Indiana University Athletics
Postgame Notes: at Penn State
11/8/2025 4:47:00 PM | Football
Postgame Notes
Indiana at Penn State
November 8, 2025
TEAMIndiana at Penn State
November 8, 2025
• Indiana is 3-25 all-time against Penn State and earned its first win at at Beaver Stadium.
• Indiana's game captains were: RB Kaelon Black, OL Pat Coogan, LB Aiden Fisher, TE Riley Nowakowski.
• Penn State won the coin toss and deferred the opening kickoff. Indiana received the opening kick.
• The Hoosiers are 41-27-1 all-time as a ranked team, which includes a 18-18 record on the road and a 34-20-1 mark in Big Ten play.
• Indiana starts a season 10-0 for the second time in program history (2024). The 10 wins are the second-most all-time in a single season behind the 11 victories in 2024.
• A 7-0 start in Big Ten play is just the second time in program history an Indiana team started with an unblemished mark through at least seven conference games (7-0; 2024) and are the second-most conference wins in a season.
• One Hoosier made a first-career start and is the third first-time starter: OL Adedemola Ajani.
• Indiana forced multiple turnovers for the sixth time in 2025 and third-straight game. It ended the game with a fumble recovery and interception.
• Indiana rushed for multiple touchdowns for the 19th time in 23 games under head coach Curt Cignetti.
Adedamola Ajani | OL | R-Fr.
• Made first-career start at left guard.
Charlie Becker | WR | So.
• Had a career-high 118 yards receiving on seven catches.
• Had a career-long 52-yard reception in the first quarter.
Kaelon Black | RB | R-Sr.
• Marked back-to-back weeks with a touchdown on his 1-yard rushing score in the second quarter.
Omar Cooper Jr. | WR | R-Jr.
• His 7-yard go-ahead touchdown reception pushed him to 18 career receiving scores and into a tie at No. 5 on the career touchdown reception charts with Elijah Sarratt (18; 2024-present) and Thomas Lewis (18; 1991-93).
• The touchdown put him at nine receiving touchdowns on the season and into a tie at No. 10 on the single-season charts with Cody Latimer (9; 2013).
Stephen Daley | DL | Sr.
• Had a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss.
Aiden Fisher | LB | Sr.
• First Hoosier since 2022 with an interception and fumble recovery in the same game.
• Had his first career fumble recovery when he picked up the ball from Jamari Sharpe's forced fumble of Kaytron Allen in the second quarter.
• Picked off Ethan Grunkemeyer in the third quarter for his second career interception.
Rolijah Hardy | LB | So.
• Had his second double-digit tackle game with 12 stops. His last double-digit tackle game was when he had 13 in Week 7 at No. 3/2 Oregon (10/11).
Isaiah Jones | LB | R-Jr.
• Has notched at least a 0.5 tackle for loss in nine of ten games.
Mikail Kamara | DL | R-Sr.
• Owns at least one tackle in 45 of 47 career games played.
Fernando Mendoza | QB | R-Jr.
• His 18-yard rushing score made it three-straight weeks with a rushing touchdown (Weeks 9-11).
• His 218 yards passing moved him to 2,342 on the season and into No. 14 on the single season list. He trails Peyton Ramsey (2,454; 2019) for No. 13.
Nico Radicic | K | R-So.
• Pushed season total to 58 made extra points with three in the game to move past Mitch Ewald (56; 2013) for No. 2 on the season charts. He trails his own mark of 69 set in 2024.
• Finished the game with nine points in the game to move career total to 198 and into No. 12 on the all-time charts. He passed Charles Campbell (190; 2019-22) and Steve Scott III (192; 2018-20) in the game.
• Owns an active streak of 14-straight made field goals to move him into a tie for No. 2 with Logan Justus (14; 2019) after a 2-for-2 day of field goal attempts.
Jamari Sharpe | DB | R-Jr.
• Had his fourth career forced fumble and his second in consecutive weeks (Week 10; at Maryland) when he stripped the ball from Kaytron Allen and Aiden Fisher recovered it in the second quarter.
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