HOLY COW, HOOSIERS!
Indiana upsets No. 8 Penn State on close-call 2-point conversion in OT
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Michael Penix forced overtime with a 2-point conversion run with22 seconds left, then scored on a diving 2-point conversion to give Indiana a season-opening 36-35 upset victory over No. 8 Penn State — ending the Big Ten's longest streak of consecutive losses to Top 10 teams at 42.
The winning playwent to a replay review before the officials announced the initial call stood.
Indiana beat the Nittany Lions for the second time in 24 matchups, and beat aTop 10 foe for the first time since a 31-10 victory at Ohio State on Oct. 10, 1987.
And it took every trick in the book to get it done.
After Indiana failed to gain a first down after Sean Clifford threw a go-ahead 60-yard touchdown pass to Jahan Dotson with 2:30 left, coach Tom Allen instructed his defense to let Penn State score.
DevynFordobliged with a 14-yard run with 1:42 to go. Penix then took theHoosiers down the field, scored on a 1-yard TD run with 22 seconds to go, added the 2-point conversion and eventually wound up in overtime after Jordan Stout's 57-yard field goal came up short with 3 seconds left in regulation.
Penn State made it 35-28 when Clifford hooked up with Parker Washington in overtime, but Whop Philyor caught a 9-yard TD pass for the Hoosiers and Penix won it when he dove for the goal line and the ball hit the pylon.
Purdue
24, Iowa 20: Sophomore receiver David Bell caught three touchdown passes, including the
game winner, to guide the Purdue Boilermakers to a victory over Iowa.
With the Boilermakers' top receiver Rondale Moore sideline for undisclosed reasons, Bell caught 13 passes for 121 yards.
His difference maker was a 6-yard TD from Aidan O'Connell with 2:15 remaining in the fourth quarter to give Purdue the lead. Purdue's defense stiffened on the final drive, stopping Iowa on fourth-and-10 from its own 44.
O'Connell, who was named starter just before the game, completed 31-of-50 passes for 282 yards. Zander Horvath, who got the start because King Doerur was out with a hamstring injury, led the Purdue rushing attack with 129 yards on 21 carries.
Purdue's game winning drive was set up by a big turnover.
With Iowa leading 20-17 and driving, the Hawkeyes' Mekhi Sargent had the ball stripped by DedrickMackey and Cam Allen recovered at the Purdue 28. The Boilermakers followed with a 12 play, 72-yard drive.
Rutgers 38, Michigan St. 27:
Isaih Pacheco ran for two first-half touchdowns, and Rutgers snapped a 21game Big Ten losing streak Saturday, beating Michigan State in coach Greg Schiano's first game back with the Scarlet Knights.
Michigan State has a new coach too, and Mel Tucker's debut was forgettable from the start. The Spartans (0-1) turned the ball over seven times — four in the first half — and never led against a Rutgers team that hadn't won a conference game since Nov. 4, 2017 against Maryland.
The Scarlet Knights scored 14 points total through their first five Big Ten games last year. It took them8:03 to reach thatmark Saturday. Pacheco strolled in from 12 yards out to cap the game's opening drive, then Michigan State receiver Jayden Reed fumbled the ball away on his team's first offensive play.
No. 5 Ohio State 52, Nebraska 17: Justin Fields completed20of 21 passes for two touchdowns and ran for another, Master Teague III
rushed for a pair of scores and Ohio State rolled over Nebraska.
Fields, aHeisman Trophy finalist last season, completed his first 12 passes and threw for 276 yards. He ran for another 52 — including a stunning 17-yard third-quarter touchdown scramble around the left side that saw himspin past a defender into the end zone.
No. 3 Notre Dame 45, Pittsburgh 3: Ian Book passed for 312 yards and three touchdowns — two of them long catch-and-runs to graduate transfer Ben Skowronek — and No. 3 Notre Dame overwhelmed reeling Pittsburgh.
A week after scuffling its way past Louisville, Notre Dame (5-0, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) had no such issues while handling the Panthers (3-4, 2-4) their fourth consecutive loss. Book hit Skowronek for a 34-yard score on Fighting Irish's first possession and Pitt — playing without injured senior quarterback Kenny Pickett for a second straight week — simply could not keep up.