Setting The Scene
• Indiana (8-4, 5-4 B1G East) faces Tennessee (7-5, 5-3 SEC East) in the 75th TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Thursday, Jan 2. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. EST at TIAA Bank Field (67,164; Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass) on ESPN.
• The Hoosiers are playing in their first TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and their first bowl game in the state of Florida.
• IU is making its 12th overall bowl appearance and third in the last five years.
• The two teams have met once previously, a 27-22 Volunteers win in the 1988 Peach Bowl on Jan.