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Illinois 45, Michigan 20

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Juice Williams beat Michigan with an accurate arm, quick feet and a cool head. Williams threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 121 yards and two scores without making a mistake. The quarterback’s 431 yards of total offense for the Fighting Illini (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) were the most any player has had at Michigan Stadium and it matched an opponent record against the Wolverines. The Illini set a school record for points against Michigan, surpassing the 39 points Red Grange helped them score in 1924 as Memorial Stadium was dedicated, and they scored the most any team has at the Big House since Florida State had 51 in 1991. Michigan (2-3, 1-1) has its worst record after five games since starting 1-5 in 1967, two years before Bo Schembechler arrived. The Wolverines got off to a good start for a change, scoring a season-high 14 points in the first quarter, then they gave up 28 unanswered points and then some more to turn the game into a rout. Williams completed 13 of 26 passes and many of his incomplete passes were intentional after he eluded sacks and threw the ball away to avoid big losses. He ran the ball 19 times, including a 50-yard run that set up a score in the fourth quarter.

Michigan State 16, Iowa 13

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State’s defense made a key fourth-down stop in the fourth quarter to lift the Spartans. Shonn Greene gained 157 yards on 30 carries for the Hawkeyes. But with 2:16 left to play, linebacker Adam Decker stopped him on fourth-and-1 from the Spartans’ 21-yard line to seal the win for Michigan State. The Spartans improved to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the Big Ten, even though Javon Ringer was held in check. He entered the game as the nation’s Number 2 rusher and tops in the Big Ten at 179.4 yards a game. But Iowa held Ringer (3-3, 0-2) to 91 yards on 25 carries.

Minnesota 16, Indiana 7

MINNEAPOLIS — Eric Decker tied a school record with 13 catches for 190 yards and withstood a vicious blow to the head in the fourth quarter to get coach Tim Brewster his first career Big Ten victory. Adam Weber completed his first 12 passes and threw for 274 yards, and the defense shut down the mistake-prone Hoosiers (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten) to snap Minnesota’s nine-game conference losing streak. Marcus Thigpen caught a 77-yard touchdown for Indiana, but the Hoosiers committed three turnovers and couldn’t get anything going against an improving Minnesota defense.

Associated Press