Postgame Notes: Indiana vs. Rutgers
10/12/2019 4:44:00 PM | Football
Postgame Notes
Indiana vs. Rutgers
October 12, 2019
TEAM
• Today marked Indiana University's Bicentennial Homecoming.
• Indiana improved to 4-2 (1-2 Big Ten) in 2019 with a 3-1 mark at Memorial Stadium. IU is outscoring opponents 125-3 in its three home victories this season.
• The Hoosiers are 45-56-6 in 107 Homecoming games.
• Indiana last won on Homecoming in 2010, a 36-34 victory over Arkansas State on Oct. 16.
• IU has won the last four games in the Rutgers series, owns a 4-2 overall lead and a 2-1 edge in Bloomington.
• Reakwon Jones scoop-and-score touchdown on the first play of the game was the first opening-play TD for the Hoosiers since Jahkeen Gilmore caught an 80-yard touchdown from Matt LoVecchio on Nov. 6, 2004, at Illinois.
• Today's score happened at the 14:50 mark in the first quarter and is believed to be the fastest TD scored in Memorial Stadium history.
• True freshman tight end Gary Cooper (1 catch for 2 yards) and true freshman defensive tackle C.J. Person (1 TFL), made their season debuts to push the number of Indiana true freshmen seeing the field in 2019 to 12.
• Senior left tackle Coy Cronk (injured), fifth-year senior linebacker Reakwon Jones, fifth-year senior right guard Simon Stepaniak and fifth-year senior wide receiver Nick Westbrook served as game captains. The four are the team's season captains.
• Don Croftcheck (2008 IU Hall of Famer, OL/LB), Cody Latimer (New York Giants WR, 2011-13), Rhett Lewis (NFL Network - WR, 2002-05) and Terry Tallen (LB, 1978-80) served as today's honorary captains.
• Rutgers won the coin toss and elected to receive.
• IU wore special uniforms to commemorate the university's bicentennial.
OFFENSE
• Junior wide receiver Whop Philyor became the 46th player in Indiana football history to amass 1,000 career receiving yards. Philyor has 97 catches for 1,123 yards .
• Philyor compiled 10 receptions for a career-high 182 yards overall. The 100-yard game marked the fourth of his career and second in as many games.
• He is the first Indiana pass catcher since Ricky Jones to post back-to-back 100-yard receiving games. In 2016, Jones had 208 yards against Wake Forest on Sept. 24, and 124 yards against Michigan State on Oct. 1. Philyor's two-game stretch of 24 catches is the most over a two-game stretch in school history and his 324 yards are the second-most.
• The game marked the fourth time Philyor has hauled in at least 10 receptions in a single game, which extended his program record. He made 14 grabs last time out at Michigan State and is the first Hoosier to record back-to-back 10-plus catch games.
• Indiana compiled a season-high 557 yards of total yards of offense. The game marks the second time this season in which the Hoosier offense compiled at least 500 yards of offense after collecting 555 yards of offense in the 52-0 victory over Eastern Illinois on Sept. 7.
• Redshirt freshman quarterback Michael Penix Jr. finished the game with 20 completions on 29 attempts for 282 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. His TD total matched a career-high and marked the second time this season he threw for three scores.
• Sophomore running back Stevie Scott III registered 12 carries for 164 yards (13.7 average). The rushing total marked the seventh time in Scott's career in which he has rushed for 100-plus yards and his first time this season.
• Junior wide receiver Ty Fryfogle nabbed his first receiving touchdown of the season with a 10-yard scoring grab in the third quarter. The catch was his fourth-career touchdown and first since Nov. 17, 2018 at Michigan.
• Redshirt sophomore tight end Peyton Hendershot hauled in his fourth touchdown reception of the season and the sixth of his career on a 14-yard TD reception in the first quarter. He has caught a touchdown in four of the last five games for the Hoosiers.
• Fifth-year senior Nick Westbrook brought in his third touchdown of the season and the 14th of his career on a 19-yard TD in the first quarter. His career total ties Bill Malinchak, Duane Gunn and Rob Turner for ninth in program history in career receiving touchdowns.
•True freshman running back Sampson James scored his second-career rushing TD on a 1-yard plunge in the third quarter.
• Indiana went on a 13-play, 98-yard scoring drive that covered 7:07 on the clock in the third quarter. The drive was the longest-scoring drive for the Hoosiers in both yardage and time. It marked the second 13-play scoring drive in as many weeks and was the third 90-plus yard scoring drive of the season for IU.
DEFENSE
• Indiana held Rutgers to 5-for-13 passing for one yard. The passing total is the lowest output for a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) team this season and the lowest figure IU has yielded against a Big Ten Conference opponent since holding Minnesota to 0 yards on Oct. 19, 1985.
• The Hoosiers have blanked Rutgers in each of RU's last two trips to Memorial Stadium after defeating the Scarlet Knights, 41-0, on Nov. 18, 2017. The last time Indiana shut out a Big Ten opponent in back-to-back home games was in 1991 and 1993 against Michigan State.
• The shutout is the fourth for IU since the start of the 2017 season.
• The Hoosiers held Rutgers to 75 total yards, the fewest allowed dating back to 1966.
• With the first-quarter fumble recovery, Indiana has recorded at least one takeaway in 22 of the last 24 games played.
• Indiana racked up 14 tackles for loss, the first double-digit effort since stopping Purdue 11 times behind the line of scrimmage on Nov. 24, 2018. The TFL total marked the most for an Indiana defense since IU had a school-record 16 tackles for loss against Penn State on Nov. 12, 2016.
• The defense compiled six sacks in the game, the most since securing eight against Illinois on Nov. 11, 2017.
• Rutgers did not convert on a third-down play in 11 attempts. It is the first time on record that Indiana has not allowed a third-down conversion to an opposing offense.
• Sophomore defensive lineman Demarcus Elliott totaled a career-high three tackles for loss, including his third sack of the season. His first-quarter strip sack set up Indiana's first touchdown and marked his first-career forced fumble.
• Fifth-year senior Reakwon Jones recovered his second-career fumble and took it 17 yards for his first-career touchdown. The scoop-and-score marked the fifth defensive TD for Indiana since Tom Allen came to Bloomington ahead of the 2016 season.
• It marked the Hoosiers second defensive TD of 2019 (Cam Jones 44-yard INT return) and the defense's first fumble return for a score since Andre Brown Jr. vs. Georgia Southern on Sept. 23, 2017.
• Jones also recorded his first sack of the season. The sack marked the second of his career.
• Sophomore linebacker Cam Jones registered his first two sacks in his career to go along with a team-high and career-high six solo stops and a quarterback hurry. He is the first Hoosier since Marcelino Ball to record two sacks in a game. Ball secured two sacks against Michigan State on Sept. 22, 2018.
• Junior defensive end Michael Ziemba posted a career-best five tackles, with a half-TFL.
• Senior defensive lineman Allen Stallings IV recorded his third sack of the season and the eighth of his career.
• Redshirt freshman linebacker Aaron Casey recorded his first-career sack.
• Redshirt sophomore safety Juwan Burgess, sophomore cornerback Jaylin Williams and true freshman cornerback Tiawan Mullen earned their first-career starts.
SPECIAL TEAMS
• Fifth-year senior punter Haydon Whitehead punted four times with an average of 43.0 yards and a long of 55. He collected three punts that pinned Rutgers inside their own 20-yard line.
Indiana vs. Rutgers
October 12, 2019
TEAM
• Today marked Indiana University's Bicentennial Homecoming.
• Indiana improved to 4-2 (1-2 Big Ten) in 2019 with a 3-1 mark at Memorial Stadium. IU is outscoring opponents 125-3 in its three home victories this season.
• The Hoosiers are 45-56-6 in 107 Homecoming games.
• Indiana last won on Homecoming in 2010, a 36-34 victory over Arkansas State on Oct. 16.
• IU has won the last four games in the Rutgers series, owns a 4-2 overall lead and a 2-1 edge in Bloomington.
• Reakwon Jones scoop-and-score touchdown on the first play of the game was the first opening-play TD for the Hoosiers since Jahkeen Gilmore caught an 80-yard touchdown from Matt LoVecchio on Nov. 6, 2004, at Illinois.
• Today's score happened at the 14:50 mark in the first quarter and is believed to be the fastest TD scored in Memorial Stadium history.
• True freshman tight end Gary Cooper (1 catch for 2 yards) and true freshman defensive tackle C.J. Person (1 TFL), made their season debuts to push the number of Indiana true freshmen seeing the field in 2019 to 12.
• Senior left tackle Coy Cronk (injured), fifth-year senior linebacker Reakwon Jones, fifth-year senior right guard Simon Stepaniak and fifth-year senior wide receiver Nick Westbrook served as game captains. The four are the team's season captains.
• Don Croftcheck (2008 IU Hall of Famer, OL/LB), Cody Latimer (New York Giants WR, 2011-13), Rhett Lewis (NFL Network - WR, 2002-05) and Terry Tallen (LB, 1978-80) served as today's honorary captains.
• Rutgers won the coin toss and elected to receive.
• IU wore special uniforms to commemorate the university's bicentennial.
OFFENSE
• Junior wide receiver Whop Philyor became the 46th player in Indiana football history to amass 1,000 career receiving yards. Philyor has 97 catches for 1,123 yards .
• Philyor compiled 10 receptions for a career-high 182 yards overall. The 100-yard game marked the fourth of his career and second in as many games.
• He is the first Indiana pass catcher since Ricky Jones to post back-to-back 100-yard receiving games. In 2016, Jones had 208 yards against Wake Forest on Sept. 24, and 124 yards against Michigan State on Oct. 1. Philyor's two-game stretch of 24 catches is the most over a two-game stretch in school history and his 324 yards are the second-most.
• The game marked the fourth time Philyor has hauled in at least 10 receptions in a single game, which extended his program record. He made 14 grabs last time out at Michigan State and is the first Hoosier to record back-to-back 10-plus catch games.
• Indiana compiled a season-high 557 yards of total yards of offense. The game marks the second time this season in which the Hoosier offense compiled at least 500 yards of offense after collecting 555 yards of offense in the 52-0 victory over Eastern Illinois on Sept. 7.
• Redshirt freshman quarterback Michael Penix Jr. finished the game with 20 completions on 29 attempts for 282 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. His TD total matched a career-high and marked the second time this season he threw for three scores.
• Sophomore running back Stevie Scott III registered 12 carries for 164 yards (13.7 average). The rushing total marked the seventh time in Scott's career in which he has rushed for 100-plus yards and his first time this season.
• Junior wide receiver Ty Fryfogle nabbed his first receiving touchdown of the season with a 10-yard scoring grab in the third quarter. The catch was his fourth-career touchdown and first since Nov. 17, 2018 at Michigan.
• Redshirt sophomore tight end Peyton Hendershot hauled in his fourth touchdown reception of the season and the sixth of his career on a 14-yard TD reception in the first quarter. He has caught a touchdown in four of the last five games for the Hoosiers.
• Fifth-year senior Nick Westbrook brought in his third touchdown of the season and the 14th of his career on a 19-yard TD in the first quarter. His career total ties Bill Malinchak, Duane Gunn and Rob Turner for ninth in program history in career receiving touchdowns.
•True freshman running back Sampson James scored his second-career rushing TD on a 1-yard plunge in the third quarter.
• Indiana went on a 13-play, 98-yard scoring drive that covered 7:07 on the clock in the third quarter. The drive was the longest-scoring drive for the Hoosiers in both yardage and time. It marked the second 13-play scoring drive in as many weeks and was the third 90-plus yard scoring drive of the season for IU.
DEFENSE
• Indiana held Rutgers to 5-for-13 passing for one yard. The passing total is the lowest output for a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) team this season and the lowest figure IU has yielded against a Big Ten Conference opponent since holding Minnesota to 0 yards on Oct. 19, 1985.
• The Hoosiers have blanked Rutgers in each of RU's last two trips to Memorial Stadium after defeating the Scarlet Knights, 41-0, on Nov. 18, 2017. The last time Indiana shut out a Big Ten opponent in back-to-back home games was in 1991 and 1993 against Michigan State.
• The shutout is the fourth for IU since the start of the 2017 season.
• The Hoosiers held Rutgers to 75 total yards, the fewest allowed dating back to 1966.
• With the first-quarter fumble recovery, Indiana has recorded at least one takeaway in 22 of the last 24 games played.
• Indiana racked up 14 tackles for loss, the first double-digit effort since stopping Purdue 11 times behind the line of scrimmage on Nov. 24, 2018. The TFL total marked the most for an Indiana defense since IU had a school-record 16 tackles for loss against Penn State on Nov. 12, 2016.
• The defense compiled six sacks in the game, the most since securing eight against Illinois on Nov. 11, 2017.
• Rutgers did not convert on a third-down play in 11 attempts. It is the first time on record that Indiana has not allowed a third-down conversion to an opposing offense.
• Sophomore defensive lineman Demarcus Elliott totaled a career-high three tackles for loss, including his third sack of the season. His first-quarter strip sack set up Indiana's first touchdown and marked his first-career forced fumble.
• Fifth-year senior Reakwon Jones recovered his second-career fumble and took it 17 yards for his first-career touchdown. The scoop-and-score marked the fifth defensive TD for Indiana since Tom Allen came to Bloomington ahead of the 2016 season.
• It marked the Hoosiers second defensive TD of 2019 (Cam Jones 44-yard INT return) and the defense's first fumble return for a score since Andre Brown Jr. vs. Georgia Southern on Sept. 23, 2017.
• Jones also recorded his first sack of the season. The sack marked the second of his career.
• Sophomore linebacker Cam Jones registered his first two sacks in his career to go along with a team-high and career-high six solo stops and a quarterback hurry. He is the first Hoosier since Marcelino Ball to record two sacks in a game. Ball secured two sacks against Michigan State on Sept. 22, 2018.
• Junior defensive end Michael Ziemba posted a career-best five tackles, with a half-TFL.
• Senior defensive lineman Allen Stallings IV recorded his third sack of the season and the eighth of his career.
• Redshirt freshman linebacker Aaron Casey recorded his first-career sack.
• Redshirt sophomore safety Juwan Burgess, sophomore cornerback Jaylin Williams and true freshman cornerback Tiawan Mullen earned their first-career starts.
SPECIAL TEAMS
• Fifth-year senior punter Haydon Whitehead punted four times with an average of 43.0 yards and a long of 55. He collected three punts that pinned Rutgers inside their own 20-yard line.
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