What year did we win more than 8 B1G games?

[VirginiaWildcat]

nm

 

[Styre]

1916: 9-3
1928: 9-3
1931: 11-1 (Big Ten champions)
1932: 9-3
1933: 10-2 (Big Ten co-champions)

Haven't done it since.

 

[VirginiaWildcat]

Wow...1933. And we've never had 12...

 

[ColumbusCatFan1]

And we've only hit .500/finished in the top half of the conference once since 1970!

 

[NURoseBowl]

And we've only hit .500/finished in the top half of the conference once since 1970!

That's a sobering stat. Think that's gonna start changing, though . . .

 

[DaCat]

That's a sobering stat. Think that's gonna start changing, though . . .

...starting next year!

 

[pschatz25]

For some additional context, here are the other seasons in which we won 8 conference games (18 conference games unless otherwise noted):

1933-34 (12 game schedule)
1943-44 (12)
1945-46 (12)
1957-58 (14)
1958-59 (14)
1959-60 (14)
1967-68 (14)
1982-83
2003-04 (16 game schedule)
2008-09
2011-12

 

[DaCat]

It looked like we would possibly turn it around in the early 80's with the Jim Stack teams going to the NIT, and picking up recruits like Paul Schultz, Chris Berg, Dan Ivankovich, Jeff Grose and Shon Morris. Unfortunately it wasn't meant to be then.