Indiana football won its 11th straight home game on Friday night at Memorial Stadium, a new all-time record for the Hoosiers. The 11 straight home wins are the first 11 home games of head coach Curt Cignetti’s time in Bloomington.
The record came in a 73-0 IU win over Indiana State and their head coach Curt Mallory, son of former Hoosiers head coach Bill Mallory. The previous home winning streak of 10 was set during the 1987-88 seasons during the Bill Mallory era.
Good home crowds have played a part in IU’s recent success in Bloomington. The program set a new total attendance record (386,992) in 2024. The 2024 average home attendance (48,374) was the fourth-best ever and included four of the seven biggest crowds in Memorial Stadium history.
The reported attendance on Friday evening was 46,219. The next three home games — against Illinois, Michigan State and UCLA — are sold out. IU has sold out seven straight home Big Ten games.
Quarterback Fernando Mendoza entered the record book on Friday with a 19-for-20 passing day with 270 yards and a career-high five passing touchdowns. His .950 completion percentage set the program’s single-game record. And his six touchdowns accounted for are tied for the most in a single-game in program history with Kurtis Rourke (2024, Purdue), Levron Williams (2001, at Wisconsin), Tre Roberson (2013, Purdue) and Bob Hoernschemeyer (1943; Nebraska).
Mendoza’s top target was Omar Cooper, Jr., who also etched his name in the record book.
Cooper set a career high for yards receiving (207), receptions (10) and receiving touchdowns (4). His first-career multi-touchdown game tied the school-record for most receiving scores in a single game (4) with James Hardy (Michigan State, 2006). The 24 points scored tied for No. 3 on the single-game scoring charts. The total is tied for the most points scored since Anthony Thompson posted 32 against Northwestern in 1989. Cooper also posted the ninth 200-yard receiving game in program history and sits No. 7 on the single-game receiving yards charts.
From a team standpoint the defense held Indiana State to just 77 yards of total offense, the fourth-fewest yards of total offense allowed since at least 1959. The previous games include Purdue (2024; 67 yards), Rutgers (2019; 75 yards) and at Nebraska (1959; 76 yards).
The defense logged 16.0 tackles for loss to equal the most in a game since at least 1996. It equals marks against Penn State (2016) and Minnesota (1998).
Indiana posted 300-plus rushing yards in three-straight games for the first time since 2001 (308, at Iowa; 316, Northwestern; 489, at Michigan State).
IU’s 680 yards of total offense rank No. 3 in a single game since at least 1959 and mark the eighth game of the Curt Cignetti era with 500-plus yards of total offense. It is the second-most yards Indiana has gained under Cignetti.
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