INDIANA HOOSIERS Athletic Media Relations • Pete Rhoda/Jeff Ke a G, Football Contacts Phone - (812) 855-9399 • Fax - (812) 855-9401 •
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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 (4-1, 1-1) AT IOWA (4-2, 2-1) Date: Oct. 15, 2005 : 11:10 a.m. CDT SETTING THE SCENE Kickoff Location: Kinnick Stadium (70,397) - Iowa City, Iowa Coming off its first Big Ten victory under Television: ESPN PLUS REGIONAL (Craig Coshun, Randy Wright & Quint Kessenich) head coach Terry Hoeppner, Indiana (4-1, 1- Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Pete Compise & Joe Smith) 1) heads to Iowa (4-2, 2-1) on Saturday, Oct. 15. Kick off is set for 11 a.m. CDT on ESPN Plus Regional at Kinnick Stadium (70,397). The Hoosiers earned their first Big Ten win of the season with a 36-13 trouncing of Illinois. Sophomore quarterback Blake Powers threw four touchdown passes against Illinois, raising his season total to 18, and moving him past Antwaan Randle El into first on IU's all-time list of single-season touchdown passes. Location: Iowa City, Iowa Location: Bloomington, Ind. THE IOWA SERIES Enrollment: 29,697 Enrollment: 38,903 Indiana and Iowa will meet for the 67th Conference: Big Ten Conference: Big Ten time on Saturday and for the first time since Stadium: Kinnick Stadium (70,397) Stadium: Memorial Stadium (52,354) 2002. The Hawkeyes hold a 37-25-4 advan- Head Coach: Kirk Ferentz (Connecticut ‘78) Head Coach: Terry Hoeppner (Franklin ‘69) tage in the all-time series. Iowa has won the Year At School: 7th Year At School: 1st last two meeting between the two teams Overall Record: 58-54/10th Year Overall Record: 52-26/7th Year after Indiana reeled off three straight wins School Record: 46-33 School Record: 4-1 f rom 1998-00. The Hawkeyes bested the 2005 Overall Record: 4-2 2005 Overall Record: 4-1 Hoosiers, 24-8, in Bloomington the last time the two teams met on Oct. 19, 2002. Iowa also 2005 Big Ten Record: 2-1 2005 Big Ten Record: 1-1 was victorious the last time the two clubs 2005 INDIANA SCHEDULE (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) met in Iowa City, securing a 42-28 victory on Oct. 20, 2001. Sept. 2 at Central Michigan W, 20-13 ESPNU Sept. 10 Nicholls State W, 35-31 SCOUTING THE HAW K E Y E S Sept. 17 Kentucky W, 38-14 ESPN Classic Iowa heads into Saturday’s tilt with back- Oct. 1 at No. 17/17 Wisconsin L, 41-24 ESPN2 to-back Big Ten victories after dropping its Oct. 8 Illinois W, 36-13 ESPN Plus Regional opener to Ohio State in Columbus, 31-6. The Oct. 15 at Iowa 11:10 a.m. ESPN Plus Regional Hawkeyes disposed of Illinois, 35-7, on Oct. 1, Oct. 22 No. 15/15 Ohio State TBA and handled Purdue in West Lafayette, 34-17, Oct. 29 at No. 16/17 Michigan State TBA this past weekend. Iowa has won 22 straight Nov. 5 No. 22/22 Minnesota TBA Nov. 12 at Michigan TBA ballgames at Kinnick Stadium. Nov. 19 Purdue TBA Junior quarterback Drew Tate is hitting his stride, passing for 1,081 yards on the sea- All times are local to game site and subject to change; rankings are AP/Coaches Poll son with nine touchdowns, including five in the last two contests. Five of Tate’s passes 7144-cell; [email protected]) and p ress conference and teleconference on for paydirt have found senior wide out Assistant Director Jeff Keag (812-855-6209- Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Hoosier Room in Clinton Solomon, who leads the club with 355 d i rect; 812-219-2925-cell; [email protected]) Memorial Stadium. Please contact the IU yards and is second with 17 receptions. handle all Hoosier media requests. Here is Media Relations Office for teleconfere n c e D e f e n s i v e l y, senior Chad Greenway is the media availability schedule for game i n f o rmat ion as well as press confere n c e one of the top linebackers in the nation. week (subject to change): footage. A full press conference transcript Greenway is second in the Big Ten with 79 Coach Hoeppner will be available on the will be available on IUHOOSIERS.com on tackles (52 solo) along with four tackles for Big Ten Conference Coaches Te l e c o n f e re n c e Tuesday aftern o o n s . loss and two sacks. on Tuesday at 11:20 a.m. EST/CDT. Please Practice will be open to the media on contact the IU Media Relations Office (812- Tuesday and We d n e s d a y. Practice will ru n MEDIA INFORMATION 9855-9399) or the Big Ten (847-696-1010) for f rom 3:45-6 p.m. and requested players will Indiana Athletic Media Relations Dire c t o r call-in inform a t i o n . be available for interviews after practice. Pete Rhoda (812-855-9794-direct; 812-219- Coach Hoeppner will hold his weekly Immediately after Saturd a y ’s game, coach www.iuhoosiers.com INDIANA FOOTBALL The Iowa Game - Oct. 15, 2005 - 2 Hoeppner and requested players will be avail- SINGLE-SEASON PASSING TD 7 - Ernie Jones , 1987 (four 100-plus yard efforts able to the media. in his first six games) Please contact Phil Haddy (phillip- 1. 18 Blake Powers 2005 5 - Thomas Lewis, 1993 (four 100-yard plus yard [email protected]), or Steve Roe (steven- 2. 17 Antwaan Randle El 1999 efforts in a six game stretch from 9/24-11/12) [email protected]) at Iowa Sports Inform a t i o n , 14 Steve Bradley 1983 4 - James Hardy, 2005 (four in his first five 319-335-9411, re g a rding Hawkeye interv i e w 3. 13 Matt LoVecchio 2004 games) re q u e s t s . 13 Dave Schnell 1987 4 - Kenny Allen, 1985 (three in his first four 13 Tim Clifford 1980 games) POWERING THE OFFENSE 13 Tim Clifford 1979 With his four touchdown passes against 13 Bob Hoernschemeyer 1943 ROAD WARRIORS Illinois, quarterback Blake Powers surpassed 8. 12 Trent Green 1991 Te rry Hoeppner-coached teams have former Hoosier great Antwaan Randle El on the 12 Harry Gonso 1968 enjoyed considerable success in road games, single-season touchdown passes list. Powers posting a 27-18 ledger as the visiting team, has tossed 18 touchdown passes in just five SINGLE-SEASON YARDS including a 17-8 mark since 2002. Furt h e rm o re , games, which ranks third in the country, and 1. 2,627 Trent Green 1991 H o e p p n e r-led squads led the nation in 2003 ro a d broke Randle El’s total of 17 set in 1999. 2. 2,544 Steve Bradley 1984 victories (eight) and have not had a losing ro a d Powers is enjoying one of the most prolific 3. 2,468 Babe Laufenberg 1982 re c o rd since 2001. seasons for an IU quarterback in the team’s his- 4. 2,298 Steve Bradley 1983 t o ry. After tossing four passes for paydirt 5. 2,277 Antwaan Randle El 1999 BEST START SINCE 1994 against Kentucky, he became the first quarter- 1,160 Blake Powers 2005 With its victory over Illinois, Indiana is off to back in school history to throw at least three its first 4-1 start since the 1994 team opened up touchdowns in three straight games. Powers SINGLE-SEASON COMPLETIONS 5-1. IU also started the season 3-0 for the first has gone on to throw three touchdowns at time since 1994, and captured its first undefeat- Wisconsin and four scores versus Illinois, giv- 1. 217 Babe Laufenberg 1982 ed month since a 4-0 start in 1990 (3-0 in Sept.). ing him at least three touchdown tosses in five 2. 208 Steve Bradley 1984 Head coach Terry Hoeppner became the straight games. He is the only quarterback in 3. 200 Trent Green 1991 first head coach since 1905 (James Sheldon) to the program’s history to throw three or more 4. 192 Jay Rodgers 1997 begin his Indiana tenure with three straight touchdown passes in a game five times in a 5. 182 Steve Bradley 1983 wins. career, breaking Randle El’s (1998-01) and Steve 6. 160 Tim Clifford 1979 Bradley (1983-85) mark of four. 7. 155 Matt LoVecchio 2003 SEEING RED Additionally, Powers threw for at least 275 8. 154 Trent Green 1992 The Indiana-Iowa game features two of the yards in each of his first two games. The last IU 9. 153 Matt LoVecchio 2004 league’s top five defensive units. The Hawkeyes quarterback to throw for at least 275 yards in 10. 152 Gibran Hamdan 2002 are third in the league in scoring defense (16.5), back-to-back games was Gibran Hamdan (310 95 Blake Powers 2005 and the Hoosiers are fifth (22.4). In addition, the vs. Wisconsin and 335 vs. Iowa on Oct. 12 and Hoosiers (355.8 yards per game) and Hawkeyes 19, 2002). SINGLE-SEASON ATTEMPTS (364.0) are fourth and fifth in total defense, His four touchdown tosses against Nicholls 1. 402 Steve Bradley 1984 respectively. Finally, Iowa leads the league in State marked the first time since Oct. 12, 2002 2. 364 Babe Laufenberg 1982 red zone defense (10-17, 58.8 percent), with IU (Gibran Hamdan – four against Wisconsin) that 3.