Purdue

The 85th battle of the Old Oaken Bucket was played in Bloomington in front of 48,607 loyal fans. Temperature at kickoff was 55 degrees. Indiana out gained Purdue 462 yards to 330, but the Hoosiers lost the turnover battle 4-0. The result was a 38-21 Boiler victory and retention of the bucket.

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Penn State

Linebacker Navorro Bowman had a 73-yard interception return for a touchdown and Evan Royster scored twice as Penn State overcame four first-half turnovers to beat Indiana 31-20.

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Wisconsin

In the 2nd Quarter 17 points push the Badgers ahead. Too little too late in the second half. 

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Iowa

Leading by 14 in the third quarter and just two yards away from the Hawkeyes' end zone. Given how poorly quarterback Ricky Stanzi was playing, one more touchdown might have brought their charmed season crashing down. But this was Halloween. Tyler Sash instead returned an interception 86 yards for a touchdown, and Stanzi bounced back from a career-high five interceptions to rally the Hawkeyes (No. 4 BCS, No. 7 AP) to a 42-24 victory. 28 Points in the 4th quarter just killed the Hoosiers.

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Northwestern

On the first play from scrimmage Darius Willis rushed for 70 yards for a touchdown followed by a pair of Ben Chappell and Darius Willis rushing touchdowns. Following a 28 yard field goal by Northwestern’s Stefan Demos his kickoff for 63 yards was returned by Ray Fisher for 93 yards for a 28-3 IU lead at 7:32. It was then that Northwestern came to life with the hurry up offense scoring 26 points to win out 29-28.
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Illinois

With 0:56 remaining in the first half Demarlo Belcher scored on a slant pass to retake the lead 10-7. With 0:32 remaining the Hoosiers took possession near mid field. As time expired a 36 yard field goal was good making it 13-7 as the first half drew to a close In the second half the defense stiffened. The Illini were in position to score when Williams fumbled deep in Hoosier territory as Ray Fisher recovered and returned it to the Hoosier 30. In the 4th quarter a deep pass to Doss made it 20-7. In the next series another Illini fumble got the Hoosiers to the Illinois 18 and a toss to the tight end Troy Wagner made it 27-7.

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Virginia

536 total yards by Virginia and the Hoosier sieve defense returns!


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