GAME NOTES: Old Oaken Bucket

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Rivalry games are at the core of college football and Saturday (Nov. 26) will watch the 97th chapter of the Old Oaken Bucket unfold when the Indiana football program hosts Purdue for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on Big Ten Network inside Memorial Stadium. It will be the 124th all-time meeting between the two programs, with the Old Oaken Bucket game first played in 1925.

INDIANA (4-7, 2-6 Big Ten) hosts PURDUE (7-4, 5-3 B1G)
Memorial Stadium
Saturday, Nov. 26 | 3:30 p.m. ET
TV: Big Ten Network | RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network

Setting the Scene
• Indiana (4-7, 2-6 B1G) will return home for Senior Day when it battles Purdue (7-4, 5-3 B1G) for the Old Oaken Bucket at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 26, in the 124th meeting between the two programs and the 97th meeting for the Old Oaken Bucket.
• Indiana has won five of the last eight contests with Purdue, including a double overtime win on the road in 2019. IU will be looking to join a select group in the history of the program to win both the Spittoon and Oaken Bucket in the same season.
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By The Numbers
11 - With an interception against Penn State, Tiawan Mullen logged his 11th career takeaway to grab the team lead in that category.
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.648 - Indiana is No. 5 nationally in opponents winning percentage at .648. Its 11 opponents have combined for a 74-38 record in 2022.
50 - Aaron Casey is No. 3 in the Big Ten in solo tackles (50). His 86 total tackles are No. 6 in the Big Ten entering Week 13.
4.0 - With 4.0 sacks in 2022, true freshman Dasan McCullough is tied for No. 6 nationally among rookies.
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1st - After taking his second kickoff back for a score, true freshman Jaylin Lucas is the only FBS returner with multiple kickoff return touchdowns in 2022.
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News & Notes
• Indiana has played five one possession games in 2022 and owns a 3-2 mark in those games, including the double overtime victory at Michigan State in Week 12. Head coach Tom Allen has 12 wins in one possession games, including a 4-1 mark in overtime.
• Cornerback Tiawan Mullen pulled in his second interception of the season against No. 16/16 Penn State and grabbed the team lead in career takeaways with his 11th forced takeaway in four seasons.
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• Running back Jaylin Lucas returned his second kickoff of the season for a touchdown at Michigan State and now ranks No. 2 on the single season and career charts at Indiana. The true freshman is the lone FBS player with multiple kickoff return touchdowns on the season.
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• Head coach Tom Allen joined a select group of coaches in IU history with his 30th career victory as the Hoosiers' head coach.
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• Place kicker Charles Campbell continues to move up the career field goals made and scoring charts at IU. He sits among the top 10 in field goals made (No. 8; 38) and extra points made (No. 9; 72), and the top 15 in career scoring (No. 13; 186).
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• Outside linebacker Dasan McCullough is tied for the lead among all FBS true freshmen in tackles for loss or no gain, and is tied for No. 6 in sacks and No. 5 in defensive stops (solo tackle or sack that led to an offensive failure) per Pro Football Focus.
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• For the second straight season, the Indiana special teams units have blocked multiple kicks in a year for special teams coordinator Kasey Teegardin. The three blocked field goals in 2022 give his unit nine blocked kicks in that span.
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• Don Fischer, the Voice of the Hoosiers, is in his 50th season on the call in 2022 and will be honored by the National Football Foundation. He was also inducted into the IU Hall of Fame in 2022.
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• Running backs Shaun Shivers and Josh Henderson became the first pair of running backs with receiving touchdowns in the same game since 2001 when they each hauled in touchdown passes at Cincinnati.

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Players Mentioned

Charles Campbell

Aaron Casey

Tiawan Mullen

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