Game Notes: Indiana and Minnesota Set for Friday Night
10/23/2018 12:17:00 PM | Football
Setting The Scene
•Indiana (4-4, 1-4 B1G East) heads to Minneapolis for the first time since 2008 to face Minnesota (3-4, 0-4 B1G West) on Friday, Oct. 26. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CDT/8 p.m. EDT at TCF Bank Stadium (50,805; Field Turf) on FS1.
•The Hoosiers are making their inaugural visit to TCF Bank Stadium.
•IU last played on a Friday night on Sept. 2, 2005, a 20-13 victory at Central Michigan in the late Terry Hoeppner's head-coaching debut.
•The Golden Gophers hold a 38-26-3 edge in the all-time series, including a 42-39 victory in Bloomington the last time the two teams met on Nov. 2, 2013.
•This is just the second meeting between the two programs since 2008.
The Coaches
•Tom Allen was named Indiana's head coach on Dec. 1, 2016, and made his debut at the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl. The New Castle, Ind., native joined IU as associate head coach/defense on Jan. 15, 2016. Over his first two years, the Hoosiers were the most improved nationally in total defense and passing defense, the sixth-most improved in third down defense and the ninth-most improved in points per game allowed.
•P.J. Fleck is 8-11 (.421) in his second season at Minnesota. Fleck served as Western Michigan head coach (2013-16) and carries an overall record of 38-33 (.535).
News & Notes
•Indiana outgained No. 18 Penn State, 554-417, and ran 100 plays, one shy of the program record (set twice).
•The 554 yards were the most allowed by PSU since the 2017 Rose Bowl (575, USC).
•IU snapped Trace McSorley's streak with a touchdown pass at 34 games.
•The Hoosiers recorded one interception and one fumble recovery, their fourth multi-takeaway game of 2018.
•Indiana leads the Big Ten and shares 11th nationally with 16 takeaways.
•IU shares third in the conference and 15th in the country with eight interceptions and shares first in the league and 19th in the nation with seven fumble recoveries.
•The Hoosiers have a takeaway in each of their eight games and an INT in seven contests.
•Freshmen have had a hand in 12 of the 16 takeaways, including eight of the last nine.
•Eight different defenders have forced a fumble, eight have an interception and six have a fumble recovery.
•Indiana has 13 10-plus play scoring drives (8 TDs, 5 FGs) this year, which shares eighth nationally.
•Stevie Scott netted his third 100-yard rushing game (138 with 2 scores) of 2018 vs. the Nittany Lions, which is second nationally amongst true freshmen and shares third on the program's true freshman single-season list.
•Scott is first amongst true freshmen nationally in carries (141), second in yardage (695) and fourth in TDs (6).
•Indiana (4-4, 1-4 B1G East) heads to Minneapolis for the first time since 2008 to face Minnesota (3-4, 0-4 B1G West) on Friday, Oct. 26. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CDT/8 p.m. EDT at TCF Bank Stadium (50,805; Field Turf) on FS1.
•The Hoosiers are making their inaugural visit to TCF Bank Stadium.
•IU last played on a Friday night on Sept. 2, 2005, a 20-13 victory at Central Michigan in the late Terry Hoeppner's head-coaching debut.
•The Golden Gophers hold a 38-26-3 edge in the all-time series, including a 42-39 victory in Bloomington the last time the two teams met on Nov. 2, 2013.
•This is just the second meeting between the two programs since 2008.
The Coaches
•Tom Allen was named Indiana's head coach on Dec. 1, 2016, and made his debut at the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl. The New Castle, Ind., native joined IU as associate head coach/defense on Jan. 15, 2016. Over his first two years, the Hoosiers were the most improved nationally in total defense and passing defense, the sixth-most improved in third down defense and the ninth-most improved in points per game allowed.
•P.J. Fleck is 8-11 (.421) in his second season at Minnesota. Fleck served as Western Michigan head coach (2013-16) and carries an overall record of 38-33 (.535).
News & Notes
•Indiana outgained No. 18 Penn State, 554-417, and ran 100 plays, one shy of the program record (set twice).
•The 554 yards were the most allowed by PSU since the 2017 Rose Bowl (575, USC).
•IU snapped Trace McSorley's streak with a touchdown pass at 34 games.
•The Hoosiers recorded one interception and one fumble recovery, their fourth multi-takeaway game of 2018.
•Indiana leads the Big Ten and shares 11th nationally with 16 takeaways.
•IU shares third in the conference and 15th in the country with eight interceptions and shares first in the league and 19th in the nation with seven fumble recoveries.
•The Hoosiers have a takeaway in each of their eight games and an INT in seven contests.
•Freshmen have had a hand in 12 of the 16 takeaways, including eight of the last nine.
•Eight different defenders have forced a fumble, eight have an interception and six have a fumble recovery.
•Indiana has 13 10-plus play scoring drives (8 TDs, 5 FGs) this year, which shares eighth nationally.
•Stevie Scott netted his third 100-yard rushing game (138 with 2 scores) of 2018 vs. the Nittany Lions, which is second nationally amongst true freshmen and shares third on the program's true freshman single-season list.
•Scott is first amongst true freshmen nationally in carries (141), second in yardage (695) and fourth in TDs (6).
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