McQueary Leads No. 1 Penn State Past Pittsburgh

Everyone knew what Curtis Enis and Joe Jurevicius could do for the Penn State offense. Quarterback Mike McQueary, a fifth-year senior who had never started a game, was the big question mark.

Until Saturday.

McQueary threw for a school-record 366 yards and passed receivers with a deft touch all day as the No. 1 Nittany Lions defeated Pittsburgh, 34-17, at State College, Pa.

McQueary completed 21 of 36 passes before he was pulled with 12:38 left in the game. In addition to the passing record, he also set a total offense mark with 370 yards.

Enis had 85 yards in 20 carries and two touchdowns.

The Pittsburgh-Penn State game, once an annual tradition, had been on hiatus since 1992 when the Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten. The teams will play for the next three seasons.

NO. 20 IOWA 66, NORTHERN IOWA 0

Tavian Banks ran for a career-best 203 yards and two long touchdowns and caught one of Matt Sherman’s three scoring passes to lead the Hawkeyes to victory at Iowa City.

Iowa scored on six of its first eight possessions in the first half.

It was the Hawkeyes’ biggest victory margin and the Panthers’ worst loss since Iowa’s 95-0 drubbing of Northern Iowa, then known as Iowa Teachers College, in 1914. It was the most points scored by Iowa since a 69-7 victory over Texas El Paso in 1986.

WAKE FOREST 27, NO. 21 NORTHWESTERN 20

Brian Kuklick directed three second-half touchdown drives that lifted the Demon Deacons to their second upset of the Wildcats in as many years at Winston-Salem, N.C.

Kuklick finished with 273 yards on 23-of-33 passing in Wake Forest’s opener. He was nearly flawless on the Demon Deacons’ three touchdown drives in the second half, completing 15 of 19 for 183 yards and two scores.

NO. 25 MICHIGAN STATE 42, WESTERN MICHIGAN 10

The Spartans got three touchdowns from the offense and three from the defense and special teams in routing Western Michigan at East Lansing, Mich.

The Broncos (1-1) committed seven turnovers and the Spartans (1-0) turned four into touchdowns. Ahead 42-0, Michigan State sent in the reserves before halftime.

The Broncos netted only 29 rushing yards and got no closer than the Michigan State 41 in the first half.

WISCONSIN 28, BOISE STATE 24

The Badgers struggled without star running back Ron Dayne, who was sidelined because of an injured shoulder, and needed quarterback Mike Samuel’s 12-yard touchdown scramble with 49 seconds left to win at Madison, Wis.

Samuel was benched for 2 1/2 quarters after throwing two interceptions--and he lost a fumble upon his return late in the fourth quarter before an indignant crowd of 72,209 at Camp Randall Stadium.

But he came back to set up the winning score for Wisconsin (1-1) with a 28-yard scramble on third-and-12 to the Boise State 25 after somehow slipping the grasp of blitzing cornerback Ross Farris in the backfield.

The Broncos (0-2), who lost by 40 points to Cal State Northridge last week, nearly pulled off the biggest upset in their history.

TOLEDO 36, PURDUE 22

Dwayne Harris ran for 159 yards and a touchdown, Chris Wallace passed for two scores and the Rockets ran off 27 straight points to overcome an early deficit at Toledo, Ohio. The loss spoiled the Purdue debut of Coach Joe Tiller.

Toledo, of the Mid-American Conference, came into the game having lost eight of its nine encounters with Big Ten teams.

SO. MISSISSIPPI 24, ILLINOIS 7

Jamaal Alexander intercepted two passes, returning one 21 yards for a touchdown, as Southern Mississippi defeated Illinois at Champaign, Ill., to ruin Ron Turner’s coaching debut.

Southern Mississippi (1-1) also played well defensely last week in a 21-6 loss to No. 2 Florida.