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2017 INDIANA SCHEDULE INDIANA (0-1, 0-1) AT VIRGINIA (1-0, 0-0) Date Opponent Time/TV A.31 2/2 Ohio State L, 21-49 Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. EDT S.9 at Virginia 3:30 pm/ACCN Extra Date: Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 S.16 Florida International 3:30 pm/BTN Location: Scott Stadium (61,500; Natural Grass) - Charlottesville, Va. S.23 Georgia Southern TBA TV: ACC Network Extra: Dave Weekley (p-b-p) & John Gregory (analyst) S.30 at 6/6 Penn State TBA Radio: IU Radio Network; Sirius 113, XM 193, Internet 969: Don Fischer, Buck Suhr & Mike Glasscott O.14 11/9 Michigan Noon O.21 at RV/RV Michigan State 3:30/4 pm O.28 at --/RV Maryland 3:30/4 pm N.4 9/10 Wisconsin TBA N.11 at Illinois TBA N.18 Rutgers TBA N.25 at Purdue TBA D.2 Big Ten Championship [1] 8 p.m./FOX [1] - at Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis -B1G East Division games in bold -Rankings are AP/Coaches Poll STAT LEADERS STAT LEADERS -All game times Eastern Passing Passing Richard Lagow: 40-65, 410 Yds, 3 TD, 2 INT Kurt Benkert: 27-39, 262 Yds, 3 TD, 0 INT 2017 VIRGINIA SCHEDULE Rushing Rushing Date Opponent Time/TV Morgan Ellison: 7-24, 0 TD, 3.4 Avg Jordan Ellis: 20-80, 1 TD, 4.0 Avg S.2 William & Mary W, 28-10 Receiving Receiving S.9 Indiana 3:30 pm/ACCN Extra Simmie Cobbs Jr.: 11-149, 1 TD, 13.5 Avg Doni Dowling: 6-76, 0 TD, 12.7 Avg S.16 UConn Noon/ESPNU Defense Defense S.22 at RV/RV Boise State 8 pm/ESPN2 LB Tegray Scales: 12 Tackles, 9 Solos LB Malcolm Cook: 13 Tackles, 1 Sack, 1 TFL O.7 Duke TBA DB Marcelino Ball: 10 Tackles, 7 Solos, 0.5 TFL S Quin Blanding: 12 Tackles, 4 Solos O.14 at --/RV North Carolina TBA LB Chris Covington: 7 Tackles, 1 PBU, 1 QBH S Juan Thornhill: 10 Tackles, 1 TFL, 1 PBU O.21 Boston College TBA O.28 at RV/RV Pittsburgh TBA SETTING THE SCENE N.4 --/RV Georgia Tech TBA • Indiana heads on the road for the first time in 2017 on Saturday, Sept. 9, against Virginia at Scott Stadium N.11 at 16/17 Louisville TBA (61,500; Natural Grass). Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. EDT and ACC Network Extra will broadcast the game. N.18 at 18/18 Miami TBA • The Hoosiers have won eight of its last nine non-conference games, including three straight on the road N.24 21/22 Virginia Tech TBA (Missouri, Wake Forest and Florida International). -ACC games in bold • Virginia leads the all-time series 2-0 with a 47-7 victory in Charlottesville on Oct. 10, 2009, and a 34-31 triumph in Bloomington on Sept. 10, 2011. TALE OF THE TAPE • IU is 6-14 all-time against ACC foes with its last win coming at Wake Forest, 31-24, on Sept. 26, 2015. IU UVA • Indiana concluded its home-and-home series with the Demon Deacons in 2016, which makes this the third Points Scored 21.0 28.0 straight year an ACC opponent has appeared on the schedule. Rushing Yds. 17.0 92.0 • Junior running back Mike Majette (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge Senior) is the lone Hoosier from Virginia. Passing Yds. 420.0 262.0 Total Yds. 437.0 354.0 THE COACHES Total Plays 95 72.0 • Tom Allen made his debut as Indiana head coach at the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl. He was named IU’s 29th First Downs 25 19.0 head coach on Dec. 1, 2016. The New Castle, Ind., native joined the Hoosiers as associate head coach/defense Time of Possession 28:10 32:00 on Jan. 15, 2016. A 2016 Broyles Award nominee, Allen engineered one of the top defensive turnarounds in the 3rd Down Conversion 45.0% 50.0% country, as Indiana improved substantially in every major statistical category. (full bio on page 15) 4th Down Conversion 100.0% 50.0% • Bronco Mendenhall is 3-10 in his second season as Virginia head coach. Mendenhall owns a 102-53 (.658) Red Zone Scores 3-4 3-4 record in his 13th overall year with a previous stop at BYU (2005-15). Red Zone TDs 3-4 3-4 Sacks By 1-7 2-11 NEWS & NOTES TFLs By 3-9 3-14 • IU threw for 420 passing yards against No. 2 Ohio State, tied for the seventh-most in program history and the Interceptions 0-0 1-3 most ever by a Hoosiers team vs. the Buckeyes. Fumbles Recovered 0-0 0-0 • Quarterback Richard Lagow completed 40 passes, second in program history, on 65 attempts, the most in Field Goals 0-0 0-1 program history, for 410 yards, fifth in program history, with three touchdowns. Kick Return Yds. 16.0 30.3 • He is the only player in Indiana history to post two 400-yard passing games in his career. Punt Return Yds. 0.0 3.5 • Wide receivers Simmie Cobbs Jr. (11-149-1) and Luke Timian (10-72-0) became the third duo in IU history Points Allowed 49.0 10.0 to record double-digit receptions in the same game, and the first since 2010 (Damarlo Belcher and Tandon Doss). Rushing Yds. Allowed 292.0 168.0 • Linebacker Tegray Scales finished with a game-high 12 tackles (9 solo), his fourth-straight game in double Passing Yds. Allowed 304.0 72.0 digits and the 11th of his career. Total Yds. Allowed 596.0 240.0 • Since the start of 2016 Scales owns 10 10-plus tackle games, which shares second nationally. He leads all defenders with 23.5 tackles for loss and 102 solos, and shares seventh with 138 total stops during that span. MEDIA INFO - 2 MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Senior assistant athletic director for media relations and football contact Jeff Keag (812-855-6209 office, 812- BIG TEN STANDINGS 219-2925 cell, [email protected]) and assistant director of media relations Greg Kincaid (812-855-4770 office, EAST Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct. 786-972-1299 cell, [email protected]) handle all media requests for the Indiana football program. Ohio State 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 Maryland 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE Michigan 0-0 .000 1-0 .000 Indiana head coach Tom Allen will hold his weekly press conference every Monday during the regular season Michigan State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 at noon ET in the Henke Hall of Champions. Penn State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Rutgers 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 Associate head coach Mike DeBord will be available following Allen. Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m. Live Indiana 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 streaming will be made available on BTN2Go.com and Facebook.com/HoosierFootball. WEST Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct. PRACTICE SCHEDULE Illinois 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Practices are closed to the media. Selected players will be available in the Team Room in the North End Zone Iowa 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 complex for post-practice interviews on Tuesdays. Requested players and assistant coaches will be available in Minnesota 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 the Team Room in the North End Zone complex for post-practice interviews on Wednesdays. Nebraska 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Northwestern 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 INTERVIEW REQUESTS Wisconsin 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 All player and coaching staff interview requests should be directed to Jeff Keag. Requests for post-practice Purdue 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 interviews should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Personal phone numbers will not be made available to media. Players have been instructed not to conduct interviews when contacted without prior approval from the AROUND THE BIG TEN media relations staff. Please contact Keag if you would like to contact players family members. Friday, Sept. 8 (All Times ET) Ohio at Purdue, 8 pm, FS1 POST-GAME INTERVIEW POLICY Saturday, Sept. 9 (All Times ET) The Indiana locker room is closed at all times. A media relations staffer will collect all player requests in the Indiana at Virginia, 3:30 pm, ACCN Extra press box midway through the fourth quarter. Requested players will be available in the Weight Room of the Iowa at Iowa State, Noon, ESPN/ESPN2 North End Zone complex immediately following head coach Tom Allen’s post-game press conference. Towson at Maryland, Noon, BTN Cincinnati at Michigan, Noon, ABC/ESPN Allen will be available in the Team Room of the North End Zone facility following his post-game radio duties. Northwestern at Duke, Noon, ESPNU Post-game interviews on the road will be held in accordance with the host school’s procedures. Florida Atlantic at Wisconsin, Noon, BTN W. Michigan at Michigan State, 3:30 pm, BTN CREDENTIALS Pittsburgh at Penn State, 3:30 pm, ABC Working credentials for the 2017 Indiana football season must be requested via the web. To request credentials Eastern Michigan at Rutgers, 3:30 pm, BTN visit IUHoosiers.com and click on the media services link under “Athletics.” A link to apply for football credentials Nebraska at Oregon, 4:30 pm, FOX will be at the top of the page. Oklahoma at Ohio State, 7:30 pm, ABC Western Kentucky at Illinois, 8 pm, BTN Credentials will be mailed to the address provided.