Indiana football players and coach Curt Cignetti explain how the Hoosiers won late at Iowa.

Not many players or coaches were used to playing in tight games, but IU found a way to win anyway.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Indiana football called check mate.

In the final moments of a 20-15 win over Iowa, the No. 12 Hoosiers (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) ended a prolonged chess match against their Big Ten rival with a 49-yard touchdown catch-and-run from Fernando Mendoza to Elijah Sarratt .

Indiana failed to capitalize on similar moments earlier in the game — the same exact play failed in the first quarter — but Mendoza and Sarratt weren't going to let the moment slip through their fingers.

Here’s how it all unfolded as told by Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti and the players involved:

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