I've seen M play Indiana 17 times in person - and M has won all 17. The only B1G school I have not seen win. I also saw them lose to MSU in the final game of the 1987 season - clinching the Rose Bowl birth for the Spartans.
I have seen several close games, though. We'll start the week off with the 2009 matchup. It was a back and forth game.
IU lead 26-21 after missing a field goal that could have put them up 8 points. Tate Forcier engineered a 13 play drive that finished with Forcier running in for 6 and then running in for the 2-point conversion shortly thereafter, putting M up 29-26.
The lead was short lived, a holding penalty on the kickoff return had the Hoosiers start from their own 15. Darius Willis broke through the Michigan defense for an 85 yard run to daylight and the PAT made it 33-29, Hoosiers with 8:57 left.
The two defenses traded stops and Michigan got the ball back near midfield with 5:32 left. Michigan rumbled for 2 first downs - switching up Forcier and Denard Robinson at quarterback throughout the drive. Facing 3rd and 7 from the IU 26 yard line - Forcier came back and found Martavious Odoms in the endzone for the score and 36-33 lead.
Donovan Warren ended the Hoosiers last hope with an interception to seal the win.
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