Game Notes: host Michigan

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – As the fall colors and temperatures descend on the Midwest, Memorial Stadium awaits a sold-out crowd when No. 8/10 Indiana football hosts Michigan for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff on CBS. The Hoosiers and Wolverines meet for the 11th-straight season, with IU's last win in the series coming during the 2020 season.

No. 8/10 INDIANA (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten) hosts MICHIGAN (5-4, 3-3 Big Ten)
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, Ind.)
Saturday, Nov. 9 | 3:30 p.m. ET
TV: CBS | RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network

Setting the Scene
• Indiana will host Michigan on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. ET in Memorial Stadium on CBS.
• This will be the 73rd all-time meeting between the two programs with Michigan leading the series, 62-10. Indiana is seeking its first win over Michigan since 2020, when it won, 38-21.
• This will be the 11th consecutive season where the two programs face off, dating back to the 2013 season.
• IU enters the game with a top-10 ranking in both the AP and Coaches Polls. It is the first time that the Hoosiers have been ranked in the top ten since the 2020 season when they were ranked as high as No. 7.

By The Numbers
51 - Indiana's 55 offensive touchdowns are the most among FBS teams through Week 10.
6 - The 6-0 start in Big Ten play marked the best six-game start to a conference slate and tie for most B1G wins in program history (1967, 1987, 2020).
32 - Indiana's 32 rushing touchdowns are the most in a season since 2001 (33; 12 games).
9 - The nine-game winning streak is the longest streak in program history. The previous record was eight consecutive games in the 1945 and 1967 seasons.

News & Notes
• Indiana enters the game with an 9-0 record after defeating Michigan State (11/2), 47-10, in Week 10. This is Indiana's first time in program history starting a season 9-0 and it ties the most wins in a single season in program history.
• Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to start his head coaching tenure with a 9-0 record. He is the first-ever Division I head coach to start 8-0 or better in consecutive seasons at different schools (James Madison, 10-0, 2023; Indiana, 9-0, 2024). MORE ON PAGE 4 & 17
• Indiana is one of five undefeated teams in the FBS (Indiana, Army, Miami (Fla.), BYU, Oregon).
• In his return from injury, Kurtis Rourke went 19-for-29 passing with 263 yards and four touchdowns. He is just the second Big Ten quarterback since 2000 to throw at least 3 touchdown passes in their first three conference road games (Justin Fields, Ohio State; 2020). MORE ON PAGE 7
• Senior running Ty Son Lawton scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. That marked a touchdown in seven of nine games for Lawton. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Junior wide receiver Elijah Sarratt moved his consecutive games with a catch streak to 34-straight games with his 9-yard reception in the first quarter at Michigan State. He also hauled in two touchdowns for his multi-touchdown game as a Hoosier. MORE ON PAGE 10
• Redshirt junior defensive lineman Mikail Kamara had 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks against the Spartans. He owns at least one tackle in all 32 career appearances and at least a half tackle for loss in 29 of 32 career games. The 4.5 tackles for loss are the most in a Big Ten game and are tied for the second most in a game in the FBS this season. MORE ON PAGE 13
• Sophomore Amare Ferrell had a career-high two interceptions at Michigan State to mark the first time since 2020 that Indiana had back-to-back multiple interception games. That season, it was Tiawan Mullen (2; at Michigan State) and Jamar Johnson (2; at Ohio State).
• The zero sacks allowed in back-to-back Big Ten games mark the first time since 2001 that IU hasn't surrendered a sack in consecutive conference games. IU didn't allow a sack in five-straight games from Sept. 29-Nov. 3, 2001.
• With its double-digit win, Indiana extended its longest streak of double-digit wins in program history to 10-straight games.
• IU now has three blocked kicks on the season and that is the most since IU blocked four kicks in 2021.
• Michigan State's minus-36 rushing yards are the fewest allowed by an Indiana defense in program history. The previous mark was minus-32 yards against William & Mary in 2002.
• The rushing mark gives IU six games holding the opponent under 100-yards rushing, to tie the 1990 squad for the most such games in a single season since at least 1950.

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Players Mentioned

Amare Ferrell

Mikail Kamara

Ty Son Lawton

Kurtis Rourke

Elijah Sarratt