By Nick Jenkinson-SCINN Sports Director
The #6 Indiana Hoosiers beat the Michigan Wolverines 13-6 in Overtime Saturday at Michigan Stadium also known as the Big House in Ann Arbor, Indiana had lost 22 straight in Ann Arbor and come back to Bloomington with their first win at the Big House since October 21, 1967, when Indiana won 27-20. This is the fourth time the Hoosiers as beaten the Wolverines since 1967 with the other wins coming in Bloomington in 1987, 2020 and 2024 Michigan leads the all-time series 62-11. Indiana is 8=41 all time in Ann Arbor with wins coming in 1928, 1944, 1945, 1954, and 1958.
The Game was a field goal fest in regulation Nico Radicic hit two field goals in the first half to give Indiana a 6-0 halftime lead. Radicic hit 22 yards out with 3:44 left in the first quarter and 9:31 left and 34 -yard field goal with 9:31 left in the second quarter. Trey Butkowski who missed two field goals in the game, hit a 29 yards field goal with 2:22 left in the third quarter and 26-yard field goal with 2 seconds left in regulation to tie the game 6-6 and send it to overtime.
In the overtime Indiana got the ball first and Josh Hoover found Charlie Becker on a 21-yard pass play. The next play Hoover scrambled and took it for the touchdown from four yards out to lead 13-6. Michigan got the ball and ran 8 plays for 12 yards and to fourth down and 9 yards at the 13-yard line when Tommy Carr threw an incomplete pass and Indiana came away with the win to improve to 7-1 overall and 4-1 in the Big Ten. Indiana will host the Minnesota Golden Gophers next Saturday on Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium at 3:30 PM on CBS.
Michigan falls to 4-3 overall and 1-3 in the Big Ten and will travel to Rutgers next Saturday at 12:30 PM. True Freshman Tommy Carr started the game and finished 20 of 32 for 167 yards passing with an interception. Carr fumbled when he ran for 15 yards and tried to get rid of the ball and Isaiah Jones recovered the ball. Michigan ran the ball 42 times for 57 yards with Jordan Marshall carrying the ball 12 times for 26 yards. JJ Buchannan caught 6 passes for 57 yards.
Josh Hoover was 8-18 for 81 yards and threw his first interception of the season. The Hoosiers ran the ball 35 times for 131 yards Turbo Richard carried the ball 19 times for 68 yards and Lee Bebee Jr. with 12 carries for 56 yards as Josh Hoover had 4 carries four times for 7 yards as the Hoosiers had 131 yards on 35 carries. Charlie Becker caught 3 passes for 32 yards and Nick Marsh caught 2 passes for 25 yards.
The Hoosiers defense had four sacks with 2 each from Roliijah Hardy and Tobi Osunsanmi. Amare Farrell, who had two interceptions against Ohio State, had another in this game for his third pick in 2 games. Smith Snowden had the only sack on Josh Hoover and Zeke Berry had the interception.
Michigan outgained Indiana 224-212 as the Wolverines won the passing battle 167-81 and the Hoosiers won the rushing battle 131-57. Michigan controlled the time of possession 33.44 to 26:16 for Indiana. Michigan had 16 first downs to 11 for Indiana. It was a defensive battle as neither team could get the offense going both teams struggled to complete a pass.
For Indiana it keeps their hopes alive for the College Football Playoff but there are a lot of things for the Curt Cignetti’s offense to work on as they come down the stretch for the final four games of the regular season. Indiana has Minnesota, USC and Purdue at Home and Washington on the toad. Although the Hoosiers struggled today on offense the defense came up big and got the win in a place they have not won at for 59 years and now that is history and Indiana Comes back from Ann Arbor with a win and another checkmark off Curt Cignetti’s list.