Week 9
Emails:
WR Jones accepts our invitation!
DE Brandon chooses Notre Dame.
DT Cobb chooses Virginia Tech.
OLB Groce chooses San Diego State.
CB Greer chooses Kansas State.
S Orta chooses Ball State.
S Blumer accepts our invitation!
T Richard has committed a violation of the team rules and is suspended.
Visits:
OLB Rich Bunnell.
Scholarships:
DT Justin Meadows, Lawrence, MA, #297 (#16 DT), 78+, 13 ath prep, 82 fit score.
DT Corwin Caldwell, Lexington, VA, #162 (#8 DT), 83++, 30 ath prep, 97 fit score.
CB Maurice Newsome, Kingsville, TX, #586 (#36 CB), 82, 5 ath prep, 88 fit score.
J.C. Farmer is the new starter at DE.
#14 Indiana (6-0) (-21) at Penn State (2-5)
We don't get our first score until 1:10 in the first quarter, a 28-yd FG by Cash.
3-0, Indiana. The Nittany Lions are playing inspired football on defense and also make some plays offensively which is keeping the game close. However, we get lucky as OLB Jeans make an interception at our own 5-yd line and races 95 yds for the touchdown!
10-0, Indiana, at 10:35 in the second quarter. On Penn State's next drive they get a big play on their own - a Salley run for 42 yds and a touchdown -
10-7, Indiana, at 6:10 in the 2nd.
Gaines and Wittich start to work on a drive which ends in a 38-yd FG by Cash.
13-7, Indiana, at 1:06. At halftime we have 8 first downs, 42 rushing yds and 95 passing yds, and we're actually outgained by the home team, which has 8 first downs, 90 rushing yds and 115 passing yds. A bad punt by Penn State gives us a short field to work with, and we turn that opportunity into 6 points as Wittich was stuffed on the two-point conversion.
19-7, Indiana. Wittich run three times for 45 yds on the next drive and plunges into the end zone himself for another 7 points and a 19-point lead at
26-7 and 5:25 in the 3rd quarter.
But there's still some fight left in the Penn State team - they drive the length of the field and score on a 18-yd TD pass, making it
26-14 going into the final quarter. We make a statement with a 71-yd drive and another touchdown by Wittich which restore our lead to 19 points with 7:43 left to play,
33-14. The Lions' defense has been worn down by the relentless running of Wittich and we're moving the ball easily now. Niklos scores on a 5-yd run and we're up by
40-14 with 2:05 left.
Code:
Indiana Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 27 152 5.6 24 2 4 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
14 Gaines 22 15 201 9.1 25 1 0
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
21 Wittich 5 70 14.0 37 20 0
80 Blades 4 30 7.5 12 14 1
89 Jeffries 3 53 17.6 8 22 0
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
52 Whalen 8 4 0.0 0 0 0
28 Brignac 7 5 0.0 0 0 0
99 Cabrera 5 0 1.0 0 0 0
53 Jeans 5 2 0.0 1 95 1
Injuries
DE Donnell Horoszowski, out, dislocated shoulder, 5 weeks.
QB Kurt Vallery, out, sprained back, 5 weeks.
ILB Tom Ellis, questionable, hip pointer, 4 weeks.
DT Malcolm Cabrera, probable, bruised sternum, 1 week.
T Les Carter, probable, shoulder tendonitis, 8 weeks.
RB Archie Niklos, probable, concussion, 1 week.
Results
Minnesota 35, Illinois 25.
Wisconsin 44, Iowa 13.
Michigan State 38, Wyoming 17.
Northwestern 58, Purdue 7.
Next week:
Indiana at Northwestern on TV2