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BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football showed no signs of slowing down on Saturday.
The Hoosiers improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2020 with a 52-14 win over Charlotte. The offense continued to look unstoppable as the team set a program record for most points scored in a four-game stretch. It was also the first time since 2019 the offense had more than 400 yards of total offense in four straight games.
Indiana’s defense had a pedestrian effort stopping the run (see below), but the 49ers had little hopes of a comeback once they fell behind by multiple scores with third-string quarterback Trexler Ivey under center thanks to a series of injuries.
Here’s three observations from IU’s Week 4 performance:
Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke picks up where he left off in Pasadena
Last week, Rourke was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, the first IU quarterback to earn the honor since 2015 (Nate Sudfeld), was one of the Manning Award Stars of the Week and Davey O’Brien Award Dave’s 8.
He might earn some additional recognition in the coming days.
Rourke picked apart Charlotte’s secondary with ease on Saturday — he threw for 258 yards (16 of 20) with two total touchdowns. He was 4 of 5 on throws of 15 yards or more that included a pair of perfectly placed deep completions to Myles Price for gains of 37- and 39-yards. His final line might have been more impressive considering he did it all in just three quarters.
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He also made plays with his legs on the rare occasion Charlotte did good coverage down field and scrambled up the middle in the second quarter for a 12-yard score.
Rourke put the veteran savvy that Cignetti praised earlier in the week on display on a play that won’t show up in the box score.
With the Hoosiers…
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Author : The Herald-Times
Publish date : 2024-09-21 19:06:47
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