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Game 11 • Indiana at Maryland • Byrd Stadium • Nov. 21, 2015 • Noon • BTN INDIANA FOOTBALL Jeff Keag, Senior Assistant AD for Media Relations • Football Contact Office - (812) 855-6209 • Cell - (812) 219-2925 • [email protected] 2015 INDIANA SCHEDULE INDIANA (4-6, 0-6) AT MARYLAND (2-8, 0-6) Date Opponent Time/TV S.5 Southern Illinois W, 48-47 Date: Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 S.12 Florida International W, 36-22 Kickoff: Noon EST S.19 RV/RV Western Kentucky W, 38-35 Location: Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium (51,802; FieldTurf) - College Park, Md. S.26 at Wake Forest W, 31-24 TV: BTN: Cory Provus (p-b-p), Glen Mason (analyst) & J Leman (sideline) O.3 1/1 Ohio State L, 27-34 Radio: IU Radio Network; Sirius 137, XM 201: Don Fischer (p-b-p), Buck Suhr (analyst) & Joe Smith O.10 at Penn State L, 7-29 O.17 Rutgers L, 52-55 O.24 at 7/4 Michigan State L, 26-52 N.7 9/10/11 Iowa L, 27-35 N.14 14/15/15 Michigan L, 41-48 (2 OT) N.21 at Maryland Noon/BTN N.28 at Purdue Noon/BTN -B1G East Division games in bold -Rankings are Playoff/AP/Coaches Poll -All game times Eastern 2015 STAT LEADERS 2015 STAT LEADERS 2015 MARYLAND SCHEDULE Passing Passing Date Opponent Time/TV Nate Sudfeld: 178-297, 2449 Yds, 16 TD, 5 INT Perry Hills: 87-174, 985 Yds, 8 TD, 12 INT S.5 Richmond W, 50-21 Rushing Rushing S.12 Bowling Green L, 27-48 Jordan Howard: 193-1199, 9 TD, 6.2 Avg Perry Hills: 108-542, 3 TD, 5.0 Avg S.19 USF W, 35-17 Receiving Receiving S.26 at RV/RV West Virginia L, 6-45 Ricky Jones: 45-750, 5 TD, 16.7 Avg Levern Jacobs: 31-375, 3 TD, 12.1 Avg O.3 22/RV Michigan L, 0-28 Defense Defense O.10 at 1/1 Ohio State L, 28-49 LB Marcus Oliver: 84 T, 1 Sack, 5.5 TFL, 4 FF, 1 FR, 1 INT LB Jermaine Carter: 83 T, 9.5 TFL, 3 PBU O.24 vs. Penn State L, 30-31 LB T.J. Simmons: 63 T, 2.5 Sacks, 4.5 TFL CB Sean Davis: 71 T, 1 Sack, 4.5 TFL, 2 INT, 5 FF, 1 FR O.31 at 10/11 Iowa L, 15-31 DE Nick Mangieri: 38 T, 7 Sacks, 8 TFL, 2 FF, 1 FR DE Yannick Ngakoue: 36 T, 12.5 Sacks, 14 TFL N.7 --/RV/RV Wisconsin L, 24-31 N.14 at 13/14/14 Michigan State L, 7-24 SETTING THE SCENE N.21 Indiana Noon/BTN • Indiana (4-6, 0-6 B1G East) heads to Maryland (2-8, 0-6 B1G East) for the first of two road games to conclude the 2015 regular season. Kickoff is set for noon EST and the game will be televised on BTN at Capital One Field N.28 at Rutgers Noon/BTN at Byrd Stadium (51,802; FieldTurf) on Saturday, Nov. 21. -B1G East Division games in bold • This is the fourth meeting between the two programs and the first at Maryland since 1935. -Rankings are Playoff/AP/Coaches Poll • Indiana leads the all-time series, 2-1, with a 17-14 win on Nov. 17, 1934 (H) and a 13-6 victory on Nov. 9, 1935 -All game times Eastern (A). The Terrapins defeated the Hoosiers, 37-15, in Bloomington on Sept. 27 last season. 2015 TALE OF THE TAPE THE COACHES IU UM • Kevin Wilson is in his fifth season as Indiana head coach.During his tenure, the offense has set 45 school Points Scored 33.3 22.2 records, including points, total yardage, passing yardage and rushing yardage in a single season. Sixteen Rushing Yds. 197.9 169.3 IU standouts have either moved on to the NFL or received camp invites, highlighted by wide receiver Cody Latimer, the 56th pick by Denver (2014), and running back Tevin Coleman, the 73rd selection by Atlanta (2015). Passing Yds. 269.6 166.7 • Mike Locksley assumed the interim head coaching duties at Maryland on Oct. 11, 2015. He is in his fifth Total Yds. 467.5 336.0 season as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and his 10th overall year in College Park. Total Plays 78.9 66.2 First Downs 24.9 16.7 QUICK HITS Time of Possession 28:33 27:54 • Indiana has faced three top 10 opponents for the ninth time in program history and the first time since 1991. 3rd Down Conversion 30.0% 38.2% • The Hoosiers have faced four opponents ranked inside the top 15 for the first time since 1979 and the sixth 4th Down Conversion 30.8% 41.2% time ever (1950, 1951, 1953, 1960). Red Zone Scores 38-42 21-25 • When Indiana met Ohio State (No. 1), Michigan State (No. 7) and Iowa (No. 10), each team was undefeated Red Zone TDs 25-42 14-25 and No. 15 Michigan was 7-2. The four teams are a combined 37-3 (.925) in 2015. • A week after he collected 174 yards rushing on 22 carries (7.9 average) to go along with two touchdowns Kick Return Yds. 18.9 23.3 against Iowa, Jordan Howard netted 238 yards, the second-most ever by a Michigan opponent, on 35 carries Punt Return Yds. 11.7 17.7 (6.8) with a career-high-tying three scores, two rushing. Points Allowed 38.1 32.5 • Northwestern’s Damien Anderson holds the all-time mark against U-M with 268 on Nov. 4, 2000. Kevin Rushing Yds. Allowed 170.7 159.7 Wilson was the Wildcats offensive coordinator. Passing Yds. Allowed 341.0 237.2 • Tevin Coleman rushed for 228 yards against Ohio State in 2014, the third-highest total ever vs. the Buckeyes. Total Yds. Allowed 511.7 396.9 • Howard’s 238 yards are his most this season, the second-most in his career and rank 10th on the all-time IU list, and his 35 carries are his most this year and tied for the second-most in his career. • Michigan had not allowed a 100-yard rusher since the final game of 2014 and entered the game allowing 80.6 yards per game and 2.6 yards per carry. • Howard leads the B1G with 149.0 rushing yards per game (3rd nationally) and 163.1 all-purpose yards per game (7th). He owns 1,199 rushing yards (2nd in B1G; 14th nationally) on 193 carries (3rd; T-20th), a 6.2 average (3rd; 24th), with nine rushing TDs (T-2nd), 10 total TDs (T-2nd) and 11 receptions for 106 yards with one TD. • A candidate for the Doak Walker and Maxwell Awards, he became the 11th Hoosier (16th time) to reach 1,000 yards and is 12th on the program’s all-time single-season list. He rushed for 1,587 yards at UAB in 2014. @HoosierFootball • @IUCoachWilson • Facebook.com/HoosierFootball • IUHoosiers.com 2015 INDIANA FOOTBALL MEDIA INFOvs. - N’western/Wisc2 Nov. 21-22 MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Senior assistant athletic director for media relations and football contact Jeff Keag (812-855-6209 office, 812- BIG TEN STANDINGS 219-2925 cell, [email protected]) and assistant director of media relations Ryan Sheets (812-856-0215 office, EAST Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct. 812-756-0466 cell, [email protected]) handle all media requests for the Indiana football program. Ohio State 6-0 1.000 10-0 1.000 Michigan State 5-1 .833 9-1 .900 WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE Michigan 5-1 .833 8-2 .800 Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson will hold his weekly press conference every Monday during the regular Penn State 4-2 .667 7-3 .700 season at noon ET in the Henke Hall of Champions. Rutgers 1-6 .143 3-7 .300 Indiana 0-6 .000 4-6 .400 Selected players will also be available at 11:30 a.m. and coordinators will be available following Wilson. Lunch Maryland 0-6 .000 2-8 .200 will be provided. Live streaming of the press conference will be made available on IUHoosiers.com. WEST Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct. PRACTICE SCHEDULE Iowa 6-0 1.000 10-0 1.000 Practices are closed to the media. Requested coaches and players will be available in the Team Room in the Wisconsin 5-1 .833 8-2 .800 North End Zone complex for post-practice interviews on Tuesdays. Coordinators and players made available at Northwestern 4-2 .667 8-2 .800 Monday’s press conference will not be available on Tuesdays. Illinois 2-4 .333 5-5 .500 Nebraska 3-4 .429 5-6 .455 INTERVIEW REQUESTS Minnesota 1-5 .167 4-6 .400 All player and coaching staff interview requests should be directed to Jeff Keag. Requests for post-practice Purdue 1-5 .167 2-8 .200 interviews should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Personal phone numbers will not be made available to media. Players have been instructed not to conduct interviews when contacted without prior approval from the AROUND THE BIG TEN media relations staff. Please contact Keag if you would like to contact players family members. Saturday, Nov. 21 (All Times ET) Indiana at Maryland, Noon, BTN POST-GAME INTERVIEW POLICY Purdue at Iowa, Noon, ESPN2 The Indiana locker room is closed at all times. A media relations staffer will collect all player requests in the Illinois at Minnesota, Noon, ESPNews press box midway through the fourth quarter.