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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana scored on its first three possessions of the first quarter as the Hoosiers beat Eastern Illinois 52-0 on Saturday afternoon.

EIU fell to 0-2 on the season while IU improved to 2-0.

The Hoosiers took the opening drive and scored on a 10-yard pass from Michael Penix Jr., to Miles Marshall with 11:05 to play. 

Following a three-and-out by the Panthers, IU went up 14-0 on a 5-yard run by Stevie Scott at the 4:28 mark of the first quarter.  After a tipped punt on the Panthers next offensive possession, Cole Gest plunged over from 2-yards out to cap a short yardage drive to make it 21-0 with 1:34 play.

Eastern Illinois collected its first, first-down in the second quarter as the Panthers finally took a drive deep into IU territory in the third quarter.   EIU was limited to five first downs in the contest and 116 yards of total offense.

Indiana added another first half touchdown pass from Penix and then two long touchdown passes from Hoosiers back-up quarterback Peyton Ramsey.

Joe Caputo led EIU with tackles on the day with seven while Raymond Crittenden added six tackles. 

Penix passed for 197 yards while Ramsey added 226 through the air for a Hoosiers offense that finished with 555 yards on the day.  Samson James added a short yardage touchdown in the fourth quarter and the Hoosier scoring was capped by a 48-yard field goal.

EIU did make a final defensive stand stopping an IU drive at the goal line as Brandon Guido broke up a fourth down pass in the fourth quarter.