The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.

The Hoosiers participated in the Holiday Bowl, in a post-season matchup against BYU.

In the Old Oaken Bucket, the Hoosiers lost to Purdue by a score of 37–21.

[13][14][15][16] On October 22, 2016, former Indiana University coach and current ESPN College Football analyst Lee Corso described the game on College Gameday.

This was also the debut for Iowa's new head coach Hayden Fry.