FOOTBALL GAMEDAY: at Penn State (Week 11)

Setting The Scene

• No. 2/2 Indiana will head east for the second-straight weekend to face Penn State on Saturday (Nov. 8) at Noon ET on FOX inside West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.
• The matchup will be the first since 2023 when the Nittany Lions won 33-24 in University Park. Penn State has won three of the last four meetings and leads the all-time series 25-2.

News & Notes

• Indiana's ranking in both the AP and USA Today/US LBM Coaches Poll is No. 2 for the third-straight week.
• The 20 victories since the beginning of the 2024 season are the most in any two-year span in program history and rank tied for No. 2 nationally over that span. The 14 Big Ten wins during that span are also the most in a two-year stretch in IU history. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Indiana is 9-0 to start a season for the second time in program history (2024) after its 55-10 win at Maryland (11/1) in Week 10. The nine wins ties for the second-most wins a season in program history (9; 1945, 1967).
• Indiana's 6-0 start in Big Ten play marks the second time in program history an Indiana team started with an unblemished mark through at least six conference games (7-0; 2024) and ties for second-most conference wins ever (6; 1967, 1987, 2020).
• The Hoosiers are 40-27-1 all-time as a ranked team, which includes a 33-20-1 mark in Big Ten play.
• With 367 yards rushing against Maryland, Indiana posted its program-record fifth game of the season with 300-plus yards rushing. It opened the season with four-straight 300-yard efforts on the ground, the most by a Power 4 team since 2015 (Baylor).
• The 45-point margin of victory over Maryland is tied for the third-largest road win in program history, with three coming in Big Ten play. IU went on the road and defeated Fort Knox by 51 points in 1942, Minnesota by 49 in 1945 and Purdue by 45 in 1988.
• The 55 points scored are its fourth-most in a road game in program history and its most since the program record in 1988 at Wisconsin (63). It also scored 58 points at Kentucky in 1969 and 59 points at Kentucky in 1994. Its also the eighth time since the start of 2024 and the 24th time in program history that Indiana has eclipsed 50-plus points.
• Indiana's time of possession of 40:22 against Maryland marks the fourth-highest total overall and most in a road game for Indiana since at least 1991, behind 2010 Michigan (41:47), 2005 Kentucky (41:37) and 2025 Old Dominion (41:28). It is also just the sixth such occurrence in that span, adding 2005 at Iowa (40:09) and 1991 at Minnesota (40:02).
• Indiana's 35 second-half points are tied for the fourth most in a Big Ten game since 1950 and the most since 38 against Purdue (38) in 2024. It is the third-highest scoring half in a road game (since 1950) behind 2001 Wisconsin (45) and 2012 UMass (38).
• With 37 yards rushing allowed against Maryland, Indiana limited its eighth-straight opponent under 100-yards rushing - a program record. The effort also ties the program mark for most games with an opponent under 100 yards rushing in a single season in program history.
• The five turnovers forced (3 FR, 2 INT) against the Terrapins are tied for the most in a game since a six-turnover game at Iowa in 2009. Its three forced fumbles are tied for the most in a single game since it had four forced fumbles at Minnesota in 2018.
• Kaelon Black had a 31-yard rushing touchdown and his first 100-yard rushing game as a Hoosier with 110 yards on 14 carries. MORE ON PAGE 8
• Elijah Sarratt leads the Big Ten in touchdown receptions (10) and Omar Cooper Jr. is third (8) in the conference. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Devan Boykin's third-quarter fumble recovery for a touchdown was the first by a Hoosier since 2022 at Nebraska. MORE ON PAGE 15

GAME 10

Setting The Scene

News & Notes

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