Postgame Notes: at Penn State

Postgame Notes
Indiana at Penn State
November 8, 2025

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• Indiana is 3-25 all-time against Penn State and earned its first win at at Beaver Stadium.

• Indiana's game captains were: RB Kaelon Black, OL Pat Coogan, LB Aiden Fisher, TE Riley Nowakowski.

• Penn State won the coin toss and deferred the opening kickoff. Indiana received the opening kick.

• The Hoosiers are 41-27-1 all-time as a ranked team, which includes a 18-18 record on the road and a 34-20-1 mark in Big Ten play.

• Indiana starts a season 10-0 for the second time in program history (2024). The 10 wins are the second-most all-time in a single season behind the 11 victories in 2024.

• A 7-0 start in Big Ten play is just the second time in program history an Indiana team started with an unblemished mark through at least seven conference games (7-0; 2024) and are the second-most conference wins in a season.

• One Hoosier made a first-career start and is the third first-time starter: OL Adedemola Ajani.

• Indiana forced multiple turnovers for the sixth time in 2025 and third-straight game. It ended the game with a fumble recovery and interception.

• Indiana rushed for multiple touchdowns for the 19th time in 23 games under head coach Curt Cignetti.

Adedamola Ajani | OL | R-Fr.
• Made first-career start at left guard.

Charlie Becker | WR | So.
• Had a career-high 118 yards receiving on seven catches.
• Had a career-long 52-yard reception in the first quarter.

Kaelon Black | RB | R-Sr.
• Marked back-to-back weeks with a touchdown on his 1-yard rushing score in the second quarter.

Omar Cooper Jr. | WR | R-Jr.
• His 7-yard go-ahead touchdown reception pushed him to 18 career receiving scores and into a tie at No. 5 on the career touchdown reception charts with Elijah Sarratt (18; 2024-present) and Thomas Lewis (18; 1991-93).
• The touchdown put him at nine receiving touchdowns on the season and into a tie at No. 10 on the single-season charts with Cody Latimer (9; 2013).

Stephen Daley | DL | Sr.
• Had a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss.

Aiden Fisher | LB | Sr.
• First Hoosier since 2022 with an interception and fumble recovery in the same game.
• Had his first career fumble recovery when he picked up the ball from Jamari Sharpe's forced fumble of Kaytron Allen in the second quarter.
• Picked off Ethan Grunkemeyer in the third quarter for his second career interception.

Rolijah Hardy | LB | So.
• Had his second double-digit tackle game with 12 stops. His last double-digit tackle game was when he had 13 in Week 7 at No. 3/2 Oregon (10/11).

Isaiah Jones | LB | R-Jr.
• Has notched at least a 0.5 tackle for loss in nine of ten games.

Mikail Kamara | DL | R-Sr.
• Owns at least one tackle in 45 of 47 career games played.

Fernando Mendoza | QB | R-Jr.
• His 18-yard rushing score made it three-straight weeks with a rushing touchdown (Weeks 9-11).
• His 218 yards passing moved him to 2,342 on the season and into No. 14 on the single season list. He trails Peyton Ramsey (2,454; 2019) for No. 13.

Nico Radicic | K | R-So.
• Pushed season total to 58 made extra points with three in the game to move past Mitch Ewald (56; 2013) for No. 2 on the season charts. He trails his own mark of 69 set in 2024.
• Finished the game with nine points in the game to move career total to 198 and into No. 12 on the all-time charts. He passed Charles Campbell (190; 2019-22) and Steve Scott III (192; 2018-20) in the game.
• Owns an active streak of 14-straight made field goals to move him into a tie for No. 2 with Logan Justus (14; 2019) after a 2-for-2 day of field goal attempts.

Jamari Sharpe | DB | R-Jr.
• Had his fourth career forced fumble and his second in consecutive weeks (Week 10; at Maryland) when he stripped the ball from Kaytron Allen and Aiden Fisher recovered it in the second quarter.

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Players Mentioned

Adedamola Ajani

Charlie Becker

Kaelon Black

Pat Coogan

Omar Cooper Jr.

Stephen Daley

Aiden Fisher

Rolijah Hardy

Isaiah Jones

Mikail Kamara

Fernando Mendoza

Riley Nowakowski

Nico Radicic

Elijah Sarratt

Jamari Sharpe

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