Bill Lynch improved to 4-0 in home openers as the Hoosiers coach.
Indiana (1-0) scored 38 points in a wild first half that included three touchdown drives of two plays and Willis rushing for more than 100 yards. The Hoosiers also forced two turnovers and blocked a punt in the first 30 minutes.
Willis finished with 14 carries for 102 yards, an average of 7.3 yards per carry, and the two scores. Chappell was 16-of-23 for 182 yards and the two scores and the first-half point total was the most produced by Indiana since a 42-point effort against Northwestern in November 2001.
The Hoosiers did it without their top receiver, Tandon Doss, who missed the game with a groin injury.
Indiana's defense was equally efficient. It set up two scores with early interceptions and Matt Ernest, a former receiver, capped the night with a 56-yard interception return for a score in his first college start at cornerback.
Special teams got involved, too. The Hoosiers recovered an onside kick early in the second quarter to set up one score, and Kevin Bush, a 25-year-old Army veteran, blocked a punt late in the first half to set up another.
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