The Trentonian (Trenton, NJ)

Hamilton’s 3 touchdowns lead Penn State over Indiana

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STATECOLLE­GE,PA.» DaeSean Hamilton caught nine passes for 122 yards with three touchdowns and became Penn State’s career receptions leader on Saturday as the No. 4 Nittany Lions’ beat Indiana 45-14.

Hamilton caught his first two touchdowns from quarterbac­k Trace McSorley and a third from running back Saquon Barkley to cap the scoring in the fourth quarter. He hauled in his 180th career catch midway through the fourth quarter to set the record held by Deon Butler since 2008.

Barkley returned the game’s opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown and finished with 221 yards to pad his Heisman Trophy resume. Penn State turned two first quarter Indiana turnovers into touchdowns to spark the rout. McSorley added a rushing touchdown, Nick Scott scored on a fumble return and Tyler Davis added a pair of field goals for Penn State (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten).

The Hoosiers (2-2, 0-2) turned the ball over on their second play of the game when Morgan Ellison coughed it up to Penn State linebacker Jason Cabinda after an 18-yard gain.

(10) WISCONSIN 33,NORTHWESTE­RN 24» Jonathan Taylor had two TD runs to help the offense overcome a sluggish start and Wisconsin (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) held off Northweste­rn (2-2, 0-1). (18) SOUTH FLORIDA 61, EAST CAROLINA 31 » Quinton Flowers threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, and South Florida (50, 2-0 American) extended its schoolreco­rd winning streak to 10, beating East Carolina (1-4, 1-1).

(21) FLORIDA 38, VANDERBILT 24» Lamical Perine scored three touchdowns, Malik Davis added two and Florida (3-1, 3-0 SEC) beat Vanderbilt (3-2, 0-2) despite losing quarterbac­k Luke Del Rio for the season with a broken left collarbone.

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