Bowling Green 45, Indiana 42
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 13, 2014
Where: Doyt L. Perry Stadium, Bowling Green, Ohio
Temperature:
57°
Head Official:
Shawn Smith
Attendance:
23717
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Bowling Green 45, Indiana 42: James Knapke threw
for 395 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winning 2-yard toss to
Roger Lewis in the back right corner of the end zone with 9 seconds remaining as
the Falcons stunned the visiting Hoosiers.
Knapke, making his second career start, was 46-of-73, including 31-of-41 for 282 yards and two TDs in the second half, as the
Falcons (2-1) beat a Big Ten team for the first time since 2007. Lewis caught
16 passes for 149 yards, and Travis Greene rushed 24 times for 123 yards and a
TD.
Tailback Tevin Coleman had 189 rushing yards and three TDs for Indiana (1-1), which suffered its seventh
straight road loss in a game which featured 10 lead changes. Quarterback Nate Sudfeld was 31-of-41 for
347 yards and a touchdown and also ran for two scores.
Sudfeld scored on a 1-yard run to put the
Hoosiers ahead 42-39 with 2:04 to go. Knapke
and the Falcons responded by marching 88 yards in 11 plays and were helped out by
back-to-back pass-interference penalties on the Hoosiers, which set the Falcons
up at the Indiana 2.
In the first half, Bowling Green lived in Indiana
territory and put four scores on the board to the Hoosiers’ two, but the Falcons had to settle for a quartet of Tyler Tate field goals.
Indiana, meanwhile, scored on a 1-yard Sudfeld sneak in the first quarter and a
22-yard pass from Sudfeld to J-Shun Harris II on the second play of the second quarter
to take a 14-12 advantage into the break.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Knapke was 26-of-41 for 308 yards
and two TDs in his career entering the game. … Indiana was penalized 12 times
for 116 yards. … Bowling Green lost a pair of starters (CB Darrell Hunter and
WR Ronnie Moore) to injuries in the third quarter.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Indiana |
|
Bowling Green |
|
Shane Wynn
| Player |
Roger Lewis
|
|
10 |
Receptions |
16 |
|
139 |
Yards |
149 |
|
13.9 |
Avg Yards |
9.3 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Indiana
|
582 |
235 |
347 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
1 |
| Bowling Green
|
571 |
176 |
395 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |