The 2019 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 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 third-year head coach Tom Allen.
The 2019 Spring Game took place in Bloomington on April 12, 2019, at 7:00 p.m.
On December 27, 2018, the Hoosiers announced the promotion of Kane Wommack from Linebacker's Coach to Defensive coordinator; however, Wommack will continue linebacker coaching responsibilities. On December 30, 2018, Hoosiers' offensive coordinator Mike DeBord announced his retirement from football. On January 21, 2019, former Fresno State offensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer was announced as the Hoosiers' new offensive coordinator.
Notable departures from the 2018 squad included:
The Hoosiers lost 2 players due to transfer:
Hoosiers who were picked in the 2019 NFL draft:
The Hoosiers signed a total of 21 recruits.
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 2019 poll, Indiana was projected to finish in fifth in the East Division.
The Hoosiers' 2019 schedule consisted of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral site game in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Hoosiers' first non-conference game was at Lucas Oil Stadium, in Indianapolis, against Ball State of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), before hosting the remaining two non-conference games; against Eastern Illinois from the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and against UConn of the American Athletic Conference (AAC).
The Hoosiers were scheduled to play nine conference games; they hosted Ohio State, Rutgers, Northwestern and Michigan. They traveled to Michigan State, Maryland, Nebraska, Penn State and Purdue.
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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.