Saturday, Oct. 28 | Noon ET
TV: CBS | RADIO: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network
Setting the Scene
• Indiana goes back on the road for a noon kickoff against No. 10/10 Penn State on CBS. It will be the third true road game of the season for the Hoosiers, all three coming in Big Ten play.
• Saturday’s game in Happy Valley will mark the 13th contest for Indiana at Beaver Stadium since Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1993. The two teams have played 12 times in Bloomington and twice at neutral sites, both with Indiana as the home team (2010, FedEx Field – Landover, Maryland; 2000, RCA Dome – Indianapolis).
• The two programs have met in 27 of Penn State’s 31 seasons in the conference and every season since 2007.
• Three of Indiana’s final five games of the season will be away from home, with Penn State, Illinois, and Purdue all hosting IU down the stretch. The Hoosiers host Wisconsin and Michigan State at Memorial Stadium to close out its home slate.
By The Numbers
4 – Overtimes against Akron to mark the longest game in program history. Previous long was two overtimes on six occasions.
19 – Quarterback hurries by Andre Carter per Pro Football Focus over the first seven weeks to rank No. 3 in the Big Ten and tied for No. 12 nationally. MORE ON PAGE 13
3 – Takeaways against Akron for the 16th game for Indiana’s defense with 3+ takeaways under head coach Tom Allen.
19 – Of the 23 scholarship transfer student-athletes made their Indiana debut on the season. Of those, 18 appeared in the season opener and 10 have made at least one start in 2023.
News & Notes
• Per Pro Football Focus, redshirt senior Andre Carter ranks No. 10 in the Big Ten with 21 total pressures (sacks, QB hits or hurries), a total that sits tied for No. 45 in the Power 5.
• With 2.0 tackles for loss in each of the first two games of the season, Carter’s 4.0 TFLs were the most by a Hoosier in the first two games of a season since 2004 when Kyle Killion posted 5.5 tackles for loss.
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• With 59 tackles, redshirt senior Aaron Casey ranks No. 6 in the Big Ten and his 8.4 tackles per game are No. 36 nationally entering Week 9. His 8.0 tackles for loss are No. 2 in the Big Ten and includes 3.0 sacks.
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• Sophomore Jaylin Lucas produced the first multi-touchdown game of his career in Week 2 versus Indiana State with a pair of rushing scores. He has eight career touchdowns (four rush, two receiving, two KR) after a 44-yard receiving score at Michigan in Week 7.
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• Redshirt freshman Brendan Sorsby threw for a score and rushed for a touchdown against Rutgers in a Week 8 start at quarterback. The passing score was the third of his career and the rushing touchdown marked the first of his career – a 4-yard score.
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• Senior Louis Moore grabbed his first career interception in the second quarter versus Akron and followed that with his first defensive touchdown in the third quarter on a 22-yard interception return for a score versus the Zips.
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• With three interceptions on the season, sophomore Phillip Dunnam continues to sit tied for No. 2 on the Big Ten leaderboard and tied for No. 14 in the FBS. One of two true freshman not to redshirt in 2022, Dunnam has takeaways versus No. 3/4 Ohio State, Louisville, and Akron.
• The Indiana special teams units blocked its first kick of the 2023 season at Maryland to move its streak to 12 straight seasons with at least one blocked kick. Special teams coordinator Kasey Teegardin‘s crew has blocked at least one kick in each of his four seasons as the corps leader.
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