It was a comeback to be remembered in Bloomington. That is until the party got spoiled.
Despite what seemed like a magical comeback for IU in Saturday night's game against Ball State, scoring 14 points in a little over three minutes to take a late fourth-quarter lead, the Cardinals hit a last-second field goal to steal the win from the Hoosiers, 41-39.
Down 38-25 with only four minutes and seven seconds remaining in Saturday night's game against Ball State and a freshman quarterback under center, it all seemed like Indiana was about to fall to a 2-1 record. In fact, the Hoosiers had not scored since the second quarter.
Then thunder struck, and quarterback Nate Sudfeld led the Hoosiers to two straight touchdown drives to put the Hoosiers ahead 39-38 with 49 seconds left.
After Ball State was able to drive the ball to the IU 43-yard line with only seven seconds remaining, BSU quarterback Keith Wenning completed a pass to IU's 25-yard sideline with only one second on the clock. Though the play was reviewed, the call on the field was confirmed.
With that one second remaining, Ball State senior Steven Schott nailed the 42-yard field goal, sealing the Cardinal's victory over the Hoosiers.
Saturday's loss in front of a crowd of 48,186 was the first of the season for the Hoosiers. It was also the largest non-conference home game attendance at Memorial Stadium since Sept. 21, 1991, when the Hoosiers beat Kentucky 13-10 in front of a crowd of 48,994.
