Coach Allen voted Coach of the Year

 

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Outback Bowl

 

Champion Week 2020

 

    Canceled due to COVID-19 

            

The game’s official cancellation means the Hoosiers and Boilers would not meet for the first time since 1919, when the match-up was canceled because of the influenza pandemic. 

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Indiana University Athletics 

2020 Bucket Game

Canceled due to Covid-19

Ranked #8 in the AP

 

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Indiana University Football 

IU @ Wisconsin

Jack Tuttle threw two touchdown passes in his first career start and Indiana's defense made a stand in the final minute as the 10th-ranked Hoosiers outlasted No. 18 Wisconsin 14-6 on Saturday.

Indiana's victory snapped a 10-game skid in this series and enabled the Hoosiers (6-1, CFP No. 12) to tie a program record with its sixth Big Ten victory of the season. Indiana also earned six Big Ten wins in 1967 and 1987. The Hoosiers hadn't beaten Wisconsin since 2002.

The Hoosiers" defense showed its mettle late and kept Wisconsin out of the end zone all day. As good as Penix is, he wasn't the only reason for the Hoosiers' dream season.

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The Helmet Project found here:
http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/index.htm
Photos © The B1G Network, Indiana University Athletics
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1145292-power-ranking-all-124-college-football-stadiums

IU v Maryland

Indiana pulled out a 27-11 victory over Maryland to move to 5-1 on the season.  It's nearly inconceivable to think that the last time Indiana pieced together back-to-back winning seasons was in 1993 and 1994 under Bill Mallory.

The Hoosier pass offense wasn't pretty, but the running game finally emerged from a prolonged slump to lift the Hoosiers. There was a clear emphasis on IU's part to spark its rushing attack against Maryland, despite IU's second-string running back, Sampson James, being inactive.

For a team that entered the game with the second-worst rushing attack in the Big Ten, Indiana's running back group showed out when the Hoosiers needed them most.

With its starting quarterback injured, the passing game ineffective and Sampson James inactive, the trio of Stevie Scott III, Tim Baldwin and Davis Ellis shouldered the load with explosion and tenacity. 

Scott led the way with three rushing scores and 80 yards, while Baldwin, the true freshman, rumbled for 106 yards on 16 carries. Ellis also contributed five carries for 21 yards. 

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The Helmet Project found here:

http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/index.htm

Photos © The B1G Network, Indiana University Athletics

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1145292-power-ranking-all-124-college-football-stadiums

Ranked #12 in the AP Coaches Poll

 

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Indiana University Athletics

IU @ Ohio State

IU ranked #9 marched into Columbus to face the #3 Buckeye’s who were heavily favored by three touchdowns. They almost pull the upset. Michael Penix threw for 491 yards, the second-most in Indiana history and five touchdowns. While Ty Fryfogle became the first Big Ten receiver ever to have two straight games with more than 200 receiving yards. But a 28-point third-quarter deficit was too much to overcome. Final score 42-35 Buckeye’s 

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The Helmet Project found here:
http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/index.htm
Photos © The B1G Network, Indiana University Athletics
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1145292-power-ranking-all-124-college-football-stadiums

Ranked #9 in the AP Poll

 

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Indiana University Athletics 

IU @ Michigan State

Indiana marched into East Lansing  and continued its  stretch of dominance, as Michigan State quarterback Rocky Lombardi was replaced by Payton Thorne in a 24-0 home loss for the Spartans.

Lombardi finished 3-for-7 passing with two interceptions before getting replaced by Thorne, who went 10-for-20 through the air for 110 yards and a pick for Michigan State (1-3).

Ty Fryfogle amassed 200 receiving yards and two touchdowns for Indiana.

Sources:
The Helmet Project found here:
http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/index.htm
Photos © The B1G Network, Indiana University Athletics
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1145292-power-ranking-all-124-college-football-stadiums

#10 in the AP and Coaches Poll

 First time since 1969 the Hoosiers have crept into the top ten ranking. 

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Indiana University Athletics 

IU v Michigan

The Hoosiers hosted Michigan on an unusually warm day for November with temperatures reaching the mid-70’s for a noon kickoff.  

Indiana beat Michigan for the first time since 1987 by a score of 38-21. It is the first time that the Hoosiers had beaten Penn State and Michigan in the same season. Michael Penix finishing with 30-for-50 for 342 yards and three touchdowns. 

The Hoosiers were in command of this one from the outset with touchdown passes from Penix to Miles Marshall and Ty Fryfogle in the first quarter sandwiched between a 37-yard strike from Milton to Cornelius Johnson. Indiana led 14-7 after one quarter of play. They would extend their lead going into halftime to 24-7 on a 52-yard field goal with just under 7 minutes to go and a one-yard pass to Peyton Hendershot with 56 seconds to go.

Michigan came out of the locker room with a defensive stop and a Roman Wilson touchdown pass from 13-yards out from Milton, but Indiana had a counter punch and answered with a score of their own. Through three quarters, the Hoosiers led 31-14. Michigan was able to get it to within 10 on a 21-yard touchdown catch from Ronnie Bell (six catches, 149 yards), but the Hoosiers put the game away at 38-21 with a Stevie Scott two-yard touchdown with just under 9 minutes to go.

Sources:
The Helmet Project found here:
http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/index.htm
Photos © The B1G Network, Indiana University Athletics
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1145292-power-ranking-all-124-college-football-stadiums

Ranked # 13 in the AP and Coaches Poll

 

The Hoosiers jumped up in the Coaches and AP polls after their win over Rutgers

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Indiana University Athleticss

IU @ Rutgers

The Hoosier would improve to 2-0 for the first time since 1991 with a Rutgers lost to IU at home by a decisive 37-21 margin. The Scarlet Knights hadn't found any success against IU since Oct. 17 of 2015, this defeat making it five in a row.

Michael Penix Jr. was slinging it as he passed for three TDs and 238 yards on 26 attempts in addition to punching in one rushing touchdown. The squad can also thank their defense for forcing the opposing offense to cough up 5 turnovers.

Sources:
The Helmet Project found here:
http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/index.htm
Photos © The B1G Network, Indiana University Athletics
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1145292-power-ranking-all-124-college-football-stadiums

IU Ranked # 17 in the AP

 

The Hoosiers made it into the top 25 AP poll with their win over Penn State 

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Indiana University Athletics 

IU v Penn State

For the first time since 1987, Indiana has defeated a top-10 opponent. The Hoosiers took down No. 8 Penn State in overtime, 36-35.

The Hoosiers wouldn't go down without a fight. And fight they did.  With 22 seconds remaining Michael Penix Jr. engineered a 75-yard touchdown drive, capped off by a two-point conversion to send the game to overtime at 28-28.

In overtime Indiana went to the run and Scott got a first down to start the drive. Then after a couple plays went nowhere, Penix hit Whop Philyor for a nine yard touchdown, making it 35-34.

Tom Allen decided to go for two. Michael Penix Jr. ran it to the left corner, outstretches and  hit the pylon. Called a touchdown, after a long review, the play stands, and Indiana wins, 36-35.

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The Helmet Project found here:
http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/index.htm
Photos © The B1G Network, Indiana University Athletics
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1145292-power-ranking-all-124-college-football-stadiums

Matt Unique Englert via Hoosier Nation Fan page 

2020 Logo

 

"I want us to be a beacon of what it looks like to love each other & care about one another, no matter where you are from & no matter whether you have differences or not." -Coach Tom Allen

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Indiana University Athletics 

Season's back

 The BIG Ten Conference has voted to re-open a fall football season. Each team will play 8 games four at home and four away. On December 19 a championship series will be played. Details will follow.

Let's hope for a safe and successful season. 

Per Covid-19 policy no fans will be allowed in the stands. 

No football in 2020

2020 Fall Campaign Canceled 

We knew this was a very real possibility. Even with the release of the updated Big Ten schedule last week, it was still just a glimmer of hope. Unfortunately, that glimmer turned into darkness as the Big Ten formally announced its intentions to postpone fall sports.

The Indiana football team will not get to play in 2020 along with the rest of the Big Ten and all we can do is sit back and think about what could have been.

The ACC, Big 12, and SEC still seem set on playing in the fall as of this posting, so if the Big Ten does play in the spring it will be just a conference schedule. At least it would be football.

Maybe we get to see them play in the spring, yet player safety is of the utmost concern.

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2020 Revised Schedule

Due to Covid-19 the Hoosiers will play a ten game Big Ten Schedule 

Tax Slayer Gator Bowl

The first half finished in a slug fest with Tennessee up 6-3 with the Vols looking superior from the start. The Hoosiers could only muster 63 yards of total offense. 

  

The Hoosiers - finishing the season 8-5 - looked to be in control in the second half after scoring two touchdowns in a 1:03 span, the second one coming on Jamar Johnson's 63-yard interception return, and later adding a pair of field goals.

Indiana was up 22-9 before Tennessee  shocked most of the nearly 62,000 fans on hand.

Quavaris Crouch scored on a 1-yard plunge and then fellow running back Eric Gray recovered a surprise onside kick that barely went the mandatory 10 yards. Gray scored from 16 yards out a few plays later to put the Vols on top for good.

Tennessee punted with 1:02 remaining, but Indiana failed to get back into field goal range.

 - Final Score 22-23 Tennessee 

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AP college football: https://apnews.com