Badgers hold off N. Illinois, 28-20

Mid-American conference

MADISON, Wis. — Wide receiver Isaac Anderson caught a pass for a touchdown and ran for another, and Wisconsin held off a late Northern Illinois rally to escape with a 28-20 victory Saturday night at Camp Randall Stadium.

New starting quarterback Scott Tolzien threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to Anderson on the first offensive play for the Badgers (1-0).

The Badgers led 28-6 going into the fourth quarter, but a pair of late touchdowns by the Huskies (0-1), plus a two-point conversion, cut the lead to 8 with 2:47 remaining. Northern Illinois recovered an onside kick but couldn’t convert on fourth-and-3 at Wisconsin’s 36-yard line.

Purdue 52 Toledo 31

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ralph Bolden ran for 234 yards and two touchdowns as Purdue beat Toledo in Danny Hope’s head coaching debut for the Boilermakers.

Bolden, a sophomore, put up the third-best rushing total in school history in his first start.

Instead of using the pass-first offense the Boilermakers employed for 12 years under Joe Tiller, the Boilermakers overpowered Toledo with 315 yards rushing.

Joey Elliott passed for 220 yards and three touchdowns in his first start, but threw three interceptions.

Kentucky 42 Miami (Ohio) 0

CINCINNATI — Mike Hartline threw two touchdowns Saturday — one of them to former quarterback rival Randall Cobb — to lead Kentucky in Michael Haywood’s debut as head coach at Miami (Ohio).

Kentucky left the bluegrass state to play its opener at Paul Brown Stadium. Brown played at Miami, coached Ohio State to a national championship, turned the Cleveland Browns into a pro football power and founded the Cincinnati Bengals, now run by his descendants.

Army 27 Eastern Michigan 14

YPSILANTI, Mich. — Kingsley Ehie ran for two touchdowns and Army beat Eastern Michigan as new Black Knights coach Rich Ellerson became the first Army coach to win his first game in 18 years.

Patrick Mealy, who rushed for 109 yards on five carries, and Jameson Carter also had touchdowns runs for Army.

The last Golden Knights’ coach to win in his first contest on their sidelines was Bob Sutton in 1991.

The Eagles were also debuting a new coach in Ron English.

Andy Schmitt’s 20-yard TD pass to Trey Hunter for EMU cut the lead to 13-7 with 13:58 left in the fourth quarter.

But Army came right back with an eight-play, 79-yard drive that culminated in Ehie’s 10-yard touchdown run with 10:22 left in the fourth quarter.

Central Michigan Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. — Lightning delayed the kickoff of the Central Michigan-Arizona game at Arizona Stadium.