Rourke was replaced by backup quarterback Tayven Jackson, who is the only holdover from IU's 2023 quarterback room. He came into the game after Nebraska threw an interception to Shawn Asbury II with 7:35 left in the third quarter and completed his first six pass attempts as IU doubled a 21-point halftime lead.

At this point Rourke is expected to play again this season, with his timetable for return uncertain. The news comes as an unwelcome setback for an Indiana team otherwise fairly fortunate with injuries so far this season.

Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek recap a remarkably dominant performance from Indiana in a heavy defeat of Nebraska that should reframe so much of what college football thinks of the Hoosiers.

Indiana is 7-0 for the first time since 1967. In other news, Nebraska football isn't back. The Hoosiers obliterated the Cornhuskers, 56-7, in Big Ten play on Saturday. They did it without starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke in the second half.

Justice Ellison ran for 105 yards and two first-half touchdowns and No. 16 Indiana continued its best start in 57 years with a 56-7 rout of Nebraska on Saturday, matching the Hoosiers’ most lopsided Big Ten win in program history.