Sept. 30, 2013
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GAME INFORMATION
TELEVISION: BTN
Matt Devlin (p-by-p), Glen Mason (analyst) and Jon Jansen (sideline)
TV APPEARANCES: The Nittany Lions are appearing on television for the 233rd time in their last 235 games.
RADIO: Penn State Sports Network (60 stations):
Steve Jones (p-by-p), Jack Ham (analyst), Loren Crispell (sideline).
Local: 93.7 FM & 1450 AM.
Indiana Radio Network: Don Fischer (p-by-p), Buck Suhr (analyst) & Joe Smith.
WEB: GameTracker and Live Audio available at GoPSUsports.com
SERIES:Penn State carries a 16-0 on-field record into its 17th meeting with Indiana. The Nittany Lions met the Hoosiers for the first time in 1993, Penn State's first season in the Big Ten. The teams have met every year since 2007 and will continue to meet annually as division rivals.
COACHES
Bill O'Brien
PENN STATE RECORD: 11-5, 2nd year
OVERALL RECORD: Same
VS. INDIANA: 1-0
NOTABLE: Named Penn State's 15th head football coach on Jan. 6, 2012...Won first career game vs. Navy on Sept. 15, 2012...2012 Big Ten-Dave McClain Coach of the Year...2012 Bear Bryant, Maxwell Football Club and ESPN National Coach of the Year...Former New England Patriots offensive coordinator under Bill Belichick...Coached NFL MVP Tom Brady from 2009-11.
KEVIN WILSON
INDIANA RECORD: 7-21, 3RD year
OVERALL RECORD: Same
VS. PENN STATE: 0-2
AT A GLANCE
Penn State looks to build off its shutout victory over Kent State as it heads into the Big Ten opener at Indiana.The Nittany Lions and Hoosiers are coming off of a bye week. Penn State is 3-1, including a 34-0 win over Kent State on Sept. 21 for its first shutout victory since 2010. Indiana is 2-2, coming off of a 45-28 loss to Missouri on Sept. 21.
The Nittany Lions are unbeaten in 16 meetings with Hoosiers, first meeting in 1993 in Penn State's inaugural year in the Big Ten Conference. The last three games in Bloomington have been decided by six points or less: 22-18 (2004), 36-31 (2007) and 16-10 (2011). Penn State won, 45-22, last November in Beaver Stadium.
This will be the fourth straight season and 13th time in 21 years of Big Ten competition that Penn State will begin conference play on the road.
In the win over Kent State, the Nittany Lions ran for 287 yards, their highest total since gaining 338 yards at Illinois in 2009. Akeel Lynch ran for a season-high 123 yards, Bill Belton had 90 rushing yards and caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Christian Hackenberg and Zach Zwinak gained 65 yards and scored three rushing touchdowns for the second consecutive game. Zwinak leads the BIg Ten in scoring at 12.0 ppg.
Hackenberg, a true freshman, is 79 of 127 (62.2) for 1,027 yards, with five touchdowns and four interceptions.
Indiana's offense is paced by quarterback Nate Sudfeld's 1,146 passing yards. Wideouts Cody Latimer (346 yds) and Shane Wynn (275 yds) lead a receiving corps that has hauled in 14 touchdown passes in four games.
Penn State enters the game ranked second in the Big Ten in scoring defense (14.5 ppg), while Indiana is second in the conference in scoring offense (44.5 ppg). The Nittany Lions are fourth in the Big Ten in total defense (285.0 ypg) and the Hoosiers lead the conference at 547.2 ypg.