BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza threw for four touchdowns to lead No. 23 Indiana to a 56-9 rout of Kennesaw State on Saturday.
Mendoza, a transfer from University of California, completed 18 of 25 passes for 245 yards. He threw scoring passes of 3, 9 and 20 yards to Elijah Sarratt and an 8-yard strike to E.J. Williams early in the fourth quarter.
“I was glad to see (Sarratt) bust out and those guys hook up and some success together,” Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti said.
Cignetti said the Hoosiers (2-0) took a step forward.
“I liked the way our guys kept playing one play at a time,” he said. “I was a little bit of tyrant in the fourth quarter, but my job is to make the team better, so that’s the way it is.”
The Hoosiers held the Owls (0-2) to two field goals in the first half a