BIG 10 \ Saturday’s other games

Michigan 16, Miami (Ohio) 6

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Rich Rodriguez walked off the field as a winner for the first time at Michigan. Not that he was in a particularly victorious mood. Brandon Minor’s 15-yard touchdown run with 8:12 to go finally put away Miami of Ohio. “I’d rather win ugly than lose pretty,” Rodriguez said. Michigan lost to Utah in Rodriguez’s greatly anticipated debut, then struggled to improve to 24-0 against Mid-American Conference teams. Michigan (1-1) was favored to beat Miami (0-2) by more than two touchdowns.

No. 24 Illinois 47, Eastern Illinois 21

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Quarterback Juice Williams ran for 174 yards and two touchdowns to lead Illinois to its first win. Williams broke the Illinois quarterback record of 145 yards he set in 2006, and threw for 124 yards and a touchdown. But the junior also threw two interceptions and fumbled the ball a yard short of a third-quarter touchdown.

Iowa 42, FIU 0

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ricky Stanzi threw three touchdowns passes in his first start, Shonn Greene ran for 130 yards and Iowa pounded FIU for its second straight blowout win. Derrell Johnson-Koulianos (Mooney) had three catches for 90 yards and a TD. Stanzi, who got the start over Jake Christensen, was 8-of-10 for 162 yards in less than a half as the Hawkeyes (2-0) racked up 512 yards and led 35-0 at halftime.

No. 11 Wisconsin 51, Marshall 14

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin had to rally from an early two-touchdown deficit to Marshall, reeling off 51 straight points. A loss would have snapped the second-longest home winning streak in major college football and cost the Badgers (2-0) momentum heading into a tough test at Fresno State. But after watching Marshall (1-1) shut down its highly regarded running game, Wisconsin got big plays out of new starting quarterback Allan Evridge and the defense to pull out its 16th straight win at Camp Randall Stadium.

Purdue 42, N. Colorado 10

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Curtis Painter passed for 286 yards and two touchdowns. Desmond Tardy caught three passes for 116 yards and Kory Sheets ran for 81 yards and two touchdowns for Purdue (1-0).

Michigan State 42, Eastern Michigan 10

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State’s Javon Ringer rushed for 135 yards and a career-high five touchdowns to lead the Spartans. Ringer carried 25 times for 105 yards and three touchdowns in the first half, sparking the Spartans (1-1) to a 21-7 halftime lead. The Eagles tied the game at 7 early in the second quarter following an 80-yard touchdown.

Associated Press