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Indiana football won its first outright Big Ten championship since 1945, defeating Ohio State.

Quarterback Fernando Mendoza threw a game-clinching 33-yard pass in the final minutes.

The Hoosiers' defense pressured Ohio State's quarterback, sacking him three times in the first half.

INDIANAPOLIS — There was a lot of losing over the last 80 years — the third-most losses in the sport's history — but Curt Cignetti has brought Indiana football to the top of college football.

It was far from perfect, but the Hoosiers clinched their first outright Big Ten championship since 1945 in their first championship game appearance and in front a predominately Hoosiers crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium. When Ohio State kicker Jayden Fielding's 27-yard attempt was pushed wide left wi

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