Athletic director Mike Bobinski fired the first-time head coach on Sunday, following a brutal 1-11 season in which the Boilermakers made all the wrong kinds of history.
Kurtis Rourke threw two of his record-tying six touchdown passes to Elijah Sarratt, and No. 10 Indiana routed rival Purdue 66-0 and now must wait to find out its College Football Playoff fate.
Christian Gray returned an interception 99 yards for a touchdown with 3:39 to play, and Xavier Watts returned another interception 100 yards for a score with 1:18 left.