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

Game summaries

Western Kentucky

Murray State

Ball State

Michigan State

Minnesota

Iowa

Illinois

Northwestern

Central Michigan

Wisconsin

Penn State

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

Rankings

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

Offense

Rushing Name GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G 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                  

Passing Name GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 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                

Receiving Name GP-GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G 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              

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

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

Name Punt returns Kick returns No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long Total

References