Week 12
Recruits
Lose 2. Sign 1.
- Kenyon Newton, a center from Langley High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
C Newton is ranked #901 and #48 Center. He is a brilliant student, but his football level is pretty average (78 --).
Already in : QB, C
Still needed : RBx2, FB, TE, WRx2, G, T, K, DEx2, DT, CB, S
Our Game : #22 Indiana (7-2) (-13) at Michigan (5-4) on TV5
We need to rebound today with a strong victory. Otherwise we’ll look at the playoffs on TV this season.
Well, we llok silly to play the 3-4 as they still manage to pass over our defense and lead 0-3 after a 7 minutes drive. 6 plays and 2 minutes later, QB Clayton (who has been re-inserted in the starting lineup) passes to WR Baker for a TD : 7-3. DT Cabrera seemed to suffer a serious injury on our second defensive drive… Damn it ! And they conclude their drive with a TD : 7-10. The next drive sees a score again as RB Wittich runs it in : 14-10. Every drive has seen a score so far today. Gladly, we manage to force the first punt of the game just after that and are nearly FG position already thanks to RB Wittich punt return. We even went for it on a 4th down, and RB Wittich found the end zone a few plays later : 21-10. Halftime.
First drive of Q3 saw RB Wittich score his 3rd TD of the day : 28-10. Cool ! However, later in the second half, Clayton is intercepted for a defensive TD and C Gullett seem to suffers a serious injury too.. Early in Q4, they score again and our lead is only 28-23. Finally, QB Clayton scrambled on a long difficult drive for what I hope is the winning TD : 35-23. They score another FG and later we score another RB Wittich TD run to finish : 42-26.
Game Summary
Code:
Game MVP: INDI 21 Erik Wittich
Indiana 7 14 7 14 - 42
Michigan 10 0 6 10 - 26
Team Statistics INDI MICH
First Downs 27 20
Total Rushes 42 38
Net Rushing Yards 186 182
Yards Per Carry 4.4 4.7
Rushing Yards 227 190
Tckld Loss/Yards 12-35 4-8
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-6 0-0
Pass Attempts 20 23
Completions 16 12
Passing Yards 209 161
Yards Per Attempt 10.4 7.0
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0
Total Plays 62 61
Total Yards 395 343
Yards Per Play 6.3 5.6
3rd Down Plays 8/12 9/15
Penalties 3 5
Penalty Yards 13 40
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 24
Time Of Possession 29:20 30:40
Indiana Stats
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Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
21 Wittich 27 127 4.7 26 4 8 0
12 Clayton 8 42 5.2 23 1 2 1
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/At Long TD Int
12 Clayton 20 16 209 10.4 28 1 1
Injuries
We finally lost C Gullett and DT Cabrera for the rest of the season…
Around the Big 10
- Illinois 31-21 Penn State
- Iowa 26-14 Ohio State
- Michigan State 38-9 Purdue
- Wisconsin 52-7 Minnesota