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Copper Bowl 1991
Indiana 24 Baylor 0 |
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Indiana (7-4-1) built a 17-0 halftime lead, then capitalized on two key defensive plays late in the game to shut out Baylor (8-4) for the first time in 14 bowl appearances.
Dunbar scored one touchdown and gained 106 yards on 28 carries for a season total of 1.805, 12 yards more than Anthony Thompson's total in 1989. Green ran for two scores and passed for 165 yards, pushing his season total to 2,627 and breaking Steve Bradley's 1984 mark of 2,544. Indiana, like other Big Ten schools, includes bowl games in season statistics.
Scott Bonnell added a 27-yard field goal in the second quarter.
The hard-hitting Hoosiers stymied Baylor's veer offense, holding the Bears to 269 yards.
Free safety Damon Watts came up with Indiana's biggest defensive play with 51 seconds left in the third quarter, recovering Baylor quarterback J.J. Joe's fumble in the Indiana end zone to snuff the Bears' most serious scoring threat.
Linebacker John Miller intercepted a pass by Joe at the Hoosier 38 on Baylor's next possession, setting up a 12-play, 60-yard scoring drive capped by Green's second touchdown run, a 4-yarder (video).
Jim DiGuilio helped keep Baylor at bay with superb punting all night, averaging 49 yards on six kicks.
Baylor stiffened defensively in the third quarter, and a face mask penalty against Indiana gave the Bears another chance at their 46.
Joe moved Baylor to the Indiana 5 and an interference penalty on a pass in the end zone provided a first down at the 3.
But on the next play, Joe fumbled trying to hand off to his fullback.
Dunbar, a 6-foot, 207-pounder, carried 16 times for 82 yards in the first half, his last run for a 5-yard touchdown to put Indiana ahead 17-0 with 12 seconds remaining before halftime.
Green scored the opening touchdown on a 1-yard keeper midway through the first quarter. Green broke Bradley's yardage record on an 18-yard second-quarter pass to Scott McGowan during the Hoosiers' second touchdown drive.
Dunbar carried six times for 32 yards on Indiana's first scoring drive, taking the ball inside the Baylor 1 from where Green kept for the touchdown.
Baylor drove 59 yards to the Indiana 21 on the following series. On a fake field goal, holder and punter Kent Brentham, who had fumbled a punt on the Bears' first series, overthrew his wide-open kicker, Jeff Ireland, inside the Indiana 10.
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Trent Green led Indiana to the victory running for two touchdowns. |
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The Hoosier defense buried Santana Dotson and the Bears. |
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Attendance: 35,751
Scoring Summary
First Quarter IU- Green 1 run (Bonnell kick)
Second Quarter IU- FG Bonnell 27 IU- Dunbar 5 run (Bonnell kick)
Fourth Quarter IU- Green 4 run (Bonnell kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing BU- Strait 15-72, Mims 9-49, Bell 5-41 IU- Dunbar 28-106, Law 6-38
Passing BU- Joe 10-26-131 IU- Green 11-21-165
Receiving BU- Pierce 3-32, Miles 2-41, Bonner 2-32, Mims 2-19, Miller 1-7 IU- Thomas 4-58, McGowan 3-63, Coleman 1-15, Dunbar 1-11, Harris 1-11, Walker 1-11, Baety 1-7
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TUCSON,
Ariz. (AP)- Vaughn Dunbar and Trent Green broke Indiana school records
and the Hoosier defense broke the backs of the Baylor Bears in a 24-0
New Year's Eve victory in the Copper Bowl.
