Post-Game Notes: Indiana vs. Michigan State
10/18/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Indiana Team Notes |
• Indiana went over 200 yards for the seventh time in as many games this season and the eight straight game dating back to last year.
• Linebacker T.J. Simmons recorded his first sack of the season and the second of his career in the opening 15 minutes. The sophomore finished with a game-high nine tackles.
• True freshman linebacker Tegray Scales picked off his second career pass and the team's fifth overall in the second quarter.
• The Hoosiers turned the INT into points as true freshman quarterback Zander Diamont recorded his first career rushing touchdown, from nine yards out. Indiana has 21 points off of six turnovers in 2014.
• Linebacker David Cooper (7), safety Antonio Allen (6), cornerback Tim Bennett (6) and safety Mark Murphy (6) each recorded six-or-more tackles.
• Griffin Oakes put the Hoosiers on the board with a 27-yard field goal in the first quarter. The redshirt freshman is now 4-of-5 on the season.
• True freshman J-Shun Harris II finished with a career-high 51 kick return yards.
• Diamont and true freshman wide receiver Dominique Booth made their first career starts.
• Defensive lineman Bobby Richardson (fifth) and running back D'Angelo Roberts (third time) served as game captains.
• Indiana received the ball first for the third time this season.
• IU wore the chrome helmet for the second time in 2014.
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Junior RB Tevin Coleman |
• Tevin Coleman recorded his ninth straight 100-yard game, the longest streak in the nation and the 11th overall in his career, with 132 yards on 15 carries (8.8 average).
• Coleman became the first rusher to go over 100 yards against Michigan State this season. Ohio State's Braxton Miller (142) and Carlos Hyde (118) were the last two to break the century mark vs. MSU in the 2013 Big Ten Championship on Dec. 7. The Spartans entered the game allowing 82.5 rushing yards per game and 2.8 yards per carry.
• Coleman owns 1,192 rushing yards on the season, which puts him in 11th on the all-time Indiana list.
• The junior's nine straight 100-yard games make up the longest streak in program history, breaking the eight straight by Anthony Thompson (1988) and Vaughn Dunbar (1991). His seven straight to open 2014 also set a school record to kick off a season (Thompson, 1988 and 1989).
• Coleman is tied for eighth (Courtney Snyder, 1973-76) in school history with his 11 career 100-yard games.
• On the Hoosiers career lists, Coleman is sixth with 24 rushing scores, tied for seventh with 25 total touchdowns (Vaughn Dunbar, 1990-91) and ninth with 2,375 rushing yards.
• Coleman failed to reach the end zone, snapping his streak of 15 straight games with a touchdown. His streak was the longest in the country and in school history.
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Senior WR Shane Wynn |
• Senior wide receiver Shane Wynn recorded his second career rushing touchdown, both against Michigan State, scoring from 75 yards out at the 12:07 mark in the second quarter. Wynn moved into a share of ninth place on the career total TDs list with 23 (Pete Pihos, 1942-45).
• Wynn, who added 19 kick return and 14 punt return yards, passed Thomas Lewis (1991-93) to move into sixth all-time on the Indiana career all-purpose yardage list with 4,002.
