Postgame Notes - Penn State at Indiana - Indiana University Athletics

Postgame Notes
Indiana vs. No. 18/16 Penn State

Team
• Indiana has faced 21 ranked teams since the start of 2014.

• Senior safety Jonathan Crawford, fifth-year senior offensive lineman Wes Martin, senior defensive lineman Jacob Robinson and fifth-year senior wide receiver Luke Timian served as today's captains for the eighth straight game.

• Ellie Mallory, widow of the late Bill Mallory – IU's all-time winningest coach (1984-96) served as today's honorary captain.

• The Hoosiers celebrated the 1986 All-American Bowl, the 1988 Peach Bowl and the 1988 Liberty Bowl teams coached by Mallory this weekend. Indiana defeated South Carolina in the Liberty Bowl, 34-10, for Mallory's first bowl victory.

• IU's staff and players wore pink in support of cancer prevention and awareness.

Offense
• Indiana's offense ran 100 plays, the third-most in program history. IU ran 101 plays against Iowa on Oct. 15, 2005, and vs. Louisville on Sept. 14, 1985.

• The Hoosiers accumulated 554 total yards, the first time going over 550 yards since notching 567 against Rutgers on Nov. 5, 2016.

• True freshman running back Stevie Scott netted his third 100-yard game of the season, which shares third for an IU true freshman in a single season. Anthony Thompson (5 in 1986) and BenJarvus Green-Ellis (4 in 2003) rank first and second.

• The Syracuse, N.Y., native finished with 138 yards on 26 carries, good for a 5.3 average, and two touchdowns, his second multi-TD game.

• Scott shares second on IU's single-season true freshman list with six touchdowns (Green-Ellis, 7) and is fifth with 695 yards.

• Redshirt sophomore quarterback Peyton Ramsey was 26-of-36 (72.2 percent), for 236 yards and one touchdown.

• The score was Ramsey's 23rd career passing TD, tying him with Trent Green (1989-92) and Blake Powers (2004-07) for 10th all-time on Indiana's list.

• True freshman running back Ronnie Walker Jr. scored his second touchdown of the season on a career-long 30-yard run in the opening stanza.

• Fifth-year senior wide receiver J-Shun Harris II hauled in his second receiving touchdown of the season and the fourth of his career in the fourth quarter. He made four receptions for 44 yards.

• Fifth-year senior Luke Timian shared game-high honors with a season-high-tying six catches for a season-best 58 yards.

• Redshirt junior Donavan Hale made four grabs for 52 yards.

• Indiana reached the end zone for the third time and scored for the sixth time on its game opening possession. IU has 30 points on those six scoring drives.

• Twelve different receivers had a catch for the Hoosiers.

Defense
• The Hoosiers defense held Trace McSorley without a touchdown pass for the first time in his 34 career starts.

• With 10 tackles, redshirt sophomore husky Marcelino Ball IU's first double-digit tackle game since Chase Dutra against Purdue on Nov. 25, 2017.

• Ball also recorded 1.5 tackles for a loss and a half-sack.

• Redshirt freshman safety Bryant Fitzgerald picked off the second pass of his career in the first quarter.

• IU has a pick in seven of eight games this year.

• Senior safety Jonathan Crawford made seven tackles, five solo, and recovered a fumble on an onside kick. Crawford leads the Hoosiers with two fumble recoveries in 2018, has a team-high seven in his career and owns a team-best 19 career takeaways (9 INTs, 7 fumble recoveries, 3 forced fumbles).

• Indiana has 16 takeaways (9 INTs, 7 fumble recoveries) and four multi-takeaway games in 2018.

• Freshmen have accounted for six of the nine INTs and have had a hand in 12 of the 16 takeaways.

• Junior defensive end Allen Stallings IV matched a career-high with two tackles for loss and picked up his second sack of 2018 (5th career).

• Fifth-year senior linebacker Dameon Willis Jr. was credited for a half-sack, the first of his career, on top of five tackles.

• Redshirt freshman linebacker Thomas Allen recorded the first sack of his career.

Special Teams
• Redshirt junior defensive tackle Brandon Wilson blocked Penn State's extra point in the third quarter.

• It is the Hoosiers' second blocked kick of 2018. Redshirt freshman tight end Peyton Hendershot blocked a punt against Ball State on Sept. 15.

• Indiana last blocked a PAT against Rutgers on Oct. 17, 2015 – Darius Latham (2).

• The Hoosiers recovered an onside kick for the first time since at Purdue on Nov. 25, 2017.

• Redshirt junior punter Haydon Whitehead had six punts for 248 yards, 41.3 average, and pinned Penn State inside the 20 twice. His long on the day was 47 yards.

Postgame Notes - Penn State at Indiana

Players Mentioned

Thomas Allen

Jonathan Crawford

Chase Dutra

Bryant Fitzgerald

Donavan Hale

J-Shun Harris II

Peyton Hendershot

Wes Martin

Marcelino McCrary-Ball

Peyton Ramsey

Jacob Robinson

Stevie Scott III

Allen Stallings IV

Luke Timian

Haydon Whitehead

Dameon Willis Jr.

Brandon Wilson

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