How to watch Indiana Football vs. Washington in Week 9

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Unlike UCLA, where previous former Pac-12 school Indiana played in the 2024 season, the Hoosiers do have a history with Washington. The Huskies come to Memorial Stadium on Saturday for a noon ET kickoff.

This will be the fourth meeting between the Hoosiers and Huskies, but it has been a while since they last met.

The two teams played in a one-off match in Seattle in 2003. This was Gerry DiNardo’s second year as Indiana’s coach and the Huskies outscored the Hoosiers 38-13.

However, Indiana had better memories of the other two meetings against Washington. Both came in Lee Corso’s coaching era.

In 1976, the Hoosiers traveled west to take on the Huskies and emerged with a 20-13 victory. It was the first win for Indiana in what would be a 5-6 season. Mark Harkrader, a freshman, ran for 76 yards. Indiana took the lead for good in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard Ric Enis run. Indiana held future Hall of Famer Warren Moon to a 5-of-17 passing performance for 59 yards.

The next time Indiana faced Washington, the Huskies were ranked 15th in the AP Top 20 poll. The Hoosiers were fresh off a competitive 24-17 loss at No. 13 LSU the week before.

Indiana went to the ground game. And what if we say the Hoosiers leaned on the run? We mean 63 running plays and only three passing plays against the Huskies.

Indiana’s defense made it work. The Hoosiers collected 238 rushing yards and Indiana’s defense held off Washington thanks to three interceptions. Indiana earned the 14-7 upset.

It was the highlight of the 1978 season for the Hoosiers as they finished 4-7.

This Saturday’s game, where Indiana is undefeated at 7-0 and ranked No. 13, will have more of a spotlight than the previous meetings, but the Hoosiers have had their moments against the Huskies.

A memory for the fans. Although Indiana will be featured Saturday on ESPN College GameDay, which starts at 9 a.m. and ends at noon, the game itself will be broadcast on Big Ten Network. ESPN often does GameDay on sites of games it doesn’t broadcast.

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