# 2008 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 2008 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana University Bloomington during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was led by Bill Lynch in his second year as head coach.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 12:00 pm | Western Kentucky* | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | W 31–13 | 30,067 |
| September 6 | 7:00 pm | Murray State* | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | W 45–3 | 30,123 |
| September 20 | 7:00 pm | Ball State* | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | L 20–42 | 41,349 |
| September 27 | 12:00 pm | Michigan State | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN (rivalry) | ESPN | L 29–42 | 31,832 |
| October 4 | 12:00 pm | at Minnesota | Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN | BTN | L 7–16 | 40,511 |
| October 11 | 12:00 pm | Iowa | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | L 9–45 | 33,428 |
| October 18 | 8:00 pm | at Illinois | Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL (rivalry) | BTN | L 13–55 | 62,870 |
| October 25 | 12:00 pm | Northwestern | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | W 21–19 | 30,698 |
| November 1 | 12:00 pm | Central Michigan* | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | L 34–37 | 26,140 |
| November 8 | 12:00 pm | Wisconsin | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | L 20–55 | 30,618 |
| November 15 | 12:00 pm | at No. 7 Penn State | Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA | BTN | L 7–34 | 108,447 |
| November 22 | 12:00 pm | at Purdue | Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) | ESPN2 | L 10–62 | 63,107 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Western Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hilltoppers | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Hoosiers | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 |

### Murray State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Racers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hoosiers | 14 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 45 |

### Ball State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
| Hoosiers | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20 |

### Michigan State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 13 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 42 |
| Hoosiers | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 29 |

### Minnesota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hoosiers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Golden Gophers | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |

### Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawkeyes | 10 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| Hoosiers | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |

### Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hoosiers | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Fighting Illini | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 55 |

### Northwestern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| Hoosiers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### Central Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 7 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 37 |
| Hoosiers | 14 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 34 |

### Wisconsin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Badgers | 14 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 55 |
| Hoosiers | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |

### Penn State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hoosiers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Nittany Lions | 0 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
Penn State overcame a sluggish first half to preserve their perfect record over the Hoosiers. After going up 7-0, Indiana scored on the next drive to tie it at 7-7, but Kevin Kelly kicked a field goal right before halftime to give the Lions a 10-7 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, Penn State scored two more touchdowns and a field goal to put it at 27-7. Penn State scored the final touchdown of the game in the 4th quarter. Penn State's defense held the Hoosiers to six first downs and forced an interception. The offense struggled at times, however, and turned the ball over three times.

### Purdue

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hoosiers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Boilermakers | 24 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 62 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | | | | | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | | | | | | | | | Not released |

## Statistics
### Team

| | Team | Opp |
| Scoring | 76 | 16 |
| Points per Game | 38 | 8 |
| First Downs | 50 | 24 |
| Rushing | 25 | 6 |
| Passing | 21 | 16 |
| Penalty | 4 | 2 |
| Total Offense | 926 | 431 |
| Avg per Play | 6.1 | 3.7 |
| Avg per Game | 463 | 215.5 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 3 1 | 4 3 |
| Penalties-Yards | 7 63 | 7 86 |
| Avg per Game | 31.5 | 43 |
| | Team | Opp |
| Punts-Yards | 7 272 | 15 610 |
| Avg per Punt | 38.9 | 40.7 |
| Time of Possession/Game | 30:14 | 29:46 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 8/25 | 9/29 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 3/5 | 1/2 |
| Touchdowns Scored | 10 | 1 |
| Field Goals-Attempts-Long | 2 3 28 | 3 3 37 |
| PAT-Attempts | 10 10 | 1 1 |
| Attendance | 60,190 | |
| Games/Avg per Game | 30,095 | |

#### Scores by quarter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Indiana | 24 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 76 |
| Opponents | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 |

### Offense
#### Rushing

| Name | Att | Net | Avg | TD | Long |
| Marcus Thigpen | 94 | 631 | 6.7 | 7 | 78 |
| Kellen Lewis | 93 | 500 | 5.4 | 3 | 75 |
| Bryan Payton | 79 | 339 | 4.3 | 2 | 34 |
| Demetrius McCray | 59 | 214 | 3.6 | 2 | 31 |
| Zach Davis-Walker | 23 | 106 | 4.6 | 1 | 18 |
| Ben Chappell | 50 | 72 | 1.4 | 3 | 15 |
| Ray Fisher | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 0 | 22 |
| Trea Burgess | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Mitchell Evans | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 1 | 14 |
| Chris Hagerup | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Andrew Means | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | | | | | |
| Opponents | | | | | |

#### Passing

| Name | Effic | Att-Cmp-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Kellen Lewis | 108.2 | 193-110-8 | 57% | 1131 | 6 | 79 |
| Ben Chappell | 111.9 | 153-80-3 | 52.3% | 1001 | 4 | 77 |
| Mitchell Evans | 105.1 | 8-2-0 | 25% | 37 | 1 | |
| Teddy Schell | 37.6 | 4-1-0 | 25% | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 108.4 | 358-193-12 | 53.9% | 2175 | 11 | |
| Opponents | | | | | | |

#### Receiving

| Name | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
| Andrew Means | 34 | 450 | 13.2 | 1 | 47 |
| Ray Fisher | 42 | 373 | 8.9 | 5 | 64 |
| Damarlo Belcher | 25 | 337 | 13.5 | 2 | 47 |
| Terrance Turner | 29 | 289 | 10.0 | 0 | 38 |
| Marcus Thigpen | 13 | 235 | 18.1 | 2 | 79 |
| Tandon Doss | 14 | 186 | 13.3 | 1 | 28 |
| Mitchell Evans | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Brandon Walker-Roby | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 0 | 26 |
| Max Dedmond | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Bryan Payton | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Matt Ernest | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kellen Lewis | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 13 |
| Chris Banks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Brad Martin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Collin Taylor | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 193 | 2175 | 11.3 | 11 | 79 |
| Opponents | | | | | |

### Defense

| Name | GP | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Pass Defense | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Blkd Kick |
| Name | GP | Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | BrUp | QBH | No.-Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Rcv-Yds | FF | Blkd Kick |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Special teams

| Name | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs |
| Name | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | Blkd | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Name | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns |
| Name | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | |