Minnesota beats Wisconsin for the #039;Axe#039;; Purdue beats Iowa
Published 12:00 am Sunday, November 9, 2003
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Rhys Lloyd kicked a 35-yard field goal as time expired to lift Minnesota past Wisconsin.
After the ball sailed through the uprights, Lloyd and his teammates rushed the Wisconsin sideline, grabbed Paul Bunyan's Axe and paraded the trophy around the field.
Marion Barber III had 139 yards rushing and a touchdown, and Laurence Maroney added 135 yards and a score for the Gophers (9-2, 5-2 Big Ten). Minnesota has won three straight game for its first nine-win season since 1905, when it won 10 games.
Wisconsin's Jim Sorgi, who returned to the lineup after minor left knee surgery, threw for a career-high 305 yards and four touchdowns. Sorgi sat out Wisconsin's loss at Northwestern two weeks ago, which knocked the Badgers (6-4, 3-3) out of the Top 25.
No. 16 Purdue 27, No. 10 Iowa 14
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Jerod Void ran for a career-high 120 yards and two touchdowns and No. 16 Purdue used a powerful running game to beat No. 10 Iowa 27-14 Saturday.
Purdue (8-2) is 5-1 in Big Ten play for the first time since 1979 and moved into a three-way tie for first with Michigan and Ohio State headed into a showdown next Saturday at the seventh-ranked Buckeyes.
Iowa (7-3, 3-3) had its worst regular-season defeat since a 28-point loss to Ohio State on Oct. 21, 2000.
The Hawkeyes entered the game with the nation's fourth-best run defense and hoped they could force Purdue to throw the ball.
Instead, the Boilermakers used a powerful ground game to set up the pass and the results were predictable. Iowa allowed 27 points, tying a season-high.
Purdue piled up more yards rushing in one half (77) than any team had managed against Iowa in the previous seven games.
Void, who had a career-high 34 carries, produced nearly as many rushing touchdowns in one day as the Hawkeyes had allowed all season (three).
And the Boilermakers wasted little time in exploiting the holes they found.
Void set the tone on the opening series by breaking a couple tackles on a bruising 20-yard run, then plowed over another Iowa defender for a 9-yard touchdown to make it 7-0.
Purdue then got two field goals from Ben Jones, a 44-yarder to open the quarter and a 42-yarder to close it, to take a 13-0 halftime lead.
Iowa had chances to stay close but could not convert.