It took just one quarter of play for Indiana to jump to a 32-0 lead in its stunning 63-32 victory at Wisconsin.
Indiana (1-3, 1-1 Big Ten) was led by tailback Levron Williams, who rushed for a school-record six touchdowns and recorded 280 yards on 20 carries. It was the Hoosiers’ most productive offensive output since beating Rose Polytechnic 65-0 in 1924.
The win was also Indiana’s first at Wisconsin in 10 years and it was fifth-year coach Cam Cameron’s third road victory in 23 tries.
Indiana scored 23 points off five Wisconsin turnovers. The Badgers (3-3, 1-1), who were without the Big Ten’s leading rusher Anthony Davis because of turf toe, finished with just 331 yards of total offense compared to the Hoosiers’ 631.
Indiana quarterback Antwaan Randle El passed for 182 yards and ran for 102 yards.
Purdue 23, Iowa 14: Purdue used a stellar defensive effort and some more fourth-quarter heroics to beat Iowa last Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.
Purdue (3-1, 2-0) allowed just 207 yards of total offense, the second fewest since Tiller became coach in 1997.
The Boilermakers trailed 14-13 entering the final quarter, but redshirt freshman quarterback Brandon Hance stepped up. He began the fourth with completions of 25 and 14 yards, capping the drive by scampering four yards for a touchdown.
Still, the game was dictated by strong defense on both sides of the ball. Iowa, ranked first in the Big Ten in total defense, held Purdue to just 217 yards. Hance was 17-for-33 for 147 yards with one interception.
Iowa’s Kyle McCann, the Big Ten’s most efficient passer, started strong, but finished 21-for-32 for 167 yards.
Both teams’ running games were ineffective. The Hawkeyes (3-1, 1-1) tallied just 33 yards on the ground, while the Boilermakers had just 70.
Michigan 20, Penn Sate 0: Joe Paterno knocked over a water bottle during the postgame press conference following a 20-0 home loss to Michigan. Although Paterno’s action was inadvertent, one would be hard-pressed to blame him should he have intentionally knocked over the bottle.
The Nittany Lions’ 0-4 start is the worst in the program’s 115-year history, and the Wolverines (4-1, 2-0) became the first team to shut out a Paterno-coached squad in State College, Pa. — in 212 games.
Penn State — now 0-2 in the conference — once again showed little offensive punch, rushing for a mere 25 yards and tallying 269 total yards. Michigan quarterback John Navarre was 17 of 31 for 246, while tailback B.J. Askew had 27 carries for 122.
Illinois 25, Minnesota 14: Illinois used a solid effort from wide receiver Brandon Lloyd to blow past Minnesota 25-14 in Champaign, Ill.
Lloyd had nine catches for 168 yards and two touchdowns. After posting 100-yard receiving games in the Fighting Illini’s first two contests, Lloyd had all but disappeared the next two weeks.
“I really had to look myself in the mirror and say, ‘What are you doing wrong?'” he said. “I had a couple of 100-yard games. I thought I was OK, but I wasn’t. I didn’t put forth all my effort.”
Illinois (4-1, 1-1) quarterback Kurt Kittner and the usually spotty Illini ground attack also contributed to the fluid offensive output.
Kittner was 16 of 28 for 239 yards and the rushing game produced 198 yards using three tailbacks, each of whom recorded exactly 65 yards.
The loss drops Minnesota to 1-3, 0-2 in the Big Ten.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
