INDIANA Football Jeff Keag, Assistant AD for Media Relations • Football Contact Office - (812) 855-6209 • Cell - (812) 219-2925 • [email protected]
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Game 5 • Penn State at Indiana • Memorial Stadium • Oct. 5, 2013 • Noon EDT • BTN INDIANA FOOTBALL Jeff Keag, Assistant AD for Media Relations • Football Contact Office - (812) 855-6209 • Cell - (812) 219-2925 • [email protected] 2013 INDIANA SCHEDULE PENN STATE (3-1) AT INDIANA (2-2) Date Opponent Time/TV A.29 Indiana State W, 73-35 Date: Saturday, October 5, 2013 S.7 Navy L, 35-41 Kickoff: Noon EDT S.14 RV/RV Bowling Green W, 42-10 Location: Memorial Stadium (52,929; FieldTurf) - Bloomington, Ind. S.21 Missouri L, 28-45 TV: BTN: Matt Devlin (p-b-p), Glen Mason (analyst) & Jon Jansen (sideline) O.5 Penn State Noon/BTN Radio: IU Radio Network; Sirius 135, XM 198: Don Fischer (p-b-p), Buck Suhr (analyst) & Joe Smith O.12 at RV/RV Michigan State Noon/ESPN2 O.19 at 19/17 Michigan 3:30 p.m./BTN N.2 Minnesota 3:30 p.m./TBA N.9 Illinois TBA N.16 at RV/RV Wisconsin TBA N.23 at 4/3 Ohio State TBA N.30 Purdue TBA D.7 Big Ten Championship [1] 8:17 p.m./FOX [1] - at Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis -Leaders Division Games in Bold -All game times Eastern 2013 STAT LEADERS 2013 STAT LEADERS -Rankings are AP/Coaches Poll Passing Passing Christian Hackenberg: 79-127, 1027 Yds, 5 TD, 4 INT Nate Sudfeld: 81-124, 1146 Yds, 11 TD, 5 INT 2013 PENN STATE SCHEDULE Rushing Rushing Date Opponent Time/TV Zach Zwinak: 67-297, 8 TD, 4.4 Avg Tevin Coleman: 56-386, 6 TD, 6.9 Avg A.31 vs. Syracuse W, 23-17 Bill Belton: 33-253, 2 TD, 7.7 Avg Receiving S.7 Eastern Michigan W, 45-7 Receiving Cody Latimer: 19-346, 2 TD, 18.2 Avg S.14 --/RV UCF L, 31-34 Allen Robinson: 26-448, 3 TD, 17.2 Avg Shane Wynn: 14-275, 4 TD, 19.6 Avg S.21 Kent State W, 34-0 Defense Defense O.5 at Indiana Noon/BTN LB Glenn Carson: 29 T, 0.5 Sack, 3.5 TFL, 2 PBU S Greg Heban: 32 T, 2 INT O.12 19/17 Michigan 5 p.m./TBA DT DaQuan Jones: 25 T, 2 Sacks, 5.5 TFL CB Tim Bennett: 28 T, 2 TFL, 10 PBU, 1 FR O.26 at 4/3 Ohio State 8 p.m./TBA N.2 Illinois TBA SETTING THE SCENE N.9 at Minnesota TBA • Coming off its bye week, the Indiana football team opens up its 114th year of Big Ten football against Penn N.16 Purdue TBA State on Saturday, Oct. 5. Kickoff is set for noon EDT at Memorial Stadium and BTN will broadcast the game. N.23 RV/25 Nebraska TBA • IU has never defeated PSU. Penn State has won all 16 meetings, including six at Memorial Stadium. N.30 at RV/RV Wisconsin TBA • The Nittany Lions upended the Hoosiers, 16-10, in the last meeting in Bloomington (Oct. 1, 2011). -Leaders Division Games in Bold -All game times Eastern THE COACHES -Rankings are AP/Coaches Poll • Kevin Wilson is in his third season as head coach at Indiana. Wilson spent the 2002-10 seasons at Oklahoma, where he served as co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach from 2002-05 and as offensive TaLE OF THE TapE coordinator and tight ends and fullbacks coach from 2006-10. IU PSU • Bill O’Brien was named Penn State’s 15th head football coach on Jan. 6, 2012. O’Brien led the Nittany Lions Points Scored 44.5 33.2 to an 8-4 record (6-2 Big Ten) in 2012 and owns an overall mark of 11-5 (.688). Rushing Yds. 198.8 197.0 Passing Yds. 348.5 264.2 NEWS & NOTES Total Yds. 547.2 461.2 • Saturday is Indiana’s fifth straight home game to open the season. The Hoosiers will host eight contests Total Plays 76.5 74.3 overall for just the second time in program history (2008). First Downs 24.8 22.5 • IU’s staff and players will “go pink” in support of breast cancer awareness on Saturday. Time of Possession 25:48 29:47 • Indiana coaches will wear Coach to Cure MD patches to raise awareness for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. 3rd Down Conversion 50.0% 21.2% Fans are encouraged to donate online at www.CoachtoCureMD.org or donate $5 by texting CURE to 90999. Red Zone Scores 17-22 15-15 • The Hoosiers threw for 377 yards against Missouri, marking the fourth game this season and the sixth Red Zone TDs 16-22 12-15 consecutive contest that they have had 300-plus passing yards - a school record. Kick Return Yds. 18.5 22.1 • A week after passing 1,000 career yards, Shane Wynn eclipsed 100 career receptions to become the 18th Points Allowed 32.8 14.5 Hoosier to reach both milestones. Wynn now has 101 catches and 1,132 yards. Rushing Yds. Allowed 247.8 101.8 • Wynn, Kofi Hughes, TE Ted Bolser and Cody Latimer also own over 1,000 career yards. Indiana has never Passing Yds. Allowed 215.5 183.2 had four 1,000-yard receivers on the same team. Total Yds. Allowed 463.2 285.0 • For the second straight week, Latimer went over 100 yards (136) and posted a career-high eight receptions with one score. He became the first Hoosier since James Hardy in 2007 to claim back-to-back 100-yard games. • Safety Greg Heban recorded a pair of interceptions, his first two of the season and the seventh and eighth of his career. Heban was the last Hoosier to pick off a pair of passes in a single game, against Virginia in 2011. • Cornerback Tim Bennett ranks first nationally with 10 pass breakups. Bennett is also tied for 11th in the Big Ten with 7.0 tackles per game and shares fourth with his one fumble recovery. • Mitch Ewald is Indiana’s all-time kicking scoring leader with 263 points. Ewald is now third all-time overall in that category. He is first on IU’s career list with 128 extra points and third in field goals (45). @IUCoachWilson • @HoosierFootball • Facebook.com/IUCoachWilson • IUHoosiers.com 2013 INDIANA FOOTBALL MEDIA INFOvs. - N’western/Wisc2 Nov. 21-22 MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Assistant athletic director for media relations and football contact Jeff Keag (812-855-6209 office, 812-219- BIG TEN STANDINGS 2925 cell, [email protected]) and assistant director of media relations Kyle Kuhlman (812-855-4770 office, LEADERS Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct. 419-308-8292 cell, [email protected]) handle all media requests for the Indiana football program. Ohio State 1-0 1.000 5-0 1.000 Wisconsin 1-1 .500 3-2 .600 WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE Illinois 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson will hold his weekly press conference every Monday during the regular Penn State 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 season at 11:30 a.m. ET in the Henke Hall of Champions. Indiana 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 Purdue 0-1 .000 1-4 .200 Coordinators and selected players will also be available. Lunch will be provided. Live streaming of the press conference will be made available on IUHoosiers.com. LEGENDS Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct. Iowa 1-0 1.000 4-1 .800 PRACTICE SCHEDULE Michigan 0-0 .000 4-0 1.000 Practices are closed to the media. Requested coaches and players will be available in the Team Room in the Northwestern 0-0 .000 4-0 1.000 North End Zone complex for post-practice interview on Tuesdays. Coordinators and players made available at Michigan State 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 Monday’s press conference will not be available on Tuesdays. Nebraska 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 Minnesota 0-1 .000 4-1 .800 INTERVIEW REQUESTS All player and coaching staff interview requests should be directed to Jeff Keag. Requests for post-practice AROUND THE BIG TEN interviews should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Personal phone numbers will not be made available to Saturday, Oct. 5 media. Players have been instructed not to conduct interviews when contacted without prior approval from the Penn State at Indiana, Noon, BTN media relations staff. Michigan State at Iowa, Noon, ESPN2 Illinois at Nebraska, Noon, ESPNU POST-GAME INTERVIEW POLICY Minnesota at Michigan, 3:30, ABC The Indiana locker room is closed at all times. A media relations staffer will collect all player requests in the Ohio State at Northwestern, 8, ABC press box midway through the fourth quarter. Requested players will be available in the weight room of the North End Zone complex immediately following head coach Kevin Wilson’s post-game press conference. Bye: Purdue, Wisconsin Wilson will be available in the Team Room of the North End Zone facility following his post-game radio duties. -All times Eastern Post-game interviews on the road will be held in accordance with the host school’s procedures. Saturday, Sept. 28 CREDENTIALS Miami (Ohio) 14 at Illinois 50 Working credentials for the 2013 Indiana football season must be requested via the web. To request credentials Northern Illinois 55 at Purdue 24 visit IUHoosiers.com and click on the media services link under “Athletics.” A link to apply for football credentials Iowa 23 at Minnesota 7 will be at the top of the page. Wisconsin 24 at Ohio State 31 Credentials will be mailed to the address provided. To guarantee that your credential is mailed to you, your request should be made 10 days prior to the game.