CINCINNATI - That cupcake-filled diet finally caught up with the Badgers on Saturday. Ron Dayne fumbled into the Cincinnati end zone in the fourth quarter and his new Big Ten rushing record meant next to nothing in the wake of No. 9 Wisconsin's 17-12 loss to the Bearcats.
Cincinnati's Robert Cooper ran for 143 yards and a touchdown, and Deontey Kenner scored on a 5-yard run.
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| AP PHOTO Although the Nittany Lions didn't quite decapitate Miami, as Penn State's David Macklin is doing to Santana Moss here. But down 23-20 in the fourth quarter, the Lions kept their heads and rallied to beat the Hurricanes. |
Dayne also moved into sixth place on the NCAA career rushing list, which does not include bowl games. He has 5,087 regular-season yards, 1,193 shy of breaking Ricky Williams' NCAA career mark.
''I don't care about the numbers. I'm looking for the win. That's all I was going for,'' Dayne said.
Dayne fumbled into the Cincinnati end zone midway through the final period and the Bearcats recovered.
Later in the period, Wisconsin's Nick Davis fumbled a punt and Carlton Sykes recovered for Cincinnati at the Wisconsin 25, setting up a 41-yard field goal by Jonathan Ruffin that put the Bearcats ahead 17-12 with 5:01 left.
''It was just a lack of concentration,'' Davis said. ''It was completely my fault. We just have to put this game behind us and prepare for Michigan.''
Dayne was held out of several series in the first half because of a sprained ankle, and his absence was felt most on the drive that ended with Pisetsky's second field goal.
No. 3 Penn St. 27, No. 8 Miami 23: As quickly as you can say fourth-and-two, No. 3 Penn State turned a soggy Saturday into a victory celebration at the Orange Bowl.
First, the Nittany Lions stopped No. 8 Miami a yard short of a first down. Then, on the next play, Kevin Thompson threw a 79-yard touchdown pass to Chafie Fields with 1:41 left.
''It's games like these that are the reason I stay in the game,'' said Nittany Lions coach Joe Paterno, drenched but smiling.
After Fields shook off two tacklers and raced into the end zone, Penn State players ran onto the field, jumping and thrusting their helmets into the air. The rain-soaked crowd of 74,427 was stunned. Just seconds earlier, they were cheering what they thought would be Miami's biggest win since coach Butch Davis took over five years ago.
''We had the taste in our mouths,'' Miami cornerback Leonard Myers said, ''and then it was gone.''
Penn State linebacker LaVar Arrington, who had another shoving incident with a punter, said he thought his team could lose but when the game turned, ''it was the greatest feeling in the world. I love Miami!''
This was a game the Hurricanes hoped would mark their return to college football's elite. It looked that way after Miami roared back from a 17-3 deficit and led 23-20 on James Jackson's 39-yard TD run with 7:42 left.
Michigan State 23, No. 24 Notre Dame 13: Notre Dame didn't lose this one in the last minute. The Irish never got the chance.
Bill Burke hit Gari Scott for an 80-yard, touchdown in the fourth quarter to run away with the victory. The loss dropped the host Irish to their second 1-3 start in the last three seasons, and gave Michigan State its second 3-0 start in the past three.
''It just took the wind out of you right there because you felt like you have some momentum,'' Notre Dame coach Bob Davie said. ''You felt like it was going to come down to the last play of the game.''
Jarious Jackson, who was 15-of-26 for 245 yards, now has six interceptions on the year, matching his total of last season. For the second week in a row, he declined to talk after the game.
No. 14 Purdue 58, Central Michigan 16: Five-foot-9, 191-pound Vinny Sutherland made his speed pay off on Saturday.
Sutherland set a school punt-return record to help No. 14 Purdue improve to 3-0 for the first time since 1969 as the Boilermakers overpowered Central Michigan at home.
Sutherland returned a punt 64 yards for one score en route to topping a 50-year school record for punt return yardage in a game. Sutherland finished with 142 on five returns. The record of 138 was set by Ken Gorgal on seven returns against Pittsburgh in 1948.
''I ran fast. Coach (Scott) Downing made some adjustments on the punt return team in practice this week,'' said
Drew Brees was 25-of-39 for 320 yards and two TDs before getting the rest of the day off.
Iowa 24, Northern Illinois 0: First-year Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz wanted quarterback Randy Reiners to give his team an offensive spark, but for a while Reiners and the Hawkeyes barely flickered.
Reiners finally got on track in the second half and led host Iowa on a long touchdown drive, scoring on a 2-yard keeper, while Ladell Betts ran for a career-best 174 yards and a TD.
With the Hawkeyes averaging just 200 yards after two games, Ferentz decided to bench starter Kyle McCann and insert Reiners. The move paid off as Iowa totaled 337 yards.
''I thought he did a real nice job,'' Ferentz said. ''He moved the team. I'd say he did a nice job, performed well, played hard and looked to me like he made pretty good decisions and did a pretty good job protecting the ball.
No. 13 Ohio State 40, Ohio 16: Ohio State received a scare - for a half. Tied 10-10 after two quarters, the 13th-ranked Buckeyes stormed back in the second half.
''I was shocked at halftime. I really couldn't believe it,'' said Buckeyes linebacker Na'il Diggs after the game.
It was shocking, considering that Ohio State hasn't lost to an in-state opponent since 1921.
But the host Buckeyes took over in the third quarter as Michael Wiley ran for two touchdowns and Steve Bellisari threw a 68-yard TD pass to Ken-Yon Rambo.
''The longer you let a team live like we did in the first half, the tougher job you've got,'' said Ohio State coach John Cooper.
Kentucky 44, Indiana 35: Dusty Bonner made Indiana forget about Tim Couch in a hurry.
Bonner, who became Kentucky's starter when Couch left early for the NFL, passed for 304 yards and five touchdowns, two of them to Dougie Allen, as the Wildcats beat host Indiana.
Antwaan Randle El ran for three touchdowns and passed for one TD for the Hoosiers (1-2), but had three passes intercepted, two in the closing minutes.
Northwestern 15, Duke 12 (OT): After a conservative first half, Northwestern's Nick Kreinbrink went for broke in overtime, hitting Sam Simm to pull out a an overtime victory over host Duke.
Duke (0-2) had taken a 12-9 lead in the extra period on Sims Lenhardt's fourth field goal of the game when Kreiink pump-faked the Duke defense and connected with Simmons on the Wildcats' second play of overtime.
The Blue Devils tied it on a 37-yarder by Lenhardt with 1:14 left after fumbling at the Northwestern 20 a series earlier.
Minnesota 55, Illinois State 7: One week after getting benched for his miserable passing, Billy Cockerham threw for a career-high 218 yards, ran for career-best 156 and accounted for four touchdowns.
Cockerham, replaced by backup Andy Persby last week after a 4-for-15 performance against Louisiana-Monroe, completed 18-of-22 against Illinois State in the Metrodome. He threw for two touchdowns and ran for two others.
Illinois 41, Louisville 36
Kurt Kittner went 17-of-24 for 244 yards and threw touchdown passes of of 8, 12, 49 and 67 yards as the host Illini (3-0) racked up 466 total yards. Havard, who had 23 carries, scored on a 7-yard run.
Chris Redman, whose name has been bandied about as a possible Heisman candidate, was 39-of-60 for 450 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions for Louisville.
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