Indiana University Athletics
Game Notes: Indiana Hosts Virginia in Primetime Clash on Saturday
9/4/2018 3:01:00 PM | Football
Setting The Scene
•Indiana (1-0) opens its 59th season at Memorial Stadium (52,656; FieldTurf) on Saturday, Sept. 8, against the Virginia Cavaliers (1-0). Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. EDT on BTN.
•The Hoosiers are 40-18 in Memorial Stadium openers with wins in 14 of their last 16 and 31 of their last 36.
•IU is 7-14 all-time against ACC foes after its 34-17 win at Virginia last season (Sept. 9).
•The Cavaliers lead the all-time series 2-1 with a 47-7 victory in Charlottesville on Oct. 10, 2009, and a 34-31 triumph in the only meeting between the two teams in Bloomington on Sept. 10, 2011.
•This is the fourth straight year an ACC opponent has appeared on the schedule - Duke (2015), Wake Forest (2015, 16), Virginia (2017, 18) - and Indiana is 2-2 over the current stretch.
•Senior running back Mike Majette (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge Senior) and true freshman running back Ronnie Walker Jr. (Hopewell, Va./Hopewell) are the lone Hoosiers from Virginia.
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. Since his arrival, the Hoosiers are the most improved team 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.
•Bronco Mendenhall is 9-17 in his third season as Virginia head coach. Mendenhall owns a 108-60 (.643) record in his 14th overall year with a previous stop at BYU (2005-15).
News & Notes
•Indiana will dedicate the Excellence Academy inside Memorial Stadium on Friday. (full info on page 3)
•IU has won 12 of its last 13 regular season non-conference games, including four straight overall and five consecutive on the road.
•The Hoosiers recorded three takeaways at FIU, the seventh time it has reached that mark under Tom Allen.
•Senior safety Jonathan Crawford delivered a pick-6, his first career score, and forced one fumble for his fifth career multi-takeaway game. He has had a hand in a team-leading 17 takeaways.
•Redshirt junior wide receiver Donavan Hale collected his first career two-touchdown game.
•Indiana played nine true freshmen and eight redshirt freshmen.
•IU is the 16th youngest team in the country and the fourth youngest in the Big Ten. Seventy-seven of the 116 (66.4 percent) Hoosiers are underclassmen (55 freshmen - 31 true, 22 sophomores).
•Indiana is wearing a helmet decal to honor Bill Mallory, the program's all-time winningest coach, who passed away in Bloomington on May 25, 2018.
•Indiana (1-0) opens its 59th season at Memorial Stadium (52,656; FieldTurf) on Saturday, Sept. 8, against the Virginia Cavaliers (1-0). Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. EDT on BTN.
•The Hoosiers are 40-18 in Memorial Stadium openers with wins in 14 of their last 16 and 31 of their last 36.
•IU is 7-14 all-time against ACC foes after its 34-17 win at Virginia last season (Sept. 9).
•The Cavaliers lead the all-time series 2-1 with a 47-7 victory in Charlottesville on Oct. 10, 2009, and a 34-31 triumph in the only meeting between the two teams in Bloomington on Sept. 10, 2011.
•This is the fourth straight year an ACC opponent has appeared on the schedule - Duke (2015), Wake Forest (2015, 16), Virginia (2017, 18) - and Indiana is 2-2 over the current stretch.
•Senior running back Mike Majette (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge Senior) and true freshman running back Ronnie Walker Jr. (Hopewell, Va./Hopewell) are the lone Hoosiers from Virginia.
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. Since his arrival, the Hoosiers are the most improved team 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.
•Bronco Mendenhall is 9-17 in his third season as Virginia head coach. Mendenhall owns a 108-60 (.643) record in his 14th overall year with a previous stop at BYU (2005-15).
News & Notes
•Indiana will dedicate the Excellence Academy inside Memorial Stadium on Friday. (full info on page 3)
•IU has won 12 of its last 13 regular season non-conference games, including four straight overall and five consecutive on the road.
•The Hoosiers recorded three takeaways at FIU, the seventh time it has reached that mark under Tom Allen.
•Senior safety Jonathan Crawford delivered a pick-6, his first career score, and forced one fumble for his fifth career multi-takeaway game. He has had a hand in a team-leading 17 takeaways.
•Redshirt junior wide receiver Donavan Hale collected his first career two-touchdown game.
•Indiana played nine true freshmen and eight redshirt freshmen.
•IU is the 16th youngest team in the country and the fourth youngest in the Big Ten. Seventy-seven of the 116 (66.4 percent) Hoosiers are underclassmen (55 freshmen - 31 true, 22 sophomores).
•Indiana is wearing a helmet decal to honor Bill Mallory, the program's all-time winningest coach, who passed away in Bloomington on May 25, 2018.
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