BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza is looking to become the first player in program history to win the Heisman when he travels to New York this weekend to attend the trophy's annual award ceremony.

Mendoza led the Hoosiers (13-0) to a No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff as the only unbeaten team left in the country. He helped them win their first Big Ten title since 1967 as the MVP of the league championship game in a 13-10 win over Ohio State.

He's in rarified company of just making it to New York as a finalist for the Hoosiers. Here's a look at the program's history with the award:

Has an Indiana football player ever won the Heisman Trophy?

The closest an Indiana player came to winning the award was Anthony Thompson's runner-up finish in 1989. T

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