Overview
- Indiana defeated Miami 27-21 at Hard Rock Stadium to clinch the College Football Playoff national championship.
- Hired ahead of the 2024 season, Curt Cignetti has compiled a 27-2 record while transforming a long-struggling program.
- On ESPN, Cignetti proclaimed, “We won the national championship at Indiana University! It can be done.”
- The usually stoic coach shed tears, flashed a wide grin, and said he would celebrate by having a beer.
- Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza went 16-of-27 for 186 yards with a late rushing touchdown and called the win a “full circle” moment after being declined a Miami walk-on.