Saturday, September 11
Bloomington, Ind.
7:30 PM
Indiana University
vs
Idaho
Game Notes: Idaho
9/7/2021 6:44:00 PM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana football program will open the home portion of the 2021 season against Idaho on Saturday (Sept. 11). The Hoosiers will welcome fans back to Memorial Stadium for the first time since the 2019 campaign as they host the Vandals for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on the Big Ten Network.
IDAHO (1-0) at INDIANA (0-1; RV AP/RV USA Today)
Memorial Stadium
Saturday, Sept. 11 | 7:30 p.m. ET
TV: Big Ten Network | RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network
Setting The Scene
• RV/RV Indiana (0-1, 0-1 B1G East) opens its 62nd season at Memorial Stadium (52,656; FieldTurf) against Idaho (1-0) on Saturday, Sept. 11. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. EST on BTN.
• The Hoosiers and Vandals are meeting for the first time.
• This is IU's first meeting against a Big Sky Conference foe.
• Indiana has won six of its last seven home games, including an unblemished 3-0 mark in 2020, and are 7-2 at Memorial Stadium since the start of 2019.
• The Hoosiers are 43-18 in Memorial Stadium openers with wins in 17 of their last 19 and 34 of their last 39, highlighted by last year's 36-35 overtime victory over No. 8 Penn State.
The Coaches
• The 2020 American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year, Tom Allen is 24-23 (.511) in his fifth season as Indiana head football coach. His 24 wins over his first four years are the most for an IU head coach during that span. Allen was also named the 2020 Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (Big Ten coaches vote) and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year (Big Ten media vote). (full bio on page 14)
• Paul Petrino is in his ninth season as Idaho's head coach. He owns a 31-59 (.344) career record and a 21-33 (.389) mark in the Big Sky Conference. Petrino led the Vandals to a victory in the 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
News & Notes
• Indiana is 14-8 overall and 11-6 in Big Ten play since the start of 2019.
• IU's 14 wins share fourth and 11 victories are fourth in the B1G during that span.
• The Hoosiers were ranked in the 2021 preseason for the first time since 1969.
• Indiana appeared in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll for the 11th-straight week, a program record.
• The team voted WR Ty Fryfogle, TE Peyton Hendershot, LB Cam Jones, DB Marcelino McCrary-Ball, LB Micah McFadden, and QB Michael Penix Jr. season captains.
• Jones, McCrary-Ball, McFadden, and Penix were also 2020 captains.
• IU has won 11 of its last 15 league games.
• The Hoosiers (6-2, 6-1 Big Ten) finished the 2020 season with a No. 12 final rating from the Associated Press, their highest final ranking since 1967 (No. 4).
• Indiana's 11 B1G wins over 2019-20 tied for the most in school history over a two-year span (1987-88).
• IU has played in consecutive January bowl games (2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and 2021 Outback Bowl) for the first time in school history.
IDAHO (1-0) at INDIANA (0-1; RV AP/RV USA Today)
Memorial Stadium
Saturday, Sept. 11 | 7:30 p.m. ET
TV: Big Ten Network | RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network
Setting The Scene
• RV/RV Indiana (0-1, 0-1 B1G East) opens its 62nd season at Memorial Stadium (52,656; FieldTurf) against Idaho (1-0) on Saturday, Sept. 11. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. EST on BTN.
• The Hoosiers and Vandals are meeting for the first time.
• This is IU's first meeting against a Big Sky Conference foe.
• Indiana has won six of its last seven home games, including an unblemished 3-0 mark in 2020, and are 7-2 at Memorial Stadium since the start of 2019.
• The Hoosiers are 43-18 in Memorial Stadium openers with wins in 17 of their last 19 and 34 of their last 39, highlighted by last year's 36-35 overtime victory over No. 8 Penn State.
The Coaches
• The 2020 American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year, Tom Allen is 24-23 (.511) in his fifth season as Indiana head football coach. His 24 wins over his first four years are the most for an IU head coach during that span. Allen was also named the 2020 Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (Big Ten coaches vote) and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year (Big Ten media vote). (full bio on page 14)
• Paul Petrino is in his ninth season as Idaho's head coach. He owns a 31-59 (.344) career record and a 21-33 (.389) mark in the Big Sky Conference. Petrino led the Vandals to a victory in the 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
News & Notes
• Indiana is 14-8 overall and 11-6 in Big Ten play since the start of 2019.
• IU's 14 wins share fourth and 11 victories are fourth in the B1G during that span.
• The Hoosiers were ranked in the 2021 preseason for the first time since 1969.
• Indiana appeared in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll for the 11th-straight week, a program record.
• The team voted WR Ty Fryfogle, TE Peyton Hendershot, LB Cam Jones, DB Marcelino McCrary-Ball, LB Micah McFadden, and QB Michael Penix Jr. season captains.
• Jones, McCrary-Ball, McFadden, and Penix were also 2020 captains.
• IU has won 11 of its last 15 league games.
• The Hoosiers (6-2, 6-1 Big Ten) finished the 2020 season with a No. 12 final rating from the Associated Press, their highest final ranking since 1967 (No. 4).
• Indiana's 11 B1G wins over 2019-20 tied for the most in school history over a two-year span (1987-88).
• IU has played in consecutive January bowl games (2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and 2021 Outback Bowl) for the first time in school history.
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