STATS, ETC.

Holy Cross beat Fairfield, 24-23, to end the longest winning streak in Division I-AA at 13 games. . . . Northwestern’s 23-21 victory over Iowa was its first over a Big Ten opponent since a 15-14 win over the Hawkeyes on Nov. 15, 1997, ending a streak of 11 consecutive conference losses. . . . James Perry of Brown became the Ivy League’s all-time leader in touchdown passes (61) and completions (634) while helping the Bears to a 27-25 victory over Rhode Island. . . . Quarterback Woodrow Dantzler amassed a school-record 435 yards, including 183 rushing, in leading Clemson to a 42-30 win over Maryland. . . . Rutgers (0-6) is the only one of 114 Division I-A teams without an interception this season. . . . Wisconsin piled up a school-record 705 yards in a 59-0 rout of Indiana. . . . Oregon State, 3-3 after a 3-0 start, has turned the ball over 14 times in its last three games. . . . In Western Illinois’ 68-27 victory over Southern Illinois, the teams combined for 1,052 yards, 625 by Western Illinois.

IN QUOTES

“We got slammed today.�

NICK SABAN

Coach of fifth-ranked Michigan State, which lost to Purdue, 52-28

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“Everybody thinks we’re fooling people. We’re just running off tackle.�

ERIC McCOO

Penn State running back, who ran for a career-high 211 yards in a 23-10 victory over Ohio State

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“At Tennessee last week, there was 107,000. You come into this environment, probably about 30-40,000. It’s different for us. We’ve got to be mature enough to get up for everybody.�

QUINCY CARTER

Georgia quarterback, whose team struggled to a 27-17 victory over Vanderbilt at Nashville, Tenn.

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“We didn’t understand what we were up against. They came out and played like they were playing for the Big Ten championship, and we didn’t handle it that well.�

CAM CAMERON

Indiana coach, whose team lost to Wisconsin, 59-0