Overview
- Quarterback Fernando Mendoza was named game MVP after going 15-of-23 for 222 yards with a third-quarter touchdown to Elijah Sarratt.
- Indiana’s defense produced five sacks and an interception, limiting Ohio State’s ground game and keeping Julian Sayin under constant pressure.
- A replay review overturned Sayin’s fourth-and-1 sneak in the red zone, and Jayden Fielding then missed a short tying field goal with 2:48 left.
- Mendoza’s 33-yard completion to Charlie Becker on third-and-6 helped drain the clock, and Becker finished with 126 receiving yards.
- Indiana completed a 13-0 season with its first conference crown since 1967 and snapped a decades-long skid versus Ohio State, with CFP seeding and Mendoza’s Heisman bid now in focus.