Ramsey lifts hot Hoosiers to win over Cornhuskers
Peyton Ramsey passed for a careerhigh 351 yards and two touchdowns, Whop Philyor caught 14 balls for 178 yards, and Indiana became bowl eligible with a 38-31 win over Nebraska on Saturday in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Hoosiers (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) won a third straight conference game in the same season for the first time since 1993 and won in Lincoln for the first time since 1959. Nebraska (4-4, 2-3) lost its second straight.
Ramsey, making his third start of the season in place of an injured Michael Penix Jr., put the Hoosiers up 31-24 with a 2-yard pass to tight end Matt Bjorson on the last play of the third quarter.
Kanawai Noa fumbled on the Huskers’ next possession, and the Hoosiers went 57 yards for a twotouchdown lead with 12 minutes left.
Ramsey, the twoyear starter before being beaten out by Penix in the preseason, completed 27 of 40 passes while making Indiana eligible for a bowl for the first time since 2016. Philyor caught 14 passes in a game for the second time this season.
Nebraska started Noah Vedral in place of the injured Adrian Martinez, and he was helped off the field in the second quarter with an undisclosed injury.
Freshman Luke Mccaffrey entered and, on his second series, led a six-play, 74-yard touchdown drive for a 21-16 halftime lead.
David Ellis put the Hoosiers up 24-21, and it was tied after Barret Pickering’s 30-yard field goal for Nebraska.
The Hoosiers regained the lead on Ramsey’s 2-yard pass to Bjorson.
NO. 20 IOWA 20, NORTHWESTERN 0: Nate Stanley passed for 179 yards and a touchdown and Iowa (6-2, 3-2) allowed just 202 yards of total offense in a win over Northwestern (1-6, 0-5) in Evanston, Illinois. ILLINOIS 24, PURDUE 6: Dre Brown ran for a career high 131 yards and Tony Adams returned an interception for a touchdown to help Illinois (4-4, 2-3) top Purdue (2-6, 1-4) in West Lafayette, Indiana.
RUTGERS 44, LIBERTY 34: Rutgers quarterback Johnny Langan had a career day, completing 15 of 21 passes for 192 yards and two touchdowns, and adding 21 rushes for 118 yards and a touchdown to lead Rutgers (2-6) past Liberty (5-3) in Piscataway, New Jersey.