Taylor, Badgers run past Huskers
Freshman Jonathan Taylor rushed for a season- high 249 yards and two touchdowns to lead a punishing ground game that helped ninth- ranked Wisconsin wear down Nebraska in the second half of a 38- 17 win in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Badgers beat the Huskers for the fifth straight time and took sole possession of first place in the Big Ten West.
Taylor, who had his second 200yard performance in five games, carried 25 times while recording the third- most rushing yards ever by a Nebraska opponent.
The Badgers went to the run almost exclusively on three straight scoring drives after Nebraska’s Aaron Williams returned an interception to tie it 17- all early in the third quarter.
They ran on eight of 10 plays while going 93 yards for the go- ahead touchdown, which Quintez Cephus scored on a five- yard pass. Next time they ran on all 10 plays as they went 80 yards, with Taylor bulling in from the 2. After Stanley Morgan fumbled on the Huskers’ ensuing possession, they ran 10 times for 40 yards, with Bradrick Shawn scoring from the 1.
Devine Ozigbo had 112 yards on 23 carries for the Huskers.
No. 10 Ohio State 62, Maryland 14
J. T. Barrett threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in the first half, and the host Buckeyes had their most dominant defensive effort in nearly 60 years.
The stingy Buckeyes held the Terrapins to 66 total yards — their fewest yards allowed since yielding 60 against Indiana in 1960.
Purdue 31, Minnesota 17
Markell Jones scored on a 12yard run with 1: 17 left and Elijah Sindelar rallied the host Boilers twice — once before a heavy storm delayed the game and once after.
Sindelar replaced David Blough in the first half and had the best game of his career. He finished 19 of 26 with a career- high 248 yards and one touchdown.
Indiana 27, Charleston Southern 0
Freshman quarterback Peyton Ramsey, making his first start since replacing senior Richard Lagow, completed 10 of his first 11 passes, including a touchdown pass to Taysir Mack, and finished 32- for- 41 for a career- high 321 yards passing. Ramsey added 54 rushing yards.