Tony Driver, who left school briefly two weeks ago, made two key interceptions in the closing minutes and Jim Sanson kicked a 17-yard field goal with 57 seconds left to give the No. 23 Fighting Irish a 31-30 victory over Purdue.
Driver, who left school for two days because he was reportedly upset about being switched from running back to safety, intercepted a pass from Drew Brees with 1:39 remaining and returned it to the Purdue 5 yard line to set up Sanson's game-winning field goal.
Purdue (2-2) had a final chance to win after reaching its 44, but Driver picked off another pass by Brees with 37 seconds left to seal the victory for the Irish (2-1), who trailed by nine points with just under eight minutes remaining.
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Kahlil Hill and Joe Slattery scored touchdowns on returns and Tim Douglas kicked three field goals of over 50 yards as Iowa beat Illinois 37-14.
Douglas opened the scoring with a 51-yard field goal in the second quarter.
He added field goals of 58 and 51 yards to become the third major-college kicker with three 50-plus field goals in a game.
Illinois (0-1 Big Ten, 1-3 overall) was forced to punt and it took Iowa (1-0, 2-2) only three plays to pad its lead to 10-0.
Kyle McCann's 42-yard pass to Austin Wheatley set up Ladell Betts' 4-yard scoring run.
Iowa forced another Illinois punt, which Hill returned 57 yards with 9:42 left for a 17-0 lead.
The Hawkeyes took control for good when Kurt Kittner, the first freshman to start at Illinois since 1946, had a pass intercepted by Slattery and returned 47 yards for the touchdown that made it 24-0.
No. 14 Wisconsin 38, Northwestern 7
The nation's top-ranked defense joined in the fun as the Wisconsin Badgers got touchdowns via the pass, the run and on blocked punt and punt returns in a 38-7 thumping of Northwestern.
Ron Dayne ran over the Wildcats for 168 yards on 22 carries, Mike Samuel threw for a touchdown and ran for one and freshman punt returner Nick Davis and sophomore defensive back Ryan Marks also got into the end zone for No. 14 Wisconsin (1-0, 4-0).
The Badgers stretched their shutout streak to 13 quarters before Nick Kreinbrink's 46-yard touchdown pass to diving
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