The 2023 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers were led by seventh-year head coach Tom Allen. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana, as members of the Big Ten Conference. Allen was fired at the conclusion of the season. The Indiana Hoosiers football team drew an average home attendance of 46,906 in 2023.

Offseason Coaching changes Following the end of the 2022 season, Indiana released six-year veteran offensive line coach Darren Hiller; Hiller had been a part of the Hoosiers' two recent bowl appearances in 2019 and 2020 On December 2, 2022, Indiana hired Wisconsin Badgers offensive line coach Bob Bostad to replace the outgoing Hiller; Bostad had coached the Badgers' offensive line during both the 2017 Orange Bowl and the 2020 Rose Bowl.

Schedule

Game summaries vs No. 3 Ohio State

vs Indiana State

vs Louisville

vs Akron

at Maryland

vs No. 2 Michigan

vs Rutgers

at No. 10 Penn State

vs Wisconsin

at Illinois

vs Michigan State

at Purdue

Roster

Statistics

Team Indiana Opp   Points per game 22.2 29.9 Total 266 359 First downs 237 253   Rushing 89 108   Passing 122 123   Penalty 26 22 Rushing yards 1780 2160   Avg per play 3.4 4.2   Avg per game 120.9 155.3   Rushing touchdowns 13 18 Passing yards 2553 2856   Att-Comp-Int 367-215-10 365-222-10   Avg per pass 7.0 7.8   Avg per game 212.8 238.0   Passing touchdowns 18 25 Total offense 4004 4719   Avg per play 5.0 5.8   Avg per game 333.7 393.3 Fumbles-Lost 19-8 10-3 Penalties-Yards 65-602 77-706   Avg per game 50.2 58.8 Punts-Yards 58-2612 53-2214   Avg per punt 39.8 40.4 Time of possession/Game 29:26 30:34 3rd down conversions 63-169 (37.3%) 57-158 (36.1%) 4th down conversions 10-27 (37.0%) 10-19 (52.6%) Touchdowns scored 33 45 Field goals-Attempts 11-15 16-21 PAT-Attempts 31-32 39-41 Attendance 673,590   Games/Avg per Game 55,132   Neutral Site 37,250

Individual Leaders

Offense Passing statistics # NAME POS RAT CMP ATT YDS CMP% TD INT LONG 15 Brendan Sorsby QB 130.0 135 237 1,587 57.0 15 5 90 2 Tayven Jackson QB 118.3 78 128 914 60.9 2 5 41 1 Donaven McCulley WR 799.6 1 1 44 100 1 0 44 14 Broc Lowry QB 167.2 1 1 8 100 0 0 8 TOTALS 127.8 215 367 2,553 58.6 18 10 90

Rushing statistics # NAME POS ATT GAIN AVG TD LONG 27 Trent Howland RB 75 359 4.7 2 19 26 Josh Henderson RB 81 346 4.2 2 29 15 Brendan Sorsby QB 112 477 2.6 4 25 12 Jaylin Lucas RB 67 302 4.1 2 25 28 Christian Turner RB 52 231 4.4 2 17 33 David Holloman RB 6 18 3.0 0 7 4 DeQuece Carter WR 1 1 1.0 0 1 1 Donaven McCulley WR 3 -1 -0.3 0 1 13 Kamryn Perry WR 2 -6 -3.0 0 0 2 Tayven Jackson QB 28 65 -0.8 1 10 TOTALS 433 1,780 3.4 13 29

Receiving statistics # NAME POS CTH YDS AVG TD LONG 1 Donaven McCulley WR 48 644 13.4 6 69 4 DeQuece Carter WR 27 395 14.6 3 90 6 Cam Camper WR 17 285 16.8 1 41 7 E.J. Williams Jr. WR 23 281 12.2 0 27 3 Omar Cooper Jr. WR 18 267 14.8 2 35 12 Jaylin Lucas RB 34 247 7.3 2 44 26 Josh Henderson RB 10 125 12.5 1 22 45 Trey Walker TE 10 81 8.1 1 20 82 Bradley Archer TE 6 79 13.2 0 24 48 James Bomba TE 6 53 8.8 1 15 0 Andison Coby WR 5 41 8.2 1 16 27 Trent Howland RB 3 22 7.3 0 11 13 Kamryn Perry WR 3 22 7.3 0 9 84 Aaron Steinfeldt TE 1 11 11.0 0 11 28 Christian Turner RB 4 0 0.0 0 3 TOTALS 227 2,698 11.9 18 90

Defense Defense statistics # NAME POS SOLO AST TOT TFL-YDS SACK-YDS INT BU QBH FR FF 44 Aaron Casey LB 78 31 109 20.0–82 6.5–44 0 3 1 0 3 20 Louis Moore DB 59 24 83 1.0–5 0–0 3 1 0 0 3 7 Jacob Mangum-Farrar LB 33 29 62 4.0–5 0–0 0 4 3 0 0 6 Phillip Dunnam DB 39 14 53 1.0–4 0–0 3 6 0 0 0 1 Andre Carter DL 27 12 49 11.0–44 2.0–16 0 3 4 0 0 41 Lanell Carr OLB 21 12 33 8.5–49 5.0–37 0 2 2 0 0 96 Phillip Blidi DL 10 20 30 4.0–9 0–0 0 1 2 0 0 5 Kobee Minor DB 20 9 29 0–0 0–0 0 4 0 0 0 15 Nicolas Toomer DB 22 4 26 3.0–10 1.0–3 1 3 0 0 0 10 Myles Jackson OLB 17 8 25 2.0–6 1.0–4 0 0 0 0 1 16 Jordan Grier DB 18 5 23 1.5–7 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Noah Pierre DB 16 6 22 1.5–2 1.0–1 0 2 0 0 0 22 Jamari Sharpe DB 18 4 22 1.0–4 0–0 1 2 0 0 0 92 Marcus Burris Jr. DL 13 7 20 2.5–3 1.0–1 0 0 0 0 0 19 Josh Sanguinetti DB 11 8 19 0.5–1 0–0 2 2 0 2 0 26 Joshua Rudolph LB 13 5 18 2.5–4 0–0 0 1 0 0 0 51 Patrick Lucas Jr. DL 8 6 14 0.5–1 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 3 JoJo Johnson DB 6 6 12 0–0 0–0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Anthony Jones OLB 8 4 12 0.5–7 0.5–7 0 0 1 0 0 23 Jordan Shaw DB 8 4 12 0.5–7 0.5–7 0 1 1 0 0 91 LeDarrius Cox DL 7 3 10 2.0–6 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Amare Ferrell DB 9 0 9 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 43 Matt Hohlt LB 4 5 9 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Jamier Johnson DB 4 1 5 0–0 0–0 0 1 0 0 0 55 Venson Sneed DL 3 2 5 1.5–4 0–0 0 0 0 0 1 24 Bryson Bonds DB 4 0 4 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 41 Lanell Carr Jr. OLB 4 0 4 1.0–4 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 99 Nick James DL 2 2 4 1.0–6 1.0–6 0 1 0 0 0 17 Tyrik McDaniel DB 3 1 4 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 2 James Monds III DB 1 3 4 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Jared Casey LB 1 2 3 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 1 0 93 Robby Harrison DL 1 2 3 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 76 Matthew Bedford OL 1 1 2 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 1 0 14 Kaiden Turner LB 1 1 2 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 95 Sean Wracher LS 1 1 2 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 67 Kahlil Benson OL 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 48 James Bomba TE 0 1 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 94 James Evans P 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Chris Freeman K 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 56 Mike Katic OL 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Jamison Kelly DB 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Donaven McCulley WR 0 1 1 0–0 0–0 0 1 0 0 0 37 Jackson Schott OLB 0 1 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Brendan Sorsby QB 1 0 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 64 Race Stewart DL 1 0 1 1.0–4 1.0–4 0 0 0 0 0 25 Daniel Weems RB 1 0 1 1.0–2 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 500 254 754 73.0–270 20.0–123 10 39 14 3 8 Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles

Special teams Kicking statistics # NAME POS XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% 1–19 20–29 30–39 40–49 50+ LNG 80 Chris Freeman K 29 30 96.7 10 14 71.4 1/1 3/3 3/4 2/4 1/2 50 39 Nico Radicic K 2 2 100 1 1 100 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 21 TOTALS 31 32 98.3 11 15 73.3 1/1 4/4 3/4 2/4 1/2 50

Punting statistics # NAME POS PUNTS YDS AVG LONG TB I–20 50+ BLK 94 James Evans P 56 2,553 45.6 70 6 14 21 0 96 Alejandro Quintero P 1 59 59.0 59 0 1 1 0 TOTALS 58 2612 45.0 70 6 15 22 0

Kick return statistics # NAME POS RTNS YDS AVG TD LNG 12 Jaylin Lucas RB 22 572 26.0 1 100 33 David Holloman RB 3 41 13.7 0 18 26 Josh Henderson RB 3 25 8.33 0 12 26 Joshua Rudolph LB 1 14 14.0 0 14 28 Christian Turner RB 1 3 3.0 0 3 4 DeQuece Carter WR 1 2 2.0 0 2 TOTALS 31 657 21.2 1 100

Punt return statistics # NAME POS RTNS YDS AVG TD LONG 4 DeQuece Carter WR 2 14 7.0 0 15 12 Jaylin Lucas RB 9 14 1.6 0 29 89 Camden Jordan WR 1 3 3.0 0 3 TOTALS 12 31 2.6 0 29

Awards and honors Weekly individual awards Big Ten Weekly HonorsWeek 10Aaron CaseyLBDefensive Player of the WeekWeek 13Aaron CaseyLBDefensive Player of the Week

Individual yearly awards National AwardsBurlsworth Trophy NomineeTrey WalkerTEWuerffel Trophy NomineeAaron CaseyLB

Big Ten Conference All-Big Ten Team1st TeamAaron CaseyLB3rd TeamJames EvansP3rd TeamJaylin LucasRSHonorable MentionZach CarpenterOLHonorable MentionAndre CarterDLHonorable MentionDonaven McCulleyWRHonorable MentionKobee MinorDB

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