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Friday, October 8, 2010

Dedication Game at Memorial Stadium

The Rock!

1960-2010

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Dedication Game at Memorial Stadium. A lot has changed between now and then. Continue to Defend the Rock!

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Michigan

Michigan and Indiana traded offensive punches all afternoon Saturday, setting records and shredding defenses. Heisman Trophy candidate Denard Robinson was superb; Ben Chappell might have matched him throwing a school record 480 yards. 
 
It wasn’t easy or pretty for either team at Memorial Stadium.  The No. 19 Wolverines and unranked Hoosiers combined for 1,143 offensive yards, including 943 through three quarters.   Every time the Wolverines (5-0) tried to pull away, Indiana (3-1) responded. The Hoosiers tied the game five different times through four quarters.   Darius Willis caught a 19-yard TD pass from Chappell with 1:15 left in the fourth quarter that tied the game at 35. Michigan didn’t clinch the win until Robinson hooked up with Junior Hemingway on a 42-yard pass down to the Indiana 4-yard line with 21 seconds remaining that put the Wolverines in position for the winning score.  

None more important than the game-winning touchdown run with 17 seconds remaining. Robinson carried to the left side for the winning TD on the next play.  It was a see-saw game the entire afternoon.   By the time the offensive battle everyone expected finally ended, Michigan emerged with a 42-35 victory.

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Akron

Ben Chappell threw a career-high four touchdown passes to lead Indiana past Akron 35-20. Chappell was 23 of 33 for 342 yards. Terrance Turner caught six passes for 121 yards and one TD for the Hoosiers (3-0). It was Turner's first career 100-yard game.
Patrick Nicely was 15 of 27 for 175 yards with two touchdowns for the Zips (0-4), who have not beaten a Big Ten school since 1894.

Indiana made good use of its tight ends. Chappell threw two TDs to redshirt freshman Ted Bolser , and his third scoring toss went to Max Dedmond. Bolser became the first Hoosiers tight end with four TD catches in a season since 1979. Tandon Doss sealed it with a 9-yard TD run late in the third quarter.

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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Western Kentucky

Ben Chappell passed for a career-high 366 yards as Indiana defeated Western Kentucky 38-21, giving the Hilltoppers their 23rd straight defeat. Chappell completed 32 of 42 passes to break his old record of 333 yards against Illinois last year. The Hoosiers' Tandon Doss returned the opening kickoff 87 yards to the Hilltoppers 13-yard line, but on the second play of the drive Darius Willis fumbled and Western Kentucky (0-3) recovered.
The Hilltoppers then went 91 yards in 10 plays to score the first touchdown of the game. Bobby Rainey rushed for 62 yards during the drive, including a run of 29 yards down the Western Kentucky sideline.
Western Kentucky managed only 197 total yards the rest of the game. Chappell completed 11 straight passes on the Hoosiers' (2-0) next two possessions. He passed for 230 yards in the first half to give Indiana a 17-7 halftime lead.
Western Kentucky had only one first down in the third quarter as the Hoosiers scored on six of seven possessions to build a comfortable 31-7 lead. Two Hoosiers had at least eight receptions: Demarlo Belcher caught 10 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown and Terrance turner had eight receptions for 55 yards.

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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Towson

Darius Willis ran for two touchdowns and Ben Chappell threw for two more - all in the first half - as Indiana routed Towson 51-17

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.