Game Notes: Indiana Hosts Purdue

Setting The Scene
•Indiana (5-6, 2-6 B1G East) wraps up the 2018 regular season against Purdue (5-6, 4-4 B1G West) on Senior Day. Kickoff is set for noon EST on ESPN2 at Memorial Stadium (52,656; FieldTurf) on Saturday, Nov. 24.
•The longtime rivals battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual game.
•Saturday's meeting marks the 94th Bucket game and the 121st overall meeting.
•Twenty-four Hoosiers will take the Memorial Stadium field for the final time on Saturday.
•IU is looking to become bowl eligible for the third time in four years.

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.
•Jeff Brohm is 12-12 (.500) in his second season at Purdue. Brohm served as Western Kentucky head coach (2014-16) and carries an overall record of 42-22 (.656).

News & Notes
•Indiana has faced eight top 5 opponents since the start of 2015, the second-most nationally (Alabama, 9).
•WR/RS J-Shun Harris II is one of 20 semifinalists for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award.
•OL Wes Martin collected his third consecutive CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 honor.
•Stevie Scott became the 19th player in program history to surpass 1,000 rushing yards in a single season after his 139-yard effort at No. 4 Michigan. Scott rushed 30 times (4.6 average) and added one touchdown.
•The Syracuse, N.Y., native is second amongst true freshmen nationally in rushing yardage (1,033), 100-yard games (5) and carries (208), and is third in rushing TDs (9).
•Scott sits first in yardage and rushing scores, shares first in 100-yards games, and is second in attempts by a true freshman in school history.
•IU leads the Big Ten and shares sixth nationally with 25 takeaways.
•The Hoosiers are first in the conference and tied for third in the country with 13 fumble recoveries and tied for fifth in the league and tied for 22nd in the nation with 12 interceptions.
•Twelve defenders have forced a fumble, twelve have recovered a fumble and 10 have an interception.
•Indiana has a takeaway in its last 17 games (2nd nationally) and an INT in 10 contests (9 straight) in 2018.
•IU is the 19th-youngest team in the country and the fourth youngest in the Big Ten. Seventy-five of the 114 (65.8 percent) Hoosiers are underclassmen (54 freshmen - 31 true, 21 sophomores).

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Players Mentioned

J-Shun Harris II

Wes Martin

Stevie Scott III

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