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INDIANA HOOSIERS Athletic Media Relations • Pete Rhoda/Jeff Ke a g, Football Contacts phone - (812) 855-9399 • fax - (812) 855-9401 • www.iuhoosiers.com INDIANA (4-3, 1-3) AT MICHIGAN STATE (4-3,1-3) Date: Oct. 29, 2005 Kickoff: 11:10 a.m. EST/CDT SETTING THE SCENE Location: Spartan Stadium (75,005) - East Lansing, Mich, The Indiana Hoosiers (4-3, 1-3) are back Television: ESPN Plus Regional (Wayne Larrivee, Randy Wright, Quint Kessenich) on the road this week at Michigan State (4-3, Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Pete Compise & Joe Smith) 1-3). Kickoff time is set for 11:10 a.m. EST/CDT at Spartan Stadium (75,005) in East Lansing, Mich. THE MICHIGAN STATE SERIES Michigan State owns a 37-14-2 advan- tage over Indiana in the all-time series. MSU also holds a 37-11-1 lead in the battle for the Old Brass Spittoon, the trophy awarded to the winner of each contest (since 1950). : East Lansing, Mich. : Bloomington, Ind. The Spartans won last season’s meeting, Location Location 30-20 (Sept. 25) in Bloomington. IU has split Enrollment: 43,836 Enrollment: 38,903 its last two trips to Spartan Stadium, knock- Conference: Big Ten Conference: Big Ten ing off No. 22 Michigan State, 37-28 (Nov. 10, Stadium: Spartan Stadium (75,005) Stadium: Memorial Stadium (52,354) 2001), before falling to the No. 25 Spartans Head Coach: John L. Smith (Weber St. ‘71) Head Coach: Terry Hoeppner (Franklin ‘69) (Oct. 4, 2003). Year At School: 3rd Year At School: 1st Overall Record: 127-75/17th Year Overall Record: 52-28/7th Year SCOUTING THE SPA R TA N S School Record: 17-15 School Record: 4-3 Michigan State continues its homestand 2005 Overall Record: 4-3 2005 Overall Record: 4-3 after a 49-14 loss to Northwestern on Oct. 22. 2005 Big Ten Record: 1-3 2005 Big Ten Record: 1-3 Junior quarterback Drew Stanton is one of the Big Ten’s most prolific passers, complet- 2005 INDIANA SCHEDULE (4-3, 1-3 Big Ten) ing 68.4 percent pf his passes for 2,040 yards Sept. 2 at Central Michigan W, 20-13 ESPNU and 16 touchdowns. Sept. 10 Nicholls State W, 35-31 Stanton has a talented wide receiving Sept. 17 Kentucky W, 38-14 ESPN Classic corp as well, as four Spartans each have at Oct. 1 at No. 17/17 Wisconsin L, 41-24 ESPN2 least 20 receptions on the season. Senior Oct. 8 Illinois W, 36-13 ESPN Plus Regional Kyle Brown is MSU’s top pass catcher with Oct. 15 at Iowa L, 38-21 ESPN Plus Regional 29 receptions for 443 yards and two touch- Oct. 22 No. 14/13 Ohio State L, 41-10 ESPN Plus Regional, ESPN downs. Oct. 29 at Michigan State 11:10 a.m. ESPN Plus Regional D e f e n s i v e l y, senior safety Eric Smith Nov. 5 No. 25 Minnesota TBA Nov. 12 at No. 22Michigan TBA paces the Spartans with 65 tackles. Nov. 19 Purdue TBA MEDIA INFORMATION All times are local to game site and subject to change; rankings are AP/Coaches Poll Indiana Athletic Media Relations Dire c t o r Pete Rhoda (812-855-9794-direct; 812-219- Coach Hoeppner will hold his weekly Immediately after Saturd a y ’s game, 7144-cell; [email protected]) and p ress conference and teleconference on coach Hoeppner and requested players will Assistant Director Jeff Keag (812-855-6209- Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Hoosier Room in be available in the designated media area at d i rec t; 812-219-2925-cell; [email protected]) Memorial Stadium. Please contact the IU Spartan Stadium. handle all Hoosier media requests. Here is Media Relations Office for teleconfere n c e Please contact John Lewandowski the media availability schedule for game i n f o rmati on as well as press confere n c e ([email protected]) at Michigan State week (subject to change): footage. A full press conference transcript S p o rts Information, 517-355-2271, re g a rd i n g Coach Hoeppner will be available on the will be available on IUHOOSIERS.com on S p a rtan interview re q u e s t s . Big Ten Conference Coaches Te l e c o n f e re n c e Tuesday aftern o o n s . on Tuesday at 11:20 a.m. EST/CDT. Please Practice will be open to the media on FANS FILL ‘THE ROCK’ contact the IU Media Relations Office (812- Tuesday and We d n e s d a y. Practice will ru n Indiana head coach Te rry Hoeppner has 9855-9399) or the Big Ten (847-696-1010) for f rom 3:45-6 p.m. and requested players will re c ruited and reached out to the fans since call-in inform a t i o n . be available for interviews after practice. his arrival in Bloomington, and they have www.iuhoosiers.com INDIANA FOOTBALL The Michigan State Game - Oct. 29, 2005 - 2 responded in large numbers. Case in point, IU’s SINGLE-SEASON PASSING TD Mullen, 10/23/99). Additionally, Powers’ 57 c rowd of 52,866 against Ohio State was the attempts set a Hoosier single-game re c o rd. He s i x t h - l a rgest total in Memorial Stadium history. 1. 20 Blake Powers 2005 was a master of efficiency early on, hitting 14 of 2. 17 Antwaan Randle El 1999 The total also is the highest at Memorial Stadium his first 18 passes. 14 Steve Bradley 1983 since 53,202 fans witnessed a 37-21 loss to No. Powers’ 360 yards ranks sixth on the 3. 13 Matt LoVecchio 2004 12 Purdue on November 17, 1979. Hoosiers’ all-time list, sitting behind Dave 13 Dave Schnell 1987 S c h n e l l ’s 378-yard total versus South Caro l i n a 13 Tim Clifford 1980 PORTER’S HAT TRICK (12/28/88). The last IU quarterback to throw for 13 Tim Clifford 1979 S o p h o m o re cornerback Tracy Porter's first over 350 yards in a ballgame was Antwaan 13 Bob Hoernschemeyer 1943 q u a rter interception versus Ohio State was his Randle El versus We s t e rn Michigan (385, 8. 12 Trent Green 1991 t h i rd pick of the year and the sixth of his care e r. 9/12/98). Powers now has two 300-yard games 12 Harry Gonso 1968 He now has three interceptions in the last four this season (307 vs. Nicholls State, 9/10/05). contests and is tied atop the Big Ten with his Powers is enjoying one of the most prolific t h ree INTs. Porter re t u rned the pick 63 yards to SINGLE-SEASON YARDS seasons for an IU quarterback in the team’s his- the Ohio State 29-yard line, marking the longest 1. 2,627 Trent Green 1991 t o r y. After tossing four passes for paydirt i n t e rcept ion re t u rn for the Hoosiers since 2. 2,544 Steve Bradley 1984 against Kentucky, he became the first quarter- P o rter's 96-yard interception re t u rn for a touch- 3. 2,468 Babe Laufenberg 1982 back in school history to throw at least three down against Central Michigan on Sept. 4, 2004. 4. 2,298 Steve Bradley 1983 touchdowns in three straight games. Powers 5. 2,277 Antwaan Randle El 1999 has gone on to throw three touchdowns at PANNOZZO RETURNS 1,592 Blake Powers 2005 Wisconsin and four scores versus Illinois, giv- TO PAYDIRT ing him at least three touchdown tosses in five Not only did middle linebacker John SINGLE-SEASON COMPLETIONS straight games. He is the only quarterback in Pannozzo score his first career defensive touch- the program’s history to throw three or more 1. 217 Babe Laufenberg 1982 down against Ohio State, but it marked his first touchdown passes in a game five times in a 2. 208 Steve Bradley 1984 s c o re since a five-yard reception as a fullback at 3. 200 Trent Green 1991 career, breaking Randle El’s (1998-01) and Steve Utah back in 2002 (Sept. 7). The senior went onto 4. 192 Jay Rodgers 1997 Bradley (1983-85) mark of four. s c o re three touchdowns that season, the only 5. 182 Steve Bradley 1983 With his four touchdown passes against touchdowns of his career before his defensive 6. 160 Tim Clifford 1979 Illinois, quarterback Blake Powers surpassed s c o re . 7. 155 Matt LoVecchio 2003 former Hoosier great Antwaan Randle El on the The Brooklyn, N.Y., native made the initial 8. 154 Trent Green 1992 single-season touchdown passes list. Powers stop on Ohio State's Ted Ginn, stripped Ginn of 9. 153 Matt LoVecchio 2004 has tossed 20 touchdown passes in just six the ball and proceeded to run 57 yards to paydirt . 10. 152 Gibran Hamdan 2002 games, which is tied for second in the country It was IU’s first defensive score of the 2005 sea- 145 Blake Powers 2005 (Cody Hodges, Texas Tech - 22), and broke son, and the Hoosiers’ first since Will Lumpkin Randle El’s total of 17 set in 1999. re c o v e red a fumble and re t u rne d it 74 yards for SINGLE-SEASON ATTEMPTS Additionally, Powers threw for at least 275 a touchdown against Purdue on Nov.