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Looking back, it was a duel between two soon-to-be-NFLers. But Penn State's Justin King couldn't catch Indiana's James Hardy.

Nobody was more relieved to see the Indiana University football team score its first touchdown against Northwestern a couple weeks ago than Brandon Bugg.

S Austin Thomas , OL Rodger Saffold , CB Christopher Phillips out. Central Michigan - DT Casey Droscha out.

Tandon Doss is one of the chosen few on Indiana University's football team this season.

WHAT: Indiana Hoosiers vs. Central Michigan Chippewas WHEN: Saturday, Noon WHERE: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Ind.

Indiana's Ben Chappell had 219 yards passing and a touchdown and rushed for another score as the Hoosiers beat Northwestern 21-19 today to snap a five-game losing streak.

Winning usually cures all ills. Leading up to Saturday's game against Northwestern, Indiana players heard all about their five-game losing streak from friends and classmates on the university's campus.

Indiana's Tandon Doss finished with eight receptions for 107 yards and a TD, and Damarlo Belcher caught six passes for 82 yards and a score.

As the Indiana football team prepares for Saturday's game at Illinois, IUHoosiers.com takes a look inside the numbers.

Eric Decker tied a school record with 13 catches for 190 yards and withstood a vicious blow to the head in the fourth quarter to get coach Tim Brewster his first career Big Ten victory in Minnesota's 16-7 win ...

Banged up? You'd better believe it. Indiana's mounting injuries, combined with a two-game losing streak, add to the challenges entering Saturday's game at Minnesota .

Michigan State's running game will receive a bulk of the attention entering Saturday's game with Indiana.

So far, so good for the Indiana receiving corps trying to fill the gaping hole left behind by 6-foot-7 star wideout James Hardy.

As a wide receiver, Tandon Doss is accustomed to running long routes. The route to his Indiana debut was particularly long.

Western Kentucky had the ball inside Indiana's 10-yard line midway through the third quarter Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

My first impressions Saturday of Indiana football were about what I expected. I don't think there's any doubt now that Kellen Lewis needed to be running the show as the starting quarterback.