No. 5 Indiana shut out Howard 55-0 on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, scoring all of its points in the first three quarters.
Josh Hoover threw touchdown passes to Charlie Becker from 34 yards at 12:56 of the first quarter and 6 yards at 4:16, with the extra point failing on the second, and to Shazz Preston from 39 yards at 1:34 for a 20-0 lead. Hoover's 41-yard throw to Becker at 6:07 of the second, Rolijah Hardy's 19-yard interception return at 4:39 and Turbo Richard's 14-yard run at 1:30 made it 41-0 at halftime. Grant Wilson added passes of 3 yards to Davion Chandler at 7:53 of the third and 51 yards to Nick Marsh at 6:03. Neither team scored in the fourth quarter.
Hoover finished 6 of 11 for 145 yards and four touchdowns; Becker caught 3 passes for 81 yards and three scores, and Lee Beebe Jr. ran 16 times for 112 yards. Keishaun Calhoun had two sacks. Indiana totaled 505 yards, 296 of them rushing, with 24 first downs, and converted 7 of 10 third downs. Howard managed 57 total yards and 4 first downs; Ja'Shawn Scroggins was 8 of 15 for 43 yards with an interception, and the Bison ran 27 times for 13 yards. Attendance was 54,376.
Reporting source: ESPN public site API (game summary) Captured Sep 14, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC