The 2020 season's largest margin: Indiana 24, Michigan State 0. A 24-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2020 — The Top-10 Year
Indiana finished 2020 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Michael Penix Jr.QB1,649 passing yards
- Jack TuttleQB362 passing yards
- Stevie ScottRB561 rushing yards
- Ty FryfogleWR726 receiving yards
- Whop PhilyorWR495 receiving yards
- Miles MarshallWR290 receiving yards
- Micah McFaddenLB59 tackles
- Jamar JohnsonDB42 tackles
- Devon MatthewsDB40 tackles
- Jerome JohnsonDL4 sacks
- Tiawan MullenDB3.5 sacks
- Cam JonesLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: Indiana 35, Ohio State 42. A 7-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Indiana fell to Ole Miss 20-26 in the postseason.
"Go IU"
2020 is a middle chapter for Indiana — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.