IU v Purdue

Dexter Williams II went down with 46 seconds left in the first quarter as he planted his leg to look downfield. When he turned, he, fell immediately fell to the ground with nobody near him.

Teammates gathered round and some Purdue players took a knee as doctors put an air cast on the leg and strapped Williams to a stretcher. He eventually went to a nearby hospital for further evaluation. The redshirt sophomore from Macon, Georgia, was making his second straight start.

Conner Bazelak replaced Williams following the injury and wound up 24 of 42 with 201 yards, one interception and one score. ... Jaylin Lucas had nine carries for 100 yards including a 71-yard TD run on Indiana's second play.

Aidan O'Connell a sixth-year quarterback threw for 290 yards and two scores, Devin Mockobee ran for 99 yards and another touchdown and the Boilermakers dominated rival Indiana 30-16, to clinch their first Big Ten West Division title and a date in next week's conference championship game.

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The 2022 Bucket Game

The 2022 Bucket Game
The  #124 meeting
Indiana & Purdue
The battle for the old oaken bucket for the #97 time
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IU @ Michigan State

Shaun Shivers ran for 115 yards and two touchdowns, including a 1-yarder in double overtime, to lift Indiana to a 39-31 come-from-behind victory over Michigan State.

Indiana's James Head Jr. blocked Ben Patton's 28-yard field goal in overtime and Michigan State's Michael Fletcher blocked Charles Campbell's 37-yard kick to send the game to double overtime.

After Dexter Williams threw a 24-yard pass to AJ Barner to start the second overtime, Shivers ran for the game-winner. Williams threw a two-point conversion pass to Barner to give the Hoosiers an eight-point cushion. It was Williams' first start as a Hoosier. 

The Hoosiers snapped a 38 game loosing streak dating back to 2003  when they failed to win after being down 1 points or more entering the second half. 

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IU @ Ohio State

Miyan Williams rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown before leaving with an injury late in the first half, C.J Stroud threw five TD passes and No. 2 Ohio State buried Indiana 56-14.

Indiana's starting quarterback Connor Bazelak, who returned after sitting out last week's loss to Penn State with an injury, didn't last long. After the Hoosiers went three-and-out on their first three possessions, Bazelak was benched in favor of Dexter Williams II, who threw for two touchdowns, their only scores of the day.

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IU v Penn State

Kaytron Allen and Nicholas Singleton gave No. 16 Penn State a knockout ground game. The combination was too much for Indiana.

Allen ran for 86 yards and a season-high three scores, Singleton added 73 yards rushing and another touchdown and the two freshmen helped the Nittany Lions rout the Hoosiers 45-14.

The Hoosiers once-promising season has gone almost completely gone off the rails. Despite firing his offensive line coach and changing quarterbacks, coach Tom Allen's team has not responded and now they may have to use an unproven starter against No. 2 Ohio State.

The Hoosiers ran 31 plays in the first half and 15 went for zero yards or negative yards. ... Indiana had minus-6 yards rushing in the first two quarters. ... The Hoosiers gave up 483 total yards and generated just 196 and the defense was on the field for nearly 36 minutes.

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IU @ Rutgers

Indiana (3-5, 1-4 Big Ten) opened the game with a 93-yard touchdown return on the kickoff as Jaylin Lucas went untouched to put the Hoosiers up 7-0. The fast-paced Indiana offense moved right down the field on its first drive of the game. Quarterback Connor Bazelak capped off the 11-play, 91-yard drive with a 7-yard touchdown run to give Indiana the 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

After that, if was all Rutgers. Indiana only had the ball for 53 seconds in the third quarter.

It was good enough to snap a 21-game conference home losing streak for Rutgers (4-3, 1/3 Big Ten). The last conference home win was against Maryland in 2017. It was the longest home conference game losing streak in Big Ten history.

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IU v Maryland

Following an injury to Taulia Tagovailoa in the fourth quarter, Billy Edwards Jr. stepped in and led a game-winning drive to lift Maryland past Indiana 38-33.

The Hoosiers' offense continued to struggle when it mattered most, struggling in the fourth quarter after failing to score in the second half in each of its last two games. Down by four with five and a half minutes left, Indiana had the ball with a chance to put together a go-ahead drive, but a fumble on the second play of the drive allowed Maryland to take possession and bleed the clock.

The loss was the 700th in IU’s history, the first Division 1 program to his that mark. 

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IU v Michigan

No. 4 Michigan won with heart for Mike Hart.

After the running game coordinator collapsed on the sideline in the first quarter, the Wolverines regrouped at halftime, returned to Wolverines football and performed like Hart wanted.

Cornelius Johnson's 29-yard touchdown reception early in the third quarter gave Michigan the lead and the jolt it needed Saturday to celebrate a 31-10 victory over pesky Indiana without their beloved coach.

The Hoosiers played its best first half of the season but still hasn't played a complete game all season. The defense and special teams, as usual, kept Indiana close. What they're lacking: a consistent offense.

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IU @ Nebraska

Casey Thompson threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Nebraska beat a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent for the first time in 364 days with a 35-21 victory over Indiana.

Thompson, benched for a series in the first half and shaken up on a big hit in the third quarter, threw a 71-yard touchdown pass to Trey Palmer early in the fourth to break a 21-all tie and followed with a 1-yard run to give the Cornhuskers a two-score cushion.

The win ended a nine-game losing streak against FBS opponents — the Huskers' previous one was against Northwestern on October 2, 2021 — and was Mickey Joseph's first since he was named interim head coach following the firing of Scott Frost on Sept. 11.

The Huskers (2-3, 1-1 Big Ten) broke open the game in the fourth quarter as Thompson came through with big plays during what had been an up-and-down performance.

The Hoosiers were hamstrung on offense because their top two receivers, Cam Camper and D.J. Matthews, were out with injuries.

"Obviously, they're huge parts of our offense," Bazelak said. "So it was tough not having them, but we had some guys step up and we made some plays but we've got to find ways to make more."

Thompson got chewed out on the sideline by enraged offensive coordinator Mark Whipple after taking a drive-killing sack in the second quarter. Thompson was on the bench when Nebraska got the ball back at its 10.

Whipple was sending Thompson a message, but it came with a cost. On third down Purdy fumbled while a blitzing Louis Moore began pulling him down, and Myles Jackson recovered for a TD.

Nebraska's Chris Kolarevic blocked James Evans' second-quarter punt and Malcolm Hartzog picked up the ball with a clear path to the end zone for a 30-yard touchdown. It was Nebraska's first blocked punt returned for a touchdown since 2009.

Nebraska offensive lineman Turner Corcoran was ejected late in the second quarter after getting called for unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct on consecutive plays. Corcoran charged into the pile after Thompson's facemask was pulled while going down, negating the penalty on the Hoosiers. On the next play Corcoran punched Aaron Casey while the linebacker was on the ground.

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IU @ Cincinnati

A disastrous second quarter doomed the Hoosiers 54-24

Cincinnati quarterback Ben Bryant floated a pass to Tyler Scott in stride for a 32-yard touchdown with 32 seconds left in the second quarter. On the first play of Indian's next drive, quarterback Conner Bazelak stepped up in the pocket, but he was hit from behind and fumbled the ball. Dominique Perry scooped the ball off the turf and broke free for a 14-yard touchdown return. 

Two touchdowns in the final minute of the first half gave Cincinnati a 28-point lead going into halftime and provided the knockout punch. Cincinnati defeated Indiana 45-24 at Nippert Stadium, giving the Hoosiers their first loss of the year. 

Indiana scored just six points in the first quarter off its first three games, and the same early struggles continued with three first-quarter points. Against Illinois and Western Kentucky, Indiana's late-game magic was enough to erase early struggles, but a team like Cincinnati - a College Football Playoff team last season - won't let that happen.   

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Jack Annkony is a Sports Illustrated/Fan Nation writer for HoosieersNow.com He graduated from Indiana University Media School with a degree in journalism. 

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IU v Western Kentucky

 

It took everything IU could muster - a 17 point fourth quarter a late goal-line stand, a missed field goal by Western Kentucky as time expired and a blocked field goal in overtime just to set up Charles Campbell 51 yard field goal in overtime to give the Hoosiers a 33-30 victory over Western Kentucky.

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IU v Idaho

Indiana scored 29 consecutive points, including 23 in the third quarter, to rebound from a sluggish start in a 35-22 victory over FCS-member Idaho on a rainy Saturday night.

The game was delayed 35 minutes by a lightning warning, and the Hoosiers didn't show up at the outset against the three-touchdown underdog Vandals, who led 10-0 at halftime.

At least the Hoosiers didn't wait until the final minute to prevail, as was the case in an opening home win over Illinois. Whatever the reason for the lousy opening half against a team Indiana dominated 56-14 on the same field last year, the Hoosiers finally rebounded. The last time Indiana scored 35 points in a half was against Idaho last year, although those were before halftime.

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IU v Illinois

Connor Bazelak wanted a fresh start at Indiana. He couldn't have made a stronger first impression.

The Hoosiers new starting quarterback threw one touchdown pass then finished the game by leading his team on a 75-yard drive, capped by Shaun Shivers's 1-yard touchdown run with 23 seconds left to give Indiana a stunning 23-20 victory over Illinois.

Linebacker Cam Jones challenged his teammates during the offseason and again Friday and the defense responded. If the Hoosiers continue to play this tenaciously, they'll be competitive every week. The bigger question: Can the offense find its way consistently?

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