BIG TEN CONFERENCE Saturday’s other games

Iowa 30, Illinois 14

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.

Running back Mark Weisman ran for 134 yards and Iowa battered Illinois with 587 yards of offense.

The Hawkeyes (7-3, 4-2 Big Ten) ran for a season-high 304 yards. Quarterback Jake Rudock was 14-21 for 210 yards and two touchdowns before leaving in the fourth quarter with the game in hand.

Early on, Iowa had to scrounge for points. The Hawkeyes took a 2-0 lead on a first-quarter safety and Illinois’ defense stopped them three times on fourth down to keep the game close. Iowa led 9-7 at the half.

But Iowa’s run game wore Illinois (4-6, 1-5) down and set up 21 second-half points that sealed the game.

Illinois quarterback Wes Lunt played for the first time since breaking his left leg Oct. 4 against Purdue. But he finished a quiet 14-25 for 102 yards and one touchdown.

Iowa’s offense was a steady diet of Weisman broken up only by the occasional big pass play from Rudock or backup C.J. Beathard, who entered the game in the fourth quarter.

Between them the Hawkeye quarterbacks had three completions of 39 yards or longer

Midway through the third quarter, it all started to take its toll on an Illinois defense that had given up big yards but managed to keep the game close.

Rudock capped an 11-play, 71-yard drive with a short toss to tight end Ray Hamilton, who bulled into the end zone through two defenders for a 6-yard touchdown and a 16-7 lead.

From there the dominoes started falling for Iowa and against the Illini.

With 13:41 left, Rudock hammered Illinois again, this time rolling to his left and taking the ball in himself for a 6-yard touchdown and a 23-7 lead.

Penn State 30, Temple 13

STATE COLLEGE, PA.

Penn State capitalized on five Temple turnovers, Akeel Lynch rushed for 130 yards and the Nittany Lions defeated the Owls to become bowl-eligible for the first time since 2011.

Penn State (6-4) rushed for a season-high 254 yards as Bill Belton added 92 yards on 19 carries. Lynch rushed 18 times and scored on a 38-yard touchdown.

The Nittany Lions held Temple (5-5) to 268 yards and intercepted quarterback P.J. Walker four times.

Penn State was ineligible for postseason play for four years as a result of NCAA sanctions from the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The NCAA lifted those sanctions Sept. 8.

Tied 6-6 late in the third quarter, Penn State capitalized on turnovers on four straight Temple possessions late in the third and early in the fourth to pull away.

Grant Haley, one of four Penn State freshmen to play in the secondary, returned a Walker pass 30 yards for a touchdown and a 27-13 lead. Christian Campbell, Adrian Amos and Jesse DellaValle also had interceptions and Austin Johnson recovered a Walker fumble.

Sam Ficken kicked three field goals to become one of just three kickers in Penn State history to have at least 50 career field goals.

Penn State wasn’t without its own sloppiness as Temple set itself up three times with short-field opportunities with a fumble and two interceptions.

Walker was 17 of 38 for 187 yards and the four interceptions. Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg was just 12 of 26 for 112 yards and a pair of picks.

Rutgers 45, Indiana 23

PISCATAWAY, N.J.

Gary Nova threw two touchdown passes to Leonte Carroo and Robert Martin ran for three more as Rutgers defeated Indiana to become bowl eligible for the ninth time in 10 seasons.

The win barely overshadowed a magnificent performance by Indiana halfback Tevin Coleman, who rushed for a career-high 307 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown run late in the first half. It was the second best game in school history, trailing only Anthony Thompson’s 377-yard effort in 1989.

Nova and Carroo combined on scoring passes of 34 and 56 yards and Martin tallied on runs of 2, 47 and 1 yards as the Scarlet Knights (6-4, 2-4 Big Ten) snapped a three-game losing streak and sent Indiana (3-7, 0-6) to its fifth straight loss.

Josh Hicks also scored on a 9-yard run after Indiana failed on a fake punt deep in its own territory in the third quarter. The Hoosier also opened the game by recovering an onside kick

Coleman’s touchdown run with 18 seconds left in the half gave the Hoosiers a 13-10 lead, and they upped the margin to 16-10 early in the third quarter when Griffin Oakes kicked a 22-yard field goal.

Associated Press