Indiana fell to Iowa 34-6 on Saturday against No. 18 Iowa. The Hoosiers trailed the entire game in Iowa City.
Indiana falls to 0-1 and will play Idaho next week.
Below are the full game notes.
TEAM
• Indiana opened the season against Iowa for the fourth time, for the first time since 1980, and for the second time in Iowa City (1979).
• The game marked the 13th time in program history in which the Hoosiers opened the season against a ranked opponent. IU has faced a ranked foe in three of the last five season openers.
• The two programs met for the first time since 2018 and the first time at Kinnick Stadium since 2014.
• Indiana is 14-8 overall and 11-6 in Big Ten play since the start of 2019.
• Iowa won the coin toss and elected to receive.
• Punter James Evans was the lone true freshman to see the field.
• The team voted wide receiver Ty Fryfogle, tight end Peyton Hendershot, linebacker Cam Jones, husky Marcelino McCrary-Ball, linebacker Micah McFadden, and quarterback Michael Penix Jr. season captains.
OFFENSE
• Senior wide receiver Ty Fryfogle led the Hoosiers with five receptions on eight targets for a team-high 84 yards. He posted a long reception of 33 yards.
• In his first game as a Hoosier, graduate transfer (USC) Stephen Carr rushed the ball a team-high 19 times for 57 yards.
• Redshirt senior tight end Peyton Hendershot saw seven targets and made three receptions for 26 yards.
• Sophomore tight end AJ Barner pulled in his first career reception in the third quarter.
• Redshirt sophomore right guard Tim Weaver made his first career start.
• Carr and graduate transfer wide receiver D.J. Matthews Jr. (Florida State) made their first career starts at Indiana.
DEFENSE
• Senior linebacker Cam Jones forced a fumble and recovered it in the second quarter to give Indiana a takeaway in 37 of their last 40 games and 16 of their last 17.
• It marked his fourth career forced fumble and second career fumble recovery.
• Graduate transfer defensive end Ryder Anderson recorded Indiana’s first sack of the season and the eighth of his career in his Hoosier debut. Anderson collected his first seven sacks at Ole Miss.
• Anderson closed out the afternoon with a team-leading (tied) seven (5 solo) stops, including a career-high-tying (2nd time) two for loss.
• Graduate transfer defensive tackle (Northern Illinois) Weston Kramer shared the top spot on the defense with a career-high-tying seven (four solo) tackles, one for loss.
• In his first snaps since 2019, senior Raheem Layne record six (4 solo) tackles and a forced fumble, the second of his career, in the fourth quarter.
• Senior cornerback Reese Taylor added his second career sack in the fourth quarter. He added a stop for loss on the next play to match his career-high (2nd time) with two.
• Redshirt sophomore safety Josh Sanguinetti recovered his first career fumble. He also made two solo stops.
• Anderson and Kramer made their first career starts at Indiana.
• Senior linebacker Micah McFadden made his 20th career start. He made three tackles, including one TFL.
• Senior safety Devon Matthews made his 15th career start.
SPECIAL TEAMS
• Redshirt junior kicker Charles Campbell made both of his field goal attempts from 36 and 43 yards. It marked his fourth career multi-FG game.
• Campbell is now 14-of-15 in his career (93.3 percent), including 8-of-9 from 40-plus yards (88.9 percent).
• Freshman punter James Evans had eight punts on the day, averaging 42.6 yards per attempt with four inside the 20-yard line. He boomed two 50-yarders, including a long of 58 yards.
• Sophomore long snapper Sean Wracher has started all 22 games at Indiana.
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