Indiana University Athletics
Postgame Notes: Indiana vs. Purdue
11/28/2015 4:47:00 PM | Football
Game Notes
Indiana at Purdue
November 28, 2015
• Indiana is bowl eligible for the first time since 2007, when the Hoosiers went to the Insight Bowl and finished 7-6. IU's six wins are the most for the program since that same campaign.
• With the victory, Indiana has won three consecutive Old Oaken Bucket games for the first time since a four-game winning streak from 1944-47.
• The Hoosiers won in West Lafayette for the first time since 2010, improved to 4-2 against Purdue this decade and 3-2 under head coach Kevin Wilson.
• IU won its final two games for the first time since 2001, its final two road games for the first time since 1982 and its final two games with both being on the road for the first time since 1946.
• Indiana had not won back-to-back Big Ten games since 2012, two Big Ten road games in the same year since 2001, back-to-back Big Ten road games since 1993 and three road games in a single season since 1994.
• The Hoosiers 350 passing yards are the most, and their 659 total yards, 309 rushing yards and 54 points are the second-most all-time in the series. The total yards, rushing yards and points are the most ever by an IU team in West Lafayette.
• Indiana recorded 300 yards through the air (350) and on the ground (309) in the same game for the second time in school history (vs. Indiana State on Aug. 29, 2013).
• The Hoosiers 659 total yards are the second-most in program history behind the 692 against Purdue on Nov. 30, 2013.
•IU has scored 40-plus points in the three straight Big Ten games for the first time in school history and in three straight games overall for the second time (1917).
• Nate Sudfeld became Indiana's career passing yardage leader after he finished with 350 yards on 18-of-29 passing with a career-high-tying four touchdowns and one rushing score. Sudfeld, who already holds the program's career passing TDs mark (58), moved ahead of Antwaan Randle El (1998-2001) and has 7,490 overall.
• It is Sudfeld's fifth career game with four passing TDs and his third this season. His five total touchdowns matched a career-high (3rd time, all this season).
• The senior passed Ben Chappell (2007-10) with his 10th career 300-yard game, a school record, including six this year, which is second on IU's single-season list. Sudfeld sits tied for second all-time in completions (565), third in total offense (7,602) and fifth in attempts (932).
• Sophomore Devine Redding rushed for a career-high 144 yards on 22 carries (6.5 average) with a 6-yard touchdown. Redding recorded the first 100-yard game of his career at Maryland last weekend.
• Mitchell Paige opened the scoring with a 23-yard touchdown, his fifth of the 2015 campaign. The redshirt junior ended the contest with five receptions for 92 yards (18.4 average).
• Simmie Cobbs, Jr., capped a 99-yard scoring drive with a 15-yard TD reception, his fourth of the season and his career. The sophomore finished with five receptions for 84 yards (16.8 average).
• The 99-yard drive was the second of the year for the Hoosiers and their sixth of at least 90 yards.
• Redshirt junior Andrew Wilson scored his second career touchdown, a 1-yard rush, in the third quarter. Wilson rushed a career-high 15 times for a career-best 52 yards.
• True freshman tight end Brandon Knight pulled in his first career TD, from 22 yards, in the fourth quarter.
• Senior Andre Booker recorded a career-long 72-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.
• Nick Mangieri recorded his third-multi sack game of the season and his career with two in the first quarter. The senior defensive end owns nine on the season, which ranks sixth on Indiana's single-game list. He added six tackles and a career high three tackles for loss.
• With his 11 tackles, redshirt sophomore linebacker Marcus Oliver became the first Hoosier to reach 100 tackles since Matt Mayberry (108) in 2009. Oliver reached double digits for the fifth time this year and in his career. He also recorded his second career interception in the fourth quarter, which he returned 41 yards.
• Sophomore linebacker Tegray Scales had nine tackles and picked off his first pass of the season, the fourth of his career.
• Indiana matched a season-high with six sacks and recorded double digits for the second time this year with 10 tackles for loss.
• The Hoosiers forced a season-high four turnovers - two interceptions and two fumble recoveries. IU also collect four takeaways in last season's Old Oaken Bucket game.
• Redshirt freshman linebacker Dameon Willis, Jr., recovered the first fumble of his career at the IU 3-yard line in the opening quarter, and sophomore defensive tackle Robert McCray made his first recovery in the fourth.
• Indiana has 19 takeaways (10 fumbles, 9 interceptions) in 2015. It is the most turnovers forced by the Hoosiers since 29 (16 interceptions, 13 fumbles) in 2009.
• Redshirt junior defensive end Shawn Heffern (1), sophomore bandit Greg Gooch (1), junior defensvie tackle Darius Latham (1), fifth-year senior bandit Zack Shaw (.5) and junior linebacker T.J. Simmons (.5) rounded out six-sack total.
• Griffin Oakes hit a 45-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 34-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, to break Austin Starr's (2007) program single-season record, as Oakes now has 22 field goals. Before his miss in the second quarter, Oakes had made 11 straight field goals, the second-longest streak in school history (Starr, 15, 2007).
• The redshirt sophomore is 22-of-25 on the season (88.0 percent) and 35-of-43 in his career (81.0 percent). Oakes 35 career field goals are seventh on the program's all-time list.
• Fifth-year senior Erich Toth blasted a 60-yard punt in the first quarter, the third-longest of his career.
• True freshman Leon Thornton III made the first start of his career at cornerback.
• Defensive end Nick Mangieri (sixth time this season), bandit Zack Shaw (sixth time) and left tackle Jason Spriggs (fifth time) served as Indiana's game captains.
• The Hoosiers wore the silver script Indiana logo helmets.
• Indiana kicked off first for the seventh time this season.
Indiana at Purdue
November 28, 2015
• Indiana is bowl eligible for the first time since 2007, when the Hoosiers went to the Insight Bowl and finished 7-6. IU's six wins are the most for the program since that same campaign.
• With the victory, Indiana has won three consecutive Old Oaken Bucket games for the first time since a four-game winning streak from 1944-47.
• The Hoosiers won in West Lafayette for the first time since 2010, improved to 4-2 against Purdue this decade and 3-2 under head coach Kevin Wilson.
• IU won its final two games for the first time since 2001, its final two road games for the first time since 1982 and its final two games with both being on the road for the first time since 1946.
• Indiana had not won back-to-back Big Ten games since 2012, two Big Ten road games in the same year since 2001, back-to-back Big Ten road games since 1993 and three road games in a single season since 1994.
• The Hoosiers 350 passing yards are the most, and their 659 total yards, 309 rushing yards and 54 points are the second-most all-time in the series. The total yards, rushing yards and points are the most ever by an IU team in West Lafayette.
• Indiana recorded 300 yards through the air (350) and on the ground (309) in the same game for the second time in school history (vs. Indiana State on Aug. 29, 2013).
• The Hoosiers 659 total yards are the second-most in program history behind the 692 against Purdue on Nov. 30, 2013.
•IU has scored 40-plus points in the three straight Big Ten games for the first time in school history and in three straight games overall for the second time (1917).
• Nate Sudfeld became Indiana's career passing yardage leader after he finished with 350 yards on 18-of-29 passing with a career-high-tying four touchdowns and one rushing score. Sudfeld, who already holds the program's career passing TDs mark (58), moved ahead of Antwaan Randle El (1998-2001) and has 7,490 overall.
• It is Sudfeld's fifth career game with four passing TDs and his third this season. His five total touchdowns matched a career-high (3rd time, all this season).
• The senior passed Ben Chappell (2007-10) with his 10th career 300-yard game, a school record, including six this year, which is second on IU's single-season list. Sudfeld sits tied for second all-time in completions (565), third in total offense (7,602) and fifth in attempts (932).
• Sophomore Devine Redding rushed for a career-high 144 yards on 22 carries (6.5 average) with a 6-yard touchdown. Redding recorded the first 100-yard game of his career at Maryland last weekend.
• Mitchell Paige opened the scoring with a 23-yard touchdown, his fifth of the 2015 campaign. The redshirt junior ended the contest with five receptions for 92 yards (18.4 average).
• Simmie Cobbs, Jr., capped a 99-yard scoring drive with a 15-yard TD reception, his fourth of the season and his career. The sophomore finished with five receptions for 84 yards (16.8 average).
• The 99-yard drive was the second of the year for the Hoosiers and their sixth of at least 90 yards.
• Redshirt junior Andrew Wilson scored his second career touchdown, a 1-yard rush, in the third quarter. Wilson rushed a career-high 15 times for a career-best 52 yards.
• True freshman tight end Brandon Knight pulled in his first career TD, from 22 yards, in the fourth quarter.
• Senior Andre Booker recorded a career-long 72-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.
• Nick Mangieri recorded his third-multi sack game of the season and his career with two in the first quarter. The senior defensive end owns nine on the season, which ranks sixth on Indiana's single-game list. He added six tackles and a career high three tackles for loss.
• With his 11 tackles, redshirt sophomore linebacker Marcus Oliver became the first Hoosier to reach 100 tackles since Matt Mayberry (108) in 2009. Oliver reached double digits for the fifth time this year and in his career. He also recorded his second career interception in the fourth quarter, which he returned 41 yards.
• Sophomore linebacker Tegray Scales had nine tackles and picked off his first pass of the season, the fourth of his career.
• Indiana matched a season-high with six sacks and recorded double digits for the second time this year with 10 tackles for loss.
• The Hoosiers forced a season-high four turnovers - two interceptions and two fumble recoveries. IU also collect four takeaways in last season's Old Oaken Bucket game.
• Redshirt freshman linebacker Dameon Willis, Jr., recovered the first fumble of his career at the IU 3-yard line in the opening quarter, and sophomore defensive tackle Robert McCray made his first recovery in the fourth.
• Indiana has 19 takeaways (10 fumbles, 9 interceptions) in 2015. It is the most turnovers forced by the Hoosiers since 29 (16 interceptions, 13 fumbles) in 2009.
• Redshirt junior defensive end Shawn Heffern (1), sophomore bandit Greg Gooch (1), junior defensvie tackle Darius Latham (1), fifth-year senior bandit Zack Shaw (.5) and junior linebacker T.J. Simmons (.5) rounded out six-sack total.
• Griffin Oakes hit a 45-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 34-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, to break Austin Starr's (2007) program single-season record, as Oakes now has 22 field goals. Before his miss in the second quarter, Oakes had made 11 straight field goals, the second-longest streak in school history (Starr, 15, 2007).
• The redshirt sophomore is 22-of-25 on the season (88.0 percent) and 35-of-43 in his career (81.0 percent). Oakes 35 career field goals are seventh on the program's all-time list.
• Fifth-year senior Erich Toth blasted a 60-yard punt in the first quarter, the third-longest of his career.
• True freshman Leon Thornton III made the first start of his career at cornerback.
• Defensive end Nick Mangieri (sixth time this season), bandit Zack Shaw (sixth time) and left tackle Jason Spriggs (fifth time) served as Indiana's game captains.
• The Hoosiers wore the silver script Indiana logo helmets.
• Indiana kicked off first for the seventh time this season.
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