Indiana University Athletics
Saturday, September 21
Bloomington, Ind.
Noon
Indiana University
vs
Charlotte
Game Notes: host Charlotte
9/16/2024 4:59:00 PM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After opening its Big Ten slate with a victory at UCLA last Saturday, the Indiana football program will hosts its final non-conference game of the regular season against Charlotte this Saturday (Sept. 21) inside Memorial Stadium. The game will air on the Big Ten Network at noon ET.
INDIANA (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) hosts CHARLOTTE (1-2, 0-0 American)
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, Ind.)
Saturday, Sept. 21 | noon ET
TV: Big Ten Network| RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network
Setting the Scene
• Indiana is set to host Charlotte in the first meeting in program history on Saturday afternoon at noon (ET) inside Memorial Stadium (52,626) on the Big Ten Network.
• This will be the third consecutive week that Indiana plays an opponent for the first time. The Hoosiers previously played against Western Illinois (9/6) in Week 2 and UCLA (9/14) in Week 3 with both games being initial meetings in the program's history.
• Indiana owns a 7-3-1 record against American Athletic Conference teams in its current alignment.
• This will be Indiana's final non-conference game of the regular season. Following this week, the Hoosiers will play Big Ten opponents for the remainder of the 2024 campaign.
By The Numbers
4 - Curt Cignetti is one of four Indiana head coaches to begin his head coaching tenure with a 3-0 record. MORE ON PAGE 4
29 - The 29-point margin of victory over UCLA is IU's largest Big Ten road win since defeating Wisconsin (Oct. 6), 63-32, in 2001. MORE ON PAGE 4
400 - Indiana has gained 400-plus yards of total offense in three-straight games for the first time since the 2020 season (Michigan, 460; at Michigan State, 433; at Ohio State, 490).
27 - All 27 active transfer student-athletes have made their Indiana debut in 2024 with DJ Warnell Jr. appearing against Western Illinois.
News & Notes
• Indiana enters the game with a 3-0 record after defeating UCLA (9/14), 42-13, in Week 3. Indiana is 3-0 for the 20th time in program history. IU also started four other seasons (1897, 1898, 1945, 1988) without a loss in its first three games (2-0-1).
• The 29-point margin of victory was Indiana's largest over a Big Ten opponent since defeating Northwestern (Nov. 2), 34-3, in 2019. It was Indiana's largest margin of victory in a Big Ten road game since defeating Wisconsin (Oct. 6), 63-32, in 2001. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Curt Cignetti is the second Indiana first-year head coach to win both his opening game and Big Ten opening game. Clyde B. Smith (1948) defeated Wisconsin in the season opener. He is just the third IU head coach to win his initial Big Ten game, joining Smith and William A. Ingram (Northwestern; 1923). MORE ON PAGE 4
• With 150 points scored over its first three games, the 2024 Hoosiers tie for the most points in the first three games of a season with the 2013 edition (73, ISU; 35, Navy; 42 Bowling Green).
• Indiana has opened the season with three-straight games without a turnover to mark the first time since at least 1996 that Indiana has not had a turnover in three consecutive games. In that span, IU has just five occurrences of back-to-back games without a turnover during that span (2012, 2015, 2020-22).
• Redshirt senior quarterback Kurtis Rourke earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after 307 yards passing and four touchdowns at UCLA to lead Indiana to its first Big Ten-opening win since 2020. He is the first IU B1G Offensive Player of the Week since Stevie Scott II against Maryland in 2020 and the first Indiana quarterback to earn the award since Nate Sudfeld in 2015 against Purdue.
• Junior Elijah Sarratt moved his consecutive games with a catch streak to 28-straight games with his 24-yard reception in the first quarter at UCLA.
• Sophomore Amare Ferrell logged his first career sack in the first quarter at UCLA which set up third-and-long and led to a missed UCLA field goal. He also caught his second career interception when he picked off Ethan Garbers in the fourth quarter to set up Indiana's three-play scoring drive to extend their lead to 42-13.
• Indiana is tied for the ninth-fewest returning players in the FBS and tied for third-fewest returning scholarship players. MORE ON PAGE 5
• Of Indiana's 29 transfers, the list includes 12 defensive players, 15 offensive players and two specialists. There are 29 players from Division I, including 28 from the FBS and one from the FCS. MORE ON PAGE 5
INDIANA (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) hosts CHARLOTTE (1-2, 0-0 American)
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, Ind.)
Saturday, Sept. 21 | noon ET
TV: Big Ten Network| RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network
Setting the Scene
• Indiana is set to host Charlotte in the first meeting in program history on Saturday afternoon at noon (ET) inside Memorial Stadium (52,626) on the Big Ten Network.
• This will be the third consecutive week that Indiana plays an opponent for the first time. The Hoosiers previously played against Western Illinois (9/6) in Week 2 and UCLA (9/14) in Week 3 with both games being initial meetings in the program's history.
• Indiana owns a 7-3-1 record against American Athletic Conference teams in its current alignment.
• This will be Indiana's final non-conference game of the regular season. Following this week, the Hoosiers will play Big Ten opponents for the remainder of the 2024 campaign.
By The Numbers
4 - Curt Cignetti is one of four Indiana head coaches to begin his head coaching tenure with a 3-0 record. MORE ON PAGE 4
29 - The 29-point margin of victory over UCLA is IU's largest Big Ten road win since defeating Wisconsin (Oct. 6), 63-32, in 2001. MORE ON PAGE 4
400 - Indiana has gained 400-plus yards of total offense in three-straight games for the first time since the 2020 season (Michigan, 460; at Michigan State, 433; at Ohio State, 490).
27 - All 27 active transfer student-athletes have made their Indiana debut in 2024 with DJ Warnell Jr. appearing against Western Illinois.
News & Notes
• Indiana enters the game with a 3-0 record after defeating UCLA (9/14), 42-13, in Week 3. Indiana is 3-0 for the 20th time in program history. IU also started four other seasons (1897, 1898, 1945, 1988) without a loss in its first three games (2-0-1).
• The 29-point margin of victory was Indiana's largest over a Big Ten opponent since defeating Northwestern (Nov. 2), 34-3, in 2019. It was Indiana's largest margin of victory in a Big Ten road game since defeating Wisconsin (Oct. 6), 63-32, in 2001. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Curt Cignetti is the second Indiana first-year head coach to win both his opening game and Big Ten opening game. Clyde B. Smith (1948) defeated Wisconsin in the season opener. He is just the third IU head coach to win his initial Big Ten game, joining Smith and William A. Ingram (Northwestern; 1923). MORE ON PAGE 4
• With 150 points scored over its first three games, the 2024 Hoosiers tie for the most points in the first three games of a season with the 2013 edition (73, ISU; 35, Navy; 42 Bowling Green).
• Indiana has opened the season with three-straight games without a turnover to mark the first time since at least 1996 that Indiana has not had a turnover in three consecutive games. In that span, IU has just five occurrences of back-to-back games without a turnover during that span (2012, 2015, 2020-22).
• Redshirt senior quarterback Kurtis Rourke earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after 307 yards passing and four touchdowns at UCLA to lead Indiana to its first Big Ten-opening win since 2020. He is the first IU B1G Offensive Player of the Week since Stevie Scott II against Maryland in 2020 and the first Indiana quarterback to earn the award since Nate Sudfeld in 2015 against Purdue.
• Junior Elijah Sarratt moved his consecutive games with a catch streak to 28-straight games with his 24-yard reception in the first quarter at UCLA.
• Sophomore Amare Ferrell logged his first career sack in the first quarter at UCLA which set up third-and-long and led to a missed UCLA field goal. He also caught his second career interception when he picked off Ethan Garbers in the fourth quarter to set up Indiana's three-play scoring drive to extend their lead to 42-13.
• Indiana is tied for the ninth-fewest returning players in the FBS and tied for third-fewest returning scholarship players. MORE ON PAGE 5
• Of Indiana's 29 transfers, the list includes 12 defensive players, 15 offensive players and two specialists. There are 29 players from Division I, including 28 from the FBS and one from the FCS. MORE ON PAGE 5
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