Game Notes: host Nebraska

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Fresh off an idle week, the Indiana football team returns home for a top-25 tilt with Nebraska inside a sold-out Memorial Stadium on Saturday (Oct. 19). The Hoosiers (6-0, 3-0 B1G) and Huskers (5-1, 2-1 B1G) kick off at Noon ET on FOX, with the flagship pregame show, Big Noon Kickoff, originating from the South End Zone Plaza from 10 a.m.-noon.

No. 16/18 INDIANA (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) hosts No. RV/25 NEBRASKA (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten)
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, Ind.)
Saturday, Oct. 19 | noon ET
TV: FOX| RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network

Setting the Scene
• Indiana is set to host Nebraska for its homecoming game on Saturday afternoon at noon ET at Memorial Stadium (52,626) on FOX and will host the network's Big Noon Kickoff show.
• The matchup will mark the first time the two teams have played in Bloomington since the 2016 season and only the second time since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011.
• Indiana leads the all-time series 10-9-3, but Nebraska leads in games played in Bloomington, 3-2-1. The Cornhuskers won the last matchup, defeating the Hoosiers, 35-21, in Lincoln in 2022.

By The Numbers
1 - Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to begin his head coaching tenure with a 6-0 record. MORE ON PAGE 4
6 - Indiana's six-game winning streak is the longest since an eight-game stretch during the 1967 season (Week 1-8).
2 - Indiana is one of two teams to have not trailed in a game so far in 2024.
40 - With its 41-point effort at Northwestern (10/5), Indiana has scored 40-plus points in five-straight games for the first time in program history.

News & Notes
• Indiana enters the game with a 6-0 record after defeating Northwestern (10/5), 41-24, in Week 6. This is Indiana's second time in program history starting a season 6-0 (2024, 1967).
• Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to start his head coaching tenure with a 6-0 record. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Redshirt senior quarterback Kurtis Rourke earned Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week from a 25-of-33 passing day with 380 yards and three touchdowns. Rourke is the first Hoosier with 3-plus touchdown passes in three Big Ten games since 1967. MORE ON PAGE 7
• Senior running back Justice Ellison scored on a 5-yard run in the third quarter in Week 6 at Northwestern (10/5). Ellison has notched a rushing touchdown in five consecutive games dating back to Week 2 versus Western Ilinois (9/6). MORE ON PAGE 8
• Junior wide receiver Elijah Sarratt moved his consecutive games with a catch streak to 31-straight games with his 29-yard reception in the first quarter at Northwestern. He recorded seven catches for a 135-yard day for his 10th career 100-yard game. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Redshirt junior defensive lineman Mikail Kamara owns at least one tackle in all 29 career appearances and 2.0 tackles for loss in Week 6 at Northwestern (10/5) he has at least a half tackle for loss in 26 of 29 career games. MORE ON PAGE 12
• Indiana has allowed fewer than 100 yards rushing on four occasions in 2024, its most since it held five opponents to under 100 yards rushing in 2019. MORE ON PAGE 5
• With less than 300 yards of total offense allowed in four games this season, Indiana is tied for the most such games since 1996. The 2017 and 2019 editions also allowed less than 300 yards of total offense in four contests.
• With six double-digit victories to start the season, Indiana is tied for the third-most double-digit wins in a single season in program history behind only the 1905 (7) and 1988 (8) teams. The six-straight wins by 10-or-more points marks the longest consecutive streak in program history, passing the previous mark of five-straight spanning the 1905-06 seasons. MORE ON PAGE 5
• IU is one of eight teams nationally to have scored first in each of its games played. (Indiana, Army, Ole Miss, Toledo, Boise State, Memphis, Illinois, Texas). And is one of two teams to not trail in a game this season.
• Indiana's six-game winning streak is tied for the second-longest active streak nationally.
• With five games of 40-plus points in 2024, Indiana sits tied for the third-most in program history. Only the 2013 and 2015 teams reached the 40-point mark more, each with six such games.
• IU posted its fourth game of 500-plus yards of total offense in Week 6 at Northwestern (529 yards), its most since the 2015 team posted seven games with 500 yards of total offense. MORE ON PAGE 5

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Players Mentioned

Justice Ellison

Mikail Kamara

Kurtis Rourke

Elijah Sarratt

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