Overview
- Fernando Mendoza drove the Hoosiers 80 yards in roughly 1:15 without a timeout to set up the winning play.
- Omar Cooper Jr.’s seven-yard toe-tap catch was upheld on replay with 36 seconds left to seal a 27-24 victory.
- Indiana improved to 10-0, preserved its College Football Playoff positioning, and can clinch its first Big Ten Championship Game berth with a win over Wisconsin.
- The win was Indiana’s first at Beaver Stadium after 13 previous road losses in the series.
- Penn State fell to 3-6 with a six-game losing streak following James Franklin’s October firing, as Ethan Grunkemeyer and Nick Singleton’s late surge fell short.