Overview
- The Hoosiers won at Hard Rock Stadium on Jan. 19, holding off the Hurricanes for a six-point victory in Miami Gardens.
- Mendoza passed for 186 yards and broke a 12-yard scoring run on fourth-and-4 with 9:18 left to extend Indiana’s lead to 10.
- Indiana finished 16–0, becoming, as reported, the second team to reach that record since Yale’s 1894 16-win season.
- Head coach Curt Cignetti celebrated the program’s turnaround, declaring, “We won the national championship at Indiana University, it can be done.”
- Miami rallied late behind Mark Fletcher’s 112 rushing yards and two touchdowns after struggling to generate offense in the first half.