FOOTBALL GAMEDAY: at Oregon (Week 7)

Setting The Scene

• No. 7/7 Indiana will travel to face No. 3/2 Oregon on Saturday (Oct. 11) at 3:30 p.m. ET inside Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. The matchup between the undefeated Hoosiers and Ducks will air on CBS with ESPN's College GameDay pregame show leading into the game.
• This will be the fourth time for Indiana at the GameDay site since start of 2024 (2024 - host Washington, at Ohio State, at Notre Dame; 2025 - at Oregon).
• This will be the fourth all-time meeting between the two programs and first since 2004, Oregon leads the series, 2-1, but Indiana won the last matchup, 30-24 in Eugene.
• It will be the first time that Indiana and Oregon face off as conference foes. After this game, the only new Big Ten opponent that Indiana will have not faced yet is USC, after playing against both UCLA and Washington in 2024.
• Both Indiana and Oregon will come off a week of a Week 6 bye.

News & Notes

• Indiana is 5-0 to start a season for the fourth time in program history after a 20-15 win at Iowa (9/27) in Week 5. It is the second-straight season Indiana has started 5-0 to mark just the first time in program history consecutive seasons were started at 5-0 or better.
• IU is now 2-0 in one possession games under head coach Curt Cignetti, with both wins by the score of 20-15. In addition to last week's win at Iowa, the Hoosiers defeated Michigan in 2024 by the same score.
• The Hoosiers are 36-27-1 all-time as a ranked team, which includes a 15-18 record on the road and a 29-20-1 mark in Big Ten play.
• Indiana's win over Iowa was the first since over the Hawkeyes since 2012 and the first at Iowa since 2007.
• Indiana is the only FBS team in the last 30 years to have 1,300-plus passing yards, 1,300-plus rushing yards and two or fewer turnovers through five games of a season.
• Fernando Mendoza finished with 233 yards passing on 13-of-23 passing and two touchdown passes at Iowa (9/27). He threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Elijah Sarratt on a 49-yard connection with 1:28 left in the fourth quarter. MORE ON PAGE 7
• Elijah Sarratt has a catch in all 43 games of his career and is the nation's active leader for consecutive games with a reception. Sarratt had the game-winning touchdown reception against Iowa, a 49-yard catch to put Indiana up 20-13 with 1:28 left in the game. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Omar Cooper Jr. has notched a receiving touchdown in three consecutive weeks and has scored a touchdown in four-straight games. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Sarratt (33) and Cooper Jr. (15) are one of two FBS duos with 15-plus career receiving touchdowns, along with SMU (RJ Maryland - 19; Jordan Hudson - 17)
• Aiden Fisher led the Hoosiers in tackles with nine stops in Week 5 at Iowa (9/27). MORE ON PAGE 12
• Isaiah Jones had his first career blocked kick when he tipped Rhys Dakins' punt in the third quarter at Iowa (9/27). He has at least a 0.5 tackle for loss in all five games of 2025. MORE ON PAGE 12
• Amare Ferrell picked off Mark Gronowski for his third interception of the season and seventh of his career in the first quarter to set up a Hoosier touchdown on Indiana's opening offensive series. MORE ON PAGE 15

GAME 6

Setting The Scene

News & Notes

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