Saturday’s other Big Ten games


November 6, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

Iowa 24, No. 13 Michigan 16

IOWA CITY, Iowa

Marcus Coker ran for 132 yards and a pair of touchdown as Iowa held off a late Michigan rally. James Vandenberg added 171 yards passing and a TD for the Hawkeyes (6-3, 3-2 Big Ten), who’ve won three straight over Michigan for the first time in school history. Michigan drove to Iowa’s 3-yard line with 16 seconds left. But Denard Robinson missed on four straight throws, with Iowa’s B.J. Lowery breaking up Robinson’s final toss to seal the win.

No. 15 Michigan State 31 Minnesota 24

EAST LANSING, Mich.

Le’Veon Bell’s 35-yard touchdown run with 10:58 remaining helped Michigan State hold off upset-minded Minnesota. Bell ran for 96 yards and two touchdowns, and Kirk Cousins threw for 296 yards and a pair of TDs. The Spartans (7-2, 4-1 Big Ten) trailed 24-21 after three quarters before rallying.

No. 19 Wisconsin 62 Purdue 17

MADISON, Wis.

Montee Ball rushed for a career-high 223 yards with three touchdowns and Wisconsin rebounded from back-to-back losses. Russell Wilson threw two touchdowns and scored on a scramble for the Badgers (7-2, 3-2 Big Ten). The lopsided victory was a boost to the Badgers after their late collapses at Michigan State and Ohio State the past two weeks.

Northwestern 28 No. 9 Nebraska 25

LINCOLN, Neb.

Second-string quarterback Kain Colter ran for two touchdowns and passed for another to lead Northwestern to an upset. Filling in for injured starter Dan Persa in the second half, Colter scored from the 1 with 1:34 left to finish a 13-play, 66-yard drive that chewed more than 7 minutes off the clock after the Cornhuskers had pulled to 21-18. Taylor Martinez, who passed for 289 yards and two scores, hurriedly moved Nebraska (7-2, 3-2 Big Ten) down the field. He hit Kenny Bell for a 14-yard touchdown with 18 seconds to play, but Charles Brown recovered the onside kick and Northwestern (4-5, 2-4) ran out the clock.

Persa injured his left shoulder in the second quarter when he was slammed to the ground by Eric Martin.

Associated Press