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Game notes: Minnesota at Indiana

Saturday, October 31, kickoff time not yet set, Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN).The game page.

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Minnesota

4–⁠2, 2–⁠1 conference · P.J. Fleck

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Indiana

6–⁠1, 3–⁠1 conference · Curt Cignetti

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The matchup

  • Minnesota (4–⁠2, 2–⁠1 in conference) at Indiana (6–⁠1, 3–⁠1 in conference), Saturday, October 31, kickoff time not yet set, Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).

The series

  • It will be their 70th meeting; Minnesota leads the series 40–⁠26–⁠3.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
  • Last meeting: Saturday, November 20, 2021: Minnesota 35, Indiana 14.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
  • They first met in 1906: Minnesota 8, Indiana 6.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
  • Indiana is 17–⁠8–⁠2 at home against Minnesota.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
  • Last five meetings: 2021: Minnesota 35–⁠14 (at Indiana); 2018: Minnesota 38–⁠31 (at Minnesota); 2013: Minnesota 42–⁠39 (at Indiana); 2008: Minnesota 16–⁠7 (at Minnesota); 2007: Indiana 40–⁠20 (at Indiana).resultsThe last five meetings on file.

Minnesota

Indiana

  • Indiana is 6–⁠1 (3–⁠1 in conference games), 0–⁠1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
  • This season: W 52–⁠16 vs. North Texas; W 55–⁠0 vs. Howard; W 38–⁠0 vs. Western Kentucky; W 29–⁠23 vs. Northwestern; W 47–⁠15 at Rutgers; W 20–⁠17 at Nebraska; L 15–⁠19 vs. No. 4 Ohio State.resultsThis season’s finished games.
  • Indiana is No. 2 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
  • Curt Cignetti is 33–⁠3 in his third season at Indiana and 52–⁠7 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
  • Curt Cignetti faces Minnesota as a head coach for the first time.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
  • Josh Hoover (QB): 1,660 passing yards, 18 TD, No. 6 in FBS in passing touchdowns.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
  • Charlie Becker (WR): 39 catches, 694 yards, 8 TD, No. 5 in FBS in receiving touchdowns.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
  • Isaiah Jones (LB): 51 tackles, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
  • Amare Ferrell is tied with Eric Allen (10, 1994–⁠96) for seventh on Indiana’s career interceptions list, at 10 so far; one more interception breaks the tie.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
  • On this date in 2009, Indiana lost to No. 7 Iowa 42–⁠24.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.

The coaches

  • It is the first meeting of P.J. Fleck and Curt Cignetti as head coaches.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.

Sources

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