IOWA CITY, Iowa — Indiana football called check mate.

In the final moments of a 20-15 win over Iowa, the No. 12 Hoosiers (5-0) ended a prolonged chess match against their Big Ten rival with a 49-yard touchdown catch-and-run from Fernando Mendoza to Elijah Sarratt.

Indiana failed to capitalize on similar moments earlier in the game — the same exact play failed in the first quarter — but Mendoza and Sarratt weren't going to let the moment slip through their fingers.

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The final moments of Saturday’s game at Kinnick Stadium were uncharted territory f

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