Week 12
Emails:
RB Gillespie chooses Navy.
P Riley accepts our invitation!
DE Tilt chooses Hawaii.
DT Meadows chooses UCLA.
Scholarships:
DT Gus Shuran, Quincy, FL, -- (#83 DT), 58+, 2 ath prep, 70 fit score.
DE Broderick Briones, Baltimore, MD, 49, 12 ath prep, 97 fit score.
Preview of the Michigan State Spartans:
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8th in Rushing yards (1752) (IU 42nd, 1300 yds)
55th in Passing yards (1801) (IU 19th, 2359 yds)
38th in points per game (29.3) (IU 20th, 36.8)
34th in 3rd down conv (39.4%) (IU 14th, 45.2)
4th in turnover margin (+15) (IU 2nd, +17)
60th in rushing yds allowed (1127) (IU 5th, 551 yds)
51th in passing yds allowed (1708) (IU 24th, 1539 yds)
42nd in points per game allowed (20.4) (IU 7th, 10.1)
52nd in 3rd down conv allowed (33.6%) (IU 45th, 32.5)
QB Browning, 130 completions for 1647 yds, 12 TDs, 6 ints
RB Henson, 263 rushes for 1366 yds, 16 TDs
WR Sheldon, 44 catches, 749 yds, 5 TDs
#23 Michigan State (8-1) at #24 Indiana (7-2) (-1) on TV3.
We stop the Spartans on their opening drive after 8 yds, and Wittich sets the tone immediately with a 10-yd run. Four plays later it's touchdown, Hoosiers, as Wittich catches an 8-yd pass from Gaines.
7-0, Indiana, at 10:38 in the first quarter. Michigan State goes nowhere the second time either and we get great field position, which becomes even better when Gaines find Bertram with a 25-yd pass! Wittich runs in for a second TD and we're up
14-0 at 6:54 in the first. The Spartans get some offensive continuity and moves past midfield for the first time today, but we stop them at our 44. Wittich help moving the chains with two runs for 19 and 10 yds. A 29-yd pass by Gaines to Bertram gets us to their 15-yd line.
Next pass goes to Blades, who pulls down the ball in the back of the end zone for the score.
21-0, Indiana! The Spartans desperately tries to get in the game with an attempted 62-yd FG only to have it fall way short. Midway through the second quarter we extend the lead to
28-0 on a 25-yd TD pass to Wittich. Three minutes before halftime our running scores his fourth touchdown today on a blistering 25-yd run off right tackle.
35-0, Indiana! The misery for the Spartans continue when they fumble and lose the ball on the following kickoff return. Backup TE DeLay recovers on their 18-yd line, and Cash kick a FG for
38-0.
At the end of the half we have 16 first downs, 106 rushing yds and 173 passing yds, while allowed only 4 first downs, 29 rushing yds and 44 passing yds to our hapless opponents. Backup QB Clayton has relieved Gaines and hit Jeffries for a 6-yd pass. On our next drive, however, he lets a pass get away from him and into the hands of a defender, who returns the ball 25 yds for a touchdown, which spoils our shutout.
38-7, Indiana, at 4:55 in the third quarter. Clayton redeems himself a little later with a 9-yd TD pass to Bertram at 12:15 in the fourth quarter,
45-7, which becomes the final score.
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Indiana Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 22 108 4.9 25 2 6 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
12 Clayton 11 6 56 5.0 16 1 1
14 Gaines 10 10 166 16.6 29 3 0
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Bertram 7 127 18.1 57 29 1
80 Blades 3 31 10.3 14 16 1
21 Wittich 2 33 16.5 16 25 2
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
47 Bleess 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
53 Jeans 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
52 Whalen 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
Injuries
DE Donnell Horoszowski, out, dislocated shoulder, 3 weeks.
QB Kurt Vallery, questionable, sprained back, 2 weeks.
ILB Tom Ellis, probable, hip pointer, 1 week.
T Les Carter, probable, shoulder tendonitis, 5 weeks.
QB Charlie Gaines, probable, sprained neck, 3 weeks.
Results
Illinois 27, Michigan 10.
Northwestern 22, Iowa 10.
Purdue 30, Minnesota 21.
Wisconsin 45, Ohio State 3.
Next week:
Indiana at Purdue.