INDIANA VS. OHIO STATE GAME NOTES
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FOOTBALL GAMEDAY: Ohio State (Week 7)
GAME 7
No. 4/5 Ohio State (5-1, 3-0 B1G) at No. 5/4 Indiana (6-0, 3-0 B1G)
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium | Bloomington, Ind.
Setting The Scene
• Indiana returns home for a Week 7 matchup with No. 4/5 Ohio State on Saturday (Oct. 17) on Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The game will broadcast on FOX and host the network’s pregame show, Big Noon Kickoff.
• Ohio State leads the all-time series between the two programs, 81-13-5. Indiana won the last meeting, 13-10, in the 2025 Big Ten Championship Game when the teams met on FOX. The last game played in Bloomington was a 23-3 Ohio State win in 2023.
• The game is the first top-5 matchup in Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium history.
• Indiana is one of nine remaining undefeated FBS teams (BYU, Georgia, James Madison, Miami (Fla.), Notre Dame, Texas Tech, UCLA, Utah)..
News & Notes
• 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
• Indiana’s 22-game winning streak is the longest nationally since Georgia won 29 consecutive games from 2021-23 and the longest in the Big Ten since Ohio State (23) from 2013-14.
• Indiana has won 33 games over the past three seasons (2024-26) which are the most in a three-year span in program history. MORE ON PAGE 4
• IU became the first bowl eligible team in FBS in 2026, the second time in three seasons it was the first team to reach the six-win mark.
• With the 20-17 victory over Nebraska, Indiana posted its 22nd straight win allowing 24 points or fewer. That tied Florida from 2008-09 for the most consecutive wins allowing less than 24 points since at least 1993.
• Indiana is the first team to extend a win streak to 20-plus games by overcoming a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit since Texas in the 2006 Rose Bowl against USC.|
• Indiana has either tied for or won the turnover battle in 30 straight games dating back to 2024, the most in the FBS since at least 1995. The previous long streak belonged to Air Force from November 2007 through November 2009 (27 games).
• Josh Hoover delivered two passing touchdowns in the final 12:01 of the game to put Indiana ahead after trailing, 17-6, at Nebraska. He connected with Nick Marsh on 75-and 44-yard scores. Hoover is one of two quarterbacks nationally with 15-plus touchdown passes and zero interceptions on the season with the other being Darian Mensah (Miami (Fla.). MORE ON PAGE 7
• Marsh had six receptions for 187 yards receiving and two touchdowns at Nebraska. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Stephen Daley’s 2.0 sacks at Nebraska marked back-to-back weeks with 2.0 solo stops and three-straight weeks with at least one. MORE ON PAGE 13
• In six-straight weeks Tobi Osunsanmi has logged at least 1.0 tackle for loss and in five-straight weeks he has had 1.0 sack. MORE ON PAGE 13
• Jamari Sharpe logged eight tackles and intercepted Anthony Colandrea in the third quarter at Nebraska. MORE ON PAGE 14
• The linebacker duo of Isaiah Jones (9) and Rolijah Hardy (8) combined for 17 tackles at Nebraska. MORE ON PAGE 12
• Preston Zachman’s six tackles at Nebraska marked four-straight weeks with at least six stops. MORE ON PAGE 15
COMPLETE NOTES: https://static.iuhoosiers.com/custompages/PDF/fb/2026/26-10-17-Notes_Ohio_State.pdf
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OHIO STATE
The Buckeyes are 995-338-53 all-time in program history and have the highest winning percentage in college football history (.737 pct.). Ohio State’s 278 wins overall since 2000 are two more than any other program in the country. Indiana will be head coach Ryan Day’s 64th Big Ten game in his tenure as head coach (win vs. Rutgers as acting head coach in 2018 included). Day’s Buckeyes are 58-5 in the previous 63 Big Ten game including a 28-3 record on the road in Big Ten games. Additionally, Ohio State is 16-4 against opponents who were unranked in Big Ten play during his tenure. Day’s teams are 24-1 in the month of October and 8-1 against ranked opponents during the month. Additionally, Ohio State is 10-1 on the road in October contests. Under Day’s direction since the start of the 2019 season, Ohio State has 29 wins on the road which is tied for the most in the country. In Day’s 63-game Big Ten tenure, Ohio State has averaged 40.0 points per game while allowing just 15.1 points per game to their opponents. This marks just the eighth time that Ohio State has played Indiana in the Day era, winning by a combined 274-97 in the previous seven games. The Buckeyes are 30-1-1 in the last 32 matchups against Indiana and hold an all-time record of 80-13-5 against the Hoosiers.
COMPLETE GAME NOTES: https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/ohiostatebuckeyes.com/documents/2026/10/11/7_Indiana.pdf?timestamp=20261011092712
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