Purdue defeats Michigan, 38-36
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Joey Elliott threw for a career-high 367 yards and two touchdowns, ran for a score, and Purdue (4-6, 3-3 Big Ten) held on for a 38-36 victory over hosts Michigan (5-5, 1-5).
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Joey Elliott threw for a career-high 367 yards and two touchdowns, ran for a score, and Purdue (4-6, 3-3 Big Ten) held on for a 38-36 victory over hosts Michigan (5-5, 1-5).
The Boilermakers trailed by two TDs at halftime and rallied to end their 11-game road losing streak by winning in Ann Arbor for the first time since 1966.
In danger of missing a bowl after a 4-0 start, Michigan had a chance to tie after Brandon Minor's third TD with 2:10 left, but Tate Forcier was sacked on a 2-point conversion that Michigan was forced to attempt because of a missed extra point.
After Purdue recovered the onside kick, Michigan forced a punt, but went nowhere from its own 10, ending the game in a flurry of laterals.
Harvard 34, Columbia 14 - Gino Gordon rushed for two touchdowns and Collier Winters passed for another for the Crimson (6-2, 5-0 Ivy League), who coasted tio a win over the Lions (2-6, 1-4) in New York.
Harvard scored the game's first 34 points as Gordon finished with 63 yards rushing on 12 carries for the Crimson, who held on to at least a tie atop the conference standings. They play Penn next week in a game that could decide the Ivy League champion.
Elsewhere: Kyle Newhall-Caballero threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, as Brown steamrolled one of the nation's best defenses for nearly 500 yards to beat Yale , 35-21, in New Haven, Conn. . . . Greg Patton rushed for 245 yards and two touchdowns and broke the school single-game rushing record in a double overtime 20-17 win for Dartmouth over Cornell in Hanover, N.H. . . . Jarrett Brown threw a touchdown pass but managed little offense and West Virginia struggled to a 17-9 win over Louisville in Morgantown, W.Va. . . . Terry Hawthorne returned an interception for a touchdown and Clay Nurse had four of Illinois' eight sacks to lead Illinois to a 35-32 victory over Minnesota in Minneapolis. . . . Little-used Ashton Leggett ran for 110 yards and four touchdowns and Kirk Cousins threw for two scores to lead Michigan State past Western Michigan, 49-14, in East Lansing, Mich. . . . Daniel Thomas ran for 185 yards and a touchdown, and Kansas State harassed Todd Reesing into three turnovers in a win over rival Kansas, 17-10, in Manhattan, Kan. . . . Ryan Mallett went 23 of 27 for 329 yards to lead the Arkansas to 33-16 win over South Carolina in Fayetteville, Ark. . . . Russell Wilson threw three touchdowns and ran for another as North Carolina State snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off Maryland, 38-31, in Raleigh, N.C. . . . Freshman Nick Florence passed for a school-record 427 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a fourth, to help Baylor defeat Missouri, 40-32, in Columbia, Mo.