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I Section LITZ Quad-City Times Sports Desk: (563) 383-228S Sunday, SEmzMWMjtjM Extra Points ILLINOIS 49, ILLINOIS STATE 22 First win is all that matters to Illini said. "We wanted to get that first win on the board." Illinois did just that, handling Div. I-AA Redbirds roll up 511 yards on Illinois defense By Steve Batterson QUAD-CITY TIMES CHAMPAIGN, 111. Illinois State's football team might have totaled more first downs, more passing yards, more total yards and more return yards than Illinois on Saturday, but the Fighting Illini got the one thing they wanted the most. "We gave up way too many yards, but we got the win, and today that was all that mattered," linebacker Matt Sinclair Mike Souza.

However, two first-quarter fumbles and a blocked field goal attempt left the Fighting Illini in control on the scoreboard from start to finish. Illinois led 21-0 after one quarter and 31-3 at the half after Travis Williams returned Ty Myers' block of a 49-yard field-goal try 66 yards for a score with no time left on the clock. The block came after the Red-birds demonstrated that they could move the ball. Illinois State marched 60 yards on the game's first possession but came away empty. Myers stripped Souza of the ball ILLINI Please turn to Page Dl 1 1' 7 the Redbirds 49-22 in the first meeting between the instate rivals in 59 years.

A crowd of 56,304 at Memorial Stadium watched the Division I-AA Redbirds gain 511 yards against the Illini defense, Key Illinois opens a 21-0 first-quarter lead on three touchdown passes by Jon Beutjer. Dll Notebook, statistics including 385 as part of a 33-for-56 passing performance by quarterback IOWA 56, I rM-' I Illinois' Lonnle Hurst (86) hauls In a 30-yard touchdown pass over Illinois State defender Leon Kittrell on Saturday. ASSOCIATED PRESS STEVENS PT. 19, AUGUSTANA 15 Pointers victimize Vikings late again For second year in a row, QB leads fourth-quarter rally By Dearrel Bates QUAD-CITY TIMES Wisconsin-Stevens Point quarterback Scott Krause has done it before. Augustana can testify to that.

A year ago Krause engineered a game-winning drive in the final two minutes, pulling out a 20-17 triumph over the Vikings, He scored the deciding points on a 9-yard run. Saturday afternoon, on a warm and cloudless day at Ericson Field in Rock Island, Krause flipped a 29-yard scoring pass to Cody Childs to haul the Pointers from behind in a 19-15 win over Augustana. The winning touchdown came with 2 minutes, 57 seconds remaining. "This is a hard place to win, but this makes eight games Scott Key Scott Krause hooks up with Cody Chllds on a 29-yard touchdown pass with 2:57 left for Wisconsin-Stevens Point. 09 Statistics BUFFALO 7 Saturday's results Iowa 56, Buffalo 7 Michigan 50, Houston 3 Boston College 27, Penn State 14 Ohio State 16, San Diego State 13 Air Force 22, Northwestern 21 Bowling Green 27, Purdue 26 Wisconsin 48, Akron 31 Michigan State 44, Rutgers 28 Washington 38, Indiana 13 Minnesota 48, Troy State 7 Big Ten report: D12 saw during the week," he added.

"We started the game with the right mind-set." The Hawkeyes scored touchdowns the first six times they had the ball, and they only failed to make it seven by their own choice. After recovering a (Co Iowa's Mo Brown, center, pulls Graham on Saturday at Klnnlck ASSOCIATED PRESS down a 44-yard reception between Buffalo defenders Delando Bradford, left, and Mark Stadium. Brown led the Hawkeyes with 82 yards on four catches. ASSOCIATED PRESS Oh, the Irish Notre Dame coach Tyrone Wllllngham celebrates after the Fighting Irish knocked off Washington State 29-26 In overtime Saturday. Top 25 report: Dll Stars Wisconsin's Lee Evans and Anthony Davis.

Evans had 214 yards receiving and Davis had 247 yards rushing as No. 18 Wisconsin beat Akron 48-31. Bowling Green's Josh Harris passed for 357 yards and three touchdowns as Bowling Green upset No. 16 Purdue 27-26. Michigan State's Jeff Smoker threw for 351 yards and three touchdowns in the Spartans' 44-28 win over Rutgers.

Fordham's Kevin Eakln threw six touchdown passes and ran for another as Fordham beat Rhode Island 63-28. Syracuse's Walter Reyes ran for 191 yards, had three touchdowns and scored on a 2-polnt conversion in the third overtime as Syracuse rallied to beat North Carolina 49-47. D-fense Demorrlo Williams' three sacks in Nebraska's 31-7 win over Utah State tied the single-game school record for sacks by a linebacker. Williams also forced fumbles on two straight Utah State possessions, recovering one. Both fumbles lead to touchdowns for the Huskers.

Left the building John Navarre was 13-for-30 for 136 yards and a touchdown in Michigan's 50-3 win over Houston. Navarre, who has completed 527 career passes, surpassed Elvis Grbac for the most completions in school history. Long ball Dondrial Pinklns' 99-yard touchdown pass to Troy Williamson in South Carolina's 31-7 upset over No. 15 Virginia broke the record for longest in school history. Lee Evans caught a school-record 99-yard touchdown pass from Jim Sorgl In Wisconsin's 48-31 win over Akron.

It was the third 99-yard TD in Big Ten history. Strong in defeat Philip Rivers had 433 yards passing and three touchdowns in No. 14 North Carolina's 38-24 loss to Wake Charlie Frye was 31 -for-49 for 372 yards and a touchdown in Akron's 48-31 loss to No. 18 Wisconsin. Rocked Marcus Howard rushed for 334 yards and scored a school-record five touchdowns as Rockford set the Division III scorina record with a 105-0 win over Trinity Bible.

Rock-J ford only attempted two passes in i the game, both for touchdowns, and returned three interceptions for TDs. The previous single-game scoring record was 97 points set by Concor-J dia-Moorehead in 1977. Associated Press Cyclones Flynn, Wagner and Danielsen lead way for 2-0 Iowa State AMES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State was looking for a sharper performance after struggling against Northern Iowa. Thanks to Austin Flynn, Michael Wagner, Lane Danielsen and a slew of others, the Cyclones got it. There were big games aplenty on offense in Iowa State's 48-20 victory over Ohio on Saturday.

Flynn threw for two touchdowns and had 330 yards in total KB MM Oil nn BIG TEN Conf. All Iowa 0 0 2 0 Michigan 0 0 2 0 Michigan State 0 0 2 0 Minnesota 0 0 2 0 Ohio State 0 0 2 0 Wisconsin 0 0 2 0 Illinois 0 0 11 Northwestern 0 0 11 Penn State 0 0 11 Purdue 0 0 0 1 Indiana 0 0 0 2 Iowa rolls through Buffalo for TDs on first 6 possessions By Don Doxsie QUAD-CITY TIMES IOWA CITY In a quest to end the nation's longest losing streak, the University at Buffalo went to a new option attack this season. But victory never was one of the options Saturday The Iowa football team showed no signs of looking ahead to Iowa State as it went about the business of warming up for next week's instate showdown with a workmanlike 56-7 trouncing of Buffalo at Kinnick Stadium. "I thought our guys prepared fumble at the Buffalo 20-yard line with almost two minutes left in the first half, they opted to run three running plays and let the clock run out rather than try to score again. They spent most of the second half trying to make sure the Bulls' 12th straight defeat wasn't any more ignominious than necessary Keyjtal Buffalo suffers its 12th straight loss, the longest streak in the country.

012 Notebook, statistics Ferentz threw 67 players into action. At many positions, the HAWKS Please turn to Page D12 Iowa State's Michael Wagner (4), who led the Cyclones' 271-yard rushing attack with 115 yards, fights for extra yardage against Ohio defender TJ. Wright. ASSOCIATED PRESS has led us to a fourth-quarter comeback victory," said Stevens Point coach John Miech, who posted his 100th career win. "We put forth a gutty performance in the fourth period." While Krause, a 6-foot-3, 208-pound senior from Wau-nakee, threw for three touchdowns and 278 yards against the Vikings, Stevens Point's defense was just as big.

Augustana, which averaged more than 418 yards per game a year ago in a 7-2 season, managed only six first downs and 188 yards of offense. The Vikings' 15 points consisted of two scoring drives of 7 and 35 yards, plus a Stevens Point blocked extra-point kick return by Matt Furlong for two points. "We struggled on offense," Augie coach Jim Barnes admitted. "Our lost fumbles (two) and interception made it extra tough for us, and we need to avoid that. We only had 15 turnovers a year ago (six interceptions and nine lost fumbles), and today we were over our average.

"1 was impressed with our defense, except for probably three snaps (the touchdown passes by Krause). Stevens Point has a fine offensive team and had 18 starters back between its offense and defense." The Wisconsin team, which finished 6-4 in 2002 after its win over Augustana, wound -AUGIE Please turn to Page D2 IOWA STATE 48, OHIO 20 get big efforts in victory over Bobcats very well this week," Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. "You never know how these things will materialize, but I thought our guys took care of business and gave us a chance to get some new faces in there. "I was happy with the focus I ago and should give the Cyclones an extra dose of confidence heading into next Saturday's game with Iowa. "That was our biggest goal this past week, to be the most improved team in the nation from Game 1 to Game 2," Danielsen said.

"I really think we took a good step toward that goal." Ohio (1-1) gave Iowa State a scare by burning the Cyclones with three big plays. The Bobcats trailed 17-13 in the first quarter and still were in the ISU Please turn to Page D2 offense. Michael Wagner rushed for 115 yards and two scores. Danielsen had a touchdown catch among his five receptions and became the school's career leader in receiving yards. It was a sharp contrast to the team that sputtered Key Quarterback Austin Flynn has 330 total yards for Iowa State.

D2 Notebook, statistics much of the game in a 17-10 victory over Northern Iowa a week v--.