Indiana University Athletics
Game Notes: host Maryland
9/23/2024 4:39:00 PM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – With its non-conference slate complete, the Indiana football team will turn its attention to eight-straight weeks of Big Ten play, which starts with a Saturday (Sept. 28) tilt with Maryland at Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers will square off with the Terrapins at noon on the Big Ten Network, with Big Ten Tailgate on campus from 10-noon outside of the west entrance to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
INDIANA (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) hosts MARYLAND (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten)
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, Ind.)
Saturday, Sept. 28 | noon ET
TV: Big Ten Network| RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network
Setting the Scene
• Indiana is set to host Maryland for 13th meeting in program history on Saturday afternoon at noon (ET) inside Memorial Stadium (52,626) on the Big Ten Network. Big Ten Tailgate, the network's pregame show, will also broadcast live at 10 a.m. pregame from Bloomington.
• This will be the 11th consecutive meeting between the programs dating back to 2014, when Maryland joined the Big Ten. The last meeting prior came in 1935.
• Indiana leads the all-time series over Maryland, 7-5. The last six years of the series have been dictated by three-game winning streaks from both sides (Indiana, 2018-20; Maryland, 2021-23).
• The non-conference portion of Indiana's schedule has been completed. The Maryland game will mark the first of eight consecutive Big Ten games to close the 2024 regular season.
By The Numbers
1 - Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to begin his head coaching tenure with a 4-0 record. MORE ON PAGE 4
200 - Indiana was the first FBS team to eclipse the 200-point mark (202) in 2024.
6 - The Hoosiers' six rushing touchdowns against Charlotte marked the first time since at least 1996 IU had six or more rushing touchdowns in multiple games in a single season. MORE ON PAGE 8
0 - The Indiana's zero interceptions through four games mark the first four-game stretch without an interception since at least 1996.
News & Notes
• Indiana enters the game with a 4-0 record after defeating Charlotte (9/21), 52-14, in Week 4. This is Indiana's eighth time in program history starting a season 4-0. The last 4-0 start came in 2020, with others in 2015, 1990, 1986, 1985, 1967 and 1910. IU started four other seasons with 3-0-1 records (1988, 1945, 1898, 1897).
• Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to start his head coaching tenure with a 4-0 record. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Indiana's 202 points through four games are the most in any four-game stretch in program history. The previous best was 183 points in 2015 (Week 11 through Bowl).
• With just 256 yards of total offense allowed versus Charlotte, the 2024 defense is the first since at least 1996 to allow fewer than 300 yards of total offense in four straight games.
• IU scored 50-plus points in multiple games in the same season for just the seventh time in program history (2015, 2013, 2001, 1944, 1942, 1901).
• Indiana charted 510 total yards of offense against Charlotte. It was the second time this season that the Hoosier offense eclipsed 500 total yards (Western Illinois, 9/6) and the first time since 2019 that Indiana accomplished the feat in multiple games.
• Senior wide receiver Ke'Shawn Williams had a 19-yard touchdown reception from Kurtis Rourke against Charlotte. He has scored three touchdowns in the last two games after hauling in two scores in Week 3 at UCLA (9/14).
• Junior wide receiver Elijah Sarratt moved his consecutive games with a catch streak to 29-straight games with his 29-yard reception in the second quarter against Charlotte.
• Junior linebacker Aiden Fisher had eight tackles against Charlotte. He has logged 8-plus stops in each of his four games as a Hoosier and leads the Big Ten with 38 total tackles. MORE ON PAGE 11
• 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 (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) hosts MARYLAND (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten)
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, Ind.)
Saturday, Sept. 28 | noon ET
TV: Big Ten Network| RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network
Setting the Scene
• Indiana is set to host Maryland for 13th meeting in program history on Saturday afternoon at noon (ET) inside Memorial Stadium (52,626) on the Big Ten Network. Big Ten Tailgate, the network's pregame show, will also broadcast live at 10 a.m. pregame from Bloomington.
• This will be the 11th consecutive meeting between the programs dating back to 2014, when Maryland joined the Big Ten. The last meeting prior came in 1935.
• Indiana leads the all-time series over Maryland, 7-5. The last six years of the series have been dictated by three-game winning streaks from both sides (Indiana, 2018-20; Maryland, 2021-23).
• The non-conference portion of Indiana's schedule has been completed. The Maryland game will mark the first of eight consecutive Big Ten games to close the 2024 regular season.
By The Numbers
1 - Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to begin his head coaching tenure with a 4-0 record. MORE ON PAGE 4
200 - Indiana was the first FBS team to eclipse the 200-point mark (202) in 2024.
6 - The Hoosiers' six rushing touchdowns against Charlotte marked the first time since at least 1996 IU had six or more rushing touchdowns in multiple games in a single season. MORE ON PAGE 8
0 - The Indiana's zero interceptions through four games mark the first four-game stretch without an interception since at least 1996.
News & Notes
• Indiana enters the game with a 4-0 record after defeating Charlotte (9/21), 52-14, in Week 4. This is Indiana's eighth time in program history starting a season 4-0. The last 4-0 start came in 2020, with others in 2015, 1990, 1986, 1985, 1967 and 1910. IU started four other seasons with 3-0-1 records (1988, 1945, 1898, 1897).
• Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to start his head coaching tenure with a 4-0 record. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Indiana's 202 points through four games are the most in any four-game stretch in program history. The previous best was 183 points in 2015 (Week 11 through Bowl).
• With just 256 yards of total offense allowed versus Charlotte, the 2024 defense is the first since at least 1996 to allow fewer than 300 yards of total offense in four straight games.
• IU scored 50-plus points in multiple games in the same season for just the seventh time in program history (2015, 2013, 2001, 1944, 1942, 1901).
• Indiana charted 510 total yards of offense against Charlotte. It was the second time this season that the Hoosier offense eclipsed 500 total yards (Western Illinois, 9/6) and the first time since 2019 that Indiana accomplished the feat in multiple games.
• Senior wide receiver Ke'Shawn Williams had a 19-yard touchdown reception from Kurtis Rourke against Charlotte. He has scored three touchdowns in the last two games after hauling in two scores in Week 3 at UCLA (9/14).
• Junior wide receiver Elijah Sarratt moved his consecutive games with a catch streak to 29-straight games with his 29-yard reception in the second quarter against Charlotte.
• Junior linebacker Aiden Fisher had eight tackles against Charlotte. He has logged 8-plus stops in each of his four games as a Hoosier and leads the Big Ten with 38 total tackles. MORE ON PAGE 11
• 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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