.81						Jimmy Crowley (5-1-2)
94	1929	Ind	5	3	0	.625					1.71	-3.92						Jimmy Crowley (5-3)
95	1928	Ind	3	4	1	.438					-1.57	-1.69						Harry Kipke (3-4-1)
96	1927	Ind	4	5	0	.444					-3.59	-1.48						Ralph Young (4-5)
97	1926	Ind	3	4	1	.438					-5.38	-1.25						Ralph Young (3-4-1)
98	1925	Ind	3	5	0	.375					-2.12	-0.12						Ralph Young (3-5)
99	1918	Ind	4	3	0	.571					6.90	3.32						George Gauthier (4-3)

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