Indiana University Athletics
Game Notes: Indiana Heads to Michigan State
11/10/2020 8:30:00 AM | Football
Setting The Scene
• No. 10/10 Indiana (3-0, 3-0 B1G East) travels to Spartan Stadium (Natural Grass) to face Michigan State (1-2, 1-2 B1G East) on Saturday, Nov. 14. Kickoff is set for noon EDT on ABC.
• The Old Brass Spittoon has been awarded to the IU-MSU victor since its inception in 1950. (more on page 2)
• The Hoosiers are ranked in both national polls for the third-straight week, sitting at No. 10 in the Associated Press Top 25 and at No. 10 in the Amway Coaches Poll presented by USA Today Sports.
• Indiana is ranked in the Top 10 for the first time since a No. 10 ranking in the AP Poll on Sept. 22, 1969.
• IU is 3-0 to start Big Ten play for the fourth time overall and the fist time since 1988.
• The Hoosiers opened 3-0 in 1988, 4-0 in 1987, and 5-0 in 1967.
• Indiana is 11-5 overall and 8-4 in conference play since the start of the 2019 campaign.
• IU has won four-straight Big Ten games and eight of its last 10. This marks the most successful stretch in conference games since a 9-2 mark from Oct. 3, 1987-Oct. 21, 1988.
• The Hoosiers have won four of their last five Big Ten road contests, their best run since 1967-68 (6-of-7).
• Indiana's 38-21 victory over No. 23/25 Michigan was its first over the Wolverines since Oct. 24, 1987 (14-10).
• IU's 36-35, overtime win against No. 8 Penn State in the season opener 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).
• For the first time in program history, Indiana has defeated both Penn State and Michigan in the same season.
• IU has defeated two ranked teams for the sixth time in school history and for the first time since 2004. The 1945 team holds the program record with three ranked wins in one year.
• Redshirt sophomore Michael Penix Jr. was named to the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award's Great 8 list and a Manning Award Star of the Week following the Michigan win.
• Penix was added to the O'Brien Award Midseason Watch List.
The Coaches
• One of 22 semifinalists for the 2019 George Munger College Coach of the Year Award, Tom Allen is 21-20 in his fourth season as Indiana head coach. Allen became the fourth-fastest IU head coach to reach 20 wins (40 games), trailing only James Horne (32, 1898-1904), James Sheldon (34, 1905-13) and Ewald Stiehm (39, 1916-21). A 28-year coaching veteran, Allen was named the program's 29th head football coach on Dec. 1, 2016. He made his head-coaching debut in the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl. (full bio on page 14)
• Mel Tucker was named Michigan State's 25th head football coach on Feb. 12, 2020. A 23-year coaching veteran, Tucker posted a 5-7 record at Colorado in 2019.
