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CONNECTICUT (1-1) AT INDIANA (2-1) SETTING THE SCENE Date: Sept. 23, 2006 In its final tune up before the Big Ten sea- Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. EDT son, Indiana plays host to Connecticut in the Location: Memorial Stadium (52,354; Astro-Play) - Bloomington, Ind. second of three straight contests at Television: ESPN Plus Local: Craig Coshun (p-b-p) & David Diaz-Infante (analyst) Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers (2-1) and Radio: IU Radio Network: Don Fischer (p-b-p), Pete Compise (analyst) & Joe Smith Huskies (1-1) meet at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 16. ESPN Plus Local will tele- vise the game. IU and UConn will face off for just the second time. The Huskies own a 1-0 advan- tage in the all-time series, dropping the Hoosiers in Storrs on Aug. 30, 2003. Against BIG EAST foes, Indiana owns a 15-10-1 record, good for a .596 winning per- centage. Location:...... Storrs, Conn. Location: ...... Bloomington, Ind. SCOUTING CONNECTICUT Enrollment:...... 28,083 Enrollment:...... 38,903 Connecticut sits at 1-1 on the season Nickname:...... Huskies Nickname:...... Hoosiers after dropping a 24-13 contest to Wake Colors:...... National Flag Blue & White Colors: ...... Cream & Crimson Forest on Sept. 16. The Huskies opened the season with a 52-7 drubbing of Rhode Island Conference: ...... BIG EAST Conference: ...... Big Ten on Aug. 31. Head Coach:...... Randy Edsall (Syracuse ‘80) Head Coach:...... (Franklin ‘69) Against the Demon Deacons, senior tail- Overall Record:...... 38-44/8th year Overall Record:...... 54-33/8th year back Terry Caulley became the all-time lead- Record at SIU:...... same Record at IU:...... 6-8/2nd year ing rusher in school history with 2,689 yards. 2006 Overall Record: ...... 1-1 2006 Overall Record: ...... 2-1 He leads a rushing attack that has totaled 560 2006 BIG EAST Record: ...... 0-0 2006 Big Ten Record: ...... 0-0 yards through its first two ballgames. Caulley owns 176 yards and 6.5 yards per carry, while 2006 INDIANA SCHEDULE (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) freshman Donald Brown has added 141 yards and an 8.4 average. Sophomore quar- Sept. 2 Western Michigan W, 39-20 terback D.J. Hernandez has averaged 173.0 Sept. 9 at Ball State W, 24-23 Comcast Local yards per contest and tossed three TDs, two Sept. 16 Southern Illinois L, 35-28 MediaCom of those coming to senior wide receiver Sept. 23 Connecticut 3:30 p.m. ESPN Plus Local Brandon Young, who leads the Huskies with Sept. 30 Wisconsin Noon ESPN2 63.5 yards per game. Oct. 7 at Illinois TBA On the defensive side of the ball, UConn is Oct. 14 No. 14/14 Iowa TBA surrendering just 102.5 yards through the air Oct. 21 No. 1/1 Ohio State TBA and 251.0 total yards. The unit has recorded a Oct. 28 Michigan State TBA staggering 25 tackles for loss and eight Nov. 4 at Minnesota 12 p.m. sacks. Junior defensive back Donta Moore Nov. 11 No. 6/6 Michigan TBA holds a team-high 21 tackles (11 solo), 7.5 Nov. 18 at Purdue TBA stops for loss and one sack. Disruptive soph- -All game times are local to Bloomington, Ind., and are subject to change omore defensive end Cody Brown has a pair -Rankings are AP/Coaches Poll of sacks and tackles for loss. Media Relations Office (812-855-9399) or the ning from 3:45-6:15 p.m. Requested players MEDIA INFORMATION Big Ten (847-696-1010) for call-in information. will be available for interviews immediately Indiana associate director of media rela- Coach Lynch will hold a press/teleconfer- following practice. Please submit interview tions Jeff Keag (812-855-6209-direct; 812- ence on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the requests to Keag 24 hours prior to each prac- 219-2925-cell; jkeag @indiana.edu) handles Hoosier Room in Memorial Stadium. Please tice. all Hoosier media requests. Here is the media contact the IU Media Relations Office for availability schedule for game week (subject more information. A full transcript will be CONNECTICUT CONNECTION to change): available on IUHOOSIERS.com on Tuesday Charlie Emerson is the lone Hoosier with Interim head coach Bill Lynch will be afternoon. Additionally, select players will be ties to The Nutmeg State. The junior right available on the available following Coach Lynch. tackle hails from Wesport, Conn. Emerson Coaches Teleconference on Tuesday, Sept. Practice will be open to the media on attended Staples High School and helped the 19 at 12:20 p.m. EDT. Please contact the IU Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, run- team capture a state title his senior season. www.iuhoosiers.com INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 2

YOUNG GUNS CAREER PASSING TOUCHDOWNS gain which set up a game-tying touchdown. Three sophomores and two redshirt fresh- Fisher is tied for second on the team with eight men have worked their way into the starting 1. 42 1998-01 receptions and is third on the club with 106 lineup and helped the Hoosier defense force 2. 35 Steve Bradley 1983-85 yards in three contests. five turnovers and record 23 tackles for loss, 3. 32 Harry Gonso 1967-69 which ranks tied for 20th nationally through 4. 31 Tim Clifford 1977-80 SHUTTING THE DOOR three games. 5. 27 1986-89 Before Southern Illinois collected a touch- The redshirt freshmen – safety Austin 6. 23 Blake Powers 2004- down with 27 seconds remaining in the opening Thomas and buck Josh Bailey – lead the team in 23 1989-92 stanza, the Hoosiers had gone 60:08 without tackles. Thomas owns team highs with 26 tack- allowing any points to their opponents. In addi- les and 19 solos following a career-high 11 tack- CAREER PASSING YARDS tion, SIU's 23 passing yards in the opening half les (10 solos) against Southern Illinois. He is tied 1. 7,469 Antwaan Randle El 1998-01 was the lowest total in a half since Nicholls for seventh in the league in tackles and tied for 2. 6,579 Steve Bradley 1983-85 State went without a passing yard in the first 23rd nationally with 6.33 solos per game. 3. 5,470 Dave Schnell 1986-89 half of the Hoosiers' win on Sept. 10, 2005. Meanwhile, Bailey is second on the club with 21 4. 5,400 Trent Green 1989-92 The Indiana defense opened the season stops and 16 solos while sitting atop the club 5. 4,338 Tim Clifford 1977-80 holding its first two opponents under 75 yards with three tackles for loss. Bailey is tied for 15th 6. 4,256 1981-82 on the ground. After limiting Western Michigan in the Big Ten with his 21 tackles. 7. 3,729 Matt LoVecchio 2003-04 to 72 yards on 32 carries in the season opener, Right behind the redshirts is linebacker 8. 3,446 Harry Gonso 1967-69 the stifling unit held Ball State to 41 yards on 22 Geno Johnson. After securing nine tackles vs. 9. 3,240 Chris Dittoe 1993-96 rushes. The last time Indiana held back-to-back SIU, Johnson shot into third on the Hoosiers 10. 3,119 John Paci 1992-94 opponents under 100 yards came in the 2001 with 19 tackles and 15 solos. Meanwhile, defen- 2,587 Blake Powers 2004- season finale against Kentucky (16 rushing sive tackle Greg Brown corralled a career-high yards on Dec. 1) and the 2002 season opener six stops and one tackle for loss against CAREER COMPLETIONS against William & Mary (-32 rushing yards on Southern Illinois, while cornerback Chris Aug. 31. Phillips has accounted for one of the team’s 1. 532 Steve Bradley 1983-85 three interceptions, which he returned 66 yards 2. 528 Antwaan Randle El 1998-01 THREE’S COMPANY for a score. 3. 421 Trent Green 1989-92 After redshirt freshman Kellen Lewis started 4. 406 Dave Schnell 1986-89 the Southern Illinois contest, he became the FASTEST MAN IN BLOOMINGTON 5. 361 Babe Laufenberg 1981-82 third different Hoosier to start under center this Sophomore Marcus Thigpen has been Mr. 6. 333 Tim Clifford 1977-80 season. The last time IU had three different Versatility this season. The team’s fastest man – 7. 308 Matt LoVecchio 2003-04 starting QBs came in 1986 when Dave Kramme, 4.29 speed in the 40-yard dash – switched from 8. 268 Chris Dittoe 1993-96 Brian Dewitz and Dave Schnell did so for the wide receiver to tailback in the spring and col- 9. 262 John Paci 1992-94 Hoosiers. Junior Blake Powers started the lected his first two career rushing touchdowns 10. 256 Harry Gonso 1967-69 opener against Western Michigan, and senior against Southern Illinois. With his first score, he 237 Blake Powers 2004- Graeme McFarland made his second career became the first Hoosier since Duane Gunn start at Ball State. (1981) to score on a rush, a reception and a Lewis finished the game with 12 carries for 88 Each of the gunslingers have recorded at kickoff return in the same season. yards and one touchdown and completed 15-of- least one touchdown pass this campaign. The The Detroit native leads the nation with a 28 passes for 228 yards and one touchdown. last season three Hoosiers threw at least one 44.0 kickoff return average and is tied for fifth in The 316 yards of total offense marked the best score came in 1974. Terry Jones (13), Bob the Big Ten in scoring. Thigpen has averaged offensive debut by a Hoosier signal-caller since Kramer (1) and Mike Flanagan (1) each record- over 100 all-purpose yards per contest (301 Antwaan Randle El accounted for 467 yards (385 ed a touchdown that season. total, 176 kickoff, 75 receiver, 50 rush) and has passing and 82 rushing) and six touchdowns (3 found the end zone four times. rushing and 3 passing) in a 45-30 victory over SPREADING THE WEALTH Thigpen has showed off his burners early Western Michigan on Sept. 12, 1998. Nine Hoosiers have caught passes and five this campaign. He corralled a 30-yard touch- have recorded carries in Indiana’s first two ball- down pass in the opener against Western FIRST TIMERS games. Quarterbacks Blake Powers and Michigan and accounted for the Hoosiers’ first Five Hoosiers enjoyed career firsts against Graeme McFarland hit seven different points at Ball State, returning a kickoff 100 yards Southern Illinois. Sophomore Marcus Thigpen receivers, each of who caught at least two for a score. It marked the third 100-yard kickoff collected his first two rushing touchdowns, passes, in the season-opening win against return for a touchdown in IU history. Thigpen while redshirt freshman Nick Polk reeled in his Western Michigan. Meanwhile, McFarland and joins Derin Graham (vs. Wisconsin – Oct. 3, first touchdown catch from redshirt freshman redshirt freshman Kellen Lewis combined to 1998) and Freal McIntosh (vs. Washington & Lee Kellen Lewis, who made his first start. find nine receivers at Ball State. Seven Hoosiers – 1915) as the only Hoosiers to return a kick 100 Defensively, redshirt freshman Austin have recorded receptions over 30 yards. yards. Thomas recorded his first forced fumble and In the backfield, junior Josiah Sears, sopho- freshman Will Patterson recovered for his first more Marcus Thigpen and redshirt freshmen LEWIS GETS HIS SHOT fumble recovery. Bryan Payton and Demetrius McCray have In just his second collegiate appearance, recorded carries in multiple games. True fresh- redshirt freshman Kellen Lewis made his first BIG PLAY RAY man Ray Fisher added one carry in the opener. career start against Southern Illinois. He tossed Freshman wide receiver Ray Fisher enjoyed for 238 yards and one score. his most productive day of the season against RETURNS TO PAYDIRT Lewis entered his first collegiate game in the Southern Illinois. The Cleveland product When sophomore Marcus Thigpen scored first quarter at Ball State and turned in one of snagged four balls for 52 yards, including a on a 100-yard kickoff return at Ball State, it the top debuts by a rookie gunslinger in IU his- spectacular play where he appeared stopped marked the first kickoff return TD since Lance tory. In bringing the Hoosiers back from a 17-0 behind the line, reversed direction and ran from Bennett’s 98-yarder at Oregon (Sept. 11, 2004) second quarter and a 23-7 halftime deficit, sideline to sideline for a 19-yard, fourth-quarter and the third touchdown return for Indiana this INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 3 season. Sophomore cornerback Chris Phillips right guard in 2005 – Frye will try his hand at left BIG TEN & NCAA RANKS (66-yard interception) and junior cornerback tackle this season. Tracy Porter (86-yard punt) delivered touch- Big Ten Ranks NCAA Ranks Punt Returns Punt Returns down returns in the team’s opening victory vs. BY THE NUMBERS 1. Indiana – 19.4 10. Indiana – 19.4 Western Michigan. The last time the Hoosiers In his eighth season as a head coach, Terry recorded an interception and punt return for Hoeppner teams: Kickoff Returns Tackles For Loss touchdowns in the same game came in 1980. • have never been shut out. 3. Indiana – 22.2 T20. Indiana – 7.67 Tim Wilbur accomplished the feat by himself, • are 40-12 when they score first. returning a punt 78 yards and an interception 40 • are 32-9 when they lead at the end of the Turnover Margin Kickoff Returns T4. Indiana – 0.33 39. Indiana – 22.2 yards on Sept. 20, 1980 at Kentucky. first quarter. Phillips’ return was Indiana’s first intercep- • are 47-3 when they lead at the start of the Pass Offense Interceptions tion for a TD since Kyle Killion scored on a 46- fourth quarter. 5. Indiana – 238.7 T41. Indiana – 3 yard return against Penn State on Nov. 13, 2004. • are 22-4 since 2003 when they score first. It also was the longest interception return for Red Zone Offense Kickoff Returns touchdown since Tracy Porter recorded a 96- COMEBACK KIDS 5. Indiana – 90.0 1. Thigpen, Marcus – 44.0 yard return in IU’s 41-10 season opening win Indiana trailed Ball State 17-0 in the second Scoring (TDs) Passes Defended over Central Michigan on Sept. 4, 2004. quarter and 23-7 at the half before storming T5. Thigpen, Marcus – 8.0 T21. Porter, Tracy – 1.33 Meanwhile, Porter’s 86-yard return was the back with 17 unanswered points in the second team’s first since Lance Bennett ran one back stanza. The 17-point deficit marked the largest Tackles Tackles (Solo) for 94 yards against Michigan State on Sept. 25, deficit offset by a Hoosier team since Oct. 12, T7. Thomas, Austin – 8.7 23. Thomas, Austin – 6.33 2004. 2002. On that day, IU trailed then-No. 23 T15. Bailey, Josh – 7.0 T21. Johnson, Geno – 6.3 Wisconsin, 29-10, with 1:19 remaining in the NEW FACES third quarter before posting a 32-29 victory. Passes Defended As the Hoosiers take the field in 2006, keep Ball State held a commanding advantage in T1. Porter, Tracy – 1.33 your roster close by. Seventy-two players on total yardage (220-77) and passing yards (205- the 105-man roster (69 percent) are underclass- 42) heading into the locker room. However, the SWITCHING PLACES men and 49 (47 percent) are freshmen or red- Hoosiers regained control and completely dom- With the emergence of Brian Faires, junior shirt freshmen. inated the second 30 minutes. IU limited BSU to Charlie Emerson made the switch from defen- In the first three games, 19 players have 110 second-half yards while racking up 296 of sive end to right tackle. After appearing in all 11 seen their first collegiate action, including red- its own. Indiana rushed for 112 yards on the games (four starts) with the defense last sea- shirt freshmen Josh Bailey (buck) and Austin ground and threw for 184 in the air. son, the Westport, Conn., native has fit right in Thomas (safety), who have appeared in the The Hoosier defense, which kept an oppo- with the offense, starting the first three contests starting lineup in all three contests. Twelve red- nent scoreless in a half for the first time since of the season. shirt freshmen and true freshmen Ray Fisher, the second stanza against Michigan last season Faires, who has started all three games in Mandela Roberts, J.T. Owens, Will Patterson (Nov. 12), received a helping hand from the 2006, starred in his defensive debut against and Matt Mayberry, have seen action. offense’s ability to control the clock. IU held the Western Michigan. The junior out of Here is a breakdown by class of the 2006 ball for 19 minutes in the second half, including (Ben Davis H.S.) leveled WMU for a Hoosiers: 11:11 in the fourth quarter. pair of sacks and three tackles for loss. • Seniors – 15 • Juniors – 18 HOME SWEET HOME DEEPEST THREAT • Sophomores – 23 For just the fifth time in the 46-year history of Without question, the Hoosiers enjoy their • Redshirt Freshmen – 25 Memorial Stadium, the Hoosiers will play seven greatest depth at wide receiver. Indiana returns • True Freshmen – 24 home games in 2006. IU also hosted seven ball- its top four wideouts from a season ago in soph- games in 1978, 1993, 1995 and 1999. omore James Hardy (61 catches/893 yards/10 THE START CHART touchdowns), sophomore Marcus Thigpen Senior Justin Frye has been an anchor on “BUCK”ING THE TREND (32/432/2), senior Jahkeen Gilmore (30/383/3) the offensive line since his insertion into the IU has added the “Buck” position to its and sophomore James Bailey (27/335/3). In fact, starting lineup as a redshirt freshman in 2003. defensive scheme this season. The “Buck” is a the aforementioned players, along with sopho- He has started all 36 games he has appeared in, hybrid of safety and linebacker, where the play- more Brandon Walker-Roby (10/78/2), senior missing only the season finale at Purdue his er can drop into coverage like a safety but also tight end Matt O’Neal (11/84/2) and junior tight redshirt season. One of the most versatile come up with with the other linebackers and end Nick Sexton (2/2/2), accounted for all 24 Hoosier linemen – he played right tackle and defend the run. receiving touchdowns last season, and all seven players are back in 2006. TOUCHDOWN RETURNS POINTS APLENTY Joining last season’s playmakers, resdhirt In the Hoosiers’ season-opening win over freshmen Andrew Means (3 receptions-58 The Hoosiers collected a punt and an intercep- Western Michigan, Indiana put 39 points on the yards) and Nick Polk (6-80) along with true tion return for touchdowns in the season open- scoreboard – the most in head coach Terry freshman Ray Fisher (8-106) have provided er against Western Michigan. Below is a look at Hoeppner’s two seasons in Bloomington. IU has given Indiana a wide array of weapons. the most touchdown returns in a season in tallied 30-plus points four times under Indiana history: Hoeppner’s watch – all at Memorial Stadium - MEYERS ON LOTT WATCH LIST en route to a 4-0 record in those ballgames. Senior safety Will Meyers – an Academic 2004 - 7 (3 fumble, 2 interception, 1 punt, 1 kick) Contributing to the scoring outburst, the All-American last season – was one of the 42 1996 - 5 (3 interception, 2 blocked punt) Hoosiers went a perfect 4-for-4 in the red zone. top defensive players in the nation named to the 1990 - 4 (2 interception, 2 punt) Indiana punched the ball in the end zone twice 2006 Lott Trophy Watch List, and he showed and settled for a pair of field goals. 1969 - 4 (3 punt, 1 kick) why in the season opener. Meyers collected his second-career interception, six tackles (5 solo) 2006 - 3 (1 punt, 1 interception, 1 kick) and one tackle for loss. INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 4

Named after Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, The Kendal (defensive end) and Will Meyers (safety) TOP 25 POLLS (SEPT. 17, 2006) Lott Trophy is awarded to college football's are the 2006 Hoosier football team captains. Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. Now in its Joining the quartet, the Hoosiers will select one Associated Press Poll third year, The Lott Trophy is the first college game captain each contest. 1. Ohio State (59) 3-0 1,617 football award to equally recognize athletic per- 2. Auburn (2) 3-0 1,507 3. USC (2) 2-0 1,494 formance and the personal character attributes TRADITIONS CONTINUE 4. West Virginia (2) 3-0 1,419 of the player. In his first season in Bloomington, head 5. Florida 3-0 1,350 coach Terry Hoeppner installed several new 6. Michigan 3-0 1,297 SEVEN BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE traditions that will return this season. The team 7. Texas 2-1 1,180 Seven of the 24 true freshmen reside on the will continue “The Walk” to “The Rock,” where 8. Louisville 3-0 1,121 offensive line, and head coach Terry Hoeppner the team buses stop along Woodlawn Ave., and 9. Georgia 3-0 1,105 refers to them as “The Seven Blocks of head coach Terry Hoeppner and the team 10. LSU 2-1 1,085 11. Virginia Tech 3-0 931 Limestone.” Limestone is the Indiana state depart to Memorial Stadium. 12. Notre Dame 2-1 912 stone and primary building block of all the build- The Hoosiers will march towards the west 13. Oregon 3-0 833 ings on campus, including Memorial Stadium. entrance of Assembly Hall, where the IU 14. Iowa 3-0 831 Guard Pete Saxon and left tackle Rodger Marching Hundred and Cheerleading Squads 15. Tennessee 2-1 585 Saffold have worked their way into the two- await their arrival. The Marching Hundred will 16. TCU 3-0 527 deep. The remaining five – James Brewer, Cody perform "Indiana, Our Indiana," "Indiana, Fight" 17. Oklahoma 2-1 510 18. Florida State 2-1 466 Faulkner, Alex Perry, Jarrod Smith and Mike and "R-O-C-K in the USA," and fans will line the 19. Clemson 2-1 399 Stark – also turned in impressive camps and pathway of "The Walk" to show their support for 20. Arizona State 3-0 384 will provide a solid foundation up front for years the Hoosiers as they head towards the crimson 20. Boston College 3-0 384 to come. gates of Memorial Stadium. 22. California 2-1 383 “The Rock” is the symbol representing 23. Nebraska 2-1 162 TWO-SPORT STARS Memorial Stadium. Beyond the north end zone, 24. Penn State 2-1 143 25. Boise State 3-0 110 Sophomore running back Marcus Thigpen a three-ton piece of limestone sits atop a two- and redshirt freshman Andrew Means’ success ton limestone base. Prior to each game, Coach Receiving Votes: Alabama 94, Miami (Fla.) 78, is not limited to the gridiron. Thigpen is a stand- Hoeppner and the players march out and touch Rutgers 46, UCLA 40, Michigan State 33, out track athlete, while Means started 41 games “The Rock” before hitting the field. Wisconsin 29, Missouri 22, Georgia Tech 19, in right field for the Hoosier baseball squad. In addition, the players will join the fans and Texas Tech 16, Texas A&M 9, Arkansas 2, Thigpen took seventh in the 60m (6.89) and band in the singing of “Indiana, Our Indiana” Purdue 2. sixth in the 200m (21.94) at the Big Ten indoor following each home victory. Dropped From Rankings: Miami (Fla.) 17, meet, and he placed seventh in the 100m at the Texas Tech 24. Big Ten outdoor meet. Means finished the year MASCOT OF THE DAY with a .301 batting average and 16 stolen bases Indiana football fans are invited to e-mail in 18 attempts. head coach Terry Hoeppner at football@indi- USA Today Poll ana.edu as to why their child (12 years and 1. Ohio State (60) 3-0 1,572 2. USC (2) 2-0 1,493 THE MUSIC MAN under) should be IU's "Mascot of the Day" for 3. Auburn (1) 3-0 1,432 Accomplished wide receiver/kick returner one of this season's seven home football 4. West Virginia 3-0 1,359 Lance Bennett enters the 2006 campaign games. The e-mail should answer the question 5. Florida 3-0 1,282 ranked second in school history with 1,566 "What is a Hoosier?" 6. Michigan 3-0 1,181 career kick return yards. He sits behind 522 Coach Hoeppner and his wife, Jane, will 7. Georgia 3-0 1,178 yards behind Derin Graham, who racked up select two winning responses for each game. 8. Texas 2-1 1,144 2,099 from 1998-00. The two mascots selected for each game will 9. Louisville 3-0 1,106 10. Virginia Tech 3-0 964 Bennett also is close to cracking the top 10 accompany Coach Hep and his team on "The 11. LSU 2-1 911 for career Big Ten kickoff yardage. The Walk" to "The Rock" prior to the game, receive 12. Oregon 3-0 829 Brooklyn, N.Y., native is on the heels of former two free tickets to the game and have their pic- 13. Notre Dame 2-1 814 Michigan great Anthony Carter, who compiled ture taken with Coach Hep on the field. 14. Iowa 3-0 781 1,606 yards from 1979-82. If Bennett can gain Hoeppner said that the idea originated dur- 15. TCU 3-0 621 434 kickoff yards this season, he will join ing a conversation with legendary singer/song- 16. Oklahoma 2-1 508 17. Florida State 2-1 459 Graham, former Wisconsin standout Brandon writer John Mellencamp. 18. Arizona State 3-0 397 Williams (2,349) and former Michigan State stal- "John came up with this idea as a new way 19. Tennessee 2-1 376 wart Derrick Mason (2,575) as the only Big Ten to get more fans of all ages involved in the pro- 20. California 2-1 366 returners in the 2,000-yard club. gram. I liked John's definition of what a Hoosier 21. Boston College 3-0 348 As well as starring on the field, fans can hear might be, for example, a young person with high 22. Alabama 3-0 314 his handiwork on local radio stations. Bennett hopes for the future. So describe for us why 23. Clemson 2-1 283 24. Nebraska 2-1 167 and his brothers, Lemar and Lennie, are accom- your son or daughter fits that description." 25. Boise State 3-0 139 plished musicians and songwriters, as they co- wrote Will Smith's "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya COCA COLA FAMILY 4 PACK Receiving Votes: Penn State 138, Miami (Fla.) Head)" as well as Smith's 2005 hit "Switch." Indiana University Athletics has teamed up 81, UCLA 60, Rutgers 43, Texas Tech 38, Bennett composed the theme songs for the IU with Coca Cola for the upcoming football sea- Michigan State 37, Georgia Tech 14, football team each of the last two seasons, son. IU and Coca Cola present Hoosier fans with Wisconsin 9, Texas A&M 9, Missouri 7, Purdue 5, Maryland 3, Washington 3, including this year’s theme “Rep The Rock,” as the Coca Cola Family 4 Pack. Arkansas 2, UTEP 1, Southern Miss 1. well as for the 2005 IU men’s basketball team. The offer, which is valid for the Connecticut (Sept. 23) and Wisconsin (Sept. 30) home Dropped From Rankings: Miami (Fla.) 15, TEAM CAPTAINS games, includes four tickets to a game, four soft Texas Tech 22. Indiana seniors Lance Bennett (wide receiv- drinks, four hot dogs and four popcorns for only er/kick returner), Justin Frye (left tackle), Kenny $88. 2006 IU Opponents in Bold INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 5 INDIANA ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl./Elg. Hometown/Last School 52 Altman, Tyler DL 6-0 255 Sr./Jr. Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe 79 Anderson, Scott OL 6-6 308 Sr./5th Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon 6 Bailey, James WR 6-2 205 Jr./So. Detroit, Mich./Denby Technical Prep 40 Bailey, Josh B 6-1 220 So./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central 80 Banks, Chris WR 6-2 179 So./Fr. Alliance, Ohio/Alliance 53 Bass, Emile DL 6-3 288 So./Fr. Detroit, Mich./Sterling Heights 44 Beattie, Tyson P 6-1 204 Sr./5th Attadale, Australia/Christian Brothers 3 Bennett, Lance WR 5-6 162 Sr./Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Poly Prep Country Day 94 Boone, Fabiene DE 6-4 240 So./Fr. Evansville, Ind./Bosse 73 Brewer, James OL 6-8 295 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Arlington 62 Brown, Greg DT 6-2 303 Jr./So. Centerville, Ohio/Centerville 55 Bugg, Brandon LS 6-0 226 So./Fr. Mishawaka, Ind./Mishawaka Penn 54 Bugg, Tim LS 6-0 249 Sr./Jr. Mishawaka, Ind./Mishawaka Penn 21 Burgess, Trea RB 6-1 200 Fr./Fr. Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville 12 Burks, Aaron DB 5-11 190 Fr./Fr. Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista 23 Burks, Adrian DB 6-0 186 Fr./Fr. Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista 23 Burns, Kenni RB 5-11 197 Sr./Jr. Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart-Griffin 97 Burrus, Keith DL 6-2 269 So./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Coffeyville (Kan.) CC 21 Calhoun, Rayshun CB 5-10 197 Jr./So. Atlanta, Ga./Douglass 31 Canada, Jordan WR 6-0 204 Fr./Fr. Bloomington, Ind./South 38 Carrington, Justin RB 6-0 204 So./Fr. Leesburg, Va./Liberty 4 Chappell, Ben QB 6-3 215 Fr./Fr. Bloomington, Ind./South 18 Council, Richard CB 6-1 170 Fr./Fr. Carrolton, Texas/Newman Smith 47 Donnell, Taylor TE 6-3 222 So./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli 69 Edmundson, Sean OL 6-4 287 Jr./So. Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove 70 Emerson, Charlie OL 6-5 266 Sr./Jr. Westport, Conn./Staples 85 Faires, Brian DE 6-3 257 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis 67 Faulkner, Cody OL 6-5 306 Fr./Fr. Tipton, Ind./Hamilton Heights 7 Fisher, Ray WR 5-9 167 Fr./Fr. Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville 91 Ford, Nick K 5-9 170 Fr./Fr. LaPorte, Ind./LaPorte 60 Frye, Justin OL 6-5 296 Sr./5th Elwood, Ind./Elwood 1 Gilmore, Jahkeen WR 6-0 211 Sr./5th Brooklyn, N.Y./Poly Prep 5 Grosfield, Troy DB 6-0 195 Sr./5th Littleton, Colo./Chatfield 86 Haan, Paul WR 6-2 182 Sr./Jr. Lafayette, Ind./Central Catholic 17 Hampton, Bruce CB 5-10 184 So./Fr. University Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights 48 Harangody, Ty TE/FB 6-1 239 So./Fr. Schererville, Ind./Andrean 82 Hardy, James WR 6-7 216 Jr./So. Fort Wayne, Ind./Elmhurst 8 Hass, Dustin QB 6-1 210 Jr./So. Oconto, Wis./Oconto 93 Hines, Michael P/K 5-11 199 Sr./Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead 75 Incarnato, Chauncey OL 6-5 283 Jr./So. Dover, Ohio/Dover 56 Johnson, Geno LB 6-2 210 So./So. Bartow, Fla./Bartow Senior 99 Jones, Neal DL 6-4 253 So./Fr. Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips 92 Kendal, Kenny DE 6-3 250 Sr./5th Chicago, Ill./Gordon Tech 36 Kinsey, Dan DB 6-3 198 So./Fr. Wellsville, Ohio/Beaver Local 57 Kirlew, Jammie DL 6-3 250 So./Fr. Orlando, Fla./Cypress Creek 33 Kleinsmith, Joe DB 5-11 190 So./So. Cleveland, Ohio/Lakewood St. Edward 95 Kremer, Joe DT 6-2 295 Sr./Jr. Urbana, Ohio/Urbana 15 Lewis, Kellen QB 6-1 177 So./Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Mandarin 77 Love, Kenny OL 6-2 290 Jr./So. Pennington, N.J./The Pennington 72 Luce, Nick DT 6-2 272 Sr./Jr. Vincennes, Ind./Lincoln 55 Mack, Deonte DT 6-3 275 Fr./Fr. Elkhart, Ind./Elkhart Central 28 Majors, Leslie CB 5-9 170 Jr./Jr. South Holland, Ill./Thornwood 74 Mangiero, Chris C 6-1 305 Sr./Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Poly Prep Country Day 35 Marando, Ryan LB 6-2 240 Jr./So. Lakewood, Ohio/Saint Edward 86 Martin, Brad TE 6-4 230 Fr./Fr. Marion, Ohio/Marion Pleasant 43 Mayberry, Matt B 6-2 211 Fr./Fr. Darien, Ill./Hinsdale South 51 McClurg, Adam LB 6-0 230 Sr./Jr. Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove 25 McClurg, Eric S 5-11 213 Sr./5th Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove 22 McCray, Demetrius RB 5-11 189 So./Fr. Brandon, Fla./Armwood 12 McFarland, Graeme QB 6-1 215 Sr./5th Mountain Brook, Ala./Mountain Brook 13 Means, Andrew WR 6-0 209 So./Fr. Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 6 INDIANA ALPHABETICAL ROSTER (cont.) 39 Meyers, Will S 5-11 201 Sr./Sr. Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway West 98 Middleton, Greg DE 6-3 260 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Pike 58 Moses, Matt OL 6-3 290 Jr./So. Columbus, Ind./Columbus North 26 Mosley, Brandon S 5-8 195 Jr./So. Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville 90 Newman, Todd DL 6-4 274 So./Fr. Barlett, Ill./Bartlett 30 Nowinski, Casey LB 6-1 224 Sr./Sr. Merrillville, Ind./Andrean 66 Oldham, Patrick OL 6-1 297 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind./Park Tudor 83 O'Neal, Matt TE 6-1 229 Sr./5th Terre Haute, Ind./South Vigo 24 Owens, J.T. S 6-0 185 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North 34 Patterson, Will LB 6-1 222 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North 27 Payton, Bryan RB 5-9 208 So./Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Fork Union (Va.) 71 Perry, Alex OL 6-7 250 Fr./Fr. Morris, Ill./Morris Community 16 Phillips, Chris CB 6-0 185 Jr./So. Atlanta, Ga./Booker T. Washington 8 Polk, Nick WR 6-0 200 So./Fr. Milwaukee, Wis./Vincent 9 Porter, Tracy CB 5-11 181 Jr./Jr. Port Allen, La./Port Allen 14 Powers, Blake QB 6-4 224 Sr./Jr. Brandenburg, Ky./Meade County 46 Powers, Jake LB 6-1 230 Sr./Sr. Danville, Ind./Danville 49 Price, Isaac DL 6-1 235 Jr./So. Southfield, Mich./Southfield 59 Reiter, Mike OL 6-2 287 So./Fr. Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway Central 10 Roberts, Mandela LB 6-0 220 Fr./Fr. Lufkin, Texas/Lufkin 76 Saffold, Rodger OL 6-5 275 Fr./Fr. Bedford, Ohio/Bedford 50 Sandberg, John OL 6-2 290 Sr./Jr. Monon, Ind./North White 84 Sanders, Jeff TE 6-4 235 Fr./Fr. Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart-Griffin 64 Saxon, Pete OL 6-6 310 Fr./Fr. Plain City, Ohio/Jonathan Alder 42 Sears, Josiah FB 6-0 238 Sr./Jr. Greenfield, Ind./Greenfield Central 41 Sergi, Tim DB 6-2 220 So./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli 88 Sexton, Nick TE 6-5 250 Sr./Jr. Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North 29 Skelton, Ryan WR 6-2 205 Sr./Sr. Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove 63 Smith, Jarrod OL 6-4 278 Fr./Fr. Fairborn, Ohio/Fairborn 68 Stark, Mike OL 6-7 285 Fr./Fr. Platteville, Wis./Platteville 18 Starr, Austin K 6-2 199 Jr./So. Logansport, Ind./Logansport 28 Taylor, Collin WR 6-0 178 So./Fr. Carmel, Ind./Carmel 2 Thigpen, Marcus RB 5-9 182 Jr./So. Detroit, Mich./Mumford 20 Thomas, Austin S 6-2 210 So./Fr. Roswell, Ga./Sequoyah 78 Thomas, Kyle OL 6-4 290 Jr./So. Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North 1 Trulock, Kevin K 6-0 180 Jr./So. Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli 81 Turner, Terrance WR 6-3 200 Fr./Fr. Auburn Hills, Mich./West Bloomfield 87 Wagner, Troy TE 6-5 238 So./Fr. O’Fallon, Ill./O’Fallon 19 Walker-Roby, Brandon WR 5-11 182 So./So. Indianapolis, Ind./North Central 29 Williams, Jerry DB 5-9 210 Jr./So. Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville 96 Wolf, Arik DE 6-3 238 Jr./So. Lawrenceburg, Ind./East Central 61 Wyss, Ben OL 6-1 280 Sr./Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Luers 89 Zematis, Brian TE 6-3 234 So./Fr. Bloomfield, Mich./Andover

COACHING STAFF Terry Hoeppner - Head Coach Bill Lynch - Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Gerald Brown - Special Teams Co-Coordinator/Running Backs Matt Canada - Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Brian George - Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Bobby Johnson - Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line Billy Lynch - Wide Receivers Joe Palcic - Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks George Ricumstrict - Special Teams Co-Coordinator/Linebackers Mike Yeager - Recruiting Coordinator/Safeties Harold Mauro - Director of Football Operations INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 7 INDIANA NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl./Elg. Hometown/Last School 1 Gilmore, Jahkeen WR 6-0 211 Sr./5th Brooklyn, N.Y./Poly Prep 1 Trulock, Kevin K 6-0 180 Jr./So. Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli 2 Thigpen, Marcus RB 5-9 182 Jr./So. Detroit, Mich./Mumford 3 Bennett, Lance WR 5-6 162 Sr./Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Poly Prep Country Day 4 Chappell, Ben QB 6-3 215 Fr./Fr. Bloomington, Ind./South 5 Grosfield, Troy DB 6-0 195 Sr./5th Littleton, Colo./Chatfield 6 Bailey, James WR 6-2 205 Jr./So. Detroit, Mich./Denby Technical Prep 7 Fisher, Ray WR 5-9 167 Fr./Fr. Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville 8 Hass, Dustin QB 6-1 210 Jr./So. Oconto, Wis./Oconto 8 Polk, Nick WR 6-0 200 So./Fr. Milwaukee, Wis./Vincent 9 Porter, Tracy CB 5-11 181 Jr./Jr. Port Allen, La./Port Allen 10 Roberts, Mandela LB 6-0 220 Fr./Fr. Lufkin, Texas/Lufkin 12 Burks, Aaron DB 5-11 190 Fr./Fr. Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista 12 McFarland, Graeme QB 6-1 215 Sr./5th Mountain Brook, Ala./Mountain Brook 13 Means, Andrew WR 6-0 209 So./Fr. Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake 14 Powers, Blake QB 6-4 224 Sr./Jr. Brandenburg, Ky./Meade County 15 Lewis, Kellen QB 6-1 177 So./Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Mandarin 16 Phillips, Chris CB 6-0 185 Jr./So. Atlanta, Ga./Booker T. Washington 17 Hampton, Bruce CB 5-10 184 So./Fr. University Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights 18 Council, Richard CB 6-1 170 Fr./Fr. Carrolton, Texas/Newman Smith 18 Starr, Austin K 6-2 199 Jr./So. Logansport, Ind./Logansport 19 Walker-Roby, Brandon WR 5-11 182 So./So. Indianapolis, Ind./North Central 20 Thomas, Austin S 6-2 210 So./Fr. Woodstock, Ga./Sequoyah 21 Burgess, Trea RB 6-1 200 Fr./Fr. Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville 21 Calhoun, Rayshun CB 5-10 197 Jr./So. Atlanta, Ga./Douglass 22 McCray, Demetrius RB 5-11 189 So./Fr. Brandon, Fla./Armwood 23 Burks, Adrian DB 6-0 186 Fr./Fr. Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista 23 Burns, Kenni RB 5-11 197 Sr./Jr. Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart-Griffin 24 Owens, J.T. S 6-0 185 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North 25 McClurg, Eric S 5-11 213 Sr./5th Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove 26 Mosley, Brandon S 5-8 195 Jr./So. Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville 27 Payton, Bryan RB 5-9 208 So./Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Fork Union (Va.) 28 Majors, Leslie CB 5-9 170 Jr./Jr. South Holland, Ill./Thornwood 28 Taylor, Collin WR 6-0 178 So./Fr. Carmel, Ind./Carmel 29 Skelton, Ryan WR 6-2 205 Sr./Sr. Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove 29 Williams, Jerry DB 5-9 210 Jr./So. Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville 30 Nowinski, Casey LB 6-1 224 Sr./Sr. Merrillville, Ind./Andrean 31 Canada, Jordan WR 6-0 204 Fr./Fr. Bloomington, Ind./South 33 Kleinsmith, Joe DB 5-11 190 So./So. Cleveland, Ohio/Lakewood St. Edward 34 Patterson, Will LB 6-1 222 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North 35 Marando, Ryan LB 6-2 240 Jr./So. Lakewood, Ohio/Saint Edward 36 Kinsey, Dan DB 6-3 198 So./Fr. Wellsville, Ohio/Beaver Local 38 Carrington, Justin RB 6-0 204 So./Fr. Leesburg, Va./Liberty 39 Meyers, Will S 5-11 201 Sr./Sr. Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway West 40 Bailey, Josh B 6-1 220 So./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central 41 Sergi, Tim DB 6-2 220 So./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli 42 Sears, Josiah FB 6-0 238 Sr./Jr. Greenfield, Ind./Greenfield Central 43 Mayberry, Matt B 6-2 211 Fr./Fr. Darien, Ill./Hinsdale South 44 Beattie, Tyson P 6-1 204 Sr./5th Attadale, Australia/Christian Brothers 46 Powers, Jake LB 6-1 230 Sr./Sr. Danville, Ind./Danville 47 Donnell, Taylor TE 6-3 222 So./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli 48 Harangody, Ty TE/FB 6-1 239 So./Fr. Schererville, Ind./Andrean 49 Price, Isaac LB 6-1 235 Jr./So. Southfield, Mich./Southfield 50 Sandberg, John OL 6-2 290 Sr./Jr. Monon, Ind./North White 51 McClurg, Adam LB 6-0 230 Sr./Jr. Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove 52 Altman, Tyler DL 6-0 255 Sr./Jr. Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe 53 Bass, Emile DL 6-3 288 So./Fr. Detroit, Mich./Sterling Heights 54 Bugg, Tim LS 6-0 249 Sr./Jr. Mishawaka, Ind./Mishawaka Penn 55 Bugg, Brandon LS 6-0 226 So./Fr. Mishawaka, Ind./Mishawaka Penn 55 Mack, Deonte DT 6-3 275 Fr./Fr. Elkhart, Ind./Elkhart Central 56 Johnson, Geno LB 6-2 210 So./So. Bartow, Fla./Bartow Senior INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 8 INDIANA NUMERICAL ROSTER (cont.) 57 Kirlew, Jammie DL 6-3 250 So./Fr. Orlando, Fla./Cypress Creek 58 Moses, Matt OL 6-3 290 Jr./So. Columbus, Ind./Columbus North 59 Reiter, Mike OL 6-2 287 So./Fr. Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway Central 60 Frye, Justin OL 6-5 296 Sr./5th Elwood, Ind./Elwood 61 Wyss, Ben OL 6-1 280 Sr./Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Luers 62 Brown, Greg DT 6-2 303 Jr./So. Centerville, Ohio/Centerville 63 Smith, Jarrod OL 6-4 278 Fr./Fr. Fairborn, Ohio/Fairborn 64 Saxon, Pete OL 6-6 310 Fr./Fr. Plain City, Ohio/Jonathan Alder 66 Oldham, Patrick OL 6-1 297 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind./Park Tudor 67 Faulkner, Cody OL 6-5 306 Fr./Fr. Tipton, Ind./Hamilton Heights 68 Stark, Mike OL 6-7 285 Fr./Fr. Platteville, Wis./Platteville 69 Edmundson, Sean OL 6-4 287 Jr./So. Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove 71 Perry, Alex OL 6-7 250 Fr./Fr. Morris, Ill./Morris Community 72 Luce, Nick DT 6-2 272 Sr./Jr. Vincennes, Ind./Lincoln 73 Brewer, James OL 6-8 295 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Arlington 74 Mangiero, Chris C 6-1 305 Sr./Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Poly Prep Country Day 75 Incarnato, Chauncey OL 6-5 283 Jr./So. Dover, Ohio/Dover 76 Saffold, Rodger OL 6-5 275 Fr./Fr. Bedford, Ohio/Bedford 77 Love, Kenny OL 6-2 290 Jr./So. Pennington, N.J./The Pennington 78 Thomas, Kyle OL 6-4 290 Jr./So. Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North 79 Anderson, Scott OL 6-6 308 Sr./5th Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon 80 Banks, Chris WR 6-2 179 So./Fr. Alliance, Ohio/Alliance 81 Turner, Terrance WR 6-3 200 Fr./Fr. Auburn Hills, Mich./West Bloomfield 82 Hardy, James WR 6-7 216 Jr./So. Fort Wayne, Ind./Elmhurst 83 O'Neal, Matt TE 6-1 229 Sr./5th Terre Haute, Ind./South Vigo 84 Sanders, Jeff TE 6-4 235 Fr./Fr. Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart-Griffin 85 Faires, Brian DE 6-3 257 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis 86 Haan, Paul WR 6-2 182 Sr./Jr. Lafayette, Ind./Central Catholic 86 Martin, Brad TE 6-4 230 Fr./Fr. Marion, Ohio/Marion Pleasant 87 Wagner, Troy TE 6-5 238 So./Fr. O’Fallon, Ill./O’Fallon 88 Sexton, Nick TE 6-5 250 Sr./Jr. Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North 89 Zematis, Brian TE 6-3 234 So./Fr. Bloomfield, Mich./Andover 90 Newman, Todd DL 6-4 274 So./Fr. Barlett, Ill./Bartlett 91 Ford, Nick K 5-9 170 Fr./Fr. LaPorte, Ind./LaPorte 92 Kendal, Kenny DE 6-3 250 Sr./5th Chicago, Ill./Gordon Tech 93 Emerson, Charlie DL 6-5 266 Sr./Jr. Westport, Conn./Staples 93 Hines, Michael P/K 5-11 199 Sr./Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead 94 Boone, Fabiene DE 6-4 240 So./Fr. Evansville, Ind./Bosse 95 Kremer, Joe DT 6-2 295 Sr./Jr. Urbana, Ohio/Urbana 96 Wolf, Arik DE 6-3 238 Jr./So. Lawrenceburg, Ind./East Central 97 Burrus, Keith DL 6-2 269 So./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Coffeyville (Kan.) CC 98 Middleton, Greg DE 6-3 260 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Pike 99 Jones, Neal DL 6-4 253 So./Fr. Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1 JAHKEEN Gilmore...... jah-KEEN 57 JAMMIE Kirlew ...... JAY-mee 4 Ben CHAPPEL ...... CHAP-uhl 59 Mike REITER ...... RYE-turr 5 Troy GROSFIELD...... GROSS-field 61 Ben WYSS ...... WEESS 8 Dustin HASS ...... Hahss 72 Nick LUCE ...... loose 12 GRAEME McFarland ...... gram 74 Chris MANGIERO ...... MAN-jeer-oh 21 TREA Burgess ...... tray 75 Chauncey INCARNATO ....in-car-NAY-toh 44 Tyson BEATTIE ...... BEET-ee 85 Brian FAIRES ...... FAIR-us 47 Taylor DONNELL ...... DUH-nell 89 Brian ZEMATIS...... zuh-MAT-iss 48 Ty HARANGODY...... hair-un-GO-dee 94 FABIENE Boone...... FAY-bee-uhn 53 EMILE Bass ...... uh-MEAL 95 Joe KREMER ...... CRAY-murr INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 9 INDIANA TWO-DEEP OFFENSE DEFENSE LT LE 60 Justin Frye, 6-5, 296, Sr./5th 85 Brian Faires, 6-3, 257, Sr./Jr. 76 Rodger Saffold, 6-5, 275, Fr./Fr. 97 Keith Burrus, 6-2, 269, So./Fr.

LG DT 78 Kyle Thomas, 6-4, 290, Jr./So. 95 Joe Kremer, 6-2, 295, Sr./Jr. 64 Pete Saxon, 6-6, 310, Fr./Fr. 90 Todd Newman, 6-4, 274, So./Fr.

C DT 74 Chris Mangiero, 6-1, 305, Sr./Sr. 62 Greg Brown, 6-2, 303, Jr./So. 61 Ben Wyss, 6-1, 280, Sr./Jr. 53 Emile Bass, 6-3, 288, So./Fr.

RG RE 50 John Sanberg, 6-2, 290, Sr./Jr. 92 Kenny Kendal, 6-3, 250, Sr./5th 77 Kenny Love, 6-2, 290, Jr./So. 57 Jammie Kirlew, 6-3, 250, So./Fr.

RT BUCK 70 Charlie Emerson, 6-5, 266, Sr./Jr. 40 Josh Bailey, 6-1, 220, So./Fr. 79 Scott Anderson, 6-6, 308, Sr./5th 43 Matt Mayberry, 6-2, 211, Fr./Fr.

WR MLB 8 Nick Polk, 6-0, 200, So./Fr. 51 Adam McClurg, 6-0, 230, Sr./Jr. 13 Andrew Means, 6-0, 209, So./Fr. 46 Jake Powers, 6-1, 230, Sr./Sr.

WR SLB 6 James Bailey, 6-2, 205, Jr./So. 56 Geno Johnson, 6-2, 210, So./So. 7 Ray Fisher, 5-9, 167, Fr./Fr. 34 Will Patterson, 6-1, 222, Fr./Fr.

WR CB 1 Jahkeen Gilmore, 6-0, 211, Sr./5th 16 Chris Phillips, 6-0, 185, Jr./So. 19 Brandon Walker-Roby, 5-11. 182, So./So. 28 Leslie Majors, 5-9, 170, Jr./Jr.

QB FS 14 Blake Powers, 6-4, 224, Sr./Jr. or 39 Will Meyers, 5-11, 201, Sr./Sr. 15 Kellen Lewis, 6-1, 177, So./Fr. 5 Troy Grosfield, 6-0, 195, Sr./5th

RB SS 2 Marcus Thigpen, 5-9, 182, Jr./So. 20 Austin Thomas, 6-2, 210, So./Fr. 22 Demetrius McCray, 5-11, 189, So./Fr. 26 Brandon Mosley, 5-8, 195, Jr./So.

TE CB 83 Matt O’Neal, 6-1, 229, Sr./5th 9 Tracy Porter, 5-11, 181, Jr./Jr. 88 Nick Sexton, 6-5, 250, Sr./Jr. 33 Joe Kleinsmith, 5-11, 190, So./So.

SPECIALISTS

PK LS PR 18 Austin Starr, 6-2, 199, Jr./So. 54 Tim Bugg, 6-0, 249, Sr./Jr. 3 Lance Bennett, 5-6, 162, Sr./Sr. 1 Kevin Trulock, 6-0, 180, Jr./So. 55 Brandon Bugg, 6-0, 226, So./Fr. 9 Tracy Porter, 5-11, 181, Jr./Jr.

P H KR 44 Tyson Beattie, 6-1, 204, Sr./5th 12 Graeme McFarland, 6-1, 215, Sr./5th 2 Marcus Thigpen, 5-9, 182, Jr./So. 93 Michael Hines, 5-11, 199, Sr./Jr. 44 Tyson Beattie, 6-1, 204, Sr./5th 1 Jahkeen Gilmore, 6-0, 211, Sr./5th INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 10 HEAD COACH TERRY HOEPPNER Indiana head football coach Terry Hoeppner WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ... cess. Miami gives special recognition to major made an immediate impact in his first year at victories - triumphs over programs from BCS the helm of the Hoosier program. In addition to “I can’t say enough about Coach Hoeppner. He conferences, and Hoeppner played a role in 12 leading Indiana to its first 4-1 start since 1994, is an inspiration, a second father to me. I love such contests and six as head coach. Included Hoeppner rejuvenated an IU fan base that him to death. I told him that I will always support in these decisions are wins at then-No. 8 LSU in enjoyed a 39-percent increase in per game him, because he has always supported me. He’s 1986, at then-No. 25 Northwestern in 1995, at attendance, a 46-percent increase in overall a wise man who made a wise decision. Going then-No. 12 Virginia Tech in 1997 and at then- season ticket sales and a 110-percent increase home (to Indiana) has got to be a good feeling. No. 12 North Carolina in 1998. in student season ticket sales. Indiana players are getting a great coach and a Hoeppner's impact at Miami was felt on and Hoeppner not only helped generate a buzz great mentor. He’s touched so many lives in so off the football field. The RedHawks enjoyed at about Indiana football, but he and his staff many ways. He’s going to do great things at IU. least five national television appearances in installed an aggressive, big-play defense to go The players are going to love him. He’s a play- 2003 and 2004, and Miami's bid to the 2004 along with an exciting spread offense that ers’ coach.” Independence Bowl secured the highest bowl threw a school-record 24 touchdown passes. Former Miami All-American quarterback and payout in MAC history. Hoeppner has led efforts Furthermore, Hoeppner helped establish current Pittsburgh Steeler Ben Roethlisberger to renovate Yager Stadium and the development new IU football traditions. Two hours prior to of the $5 million Walter L. Gross Family Student- each home game, fans and players engaged in Hoeppner is the third former MU coach to Athlete Development Center. "The Walk," as Indiana coaches and players eventually stroll the Hoosier sidelines. John A 1969 graduate of Franklin College with a marched through the tailgating areas en route Pont was a three-time first team All-MAC half- bachelor's degree in physical education and to the "crimson gates" at Memorial Stadium. back at Miami from 1947-50 before moving onto minor in biology, Hoeppner earned his master's Hoeppner also dubbed Memorial Stadium "The an illustrious 28-year head coaching career that degree in education from Butler in 1983. Rock," a nod to the stadium's limestone con- included stops at his alma mater (1956-62) and Hoeppner was invited to the St. Louis struction. A three-ton remnant from the original Indiana (1965-72). He directed Miami to three Cardinals and Green Bay Packers training stadium construction was placed near the north league titles and the 1962 Tangerine Bowl camps, and he played one season each with the end zone, as the IU coaches now challenge the before earning 1967 National Coach of the Year Detroit Wheels and the Charlotte Hornets of the Hoosiers to "defend the rock." Lastly, and per- honors for leading the Hoosiers to the Big Ten World Football League. haps most importantly, the coaches and players title and Rose Bowl. Hoeppner and his wife, Jane, have three join The Marching Hundred band to sing the was a two-time all-league end at children - Drew, Amy (Steve) Fox and Allison school fight song after every home victory. Miami in 1955-56 before embarking on a 27-year (Drew) Balcam. The Hoeppners also have four Hoeppner, a Woodburn, Ind., native, who led coaching career that included stops at Miami grandchildren - Tucker and Spencer Fox , Tate Miami (Ohio) University to a pair of consecutive (1969-73) and Indiana (1984-96). He led Miami to and Quinn Balcam. Mid-American Conference East Division titles the 1973 MAC and Tangerine Bowl titles, and he and bowl game appearances for the first time in is the winningest coach in Indiana history. He THE HOEPPNER FILE 30 years, was named Indiana University's 26th directed the Hoosiers to six bowl games in eight Born: August 19, 1947 football coach on Dec. 17, 2004. seasons. Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Ind. Upon his arrival, Hoeppner immediately set Wife: Jane Just as Hoeppner followed Pont and Children: Amy, Allison and Drew the tone for the future of Indiana football. Mallory's footsteps in Oxford, the 1969 Franklin Grandchildren: Tucker and Spencer Fox, "Our players will walk, talk, act and think like (Ind.) College graduate is poised to do the same Tate and Quinn Balcam High School: Woodlan High School, champions in everything they do," he said. "Our in Bloomington. Hoeppner is second on Miami's Woodburn, Ind., 1965 goals are simple - 100 percent graduation rate, all-time wins list (48), and those victories College: Franklin College, Franklin, Ind., 1969; and the Rose Bowl. We will shoot for perfection, include triumphs at Northwestern (1999, 2003), B.A., Physical Education and we can settle for excellence." at North Carolina (2002), at Colorado State , Indianapolis, Ind., 1983; During his head coaching career, Hoeppner (2003) and vs. Louisville in the 2003 GMAC Bowl. M.S., Education has mentored 11 eventual NFL draft picks, A 2003 finalist for the Paul "Bear" Bryant Year Overall Conf. Conf. Finish including 2004 NFL Rookie of the Year and Super National Coach of the Year, Hoeppner won the 1999 7-4 6-2 2nd East 2000 6-5 5-3 T-3rd East Bowl XL champion quarterback Ben 2003 Schutt Sports Coach of the Year, the 2001 7-5 6-2 T-2nd East Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Columbus Dispatch Ohio College Coach of the 2002 7-5 5-3 3rd East Hoeppner arrived in Bloomington after 2003 13-1 8-0 1st East Year and the MAC Coach of the Year. 2004 8-5 7-1 1st East spending 19 seasons at Miami, including the Prior to taking over the MU program from the 2005 4-7 1-7 10th last six as head coach. During his head coach- late Randy Walker in January, 1999, Hoeppner 2006 2-0 -- Career 54-33 38-18 ing tenure, Hoeppner helped restore the nation- spent 13 seasons as an assistant coach, includ- (.621) (.679) al spotlight to the tradition-rich RedHawk foot- ing Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs ball program. In addition to compiling a 48-25 Year Positions from 1993-95 and Assistant Head Coach/ 1970-72 Eastbrook (Ind.) High School head coach overall record, Miami finished among the top Defensive Coordinator from 1995-98. 1974 Pinson Valley (Ala.) High School assistant coach three in the MAC East each year of Hoeppner’s During the 1998 campaign, Hoeppner's 1975 Hueytown (Ala.) High School assistant coach 1976-79 Mullins (S.C.) High School head coach tenure. defense ranked fourth in the nation in scoring 1980-85 Franklin (Ind.) College defensive coordinator The RedHawks closed 2003 by winning the defense, fifth in pass efficiency defense and 1986 Miami University linebackers coach MAC and GMAC Bowl Championships and were 1987-93 Miami University defensive backs coach 16th in total defense. Miami's record with 1993-95 Miami University assistant head ranked 10th in the final Associated Press poll Hoeppner as Assistant Head Coach was 42-22- coach/defensive backs and 12th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll. 2 (.652) 1995-98 Miami University assistant head coach/defensive coordinator In addition, Miami was rated as high as 11th in During his 19-year Miami career, Hoeppner 1999-2004 Miami University head coach the Bowl Championship Series. enjoyed considerable team and individual suc- 2004-Present Indiana University head coach INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 11 THE LAST TIME... YARDS RUSHING RECEIVING A Team Gained 500 Total Yards: An Individual Attempted 40 Rushes: An Individual Caught 10 Or More Passes: INDIANA: Northwestern (531), 10/11/03 INDIANA: at Penn State, BenJarvus Green-Ellis (42), INDIANA: at Iowa, James Hardy (12), 10/15/05 OPPONENT: Minnesota (572), 11/5/05 11/15/03 OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Ingraham (11)/Taylor OPPONENT: Michigan, Anthony Thomas (42), 10/30/99 Stubblefield (14) 11/20/04 A Team Gained 600 Total Yards: INDIANA: at Wisconsin (631), 10/6/01 An Individual Attempted 50 Rushes: An Individual Caught 10 Or More Passes In Consecutive OPPONENT: at Purdue (763), 11/20/04 INDIANA: at Wisconsin, Anthony Thompson (52), 11/11/89 Games: OPPONENT: Michigan State, (56), 11/14/87 INDIANA: vs. Illinois, James Hardy (10), 10/8/05; at Iowa, A Team Gained Less Than 200 Total Yards: James Hardy (12), 10/15/05 INDIANA: Ohio State (137), 10/22/05 An Individual Rushed For 100 Yards: OPPONENT: Northwestern (194), 10/9/99 INDIANA: Illinois, Chris Taylor (132), 10/8/05 An Individual Had 100 Yards Receiving In A Game: OPPONENT: Southern Illinois, Arkee Whitlock (103), INDIANA: at Iowa, James Hardy (203), 10/15/05 An Individual Gained 400 Total Yards: 9/16/06 OPPONENT: at Ball State, Terry Moss (109), 9/9/06 INDIANA: Minnesota, Antwaan Randle El (473), 10/21/00 OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Orton (530), 11/20/04 An Individual Rushed For 150 Yards: Two Or More Players Had 100 Yards Receiving In Same INDIANA: Kentucky, Chris Taylor (176), 9/17/05 Game: PASSING OPPONENT: Minnesota, Gary Russell (188), 11/5/05 INDIANA: Nicholls State, James Hardy (122), Jahkeen An Individual Attempted 40 Passes: Gilmore (107), 9/10/05 INDIANA: Southern Illinois, Kellen Lewis (40), 9/16/06 An Individual Rushed For 200 Yards: OPPONENT: at Wisconsin, Jonathan Orr (128), Brandon OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Orton (54), 11/20/04 INDIANA: at Penn State, BenJarvus Green-Ellis (203), Williams (113) 10/1/05 11/15/03 An Individual Attempted 50 Passes: OPPONENT: Penn State, Larry Johnson (327), 11/16/02 An Individual Had Back-To-Back 100-Yard Receiving INDIANA: at Iowa, Blake Powers (57), 10/15/05 Games: OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Orton (54), 11/20/04 An Individual Rushed For 300 Yards: INDIANA: Illinois, James Hardy (118), 10/8/05; at Iowa, INDIANA: at Wisconsin, Anthony Thompson (377), James Hardy (203), 10/15/05 An Individual Completed 20 Passes: 11/11/89 INDIANA: Southern Illinois, Kellen Lewis (20), 9/16/06 OPPONENT: Penn State, Larry Johnson (327), 11/16/02 An Individual Had Three Straight 100-Yard Receiving OPPONENT: Illinois, Tim Brasic (22), 10/8/05 Games: A Team Rushed For Over 300 Yards: INDIANA: at Wisconsin, James Hardy (157), 10/1/05; An Individual Completed 30 Passes: INDIANA: Kentucky (305), 9/17/05 Illinois, James Hardy (118), 10/8/05; at Iowa, James Hardy INDIANA: at Iowa, Blake Powers (37), 10/15/05 OPPONENT: Minnesota (347), 11/5/05 (203), 10/15/05 OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Orton (33), 11/20/04 A Team Rushed For Over 400 Yards: An Individual Had 150 Yards Receiving In A Game: An Individual Passed For 300 Yards: INDIANA: at Michigan State (489), 11/10/01 INDIANA: at Iowa, James Hardy (203), 10/15/05 INDIANA: at Iowa, Blake Powers (360), 10/15/05 OPPONENT: Nicholls State (408), 9/10/05 OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Ingraham (209), 11/20/04 OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Orton (522), 11/20/04 A Team Was Held To Under 100 Yards Rushing: An Individual Had 200 Yards Receiving In A Game: An Individual Passed For 400 Yards: INDIANA: Southern Illinois (76), 9/16/06 INDIANA: at Iowa, James Hardy (203), 10/15/05 INDIANA: Ball State, (408), 9/13/97 OPPONENT: at Ball State (41), 9/9/06 OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Ingraham (209), 11/20/04 OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Orton (522), 11/20/04 A Team Was Held To Under 50 Yards Rushing: An Individual Scored On A 60-Yard Reception: An Individual Threw Four Touchdown Passes: INDIANA: Ohio State (42), 10/22/05 INDIANA: at Wisconsin, Blake Powers to James Hardy INDIANA: Illinois, Blake Powers (4), 10/8/05 OPPONENT: at Ball State (41), 9/9/06 (83), 10/1/05 OPPONENT: Southern Illinois, Nick Hill (4), 9/16/06 OPPONENT: at Purdue, Charles Davis (61), 11/20/04 A Team Had Fewer Than 25 Rushing Attempts: An Individual Threw Five Touchdown Passes: INDIANA: Michigan (23), 10/21/95 An Individual Scored On A 70-Yard Reception: INDIANA: vs. Ball State, Jay Rodgers (5), 9/13/97 OPPONENT: at Ball State (22), 9/9/06 INDIANA: at Wisconsin, Blake Powers to James Hardy OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Orton (6), 11/20/04 (83), 10/1/05 An Individual Scored On A Run Of 60 Yards: OPPONENT: at Washington, Reggie Williams (70), 9/6/03 An Individual Threw Six Or More Touchdown Passes: INDIANA: Michigan State, Levron Williams (80), 11/10/01 INDIANA: at Nebraska, Bob Hoernschemeyer (6), 10/9/43 OPPONENT: at Central Michigan, Ontario Sneed (80), An Individual Scored On An 80-Yard Reception: OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kyle Orton (6), 11/20/04 9/2/05 INDIANA: at Wisconsin, Blake Powers to James Hardy (83), 10/1/05 A Team Had Fewer Than 10 Passing Attempts: An Individual Scored On A Run Of 70 Yards: OPPONENT: Minnesota, Johnson from Cole (82), 10/21/00 INDIANA: Northwestern (8), 10/9/99 INDIANA: vs. Michigan State, Levron Williams (80), OPPONENT: Michigan State (8), 11/11/95 11/10/01 An Individual Caught Two Touchdown Passes: OPPONENT: at Central Michigan, Ontario Sneed (80), INDIANA: at Michigan State, James Hardy (2), 10/29/05 A Team Had Five Or Fewer Completions: 9/2/05 OPPONENT: at Wisconsin, Brandon Williams (2), 10/1/05 INDIANA: at Michigan State (4), 11/10/01 OPPONENT: Nicholls State (4), 9/10/05 An Individual Scored On A Run Of 80 Yards: An Individual Caught Three Touchdown Passes: INDIANA: vs. Michigan State, Levron Williams (80), INDIANA: Minnesota, Duane Gunn (3), 10/8/83 A Team Had Fewer Than 50 Yards Passing: 11/10/01 OPPONENT: at Purdue, Taylor Stubblefield (3), 11/20/04 INDIANA: Ohio State (42), 10/22/05 OPPONENT: at Central Michigan, Ontario Sneed (80), OPPONENT: Northwestern (25), 10/9/99 9/2/05 INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 12

SCORING INDIANA An Individual Scored Three Touchdowns: Indiana Beat A Ranked Opponent: INDIANA: Northwestern, BenJarvus Green-Ellis (3), No. 24/23 Minnesota, 10/30/04 10/11/03 Indiana-30, Minnesota-21 OPPONENT: at Purdue, Kory Sheets (3), 11/19/05 Indiana Beat A Ranked Opponent On The Road: An Individual Scored Four Touchdowns: No. 24 at Oregon, 9/11/04 INDIANA: at Wisconsin, Levron Williams (6), 10/6/01 Indiana-30, Oregon-24 OPPONENT: Northwestern, Jason Wright (4), 10/11/03 Indiana Came From 14 Or More Points Down To Win: An Individual Scored On A Two-Point Conversion: 9/9/06 at Ball State INDIANA: Minnesota, David Lewis (pass from Ball State led 17-0 with 8:25 remaining in the 2nd quarter LoVecchio), 10/30/04 and 23-7 at halftime before Indiana rallied for a 24-23 vic- OPPONENT: Minnesota, Matt Spaeth (pass from Gary tory. Russell), 11/5/05

A Team Scored A Safety: INDIANA: at Michigan State, 10/29/05 OPPONENT: Purdue, 11/18/00

A Team Recorded A Shutout: INDIANA: Michigan State (10-0), 10/30/93 OPPONENT: at Michigan (58-0), 10/14/00

A Team Scored 28 Points In A Quarter: INDIANA: at Michigan State (28), 11/3/01 OPPONENT: at Penn State (31), 11/15/03

A Team Scored 30 Points In A Half: INDIANA: Northwestern (42 - 1st half), 11/3/01 OPPONENT: Minnesota (35 - 2nd half), 11/5/05

A Team Scored 40 Points In A Half: INDIANA: Northwestern (42 - 1st half), 11/3/01 OPPONENT: Michigan (41 - 1st half), 11/12/05

FIELD GOALS An Individual Kicked Three Field Goals: INDIANA: at Oregon, Bryant Robertson (3), 9/11/04 OPPONENT: at Ohio State, Mike Nugent (3), 10/23/04

An Individual Kicked Four Field Goals: INDIANA: at Minnesota, Andy Payne (4), 11/15/97 OPPONENT: at Minnesota, Chip Lohmiller (4), 10/18/86

An Individual Kicked A 50-Yard Field Goal: INDIANA: at Purdue, Bryan Robertson (50), 11/23/02 OPPONENT: Illinois, Jason Reda (52), 10/8/05

RETURNS An Individual Scored On A Punt Return: INDIANA: Western Michigan, Tracy Porter (86), 9/2/06 OPPONENT: Ohio State, Ted Ginn, Jr. (62), 10/22/05

An Individual Scored On A Kickoff Return: INDIANA: at Ball State, Marcus Thigpen (100), 9/9/06 OPPONENT: at Michigan State, Demond Williams (98), 10/29/05

An Individual Scored On An Interception Return: INDIANA: Western Michigan, Chris Phillips (66), 9/2/06 OPPONENT: at Penn State, Paul Posluszny (15), 11/15/03

An Individual Scored On A Fumble Return: INDIANA: Ohio State, John Pannozzo (57),10/22/05 OPPONENT: at Minnesota (22), John Pawielski, 11/1/03

A Team Scored On A Punt & Interception Return In The Same Game: INDIANA: Western Michigan, 9/2/06 - Chris Phillips 66- yard interception return; Tracy Porter 86-yard punt return INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 13

STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE OPPONENT WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB RB WR WR Western Michigan (9/2) Hardy Frye K. Thomas Mangiero Sandberg Emerson Sexton B. Powers Thigpen Ja. Bailey Gilmore at Ball State (9/9) Walker-Roby Frye K. Thomas Mangiero Sandberg Emerson Polk (WR) McFarland Thigpen Ja. Bailey Gilmore Southern Illinois (9/16) Walker-Roby Frye K. Thomas Mangiero Sandberg Emerson O’Neal Lewis Thigpen Polk Gilmore Connecticut (9/23) Wisconsin (9/30) at Illinois (10/7) Iowa (10/14) at Ohio State (10/21) Michigan State (10/28) at Minnesota (11/4) Michigan (11/11) at Purdue (11/18) DEFENSE OPPONENT LE NG DT RE SLB MLB BUCK CB SS FS DB Western Michigan (9/2) Faires Kremer Brown Kendal Johnson A.McClurg Jo. Bailey Phillips A. Thomas Meyers Porter at Ball State (9/9) Faires Kremer Brown Kendal Johnson A.McClurg Jo. Bailey Phillips A. Thomas Meyers Porter Southern Illinois (9/16) Faires Kremer Brown Kendal Johnson A.McClurg Jo. Bailey Phillips A. Thomas Meyers Porter Connecticut (9/23) Wisconsin (9/30) at Illinois (10/7) Iowa (10/14) at Ohio State (10/21) Michigan State (10/28) at Minnesota (11/4) Michigan (11/11) at Purdue (11/18)

TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATS OFFENSE |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp 9/2 Western Michigan 28 71 1 15 20 252 2 34 35-20-1 252 2 34 4 42 0 14 3 88 1 86 556 9/9 at Ball State 29 147 1 25 16 226 1 39 33-16-0 226 1 39 3 126 1 100 2 9 0 9 528 9/16 Southern Illinois 33 76 3 12 20 238 1 30 40-20-1 238 1 30 4 76 0 31 0 0 0 0 390 9/23 Connecticut 9/30 Wisconsin 10/7 at Illinois 10/14 Iowa 10/21 at Ohio State 10/28 Michigan State 11/4 at Minnesota 11/11 Michigan 11/18 at Purdue

DEFENSE |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Att-Made Run Rcv Saf 9/2 Western Michigan 54 8 62 11.0-55 3.0-25 3 1-0 2-103 0 3 5-3 0 0 0 9/9 at Ball State 26 30 56 6.0-24 1.0-4 0 0-0 1-20 3 2 3-3 0 0 0 9/16 Southern Illinois 54 12 66 6.0-11 1.0-1 1 1-0 0-0 0 2 4-4 0 0 0 9/23 Connecticut 9/30 Wisconsin 10/7 at Illinois 10/14 Iowa 10/21 at Ohio State 10/28 Michigan State 11/4 at Minnesota 11/11 Michigan 11/18 at Purdue INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 14

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS GAME OPENING POSSESSIONS Indiana Opponent GAME PTS. PLAYS YDS. FD TIME PTS. PLAYS YDS. FD TIME Western Michigan (9/2) 7 7 73 3 3:29 0 6 27 2 1:40 at Ball State (9/9) 0 3 5 0 1:59 7 11 80 4 4:00 Southern Illinois (9/16) 7 10 67 4 3:56 0 3 9 0 2:28 Connecticut (9/23) Wisconsin (9/30) at Illinois (10/7) Iowa (10/14) at Ohio State (10/21) Michigan State (10/28) at Minnesota (11/4) Michigan (11/11) at Purdue (11/18)

SECOND HALF OPENING POSSESSIONS Indiana Opponent GAME PTS. PLAYS YDS. FD TIME PTS. PLAYS YDS. FD TIME Western Michigan (9/2) 6 0 0 0 0:00 0 6 16 2 2:34 at Ball State (9/9) 7 8 69 4 3:53 0 9 60 2 4:03 Southern Illinois (9/16) 0 4 20 1 1:42 0 3 0 0 2:39 Connecticut (9/23) Wisconsin (9/30) at Illinois (10/7) Iowa (10/14) at Ohio State (10/21) Michigan State (10/28) at Minnesota (11/4) Michigan (11/11) at Purdue (11/18)

INDIANA THIRD DOWN, FOURTH DOWN & RED ZONE EFFICIENCY

Third Down and... Game G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Total Fourth Down Red Zone Western Michigan (9/2) 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-3 4-12 1-2 4-4 at Ball State (9/9) 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 2-4 4-14 0-1 2-3 Southern Illinois (9/16) 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-5 3-12 1-4 4-4 Connecticut (9/23) Wisconsin (9/30) at Illinois (10/7) Iowa (10/14) at Ohio State (10/21) Michigan State (10/28) at Minnesota (11/4) Michigan (11/11) at Purdue (11/18) Total 1-2 0-2 0-2 0-4 3-6 2-4 0-1 1-1 1-3 0-1 3-12 11-38 2-7 10-11

Indiana on Third Down: 11-38 (28.9%) Indiana on Fourth Down: 2-7 (28.6%) Indiana in the Red Zone: 10-11 (90.9%, 7 TDs, 3 FGs)

TIME OF POSSESSION Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 9/2 Western Michigan W, 39-20 28:18 8:41 4:42 7:20 7:35 9/9 at Ball State W, 24-23 30:49 7:29 4:20 7:49 11:11 9/16 Southern Illinois L, 35-28 27:00 5:55 6:30 5:17 9:18 9/23 Connecticut 9/30 Wisconsin 10/7 at Illinois 10/14 Iowa 10/21 at Ohio State 10/28 Michigan State 11/4 at Minnesota 11/11 Michigan 11/18 at Purdue INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 15

SCORING DRIVES Opponent Qtr. Plays Yards TOP Scoring Play Obtained Western Michigan 1 7 73 3:29 Means 10-yard pass from B. Powers Kickoff Western Michigan 2 0 0 0:00 Phillips 66-yard interception return Interception Western Michigan 2 2 14 0:29 Sears 2-yard run Interception Western Michigan 3 0 0 0:00 Porter 86-yard punt return Punt Western Michigan 3 9 51 4:36 Starr 28-yard field goal Punt Western Michigan 4 6 69 2:40 Thigpen 30-yard pass from McFarland Kickoff Western Michigan 4 15 69 6:32 Starr 27-yard field goal Punt at Ball State 2 0 0 0:18 Thigpen 100-yard kickoff return Kickoff at Ball State 3 8 69 3:53 Hardy 12-yard pass from Lewis Kickoff at Ball State 3 6 72 1:42 Lewis 23-yard touchdown run Missed FG at Ball State 4 9 66 2:58 Starr 35-yard field goal Punt Southern Illinois 1 10 67 3:56 Thigpen 3-yard run Punt Southern Illinois 1 5 52 1:40 Polk 9-yard pass from Lewis Punt Southern Illinois 3 7 33 1:27 Thigpen 2-yard run Punt Southern Illinois 4 7 72 2:17 McCray 12-yard run Kickoff INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 16

20-PLUS YARD PLAYS Opponent Play Western Michigan...... James Hardy 34-yard reception from Blake Powers Western Michigan ...... Chris Phillips 66-yard interception return for touchdown Western Michigan ...... Will Meyers 37-yard interception return Western Michigan...... Tracy Porter 86-yard punt return for touchdown Western Michigan ...... Marcus Thigpen 30-yard touchdown reception from Graeme McFarland Western Michigan...... James Hardy 20-yard reception from Graeme McFarland at Ball State ...... Porter 20-yard interception return at Ball State ...... Gilmore 31-yard reception from Lewis at Ball State...... Thigpen 100-yard kickoff return for touchdown at Ball State...... Polk 39-yard reception from Lewis at Ball State ...... Lewis 23-yard touchdown run at Ball State ...... Fisher 32-yard reception from Lewis at Ball State ...... Means 32-yard reception from Lewis at Ball State ...... Sears 25-yard run Southern Illinois ...... Gilmore 23-yard reception from Lewis Southern Illinois...... Thigpen 31-yard kickoff return Southern Illinois...... James Bailey 30-yard reception from Lewis Southern Illinois ...... Gilmore 22-yard kickoff return

-touchdowns in bold INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 23, 2006 – 17

2006 BIG TEN STANDINGS INDIANA SINGLE-GAME RECORDS Big Ten Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. SINGLE-GAME RUSHING YARDS SINGLE-GAME 1. 377 Anthony Thompson PASSING ATTEMPTS Iowa 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000 at Wisconsin, 11/11/89 1. 57 Blake Powers Michigan 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000 2. 280 Levron Williams at Iowa, 10/15/05 Michigan State 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000 at Wisconsin, 10/6/01 2. 56 Babe Laufenberg Ohio State 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000 3. 265 Vaughn Dunbar Ohio State, 10/23/82 Purdue 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000 at Missouri, 9/28/91 3. 50 Matt LoVecchio Wisconsin 0 0 .000 3 0 1.000 4. 251 Levron Williams at N’western, 10/9/04 Indiana 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 at Mich. State, 11/10/01 4. 49 Jay Rodgers Minnesota 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 5. 245 Alex Smith Purdue, 1/22/97 Northwestern 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 at Purdue, 11/19/94 49 Steve Bradley Penn State 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 at Minnesota, 10/5/84 Illinois 0 0 .000 1 2 .333 SINGLE-PLAY RUSHING YARDS 6. 48 1. 98t Mickey Erehar Iowa, 10/19/02 at Iowa, 1912 48 Babe Laufenberg 2. 89 Darrick Burnett Mich. State, 10/30/82 AROUND THE BIG TEN Miami (Ohio), 9/24/77 3. 85t Gene Gedman SINGLE-GAME Saturday, Sept. 16 vs. Pittsburgh, 10/6/51 PASSING COMPLETIONS Syracuse 31 at Illinois 21 85t Larry Marks 1. 37 Blake Powers Iowa State 17 at Iowa 27 at Northwestern, 1923 at Iowa, 10/15/05 Michigan State 32 at Pittsburgh 23 5. 83t Bob Robertson 2. 34 Babe Laufenberg Cincinnati 7 at Ohio State 37 Notre Dame, 10/21/50 Ohio St., 10/23/82 Eastern Michigan 6 at Northwestern 14 3. 30 Steve Bradley Ball State 28 at Purdue 38 SINGLE-GAME RUSHING at N’western, 9/22/84 Michigan 47 at Notre Dame 21 ATTEMPTS 4. 28 Jay Rodgers 1. 52 Anthony Thompson Purdue, 11/22/97 Youngstown State 3 at Penn State 37 at Wisconsin, 11/11/89 28 Jay Rodgers Southern Illinois 35 at Indiana 28 2. 48 Sean Glover Kentucky, 9/20/97 San Diego State 0 at Wisconsin 14 at Iowa, 10/14/95 28 Trent Green 3. 47 Anthony Thompson at Kentucky, 9/19/92 Friday, Sept. 22 Iowa, 10/29/88 Northwestern at Nevada 7 p.m. 4. 44 Alex Smith SINGLE-GAME PASSING Mich. State 11/11/95 COMPLETION PERCENTAGE Saturday, Sept. 23 5. 43 Alex Smith 1. .882 Matt LoVecchio Iowa at Illinois, 11 a.m. (ESPN Plus) at Iowa, 10/8/94 (15 of 17) Minnesota at Purdue, 12 p.m. (ESPN2) at Illinois, 9/27/80 Wisconsin at Michigan, 12 p.m. (ESPN) SINGLE-GAME PASSING YARDS 2. .786 Tim Clifford (11 of 14) Connecticut at Indiana, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN Plus Local) 1. 408 Jay Rodgers at Colorado, 9/27/80 Ball State, 9/13/97 3. .777 Bob Hoernschemeyer Penn State at Ohio State, 3:30 p.m. (ABC Sports) 2. 390 Babe Laufenberg (14 of 18) Notre Dame at Michigan State, 8 p.m. (ABC Sports) Iowa, 10/9/82 at Nebraska, 1943 3. 385 Antwaan Randle El All times are local to game site W. Michigan, 9/12/98 SINGLE-GAME RECEIVING YARDS 4. 379 John Paci 1. 285 Thomas Lewis at Penn State 11/6/93 at Penn State, 11/6/93 BIG TEN COACHES 5. 378 Dave Schnell 2. 258 Tyrone Browning WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE vs. S. Carolina 12/28/88 W. Michigan, 9/12/98 The Big Ten football coaches weekly teleconference gets underway on 3. 256 Nate Lundy Aug. 29 and runs each Tuesday through Nov. 14. Please contact the SINGLE-PLAY PASSING YARDS at Colorado, 9/27/80 1. 99t John Paci to 4. 203 James Hardy Indiana Media Relations Office (812-855-939) or the Big Ten Office (847- Thomas Lewis at Iowa, 10/15/05 696-1010) for call-in information. (All times CDT): at Penn State, 11/6/93 5. 198 Courtney Roby 2. 91t Lou D’Achille to Iowa, 10/19/02 11:00 a.m. Jim Tressel, Ohio State Bob Robertson 11:10 a.m. Lloyd Carr, Michigan Iowa, 10/7/50 SINGLE-GAME RECEPTIONS 11:20 a.m. Bill Lynch, Indiana (Interim) 3. 90 Bob Kramer to 1. 16 Jason Spear 11:30 a.m. John L. Smith, Michigan State Trent Smock Purdue, 11/22/97 11:40 a.m. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa at Kentucky, 9/28/74 2. 13 Tyrone Browning 11:50 a.m. Bret Bielema, Wisconsin 4. 88t Dave Schnell to W. Michigan, 9/12/98 Noon Ron Zook, Illinois Rob Turner 3. 12 James Hardy 12:10 p.m. Joe Tiller, Purdue vs. S. Carolina, 12/28/88 at Iowa, 10/15/05 12:20 p.m. Joe Paterno, Penn State 5. 83t Blake Powers to 12 Thomas Lewis James Hardy at Penn State, 11/6/93 12:30 p.m. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern at Wisconsin, 10/1/05 12 Thomas Lewis 12:40 p.m. Glen Mason, Minnesota at Mich. State, 10/3/92 12:50 p.m. Player(s) of the Week, if available INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 16, 2006 – 18 Game 1 Recap Game 2 Recap Indiana 39 Western Michigan 20 Indiana 24 Ball State 23 Sept. 2, 2006 - Bloomington, Ind. Sept. 9, 2006 - Muncie, Ind. Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Western Michigan 3 3 7 7 20 Indiana 0 7 14 3 24 Indiana 7 13 9 10 39 Ball State 14 9 0 0 23

Scoring Summary: Scoring Summary: 1st 11:31 IND Means, Andrew 10 yd pass from Powers, 1st 11:00 BSU SALYER, Brad 2 yd pass from LYNCH, Joey Blake (Starr, Austin kick), 7-73 3:29 (JACKSON, Brian kick), 10-80 4:00 06:41 WMU MEYER, Nate 28 yd field goal, 4-3 1:30 07:30 BSU MOSS, Terry 7 yd pass from LYNCH, Joey 2nd 10:47 IND Phillips, Chris 66 yd interception return (JACKSON, Brian kick), 4-52 1:31 (Starr, Austin kick) 2nd 08:25 BSU JACKSON, Brian 52 yd field goal, 6-2 3:37 06:51 IND Sears, Josiah 2 yd run (Starr, Austin kick 08:07 IND Thigpen, Marcus 100 yd kickoff return blocked), 2-14 0:29 (Starr, Austin kick) 02:36 WMU MEYER, Nate 28 yd field goal, 8-46 4:15 00:35 BSU HILL, Darius 41 yd pass from LYNCH, Joey 3rd 12:26 IND Porter, Tracy 86 yd punt return (Starr, Austin (JACKSON, Brian kick failed), 6-55 3:21 kick blocked) 3rd 11:07 IND Hardy, James 12 yd pass from Lewis, Kellen 05:33 IND Starr, Austin 28 yd field goal, 9-51 4:36 (Starr, Austin kick), 8-69 3:44 02:34 WMU BONDS, Mark 17 yd run (MEYER, Nate kick), 05:22 IND Lewis, Kellen 23 yd run (Starr, Austin kick) 1-17, 0:16 6-72 1:42 4th 14:54 IND Thigpen, Marcus 30 yd pass from 4th 11:01 IND Starr, Austin 35 yd field goal, 9-66 2:58 McFarland, G. (Starr, Austin kick), 6-69 2:40 06:18 IND Starr, Austin 27 yd field goal, 15-69 6:32 Indiana Ball State 00:57 WMU SAAD, Nic 3 yd pass from PEREGRIN, T. FIRST DOWNS 20 14 (MEYER, Nate kick), 13-83 5:21 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 29-147 22-41 PASSING YDS (NET) 226 289 W. Michigan Indiana Passes Comp-Att-Int 16-33-0 21-33-1 FIRST DOWNS 19 20 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 62-373 55-330 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-72 28-71 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 217 252 Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-9-0 2-23-0 Passes Comp-Att-Int 25-34-2 20-35-1 Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-126-1 1-8-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 80-385 68-383 Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 1-20-0 0-0-0 Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-1 2-1 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-34.4 6-47.0 Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 3-88-1 Penalties-Yards 9-74 7-80 Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 5-107-0 4-42-0 Possession Time 30:49 29:11 Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 1-0-0 2-103-1 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 14 4 of 12 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-39.0 4-36.2 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0 Penalties-Yards 8-91 8-90 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 2-3 Possession Time 31:42 27:21 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 0-0 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 14 4 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2 RUSHING: Indiana-Lewis, Kellen 12-88; Sears, Josiah 4-34; McCray, D. 4-15; Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-4 Thigpen, Marcus 2-9; Payton, Bryan 3-6; McFarland, G. 1-0; TEAM 3-minus 5. Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-17 3-25 Ball State-LEWIS, MiQuale 7-14; LOVE, Dante 2-9; HILL, B.J. 3-8; BOSTIC, Larry 8-8; LYNCH, Joey 1-6; DAVIS, Nate 1-minus 4. RUSHING: Western Michigan-BONDS, Mark 18-61; WEST, Brandon 7-35; SIMMONS, J. 1-9; CUBIT, Ryan 3-minus 7; MARAGOS, Chris 1-minus 12; PASSING: Indiana-Lewis, Kellen 15-28-0-228; McFarland, G. 1-4-0-minus 2; PEREGRIN, T. 2-minus 14. Indiana-Sears, Josiah 8-35; McCray, D. 3-20; Polk, Nick 0-1-0-0. Ball State-LYNCH, Joey 15-24-1-246; DAVIS, Nate 6-9-0-43. Payton, Bryan 4-18; Thigpen, Marcus 5-9; Fisher, Ray 1-6; TEAM 2-minus 3; Powers, Blake 4-minus 4; McFarland, G. 1-minus 10. RECEIVING: Indiana-Bailey, James 4-19; Hardy, James 3-26; Polk, Nick 2-46; Gilmore, J. 2-43; Fisher, Ray 1-32; Means, Andrew 1-32; Walker-Roby, B. 1-14; PASSING: Western Michigan-CUBIT, Ryan 16-22-2-166; PEREGRIN, T. 9-12-0- McCray, D. 1-8; Thigpen, Marcus 1-6. Ball State-LOVE, Dante 9-80; MOSS, 51. Indiana-Powers, Blake 16-28-1-192; McFarland, G. 4-7-0-60. Terry 4-109; BOSTIC, Larry 4-47; HILL, Darius 2-50; SALYER, Brad 2-3.

RECEIVING: Western Michigan-SIMMONS, J. 7-99; LEDBETTER, B. 5-21; INTERCEPTIONS: Indiana-Porter, Tracy 1-20. Ball State-None. CHAPPLE, Joe 4-22; BONDS, Mark 3-25; MARAGOS, Chris 2-22; MARTIN, Kelly 2-17; BLECK-OWENS, B. 1-8; SAAD, Nic 1-3. Indiana-Bailey, James 5- FUMBLES: Indiana-None. Ball State-None. 51; Hardy, James 4-86; Fisher, Ray 3-22; Thigpen, Marcus 2-33; Means, Andrew 2-26; Gilmore, J. 2-22; Polk, Nick 2-12. SACKS (UA-A): Indiana-Kendal, Kenny 1-0. Ball State-None.

INTERCEPTIONS: Western Michigan-DELMAS, Louis 1-0. Indiana-Phillips, TACKLES (UA-A): Indiana-Thomas, Austin 4-4; McClurg, Adam 4-4; Phillips, Chris 1-66; Meyers, Will 1-37. Chris 5-1; Kendal, Kenny 1-5; Porter, Tracy 4-1; Bailey, Josh 1-3; Kremer, Joe 1-2; Meyers, Will 2-0; Patterson, W. 1-1; Johnson, Geno 1-1; Brown, Greg 1-1; FUMBLES: Western Michigan-CUBIT, Ryan 1-1; SIMMONS, J. 1-0; BONDS, Skelton, Ryan 0-2; Mayberry, Matt 1-0; Sears, Josiah 0-1; Bass, Emile 0-1; Mark 1-0. Indiana-Powers, Blake 1-1; Payton, Bryan 1-0. Newman, Todd 0-1; Grosfield, Troy 0-1; Majors, Leslie 0-1.

SACKS (UA-A): Western Michigan-VARCADIPANE, N. 1-0; DAVIDSON, Zach 1-0; ISMAIL, Ameer 1-0. Indiana-Faires, Brian 2-0; McClurg, Adam 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Indiana-Bailey, Josh 9-2; Johnson, Geno 7-1; Thomas, Austin 5-2; Porter, Tracy 6-0; Meyers, Will 5-1; Phillips, Chris 4-1; Faires, Brian 3-0; Powers, Jake 3-0; Burrus, Keith 2-0; McClurg, Adam 2-0; Mayberry, Matt 2-0; Grosfield, Troy 1-1; Brown, Greg 1-0; Kremer, Joe 1-0; Patterson, W. 1-0; Newman, Todd 1-0; Kendal, Kenny 1-0. INDIANA FOOTBALL The Connecticut Game – Sept. 16, 2006 – 19 Game 3 Recap Southern Illinois 35 Indiana 28 Sept. 16, 2006 - Bloomington, Ind. Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Southern Illinois 0 7 14 14 35 Indiana 14 0 7 7 28

Scoring Summary: 1st 08:36 IND Thigpen, Marcus 3 yd run (Starr, Austin kick), 10-67 3:56 04:55 IND Polk, Nick 9 yd pass from Lewis, Kellen (Starr, Austin kick), 5-52 1:40 2nd 00:27 SIU Jones, Braden 5 yd pass from Hill, Nick (Coffin, Craig kick), 7-33 1:27 3rd 08:00 IND Thigpen, Marcus 2 yd run (Starr, Austin kick), 7-40 2:39 03:44 SIU Kernes, Ryan 7 yd pass from Hill, Nick (Coffin, Craig kick), 10-78 4:16 00:11 SIU Turner, Alan 8 yd pass from Hill, Nick (Coffin, Craig kick), 5-21 2:48 4th 10:17 SIU Goforth, Phil 29 yd pass from Hill, Nick (Coffin, Craig kick), 4-48 1:56 08:00 IND McCray, D. 12 yd run (Starr, Austin kick), 7-72 2:17 05:50 SIU Whitlock, Arkee 9 yd run (Coffin, Craig kick), 7-80 2:10

Southern Illinois Indiana FIRST DOWNS 20 23 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 50-244 33-76 PASSING YDS (NET) 142 238 Passes Comp-Att-Int 10-19-0 20-40-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 69-386 73-314 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-1 Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-23-0 0-0-0 Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD 4-63-0 4-76-0 Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD 1-0-0 0-0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-36.3 4-39.0 Penalties-Yards 9-74 3-28 Possession Time 33:00 27:00 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 14 3 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 4 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-20 1-1

RUSHING: Southern Illinois-Whitlock, Arkee 23-103; Wise, J.T. 7-42; Allen, Justin 4-37; Randle, John 7-37; Hill, Nick 8-27; TEAM 1-minus 2. Indiana- McCray, D. 10-49; Thigpen, Marcus 7-32; Lewis, Kellen 13-1; Sears, Josiah 1- 0; TEAM 1-minus 1; Polk, Nick 1-minus 5.

PASSING: Southern Illinois-Hill, Nick 10-18-0-142; TEAM 0-1-0-0. Indiana- Lewis, Kellen 20-40-1-238.

RECEIVING: Southern Illinois-Wise, J.T. 3-25; Beeler, Ryan 2-35; Allen, Justin 1-33; Goforth, Phil 1-29; Turner, Alan 1-8; Kernes, Ryan 1-7; Jones, Braden 1- 5. Indiana-Gilmore, J. 4-60; Fisher, Ray 4-52; Thigpen, Marcus 4-36; Walker- Roby, B. 3-20; Bailey, James 2-42; Polk, Nick 2-22; McCray, D. 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS: Southern Illinois-Turner, Craig 1-0. Indiana-None.

FUMBLES: Southern Illinois-Hill, Nick 1-1. Indiana-Lewis, Kellen 1-1.

SACKS (UA-A): Southern Illinois-Wims, Lorenzo 2-0. Indiana-Kremer, Joe 1- 0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Indiana-Thomas, Austin 10-1; Johnson, Geno 7-2; Bailey, Josh 6-0; McClurg, Adam 4-2; Brown, Greg 4-2; Meyers, Will 4-1; Powers, Jake 3-0; Newman, Todd 3-0; Kendal, Kenny 3-0; Phillips, Chris 2-0; Majors, Leslie 0-2; Burrus, Keith 1-0; Grosfield, Troy 1-0; Faires, Brian 1-0; Kirlew, Jammie 1-0; Patterson, W. 1-0; Mayberry, Matt 1-0; Porter, Tracy 1-0; Kremer, Joe 1-0; Bugg, Tim 0-1; Roberts, M. 0-1. The Automated ScoreBook Indiana Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 16, 2006) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (2-1-0) (1-1-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (2-1-0) (1-1-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS IND OPP ------Sep 02, 2006 WESTERN MICHIGAN W 39-20 30733 FIRST DOWNS...... 63 53 9/9/06 at Ball State W 24-23 23813 Rushing...... 21 21 Sep 16, 2006 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L 28-35 31156 Passing...... 32 25 * denotes conference game Penalty...... 10 7 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 294 357 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Yards gained rushing... 370 446 ------Yards lost rushing..... 76 89 Lewis, Kellen 2 25 123 34 89 3.6 1 23 44.5 Rushing Attempts...... 90 104 McCray, D. 3 17 84 0 84 4.9 1 15 28.0 Average Per Rush...... 3.3 3.4 Sears, Josiah 3 13 69 0 69 5.3 1 25 23.0 Average Per Game...... 98.0 119.0 Thigpen, Marcus 3 14 55 5 50 3.6 2 13 16.7 TDs Rushing...... 5 2 Payton, Bryan 2 7 27 3 24 3.4 0 10 12.0 PASSING YARDAGE...... 716 648 Fisher, Ray 3 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 2.0 Att-Comp-Int...... 108-56-2 86-56-3 Powers, Blake 2 4 6 10 -4 -1.0 0 6 -2.0 Average Per Pass...... 6.6 7.5 Polk, Nick 3 1 0 5 -5 -5.0 0 0 -1.7 Average Per Catch...... 12.8 11.6 TEAM 3 6 0 9 -9 -1.5 0 0 -3.0 Average Per Game...... 238.7 216.0 McFarland, G. 3 2 0 10 -10 -5.0 0 0 -3.3 TDs Passing...... 4 8 Total...... 3 90 370 76 294 3.3 5 25 98.0 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 1010 1005 Opponents...... 3 104 446 89 357 3.4 2 18 119.0 Total Plays...... 198 190 Average Per Play...... 5.1 5.3 PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Average Per Game...... 336.7 335.0 ------KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 11-244 10-178 Lewis, Kellen 2 115.80 35-68-1 51.5 466 2 39 233.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 5-97 5-46 Powers, Blake 2 119.39 16-28-1 57.1 192 1 34 96.0 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 3-123 2-0 McFarland, G. 3 119.75 5-11-0 45.5 58 1 30 19.3 FUMBLES-LOST...... 3-2 4-2 Polk, Nick 3 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 20-192 24-245 Total...... 3 116.06 56-108-2 51.9 716 4 39 238.7 PUNTS-AVG...... 13-36.4 20-40.5 Opponents...... 3 152.13 56-86-3 65.1 648 8 41 216.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 28:42 31:18 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 11/38 16/40 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 2/7 0/0 ------Bailey, James 3 11 112 10.2 0 30 37.3 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Gilmore, J. 3 8 125 15.6 0 31 41.7 ------Fisher, Ray 3 8 106 13.2 0 32 35.3 Meyers, Will 1 37 37.0 0 37 Hardy, James 2 7 112 16.0 1 34 56.0 Porter, Tracy 1 20 20.0 0 20 Thigpen, Marcus 3 7 75 10.7 1 30 25.0 Phillips, Chris 1 66 66.0 1 66 Polk, Nick 3 6 80 13.3 1 39 26.7 Total...... 3 123 41.0 1 66 Walker-Roby, B. 3 4 34 8.5 0 14 11.3 Opponents...... 2 0 0.0 0 0 Means, Andrew 2 3 58 19.3 1 32 29.0 McCray, D. 3 2 14 7.0 0 8 4.7 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Total...... 3 56 716 12.8 4 39 238.7 ------Opponents...... 3 56 648 11.6 8 41 216.0 Beattie, Tyson 12 450 37.5 49 1 2 3 1 TEAM 1 23 23.0 23 0 0 0 0 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Total...... 13 473 36.4 49 1 2 3 1 ------Opponents...... 20 809 40.5 56 1 3 10 0 Starr, Austin 3-4 75.0 0-0 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 35 0 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long |------PATs ------| ------SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Bennett, Lance 3 2 0.7 0 3 ------Porter, Tracy 2 95 47.5 1 86 Thigpen, Marcus 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Total...... 5 97 19.4 1 86 Starr, Austin 0 3-4 10-12 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 19 Opponents...... 5 46 9.2 0 20 Means, Andrew 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hardy, James 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Porter, Tracy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ------Polk, Nick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Thigpen, Marcus 4 176 44.0 1 100 Phillips, Chris 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Bennett, Lance 2 18 9.0 0 11 Sears, Josiah 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Gilmore, J. 2 36 18.0 0 22 McCray, D. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Altman, Tyler 1 4 4.0 0 4 Lewis, Kellen 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Sears, Josiah 1 10 10.0 0 10 Total...... 12 3-4 10-12 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 91 Bailey, James 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents...... 10 3-4 9-10 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 78 Total...... 11 244 22.2 1 100 Opponents...... 10 178 17.8 0 44 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Indiana...... 21 20 30 20 - 91 ------Opponents...... 17 19 21 21 - 78 Thigpen, Marcus 3 50 75 0 176 0 301 100.3 Gilmore, J. 3 0 125 0 36 0 161 53.7 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Porter, Tracy 3 0 0 95 0 20 115 38.3 ------Fisher, Ray 3 6 106 0 0 0 112 37.3 Lewis, Kellen 2 93 89 466 555 277.5 Bailey, James 3 0 112 0 0 0 112 37.3 Powers, Blake 2 32 -4 192 188 94.0 Total...... 3 294 716 97 244 123 1474 491.3 McCray, D. 3 17 84 0 84 28.0 Opponents...... 3 357 648 46 178 0 1229 409.7 Sears, Josiah 3 13 69 0 69 23.0