Week 11
Recruits
We lose 8 again but sign 1.
- Ike Ogden, a quarterback from Andover High School in Andover, Massachusetts
QB Ogden is ranked #107 and #13 QB. Scouted as 85+, he is a bright student and will have time to develop at his natural position. 3250 passing yards, 17 TDs for 3 INTs. Stats to like.
Already in : QB
Still needed : RBx2, FB, TE, WRx2, C, G, T, K, DEx2, DT, CB, S
Our Game : #18 Indiana (7-1) (-8) at Illinois (5-3) on TV4
Illinois plays the single back formation so we’ll play the 3-4 again. And, with only 5 DLs healthy, we have little choice here anyway.
Our first drive is a very pleasant one as we manage to balance our plays and end with a RB Wittich TD : 7-0. This drive lasted 11 minutes ! Later in Q2, we miss a FG. Drives are long today, but nothing exciting happens until late in Q2 when they start completing first downs (actually that’s even their first one), all the way to a TD : 7-7. Just after ,we manage to make a very fast drive and use our timeouts just in time for a FG : 10-7 at halftime.
DB Bergmann starts the second half with an interesting interception for us as they were inside our 30 yards. A few plays after, Cash kicks a 45 yds FG : 13-7. Even though we anticipated their play, they still manage to move the chains through the air and score a TD to lead : 13-14. In the 4th quarter, we manage to drive nicely up to their 20 when RB Wittich fumbles the ball away. Things don’t look good today. Well, they kick a FG and now have a 4 points lead : 13-17. A late marzullo pass is intercepted and with 1:46 left to play, we have little hope to see the ball again. And we lose… Guess playing without QB1, QB2, WR1, WR2, DE1, DT1, DT2 doesn’t help a lot.
Game Summary
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Game MVP: ILLN 49 Spencer McKenzie
Indiana 7 3 3 0 - 13
Illinois 0 7 7 3 - 17
Team Statistics INDI ILLN
First Downs 21 14
Total Rushes 41 30
Net Rushing Yards 149 80
Yards Per Carry 3.6 2.6
Rushing Yards 198 119
Tckld Loss/Yards 11-37 7-12
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-12 5-27
Pass Attempts 32 25
Completions 18 14
Passing Yards 182 174
Yards Per Attempt 5.6 6.9
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
Total Plays 73 55
Total Yards 331 254
Yards Per Play 4.5 4.6
3rd Down Plays 11/19 3/11
Penalties 9 2
Penalty Yards 73 13
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 33
Time Of Possession 35:44 24:16
Indiana Stats
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Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 25 60 2.4 16 1 12 0
48 Kaplan 7 61 8.7 35 0 0 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
3 Marzullo 32 18 182 5.6 20 0 1
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
21 Wittich 6 64 10.6 22 14 0
48 Kaplan 4 28 7.0 21 12 0
Defense Tkl Asst Sack Int IntYd IntTD
99 Cabrera 5 1 2.0 0 0 0
45 Kitchens 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
77 Nordby 1 1 1.0 0 0 0
31 Bergmann 0 1 0.0 1 27 0
Injury Report
ILB Ellis is out 4 weeks… QB Clayton and DT Cabrera are back and healthy. WR Bertram is probable for 2 more weeks, but we need him too much to rest him one more week.
Around the Big 10
- Iowa 17-10 Michigan
- Northwestern 20-17 Michigan State
- Minnesota 24-17 Ohio State
- Wisconsin 35-23 Penn State