FOOTBALL GAMEDAY: USC (Week 11) - Indiana University Athletics

Setting The Scene

• Following its bye week, Indiana will host USC in Week 11 on Saturday (Nov. 14) at 3:30 p.m. on Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium with the game airing on CBS.
• It will be just the fifth matchup all-time between the two programs and the first since 1982. It is the first time the two programs have faced off as conference opponents since USC joined the Big Ten in 2024. USC leads the all-time series, 4-0.
• Indiana played against USC in the program's first Rose Bowl Game in 1968 when the Trojans won 14-3.

News & Notes

• Indiana has won 35 games over the past three seasons (2024-26) which are the most in a three-year span in program history. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Indiana's defense has limited opponents to under 100 yards rushing on 28 occasions since the start of 2024, which leads the nation. Only Ohio State (24) and Miami (23) have more than 20 such games in that span.
• Curt Cignetti reached 30 wins in his first 32 games as a Power 4 head coach with the Week 3 win over Western Kentucky (9/19). Only Larry Coker (Miami (Fla.), 2001-03) and Gil Dobie (Washington, 1908-12) reached the mark faster - both doing so in 31 games. MORE ON PAGE 4
• With the 23-16 win over Minnesota,Hoosiers improved to 9-1 in one-score games under Cignetti and 4-1 in 2026. For his career, Cignetti is 35-18 in one-score games. MORE ON PAGE 6
• The back-to-back overtime games marks the first time in program history it has played consecutive overtime contests. It is the fourth time IU has played multiple overtime games in a season (2026, 2023, 2022, 2015) and the first with multiple Big Ten overtime contests.
• The 11.0 tackles for loss against the Golden Gophers marked the third game in 2026 with double-digit tackles for loss. It is the 10th such game under defensive coordinator Bryant Haines and the 34th in program history.
• Paddy McAteer kicked a program-long 60-yard field with two seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 16-16 to send the game to overtime. The kick came after Minnesota just made a 60-yard field goal the drive before to mark the first time in FBS history that both teams each made 60-plus yard field goals in the same game. MORE ON PAGE 16
• Grant Wilson took the snaps under center in the second half and overtime in Week 9 against Minnesota (10/31) and threw the go-ahead 25-yard touchdown pass to Charlie Becker on the first play of overtime to put Indiana up 23-16. MORE ON PAGE 7
• Becker's go-ahead score was one of eight catches for 149 yards for his seventh career 100-yard receiving game, which ranks tied for No. 5 all-time at Indiana. He equals the marks by Cody Latimer (2012-13) and Simmie Cobbs Jr. (2015-17). His four 100-yard receiving games in 2026 are tied for No. 6 on the single-season list. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Nick Marsh is among the FBS leaders in consecutive games with a catch as he has at least one reception in all 32 career games with multiple receptions in 31-straight games dating back to Week 2 of 2024. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Tobi Osunanmi's 1.0 sack and 2.0 tackle for loss marked eight-straight weeks with at least 1.0 sack and nine-straight weeks with at least 1.0 tackle for loss. The eight-straight weeks with a sack marks the longest streak in program history. MORE ON PAGE 13
• The 1.0 sack moved his season total to 10.0 and into a tie for No. 5 on the single-season charts.
• Byron Baldwin Jr. had his first career forced fumble when he sacked Minnesota's Drake Lindsey and stripped the ball loose for a Josh Burnham recovery in the first quarter. MORE ON PAGE 15
• Preston Zachman logged nine tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss against the Golden Gophers. MORE ON PAGE 15

GAME 10

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