Indiana 41, Rutgers 0
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 18, 2017
Where: Memorial Stadium "The Rock", Bloomington, Indiana
Temperature:
66°
Head Official:
Mark Kluczynski
Attendance:
35949
By The Sports Xchange
Freshman Morgan Ellison ran for 149 yards and two touchdowns to lead Indiana to a 41-0 romp over Rutgers on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Bloomington, Ind.
Ellison averaged 9.9 yards per carry. Redshirt freshman Cole Gest rushed for 104 yards on 23 carries and a touchdown for Indiana (5-6, 2-6 Big Ten).
Hoosiers fifth-year senior quarterback Richard Lagow completed 17 of 28 passes for 236 yards and two touchdowns.
With Indiana ahead 34-0 with 2:31 left in third quarter, the game was delayed by lightning for one hour and 44 minutes.
Lagow threw for 184 yards to help Indiana to a 20-0 halftime lead.
The Hoosiers outgained the Scarlet Knights (4-7, 3-5) by a 503-186 margin in yards.
Indiana scored first off a Rutgers turnover in the first quarter. Rashard Fant recovered a muffed punt at the 6-yard line. On the next play, Ellison ran it in to give Indiana a 7-0 lead.
The Hoosiers boosted the lead to 14-0 on a 57-yard pass from Lagow to tight end Ian Thomas.
Whop Philyor caught passes of 36 and 19 yards to help set up the next score, a 26-yard field goal by Griffin Oakes.
Ellison's 39-yard run help set up a 20-yard field goal by Oakes with 9:09 left in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, the Hoosiers took advantage on a strip and sack by Greg Gooch of Rutgers quarterback Giovanni Rescigno's fumble. Tony Fields recovered at the Rutgers' 24. Lagow connected with Luke Timian on a 20-yard touchdown pass.
Ellison ran for 45 yards and nearly scored. It was originally ruled a touchdown, but it was ruled he was down at 1-yard line. On second down, Ellison did score from 1 yard out to make it 34-0. Gest scored on an 8-yard TD in the fourth quarter.
Johnathan Lewis replaced Rescigno in the third quarter. Rescigno was 8-of-14 passing for 67 yards while Lewis was 3 of 10 for 36 yards.
Indiana previously shut out Charleston Southern 27-0. The last time the Hoosiers had more than one shutout in a season was 1993 with three.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
Rutgers |
|
Indiana |
Bo Melton
|
Player |
Ian Thomas
|
2 |
Receptions |
4 |
31 |
Yards |
93 |
15.5 |
Avg Yards |
23.2 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Rutgers
|
190 |
87 |
103 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.0 |
0 |
Indiana
|
503 |
267 |
236 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
4.0 |
1 |