2008 Indiana Hoosiers football team

	2008 Big Ten football standings
	† – BCS representative as champion ; ‡ – BCS at-large representative ; § – Conference co-champions ; *All wins for Penn State (11-2, 7-1) vacated due to scandal. ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll;

Indiana Hoosiers football
	2008 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2008 record	3–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Lynch
Offensive coordinator	Matt Canada
Defensive coordinator	Bobby Johnson
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (49,225, Field Turf)
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana University Bloomington during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was led by Bill Lynch in his second year as head coach.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:00 PM^[1]	Western Kentucky*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN^[1]	W 31–13	30,067
September 6	7:00 PM^[1]	Murray State*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN^[1]	W 45–3	30,123
September 20	7:00 PM^[1]	Ball State*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN^[1]	L 20–42	41,349
September 27	12:00 PM	Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)	ESPN	L 29–42	31,832
October 4	12:00 PM	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	BTN	L 7–16	40,511
October 11	12:00 PM	Iowa	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 9–45	33,428
October 18	8:00 PM^[1]	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN^[1]	L 13–55	62,870
October 25	12:00 PM^[1]	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN^[1]	W 21–19	30,698
November 1	12:00 PM	Central Michigan*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 34–37	26,140
November 8	12:00 PM	Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 20–55	30,618
November 15	12:00 PM	at No. 7 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	BTN	L 7–34	108,447
November 22	12:00 PM	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	ESPN2	L 10–62	63,107
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries[]

Western Kentucky[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Hilltoppers	0	0	6	7	13
Hoosiers	10	7	7	7	31

Murray State[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Racers	3	0	0	0	3
Hoosiers	14	10	21	0	45

Ball State[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Cardinals	14	14	0	14	42
Hoosiers	6	14	0	0	20

Michigan State[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Spartans	13	14	9	6	42
Hoosiers	7	15	7	0	29

Minnesota[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Hoosiers	0	7	0	0	7
Golden Gophers	0	7	6	3	16

Iowa[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Hawkeyes	10	7	14	14	45
Hoosiers	3	6	0	0	9

Illinois[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Hoosiers	7	0	3	3	13
Fighting Illini	14	14	13	14	55

Northwestern[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Wildcats	3	6	10	0	19
Hoosiers	7	7	7	0	21

Central Michigan[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Chippewas	7	14	7	9	37
Hoosiers	14	7	13	0	34

Wisconsin[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Badgers	14	10	17	14	55
Hoosiers	13	7	0	0	20

Penn State[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Hoosiers	0	7	0	0	7
Nittany Lions	0	10	17	7	34

Penn State overcame a sluggish first half to preserve their perfect record over the Hoosiers. After going up 7-0, Indiana scored on the next drive to tie it at 7-7, but Kevin Kelly kicked a field goal right before halftime to give the Lions a 10-7 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, Penn State scored two more touchdowns and a field goal to put it at 27-7. Penn State scored the final touchdown of the game in the 4th quarter. Penn State's defense held the Hoosiers to six first downs and forced an interception. The offense struggled at times, however, and turned the ball over three times.

Purdue[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Hoosiers	0	3	0	7	10
Boilermakers	24	17	14	7	62

Rankings[]

Ranking Movement
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
AP
Coaches
Harris	Not released
BCS	Not released

Statistics[]

Team[]

	Team	Opp
Scoring	76	16
Points per Game	38	8
First Downs	50	24
Rushing	25	6
Passing	21	16
Penalty	4	2
Total Offense	926	431
Avg per Play	6.1	3.7
Avg per Game	463	215.5
Fumbles-Lost	3 1	4 3
Penalties-Yards	7 63	7 86
Avg per Game	31.5	43

	Team	Opp
Punts-Yards	7 272	15 610
Avg per Punt	38.9	40.7
Time of Possession/Game	30:14	29:46
3rd Down Conversions	8/25	9/29
4th Down Conversions	3/5	1/2
Touchdowns Scored	10	1
Field Goals-Attempts-Long	2 3 28	3 3 37
PAT-Attempts	10 10	1 1
Attendance	60,190
Games/Avg per Game	30,095

Scores by quarter[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Indiana	24	17	28	7	76
Opponents	3	0	6	7	16

Offense[]

Rushing[]

Name	Att	Net	Avg	TD	Long
Marcus Thigpen	94	631	6.7	7	78
Kellen Lewis	93	500	5.4	3	75
Bryan Payton	79	339	4.3	2	34
Demetrius McCray	59	214	3.6	2	31
Zach Davis-Walker	23	106	4.6	1	18
Ben Chappell	50	72	1.4	3	15
Ray Fisher	10	58	5.8	0	22
Trea Burgess	17	54	3.2	0	6
Mitchell Evans	8	26	3.3	1	14
Chris Hagerup	3	12	4.0	0	17
Andrew Means	1	7	7.0	0	7
Total
Opponents

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Passing[]

Name	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng
Kellen Lewis	108.2	193-110-8	57%	1131	6	79
Ben Chappell	111.9	153-80-3	52.3%	1001	4	77
Mitchell Evans	105.1	8-2-0	25%	37	1
Teddy Schell	37.6	4-1-0	25%	6	0
Total	108.4	358-193-12	53.9%	2175	11
Opponents

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Receiving[]

Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Andrew Means	34	450	13.2	1	47
Ray Fisher	42	373	8.9	5	64
Damarlo Belcher	25	337	13.5	2	47
Terrance Turner	29	289	10.0	0	38
Marcus Thigpen	13	235	18.1	2	79
Tandon Doss	14	186	13.3	1	28
Mitchell Evans	9	129	14.3	0	23
Brandon Walker-Roby	7	54	7.7	0	26
Max Dedmond	6	51	8.5	0	12
Bryan Payton	2	23	11.5	0	14
Matt Ernest	3	18	6.0	0	9
Kellen Lewis	2	17	8.5	0	13
Chris Banks	1	8	8.0	0	8
Brad Martin	1	6	6.0	0	6
Collin Taylor	1	3	3.0	0	3
Total	193	2175	11.3	11	79
Opponents

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Defense[]

Name	GP	Tackles				Sacks	Pass Defense		Interceptions				Fumbles		Blkd Kick
Name	GP	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	BrUp	QBH	No.-Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Rcv-Yds	FF	Blkd Kick
Total

Special teams[]

Name	Punting								Kickoffs
Name	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB


Total

Name	Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Name	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long

Total

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 ^1.9 "Three Hoosier FB Games to Appear on Big Ten Network, Five Kick Times Announced". Indiana Sports Information. May 21, 2008. Archived from the original on June 13, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080613063301/http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/052108aaa.html. Retrieved May 22, 2008.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Indiana Hoosiers Stats - 2008". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/stats/_/id/84/year/2008/indiana-hoosiers. Retrieved August 27, 2015.

[five_IU_game_times_announced-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 ^1.9 "Three Hoosier FB Games to Appear on Big Ten Network, Five Kick Times Announced". Indiana Sports Information. May 21, 2008. Archived from the original on June 13, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080613063301/http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/052108aaa.html. Retrieved May 22, 2008.

[Indiana_Hoosiers_Stats_-_2008-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Indiana Hoosiers Stats - 2008". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/stats/_/id/84/year/2008/indiana-hoosiers. Retrieved August 27, 2015.

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2008 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Contents

Schedule[]

Game summaries[]

Western Kentucky[]

Murray State[]

Ball State[]

Michigan State[]

Minnesota[]

Iowa[]

Illinois[]

Northwestern[]

Central Michigan[]

Wisconsin[]

Penn State[]

Purdue[]

Rankings[]

Statistics[]

Team[]

Scores by quarter[]

Offense[]

Rushing[]

Passing[]

Receiving[]

Defense[]

Special teams[]

References[]

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2008 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
#8/8 Penn State †§	0*	–	1	0*	–	2
#9/11 Ohio State ‡§	7	–	1	10	–	3
#24/24 Michigan State	6	–	2	9	–	4
Northwestern	5	–	3	9	–	4
#20/20 Iowa	5	–	3	9	–	4
Wisconsin	3	–	5	7	–	6
Minnesota	3	–	5	7	–	6
Illinois	3	–	5	5	–	7
Purdue	2	–	6	4	–	8
Michigan	2	–	6	3	–	9
Indiana	1	–	7	3	–	9

† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative § – Conference co-champions *All wins for Penn State (11-2, 7-1) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll