BIG TEN ROUNDUP : Iowa Remains in Dominant State of Mind

Ryan Terry and Sedrick Shaw led a relentless first-half running game and Iowa held on in the second half to beat Iowa State, 31-28, Saturday at Ames. It was the Hawkeyes’ 11th consecutive victory over their in-state rival.

Iowa State appeared to have the experience and talent to finally end its losing streak against Iowa, which had been favored by only 2 1/2 points and was unimpressive in a season-opening 26-25 victory over Tulsa.

But the Hawkeyes (2-0) dominated the line of scrimmage and scored five of the first six times they had the ball in building a 31-7 lead.

Iowa State (1-1) pulled to within three points on a three-yard touchdown run by Calvin Branch and his two-point conversion run with 1:25 left. Iowa State recovered an onside kick at its own 49, but Iowa’s Maurea Crain stripped the ball from quarterback Bob Utter on the Cyclones’ next play and Mike Dailey recovered for the Hawkeyes at midfield.

Until Iowa State’s late surge, Iowa had dominated the game with its running. Even Iowa State’s switch from gold pants to red was not enough to break Iowa’s dominance in the series.

Iowa led 21-0 after 20 minutes and didn’t punt until four minutes remained in the third quarter. Terry rushed for 107 yards in 21 carries, Shaw added 82 yards in 17 carries and each scored a touchdown. Iowa rushed for 206 yards in the first half and finished with 287.

Two short Iowa State punts into a 20 m.p.h.-wind helped Iowa take a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.

The Hawkeyes took over on their 32 after Greg Rogala’s 16-yard punt and drove to a touchdown in 12 plays, Terry running the final seven yards on a draw.

Iowa got the ball at the Iowa State 37 after a 21-yard punt and, eight plays later, Paul Burmeister passed 16 yards to Anthony Dean for a touchdown.

Michigan State 31, Kansas 14--Craig Thomas rushed for 143 yards and a touchdown at East Lansing, Mich., as the Spartans won an opener for the first time since 1989.

Michigan State led 14-2 at halftime, but Kansas (1-2) cut the lead to nine midway through the third quarter on a 52-yard field goal by Dan Eichloff.

Eichloff has not missed in six career attempts of more than 50 yards and holds the Kansas career record with 56 field goals.

The Spartans answered with an 80-yard drive that Thomas ended with a 12-yard touchdown run.

Purdue 28, Western Michigan 13--The Boilermakers amassed 409 yards in the first half en route to the victory at West Lafayette, Ind.

Arlee Conners ran for two touchdowns and Jeff Hill scored on a 68-yard touchdown pass play as Purdue (1-1) scored on its first three possessions.

Purdue rushed for 211 yards in the first half, including touchdown runs of two and 40 yards by Conners.

The Boilermakers held Western Michigan (0-2) to 17 yards rushing in the half.

Sophomore fullback Mike Alstott gained 100 yards in 12 carries.

Purdue finished with 484 yards. The Boilermakers had only 214 yards in their season-opening loss to No. 18 North Carolina State.

Missouri 31, Illinois 3--Jeff Handy passed for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and the Missouri defense, ranked last in the Big Eight last year, had a big game at Columbia. Mo.

Missouri gave up its fewest points since a 28-3 victory over Northwestern in 1987.

Handy has passed for more than 200 yards in all seven of his career starts. He completed 20 of 30 passes with no interceptions, connecting with Mike Jadlot and Kenny Holly for touchdown pass plays of 11 and 15 yards.

Michael Washington, a 255-pound fullback, ran for two touchdowns.

Illinois redshirt freshman quarterback Scott Weaver completed 18 of 32 passes for 169 yards, but he was sacked four times, had two passes intercepted and lost a fumble.

Holly caught six passes for 82 yards, moving to fourth on the school’s career list with 99 catches. He has caught a pass in a school-record 23 consecutive games.

Indiana 28, Northern Illinois 10--Indiana survived three fumbles and won the game with fourth-quarter touchdowns by Jermaine Chaney and Lamar Mills at Bloomington, Ind.

Two of the fumbles were by quarterback John Paci. The first cost Indiana an apparent touchdown in the first quarter and the second set up a 39-yard field goal by Brian Steger that pulled the Huskies to within 14-10 late in the third quarter.

But a short punt midway through the final quarter gave Indiana (2-0) the ball at the Huskies’ 32-yard line. Chaney ran 20 yards, then scored from the two three plays later.

Indiana put the game out of reach when Northern Illinois quarterback Scott Crabtree was sacked and fumbled. Mills, a defensive end, picked up the ball and ran 46 yards for the final touchdown with 3:42 left.

The last threat by Northern Illinois (0-2) ended at the Indiana 17 with an interception by Chris Dyer.

Wisconsin 24, Southern Methodist 16--Darrell Bevell passed 25 yards to J.C. Dawkins for the decisive touchdown at Dallas.

Wisconsin (2-0) overcame a 13-point deficit to beat SMU (0-2) in the first game between the schools.

Bevell led the Badgers on a 67-yard drive in six plays. The touchdown pass play came with 6:28 to play as Dawkins slipped behind the SMU secondary.

Minnesota 27, Indiana State 10--Tim Schade passed for 345 yards and one touchdown, and Chris Darkins rushed for another to lead the Gophers at Minneapolis.

Indiana State (0-2) stayed in the game until the fourth quarter because of an array of blunders by Minnesota (1-1).

Schade, coming off a record-setting performance against Penn State last week, was completed 26 of 39 passes, but had two passes intercepted and fumbled once.