From: peppler@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Randy Peppler)
Subject: Big Ten Review (10-10-92)
Summary: Couple of surprises...
Keywords: Big Ten
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:22:32 GMT

Results of October 10:

Peppler:	3-3
Stassen:	5-1
Atchison:	4-2
Juodvalkis:	2-4
Kottmann:	1-5
Lawson:		5-1
Chapin:		3-3


Miami (5-0) 17, PENN STATE (5-1) 14:  Just when you think Miami looks
	vulnerable, they come up with one of these.  Miami intercepted
	a PSU pass, the first time that had been done this year, and
	ran it back for what turned out to be the clinching score.  Another
	INT with 1:04 left preserved the victory.  Miami now has a 23-game
	winning streak.  Gino Torretta threw for only 80 yards in this
	game, which must be some sort of modern Miami low, and Miami was
	held to 228 yards in all on offense, to 374 for Penn State.  96,704
	at Un-Happy Valley...

Illinois (3-2) 18, OHIO STATE (3-2) 16:  This game may have embodied
	everything there is bad about the Cooper era in Columbus.  Sloppy,
	sloppy offense, inability to come through in the clutch, and
	booing.  Six fumbles in all, three lost, including 2 (Eddie George)
	inside the one yard line, both of which killed potential OSU TDs
	and one which resulted in the longest returned fumble for a
	touchdown in Big Ten history, by Mark Arneson (96 yards).  Illinois
	got, or made, the breaks in this game, and won, despite being
	outgained (342-270) for the third straight game.  This win was
	Illinois' 5th-straight in the series (all over Cooper).  Illinois
	probably hadn't beaten Ohio State 5 times in the last 30-40 years
	before this recent stretch.  And, it was Homecoming in Columbus.
	Ouch.  Coming into this game, OSU ranked 9th in the Big Ten in total
	offense.  As usual, the Buckeye defense played well enough that
	the Buckeyes should have won.  If OSU holds onto the ball deep
	in Illinois territory, it wins this game comfortably.  Regardless,
	Buckeye kicker Tim Williams hooked a potential game-winning 44 yard
	FG attempt with 53 seconds left after previously making a 50-yarder
	in the game.  93,982 in Columbus...

MICHIGAN (4-0-1) 35, Michigan State (1-4) 10:  The Spartans hung in there
	in the second half, but 3 second quarter Michigan TDs, and
	Tyrone Wheatley's 172 yards and two TDs did them in.  UM was up
	28-0 before MSU kicked a second quarter FG.  Jim Miller outpassed
	Elvis Grbac 177-111.  A Michigan Stadium record crowd of 106,788...

PURDUE (2-3) 24, Minnesota (1-4) 20:  In what was actually an entertaining
	game offensively, Purdue scored a winning TD on a Matt Pike TD pass
	with just over two minutes to go to win a game it had led all
	the way until the end.  Purdue jumped out early to leads of 7-0
	and 14-3 before the Gophers closed it to 14-10 at halftime.  After
	Purdue and then Minnesota kicked second half FGs, the Gophers
	put together some drives in the fourth quarter that always
	fizzled for some reason or another until finally breaking the
	goal line with just under 5 minutes to go, giving them their
	first lead at 20-17.  Pike, who had replaced Scott Hoffman early
	in the second half, then directed the final scoring drive, ending
	in a 32-yard TD pass and run to Terry Samuel.  Marquel Fleetwood
	threw for 245 yards, but was picked off 4 times again, the last
	time in the final minute.  No turnovers for Purdue.  Arlee
	Conners rushed for 138 yards for Purdue.  These two teams looked
	quite even to me.  Just 30,635 at Ross-Ade Stadium during student
	"fall break"...

Indiana (3-2) 28, NORTHWESTERN (1-4) 3:  True to form in this series in
	recent years, IU had no trouble with the Cats at all (Purdue and
	Illinois should find out how Mallory does this).  IU's defense
	sacked Northwestern QBs 9 times, and NU only gained 190 yards
	of offense.  Emmett Pride rushed for 85 yards and a TD, while
	Trent Green threw for 104 yards and a TD.  34,689 at Dyche
	Stadium's season opener...

IOWA (2-4) 23, Wisconsin (3-2) 22:  In a great ballgame, the Hawkeyes
	pulled it out of the fire in the final minute.  Jim Hartlieb's
	pass to Anthony Dean with 55 seconds left, and his two-point
	conversion pass to Dean gave Iowa the win.  Iowa converted three
	times on third down during the final 80-yard drive.  Wisconsin
	managed to drive all the way to the Iowa 36 by the time the final
	gun went off.  Brent Moss of Wisconsin ran for 158 yards.  Hartlieb
	passed for 297 yards and two TDs, and two two-point conversion
	passes.  70,397 at Kinnick Stadium to see Wisconsin lose a second-
	straight cliff-hanger to Iowa...


STANDINGS
               CONF CONF CONF   CONF   ALL  ALL  ALL     ALL   PF   PA
               WINS LOSS TIES    PCT   WINS LOSS TIES    PCT

MICHIGAN          2    0    0  1.000      4    0    1   .900  200   65
INDIANA           1    1    0   .500      3    2    0   .600  120   92
WISCONSIN         1    1    0   .500      3    2    0   .600  109   91
ILLINOIS          1    1    0   .500      3    2    0   .600  102   96
PURDUE            1    1    0   .500      2    3    0   .400  108  143
IOWA              1    1    0   .500      2    4    0   .333  105  157
MINNESOTA         1    1    0   .500      1    4    0   .200  121  142
MICHIGAN STATE    1    1    0   .500      1    4    0   .200  103  156
NORTHWESTERN      1    1    0   .500      1    4    0   .200   62  168
OHIO STATE        0    2    0   .000      3    2    0   .600  104   75
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PENN STATE        X    X    X   .XXX      5    1    0   .833  225   89


October 17:

Iowa at Illinois (11:30 am Central, ESPN, National)
Michigan at Indiana (2:30 pm Central, ABC, Regional)
Purdue at Wisconsin
Michigan State at Minnesota
Northwestern at Ohio State
Boston College at Penn State
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