19th ANNUAL INSIGHT BOWL
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Oklahoma State Cowboys scored touchdowns on its first five possessions to take a commanding 35-10 halftime lead en route to a never-in-doubt 49-33 victory over Indiana in front of 48,892 fans, the third-largest crowd in the bowl’s history.
The quarterbacks from both teams stole the offensive spotlights. Cowboys’ signal-caller Zac Robinson threw for 302 yards and three touchdown passes, and rushed for 70 yards and two more scores to earn offensive player of the game honors.
Indiana quarterback Kellen Lewis accounted for three touchdowns - two passing, one rushing - and added 204 yards passing and 93 yards on the ground to lead the Hoosiers attack. Lewis also equaled former Hoosier Antwaan Randle-El’s IU career record of 42 touchdown passes in the game.
OSU running back Dantrell Savage also was a headliner with 109 yards rushing and one touchdown on 23 carries.
After Indiana opened the scoring with Austin Starr’s 43-yard field goal with 4:19 remaining in the first quarter, OSU’s offensive onslaught began with four unanswered touchdown drives of 67, 53, 54 and 57 yards, respectively.
The touchdowns, in order, were recorded on a 3-yard run by Savage, a 24-yard pass from Robinson to Dez Bryant, a 7-yard run by Robinson and a 14-yard pass from Robinson to Adarius Bowman.
The balanced Oklahoma State offense picked up 302 yards through the air and 211 on the ground.
Oklahoma State, making its fifth bowl in six years, completed its season 8-5. Indiana was making its first bowl appearance since the 1993 and dedicated its season to head coach Terry Hoeppner, who died from complications from a brain tumor in the summer before the season.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
| Indiana | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | - | 33 |
| Oklahoma State | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 | - | 49 |
YARDSTICK
| IU | OSU | |
| 21 | First Downs | 29 |
| 33-179 | Rushes-Yards | 49-211 |
| 220 | Passing Yards | 302 |
| 23-44-0 | Passes | 24-33-1 |
| 107 | Return Yards | 118 |
| 5-36.4 | Punts | 3-35.3 |
| 0-0 | Fumbles-Lost | 3-1 |
| 10-80 | Penalties-Yards | 10-103 |
HOW THEY SCORED
| IU | OSU | |
| 3 | 0 | Austin Starr 43-yard field goal |
| 3 | 7 | Dantrell Savage 3-yard run (Dan Bailey kick) |
| 3 | 14 | Dez Bryant 24-yard pass from Zac Robinson (Dan Bailey kick) |
| 3 | 21 | Zac Robinson 7-yard run (Dan Bailey kick) |
| 3 | 28 | Adarius Bowman 14-yard pass from Zac Robinson (Dan Bailey kick) |
| 10 | 28 | Marcus Thigpen 4-yard pass from Kellen Lewis (Austin Starr kick) |
| 10 | 35 | Zac Robinson 1-yard run (Dan Bailey kick) |
| 17 | 35 | Kellen Lewis 1-yard run (Austin Starr kick) |
| 17 | 42 | Dez Bryant 11-yard pass from Zac Robinson (Dan Bailey kick) |
| 24 | 42 | Josiah Sears 5-yard run (Austin Starr kick) |
| 27 | 42 | Austin Starr 37-yard field goal |
| 27 | 49 | Julius Crosslin 1-yard run (Dan Bailey kick) |
| 33 | 49 | James Bailey 30-yard pass from Kellen Lewis (pass failed) |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – INDIANA: Kellen Lewis 10-83, Marcus Thigpen 11-56, Bryan Payton 8-43, Josiah Sears 1-5, TEAM 1-(-2), Ray Risher 2-(-6). OKLAHOMA STATE: Dantrell Savage 23-100, Zac Robinson 15-70, Kendall Hunter 8-33, Dez Bryant 1-7, Julius Crosslin 2-1.
PASSING – INDIANA: Kellen Lewis 22-43-0-204, Andrew Means 1-1-0-16. OKLAHOMA STATE: Zac Robinson 24-34-1-302.
RECEIVING – INDIANA: James Hardy 5-50, Andrew Means 5-41, James Bailey 3-70, Ray Fisher 3-20, Marcus Thigpen 2-4, Bryan Payton 2-3, Kellen Lewis 1-16, Austin Starr 1-9, Nick Sexton 1-7. OKLAHOMA STATE: Dez Bryant 9-117, Adarius Bowman 6-74, Brandon Pettigrew 3-39, Seth Newton 2-24, Dantrell Savage 2-1, Kendall Hunter 1-24, Justin Waller 1-23.
