Knapke, making his second career start, was 46-of-73, including 31-of-41 for 282 yards and two TDs in the second half, as the Falcons (2-1) beat a Big Ten team for the first time since 2007. Lewis caught 16 passes for 149 yards, and Travis Greene rushed 24 times for 123 yards and a TD.

Tailback Tevin Coleman had 189 rushing yards and three TDs for Indiana (1-1), which suffered its seventh straight road loss in a game which featured 10 lead changes. Quarterback Nate Sudfeld was 31-of-41 for 347 yards and a touchdown and also ran for two scores.

Sudfeld scored on a 1-yard run to put the Hoosiers ahead 42-39 with 2:04 to go. Knapke and the Falcons responded by marching 88 yards in 11 plays and were helped out by back-to-back pass-interference penalties on the Hoosiers, which set the Falcons up at the Indiana 2.

In the first half, Bowling Green lived in Indiana territory and put four scores on the board to the Hoosiers’ two, but the Falcons had to settle for a quartet of Tyler Tate field goals. Indiana, meanwhile, scored on a 1-yard Sudfeld sneak in the first quarter and a 22-yard pass from Sudfeld to J-Shun Harris II on the second play of the second quarter to take a 14-12 advantage into the break.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Knapke was 26-of-41 for 308 yards and two TDs in his career entering the game. … Indiana was penalized 12 times for 116 yards. … Bowling Green lost a pair of starters (CB Darrell Hunter and WR Ronnie Moore) to injuries in the third quarter.