How to Watch Indiana Football Week 4 Against Akron Zips

Indiana football continues the 2023 season against the Akron Zips on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington. Here's how to watch, with game time and TV information, the latest on the point spread, series history, coaching information and more.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — After making a short trip north to Indianapolis, coach Tom Allen and the Indiana Hoosiers are back in Bloomington on Saturday to take on the Akron Zips.

Indiana will host an opponent under the lights for the second time this year, as kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET inside Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers will be wearing new black uniforms in this game. 

Indiana is looking to bounce back against Akron after a furious second half comeback against Louisville fell just short, ending in a 21-14 defeat for the Hoosiers. The Zips are coming off a 35-3 defeat at the hands of Kentucky, though the final score deceives how close the contest actually was. With less than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Akron trailed their SEC opponents just 14-3, but Kentucky tacked on 21 points at the end to pull away. 

Along with Indiana State, Saturday's matchup against Akron is a game most IU fans penciled in as a win on the schedule. Playing against a team in the bottom half of the MAC, Indiana should be able to win by a comfortable margin. However, the Zips are coached by Joe Moorhead, who brings Big Ten experience as a successful offensive coordinator at Penn State. 

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How to watch Indiana vs. Akron

• Who: Indiana Hoosiers (1-2, 0-1 in Big Ten) vs. Akron Zips (1-2, 0-0 in MAC)
• What: First football matchup since 2010.
• When: 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 23.
• Where: Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind.
• TV: Big Ten Network – Use Big Ten Network's GameFinder tool:
• Enter your zip code and TV provider, and the GameFinder will tell you the channel and network where you can watch the game. CLICK HERE
• Announcers: Connor Onion (pbp), Adam Breneman (analyst), Dannie Rogers (sideline)
• Live Stream: fuboTV (Start your free trial)
• Radio: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network, Sirius/Online: XM (135/195)
• Radio Announcers: Don Fischer (play-by-play), Rhett Lewis (analyst), John Herrick
• Point spread: Indiana is a 16.5-point favorite, and the over/under is set at 46.5 points, according to FanDuel Sportsbook on Friday afternoon. 
• Season totals: Before Week 1, Indiana's 2023 regular season win total over/under was 3.5, according to the FanDuel Sportsbook.
• Last season's records: Indiana went 4-8 overall and 2-7 in Big Ten play, with wins over Illinois, Idaho, Western Kentucky and Michigan State. Akron went 2-10 overall and 1-7 in MAC play, with wins over St. Francis and Northern Illinois
• Series history: Indiana leads the all-time series 3-0. All three matchups occurred in Bloomington from 2007-10, when the Hoosiers were led by coach Bill Lynch. The first match in 2007 ended in a 41-24 victory for IU, and in its three victories, Indiana outscored Akron 114-65. From 2007-10, Lynch posted a 19-30 overall record as the Indiana football coach, while Akron was coached by J.D. Brookhart in 2007 and 2009's games against the Hoosiers, and by Rob Ianello in 2010.
• Last meeting: Indiana defeated Akron 35-20 on Sept. 25, 2010 at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington. Indiana quarterback Ben Chappell threw for 342 yards and four touchdowns. 
• Weather: According to weather.com, it's going to be 75 degrees and sunny with a zero percent chance of rain, and winds from the northwest at seven miles per hour at 7 p.m. ET in Bloomington, Ind. on Saturday.

Meet the Coaches

• Joe Moorhead, Akron: Moorhead is entering his second season as the Akron football coach, and he currently holds a 3-12 overall record at the school, and a 1-7 mark in MAC conference play. He was also the head coach at Mississippi State from 2018-19, and had a 14-12 overall record during his two seasons with the Bulldogs. Moorhead's Mississippi State teams reach both the 2018-19 Outback Bowl, and the 2019-20 Music City Bowl, but lost in both games. Despite having an overall winning record during his time in Starkville, Mississippi State went just 7-9 in SEC conference games during his tenure. Moorhead played quarterback at Fordham from 1992-95, and soon after took up a graduate assistant role at Pittsburgh in 1998. He then worked as a position coach in various different roles at Georgetown from 2000-03, at Akron from 2004-08 and at UConn from 2009-11. He then served as the head coach at his alma mater, Fordham, from 2012-15, before becoming the offensive coordinator for James Franklin and Penn State from 2016-17. In between his head coaching jobs at Mississippi State and Akron, Moorhead spent two season at Oregon as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. 
• Tom Allen, Indiana: Allen has a 31-42 overall record and a 17-36 mark in Big Ten play in his seventh full season as Indiana's head coach. He took over for Kevin Wilson as interim head coach for the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl, which ended with a 26-24 loss to Utah. Allen is seventh among Indiana head coaches on the all-time wins list, and he's six wins away from moving into fourth place. Allen was named 2020 American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year, when he led the Hoosiers to a 6-2 record and reached as high as No. 7 in the AP top-25 poll, the school's highest ranking since 1967. Along with Bill Mallory, Allen is one of two Indiana head coaches to coach in multiple bowl games. Allen is a native of New Castle, Ind., and his coaching career includes stops at Temple Heights High School, Armwood High School, Marion High School, Ben Davis High School, Wabash College, Lambuth University, Drake, Arkansas State, Ole Miss, South Florida and Indiana.

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