One game at a time #2 - beat the bye week trend

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Back before the Wake game, I put up IU's history in 4th games on their schedule and showed how the program had a long streak of losing game 4 (click here to revisit). Of course IU beat Wake, broke the streak, and I think my thread was a major reason for that happening.

This time around, it's the bye week trend that's haunting the Hoosiers. The history isn't as ugly as the 'Game 4' streak, but IU still doesn't have a great history coming off bye week. The Hoosiers have played 13 games after a bye week so far this century. The results:

2001 - W v Northwestern, 56-21 (11/3/01, 1-5 going into the game)
2002 - W v Wisconsin, 32-29 (10/12/02, 2-3 going into the game)
2003 - L v Ohio State, 35-6 (10/25/03, 1-6 going into the game)
2004 - L @ Ohio State, 30-7 (10/23/04, 2-4 going into the game)
2005 - L @ Wisconsin, 41-24 (10/1/05 - 3-1 going into the game)
2008 - L v Ball State, 42-20 (9/20/08, 2-0 going into the game)
2010 - W @ Western Kentucky, 38-21 (9/18/10, 1-0 going into the game)
2011 - L @ Michigan State, 55-3 (11/19/11, 1-9 going into the game)
2012 - L @ Northwestern, 44-29 (9/29/12, 2-1 going into the game)
2013 - W v Penn State, 44-24 (10/5/13, 2-2 going into game)
L v Minnesota, 42-39 (11/2/13, 3-4 going into game)
2014 - L @ Bowling Green, 45-42 (9/13/14, 1-0 going into game)
L v Michigan State, 56-17 (10/18/14, 3-3 going into game)

In summary, in the 2000's IU is:

• 4-9 in games after a bye week
• 3-4 at home in games after a bye week
• 1-5 on the road in games after a bye week
• 3-7 in conference games after a bye week
• 1-5 under Wilson in games after a bye week

But ... IU IS 0-0 IN GAMES PLAYED AFTER A BYE WEEK THAT FALL AS THE NINTH GAME ON THE SCHEDULE!!!

Beat the trend. Beat Iowa.

 

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