Indiana University Athletics
Game Notes: No. 17/19 Indiana Heads to Rutgers
10/27/2020 8:30:00 AM | Football
Setting The Scene
• No. 17/19 Indiana (1-0, 1-0 B1G East) heads on the road for the first time in 2020 to face Rutgers (1-0, 1-0 B1G East) on Saturday, Oct. 31. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. EST at SHI Stadium (Field Turf) on B1G Network.
• After defeating No. 8 Penn State, 36-35, in overtime on Saturday, IU entered the Associated Press Top 25 at No. 17 and the Amway Coaches Poll presented by USA Today Sports at No. 19.
• The ranking is the best for the Hoosiers in the AP Poll since Nov. 2, 1993 (No. 17), while the team's place in the Coaches Poll is the best since Nov. 8, 1993 (No. 18).
• On Nov. 10, 2019, Indiana entered the AP Poll (No. 24) for the first time since Sept. 20, 1994, and the Coaches Poll (No. 25) for the first time since Oct. 17, 1994.
• IU's win over the Nittany Lions was the sixth against a Top-10 opponent in program history, with the last coming at No. 9 Ohio State (31-10) on Oct. 10, 1987.
• It marked the Hoosiers first Top-10 victory at Memorial Stadium since Nov. 25, 1967 (No. 3 Purdue, 19-14).
• S Jamar Johnson earned B1G co-Defensive Player of the Week honors.
• Saturday marks the seventh meeting between the two programs and the fourth in Piscataway.
• Indiana is 4-2 overall against Rutgers and 2-1 at SHI Stadium.
• IU has won the last four games in the series: on Nov. 5, 2016 (33-27, A), on Nov. 18, 2017 (41-0, H), on Sept. 29, 2018 (24-17, A) and Oct. 12, 2019 (35-0, H).
• True freshmen TE AJ Barner, S Bryson Bonds and WR Javon Swinton made their Hoosier debuts vs. PSU.
• The team voted C Harry Crider, LB Cam Jones, DB Marcelino McCrary-Ball, LB Micah McFadden and QB Michael Penix Jr. season captains.
The Coaches
• One of 22 semifinalists for the 2019 George Munger College Coach of the Year Award, Tom Allen is 19-20 in his fourth season as Indiana head coach. A 28-year coaching veteran, Allen was named the program's 29th head football coach on Dec. 1, 2016. (full bio on page 13)
• Greg Schiano is in his second stint as Rutgers head coach. He posted a 68-67 record with the Scarlet Knights from 2001-11 before taking over as Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach from 2012-13.
2019 News & Notes
• Indiana posted an 8-5 record and a 5-4 Big Ten mark en route to an appearance in the 2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against Tennessee, the program's first bowl game in the state of Florida.
• The Hoosiers won eight games for just the eighth time in program history and the first time since 1993.
• IU's five-conference wins tied for the third-most in program history (1945, 1979, 1988, 1991, 1993, 2019).
• Indiana posted a winning conference record for the first time since 1993 (5-3).
