Hoosiers dominate Bruins In the Rose Bowl

Hoosiers dominate Bruins In the Rose Bowl

By Nick Jenkinson/Excel H Sports

The Indiana Hoosiers made their first trip to the Rose Bowl since January 1st, 1968 and this time the Hoosiers beat the UCLA Bruins 42-13 in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California Saturday Evening. This was the first Big Ten Conference game for IU Head Coach Curt Cignetti and the first for UCLA as a Big Ten Member and the Hoosiers left their mark against the Bruins in their first ever meeting and leave the state of California with a win since the

The Hoosiers started out fast scoring on thier first possession of the game when Kurtis Rourke found Miles Cross for a 3 yard touchdown pass with 8:31 left in the first quarter to make 7-0 on the opening drive. The defense made their mark when Mikhail Kamara recovered a fumble and the Hoosiers went up 14-0 when Rourke found Ke’ Shawn Williams with 7:28 left in the first quarter to make it 14-0. Justice Ellison added a 1 yard touchdown run with with 4:21 left In the second half to make it 21-0 with 4:21 left in the second quarter. UCLA Scored on a 1 yard touchdown run a touchdown run by TJ Harden scored on a yard touchdown run with 42 seconds left in second quarter as Indiana went into the locker room up 21-7 at halftime.

Indiana outscored the Bruins 21-6 in the second half as the Hoosiers are 3-0 and Curt Cignetti is the fourth coach in IU Football history to start 3-0. The Hoosiers are 1-0 in the Big Ten and will host Charlotte Saturday at noon in a non conference game. The Bruins are 1–1 and 0-1 in the Big Ten and travel to LSU Next week. Indiana outgained the Bruins 430-238 and the Hoosiers have given up 23 total points through three games.

Indiana was picked to finish last in the B1G Ten while UCLA was predicted to finish 14th in Lindy’s Sports Preseason magazine.