US EditionHoosiers and their fans brave a strong winter storm to celebrate the school's 1st national title
- On Jan 24, 2026, the Indiana Hoosiers football team paraded from Assembly Hall to Memorial Stadium, raising the program's first national championship trophy while signing autographs and trading fist bumps.
- The title capped a perfect 16-0 season, the first such season in the modern era since the 1890s, with a 27-21 championship win in Miami, Florida, after beating Ohio State and Alabama.
- Fernando Mendoza this week made national TV appearances and announced Friday he would enter this year's draft, while the on-campus celebration included folding chairs on the field and presentations and trophies lined across the dais.
- Indiana begins next season as defending national and Big Ten champions with the nation's longest winning and home streaks, and University president Pam Whitten promised this won't be their last title.
- Curt Cignetti, head coach, led a two-year turnaround at major college football's losingest program, culminating in Indiana receiving the MacArthur Bowl, awarded since 1959 and named for General Douglas MacArthur.
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Hoosiers and their fans brave a strong winter storm to celebrate the school's 1st national title
The Indiana Hoosiers took one last stroll from Assembly Hall to Memorial Stadium, waving to the crowd, signing autographs and trading fist bumps with the fans who lined the way.
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