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Indiana Football to Host First Sellout of Season Against Nebraska

Indiana football announced Thursday that it has sold out its Oct. 19 homecoming tilt against Nebraska. It is the Hoosiers' first home sellout since 2021 and their sixth of the past decade.

Austin Jacobsen

Indiana students cheer during the Indiana versus Maryland football game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.
Indiana students cheer during the Indiana versus Maryland football game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. / Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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Nebraska football isn't the only Big Ten program filling its stadium on Saturdays.

Indiana football announced on social media Thursday that its Oct. 19 homecoming matchup against the Huskers will be a home sellout at the Hoosiers' Memorial Stadium. "The Rock" garnered its first sold-out environment since 2021, when Indiana welcomed Ohio State. This becomes the sixth sellout for Indiana since 2014.

The Hoosiers have given their fans plenty to cheer for, beginning their season 6-0 and having entered the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches top 25 polls. Indiana is also one of just 12 remaining unbeaten teams in college football and is one of only three teams to have not trailed yet this season.

The No. 18 Hoosiers vaulted up five spots in the latest poll after a 41-24 road win at Northwestern last week, pushing Indiana to 6-0 on the season and 3-0 in Big Ten Conference play. Indiana has dispatched UCLA 42-13 in California, while overcoming Maryland 42-28 in Bloomington on Sept. 28. The Hoosiers have been formidable at home under new coach Curt Cignetti, averaging nearly 51 points per contest on their home turf.

Nebraska has enjoyed a similar home-field advantage, having sold out 401 consecutive contests dating back to 1962. The Huskers have started the season 5-1, with five of their six contests being played in Lincoln. Nebraska's lone road contest this year - a 28-10 victory in West Lafayette over Purdue - was another sellout crowd, as Ross-Ade Stadium celebrated homecoming with 61,441 in attendance.

Indiana fans have been anxious for their fresh start, with ticket sales reportedly increasing by ten percent prior to the start of the season. Indiana's Memorial Stadium holds a capacity of 56,626, good for tenth-highest in the conference.

Fans online have speculated, however, that Indiana sold out its homecoming tilt with the Huskers due to the passionate traveling of Nebraska's fans. However, as of Friday morning, Nebraska fan allotment tickets were still available for purchase.

Nebraska is continuing to receive votes in the AP and coaches polls, and if the Huskers push into the top 25 after this weekend, both teams would be ranked following their bye weeks this week. That would make the contest the first ranked-on-ranked matchup for fans to see in Bloomington since 1993. Indiana did host Michigan in a ranked battle in 2020, but fans were not allowed into Memorial Stadium due to COVID protocols.

The Huskers and Hoosiers await their Big Ten battle for an 11 a.m. CDT kickoff with television coverage on FOX. FOX's marquee pregame show, Big Noon Kickoff, will be a part of the game day festivities as well.

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Austin Jacobsen
AUSTIN JACOBSEN

Austin Jacobsen is a radio broadcaster and former Sports Director in Central Nebraska. He has seen the Cornhusker state from all corners; growing up in the Panhandle, completing his college degree in Kearney, working in the rural Sandhills, and now residing in Omaha. Austin is a statewide, regional, and national radio award winner and can usually be found at a high school football field on Friday nights and tuning in to the Huskers wherever they travel. If he is not on the road, Austin enjoys movie dates with his girlfriend and their dog, Ava.

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