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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday, October 11, 2009 ffbt fturttt 9B Scheetz's clutch catches seal Luther win Iowa Conference standings SCHOOL CONE ALL Central 4-0 6-0 Coe 2 1 4 1 Buena Vista 2-1 3-2 Luther 2 1 3 2 Loras 2-2 23 Wartburg 1-2 32 Dubuque 1-3 2-4 Simpson 1-3 2-4 Cornell 0-4 1-5 SATURDAY'S RESULTS On 4th-and-10 from the 22 with 20 seconds left, Luther (3-2, 2-1) called the same play and got the same result. "They made the play both times they had to make it, and it clinched the game for them," Cornell Coach Matt Dillon said. "Your heart goes out to (Kelly) because he was in perfect position both times." "If you're going to be a good football team and have a good football program, you're going to have to be able to learn to make plays and win games like this," Luther Coach Mike Durnin said. "It's not always going to be easy." Cornell (1-5, 0-4) played another opponent heads up, outgaining Luther, only to lose again. The record for most consecutive IIAC losses belongs to Simpson at 34 (1958-62).

"We're looking forward to winning a couple of games," said Burdick, a freshman from Florida who accounted for 301 yards rushing and throwing. "We're always right there. It's just little things happen." Cornell is at Buena Vista next week. Jeff Johnson The Gazette MOUNT VERNON They ignored him all day. But with the game on the line, Trey Scheetz got two looks and two huge catches.

Scheetz hauled down two fade passes from quarterback Chris Reynolds in the final two minutes, the second for a touchdown that iced Lu- ther's 19-10 win Saturday over Cornell at icy Ash Park. It's 32 straight IIAC defeats for the Rams. "We were just trying to milk the clock there at the end of the game," Northern Iowa's Jarred Herring win at the Fargodome in Fargo, f-v r' V- Vs I I'ly) a- I'- 13 Vr a Saturday's scores EAST Army 16, Vandertnlt 13. OT Brown 34, Hotv Cross 31 Buffalo 40, Gardner-Wet 3 -Delaware 43, Massachusetts 27 Harvard 28, Lafavette 24, Columbia 21 Maine 16, Hotstra 14 New Hampshire 28, Villanova 24 Perm 21, Bucknell 3 Penn St. 52, E.Illinois 3 Pittsburgh 24, Connecticut 21 Towson 36, Rhode Island 28 West Virginia 34, Syracuse 13 William 8, Marv 34, Northeastern 14 Yale 38, Dartmouth 7 SOUTH Alabama 22, Mississippi 3 Appalachian St 55, N.C.

Central 21 Chattanooga 14, Samford 7 Davidson 16, Morehead St. 10 Davton 35, Campbell 17 DuKe49, N.C. State 28 Fl. International 37, W.Kentucky 20 Houston 31, Mississippi St. 24 Jacksonville St.

41, Murray St. 7 Kentucky St. 20, Central Ohio 14 LaGrange 48, Mac Murray 6 Lake Erie 36, Apprentice 3 Lambuth 28, Shorter 23 Louisiana-Lafayette 38, North Texas 34 Louisville 25, Southern Miss. 23 Mars Hill 34, Newberry 28 Marshall 31, Tulane 10 Miami 48, Florida A8.M 16 Morgan St. 7, N.

Carolina A8.T 6 North Carolina 42, Georgia Southern 12 Norwich 14, Gallaudet 7 Old Dominion 34, Presbyterian 16 Pikeville 20, Bethel, Tenn, 19 Prairie View 24, Alabama St. 10 Randolph-Macon 23, Frostburg St. 19 Richmond 21, JamesMadison 17 S. Carolina St. 37, Norfolk St.

10 South Carolina 28, Kentucky 26 St. Augustine's 27, Johnson C. Smith 9 St. Paul's 18, Virginia St. 0 Tennessee 45, Georgia 19 Tennessee St.

20, E. Kentucky 17 Tennessee Tech 35, 28 UNC-Pembroke 38, Fairmont St. 7 Virginia 47, Indiana 7 Virginia Tech 48, Boston College 14 Virginia Union 35, Lincoln, Pa. 6 Virginia-Wise 32, Campbellsville 31 Wake Forest 42, Maryland 32 Washington Lee 28, Catholic 14 West Liberty 52, W.Virginia St. 30 Wingate 50, Lenoir-Rhvne 49 MIDWEST Ashland 33, Northwood.

Mich. 20 Augsburg 31, Carleton 28 Augustana, S.D. 29, SW Minnesota St. 7 Aurora 35, Maranatha Baptist 0 -Austin Peay 24, SE Missouri 14 BemidiiSt.21,Wavne, Net). 10 Bethel, Minn.

15, St. Olaf 7 Bowling Green 36, Kent St. 35 Carroll, Wis. 34, Illinois College 14 Carthage 45, Elmhurst 38 Cent. Michigan 56, E.

Michigan 8 -Central 56, Simpson, Iowa 24 Chicago 38, Oberlin 17 Concordia, 111.44, Rockford 9 -Concordia, Wis. 24, Benedictine, III. 20 Crown, Minn. 46, Minn-Morris 32 Dickinson St. 13, Black Hills St.

9 Drake 19, Missouri 0 Findlay 14, Michigan Tech 5 Franklin 28, BlufHon 12 Gustavus 34, Pacific Lutheran 33 Hillsdale 27, Grand Valley St. 24 Hope 14, A bion 6 Indianapolis 34, Ferris St. 7 Iowa 30, Michigan 28 John Carroll 22, Marietta 0 Kalamazoo 24, Olivet 14 Kansas 41, Iowa St. 36 Kenyon 33, Ohio Wesleyan 28 Lake Forest 28, Lawrence 14 Lakeland 14, Wis. Lutheran 9 Loras 43, Dubuque 14 Luther 19, Cornell, Iowa (0 Macalester 35, SI.

Scholastica 13 Martin Luther 9, Northwestern, Minn. 7 Mary 39, Minn. Moorhead 13 Michigan St. 24, Illinois 14 Minn. Duluth 42, Northern S.D.

0 Minn. Mankato 54, Concordia, St.P. 3 Minnesota 35, Purdue 20 MinotSt. 31, South Dakota Mines 21; Morningside 46, Hastings 0 Mount Union 28, Capital 21 Muskingum 24, Wilmington, Ohio 7 N. Iowa 42, N.

Dakota St. 27 N. Michigan 45, Wayne, Mich. 20 Nebraska-Omaha 31, Washburn 21 North Central 83, North Park 7 North Dakota 31 Stony Brook 24 Northwestern 16, Miami (Ohio) 6 N'western, Iowa 17, Midland Lutheran 14 Ohio Dominican 45, St. Joseph's, Ind.

14 Ohio Northern 38, Heidelberg 7 Ohio St. 31, Wisconsin 13 Otterbein 21, Baldwin-Wallace 17 Ripon 20. Beloit 6 Rose-Hulman 41, Hanover 38 --S. Dakota St. 24, Missouri St.

17 S. Illinois 43, Illinois St. 23 SW Baptist 68, S. Nazarene 10 San Diego 48, Valparaiso 7 St. Cloud St.

65, Minn -Crookston 7 St. John's, Minn. 41, Hamline 7 St. Thomas, Minn. 31, Concordia, Moor.

17 Taylor 23, Malone 17 Trine 51, Alma 14 UC Davis 24, South Dakota 23, OT Valley City St. 19, Dakota St. 3 W.Michigan 56, Toledo 28 Wabash 31, Washington, Mo. 12 Winona St. 46, Upper Iowa 9 31 Falls 29 Wis-Plattevme26, 13 Pt.

7, 6 Wis-Whitewater 38, Claire 14' Youngstown St. 31, W. Illinois 21 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 44, Auburn 23 ChadronSt.42,W.NewMexico7 Hardin-Simmons 13, E. Texas Baptist 10 Incarnate Word 38, East Central 20 M. Hardin-Baylor 54, Louisiana College 20 NW Oklahoma 27, Langston 21 Navy 63.

Rice 14 Oklahoma 33, Baylor 7 Oklahoma St. 36, Texas A8.M 31 SE Louisiana 51, Texas St. 50, OT SE Oklahoma 41, Cent. Oklahoma 24 Sam Houston St. 44, NichollsSt.21 Stephen F.Austin 16, McNeese St.

13 Sul Ross St. 35, Texas Lutheran 7 Texas 38, Colorado 14 Texas Tech 66, Kansas St. 14 FAR WEST Arizona St. 27, Washington St. 14 Carroll, Mont.

32, Montana 0 E. Oregon 43, Rocky Mountain 36 Montana 35, Cal Poly 23 Montana Tech 16, Montana Western 7 23, Montana St, 10 Oregon 24, UCLA 10 Oregon St. 38, Stanford 28 Portland St. 23, N. Colorado 18 Sacramento St.

38, Idaho St. 17 TCU 20, Air Force 17 Utah 24, Colorado St. 17 Weber St. 31, E. Washington 13 Wyoming 37, New Mexico 13 Intense' of North Dakota State's Brendln effort MVC standings SCHOOL CONE ALL Luther 19, Cornell 10 Buena Vista 27, Wartburg 15 Central 56, Simpson 24 Loras 43, Dubuque 14 Coe was idle NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES Coe at Wartburg, 1:30 p.m.

Cornell at Buena Vista, 1 p.m. Luther at Central, 1 p.m. Dubuque at Simpson, 4 p.m. Loras is Idle Matthew PutneyThe Gazette first half of the Panthers' 42-27 in win After that: NDSU's Daniel Eaves scooped a blocked Kyle Bernard punt and dashed 20 yards for the tying touchdown. That score marked the first points given up by UNI in the second quarter this year.

Returning the favor, Jordan Smith swatted down a John Prelvitz punt. Tre'Darrius Canady picked it up and tallied a 10-yard TD return, his first as a Panther. Grace found D.J. Hord for a 23-yard scoring strike, but only after a holding penalty pushed UNI back. And speaking of flags 17 of them hit the Far-godome's artificial turf.

The Panthers drew 10 of them, but one of the Bison penalties erased a first-quarter touchdown. "There was enough going on there for about 10 games," said Farley And so it went. Noth- ing was easy, except perhaps the rendition of the fight song UNI's players gave the fans at the end of the game. "It was a nice release for us," said Mahoney. "We like to involve the fans in our celebration any way we can." Big Ten standings said Scheetz, a senior from Clear Creek-Amana.

"Obviously, we knew that matchup was there all day, but we didn't decide to take it until the end. It ended up working out." Andrew Burdick hit Thomas Connor for a 1-yard touchdown pass with 2:18 left that brought Cornell within 12-10. Facing a 3rd-and-ll at the Cornell 45 on the ensuing possession, Reynolds lofted a ball down the left sideline that the 6-foot-2 Scheetz jumped up and caught over 5-7 freshman cornerback Myles Kelly for a 23-yard gain. (right) gets free from the grasp N.D. 15L Yet, UNI insetting up a key MVFCr game Saturday against Southern Illinois in the UNI-Dome.

"We knew coming in this was going to be a big game," said wide receiver D.J. Hord. "You could throw out the records. They really didn't matter They were going to defend their home turf as best they can. We knew it was going to be a hostile environment.

We just had to take care of business and get out." The biggest test of the Panthers' resolve came late in the third quarter, when quarterback Pat Grace absorbed a wicked sack by Coulter Boyer and Matthew Gratzek. Grace lost the ball, and left the game with injuries to his right arm and shoulder. Given the ball at the UNI 33, NDSU got nothing. The Panthers forced Bison kicker Shawn Bi-beau to try a 45-yard field goal. It was no good, and the Big Ten with a field goal, but Smalt brought back the next kickoff.

VIRGINIA 47. INDIANA 7 At Charlottesville, Mikell Simpson ran for four touchdowns and corneroack Ras-I Dowling forced two turnovers to set up scores as Virginia defeated Indiana. Jameel Sewell passed for 308 yards as Virginia rolled up more than 500 yards total offense for the first time since 2004. MICHIGAN STATE 24, ILLINOIS 14 At Champaign, Keith Nichol threw for 179 yards in his first start to lead Michigan State. Larry Caper rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown for Michigan State Glenn Winston ran for 69 yards and a score in the first half before leaving with a knee injury.

Illinois started its Northern Iowa 3-0 5-1 Southern Illinois 3-0 5-1 South Dakota State 3-0 4-1 Youngstown State 2-1 4-2 Illinois State 1-2 3-3 Missouri State 1-2 3-3 Western Illinois 0-2 1-4 North Dakota State 0-2 1-4 Indiana State 0-3 0-6 By Jim Sullivan Waterloo Courier FARGO, N.D. Northern Iowa's four-quarter journey through the Fargodome felt as rugged as a winter's trip across the prairie. The Panthers emerged with a 42-27 victory over North Dakota State. The score, however, didn't reflect how hard the third-ranked Panthers had to work for their fifth victory in six games and third in Missouri Valley Football Conference action. "The word that describes this game is intensity," said UNI Coach Mark Farley." And "The word describes is intensity.

perseverance. intense start It to the Mark that this game And It was from the was intense bitter end." Farley, UNI coach Pierre on Saturday during the results ment NDSU countered Pat Paschall, the first man to rush for 100 yards against UNI this year, tallied on a 6-yard run. Once more, Grace answered, this time with his third touchdown pass of the day. Tight end Schuy-lar Oordt hauled in the 16-yarder, and it was 35-20 with 5:15 to go. Finally, a defense that struggled to slow the Bison attack provided the knockout blow.

Linebacker L.J. Fort intercepted a Nick Mertens pass and raced 65 yards to the Bison 20. Eventually, Law scored on a 1-yard run with 2:52 remaining to lock it up. Law rumbled for 122 total yards to lead the ground game, including a career-high 68-yard run. Hord posted his first 100-yard game as a Panther, hauling in six passes for 105 yards.

"I'm just glad to help the team in whatever way I can," Hord said. UNI took a 21-10 lead after a first half full of strange twists and penalty flags. The Carlos Anderson 5-yard touchdown run that opened the scoring seemed normal enough. quarterback Mike Kafka ran for two touchdowns and Northwestem's defense came up with four turnovers Saturday as the Wildcats beat winless Miami of Ohio 16-6. Northwestern overcame a Sluggish performance by its own offense, sacking Miami quarterback Zac Dysert seven times five in the first half and intercepting him three timesv NO.

14 PENN STATE 52, EASTERN ILLINOIS 3 At State College, Daryll Clark threw for three touchdowns and -No. 14 Penn State's defense overpowered lower-division Eastern Illinois. Jared Odrick led the defensive push with two sacks and linebacker Navorro Bowman returned a fumble 91 yards for a touchdown in the Nittany Lions' easy win. Associated Press SATURDAY'S RESULTS Northern Iowa 42, N.D. State 27 Southern Illinois 43, Illinois State 23 South Dakota St 24, Missouri St 17 Youngstown St Illinois 21 Indiana State was idle NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES S.

Illinois at Northern Iowa, 4:05 p.m. Indiana State at Illinois State, 2 p.m. Missouri St atw. Illinois, 2:05 p.m. N.D.

State at S.D. State, 6 p.m. Youngstown State Is Idle UNI had a huge stop "That was critical," said linebacker Josh Ma-honey. "When you can do that, you can really stop the change in the momentum and swing the pendulum right back your way." Grace returned on the ensuing series and promptly hit Maurice Turner with a 40-yard touchdown pass at the 14 minute, 14-second mark of the quarter. "I think it really shows what this team is," Farley said.

"That was a state homecoming with Eddie McGee at quarterback in place of the benched Juice Williams. But McGee was pulled in the third quarter after completing two of his 11 passes. Williams was 7-for-17 for 109 yards and a touchdown in relief. MINNESOTA 35, PURDUE 20 At Minneapolis, Lee Campbell intercepted a pass and blocked a field goal to set up touchdowns for the Gophers. Kevin Whaley rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown for the Golden Gophers, who forced three turnovers.

Purdue's Keith Smith caught seven passes for 126 yards and a touchdown and Joey Elliott threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions. The Boilermakers have lost five in a row. NORTHWESTERN 16, MIAMI (OHIO) 6 AtEvanston, perseverance. It was intense from the start. It was in-: tense to the bitter end." Time and again, NDSU (i-5, 0-3) challenged, battered and bruised UNI.

The nation's best rushing offense piled up 206 yards, including 115 from Pat Paschall. The Panthers also struggled with penalties, committing 13 for 121 yards. NDSU tallied 14 for Saturday around Kurt Coleman and Jermale Hines returned interceptions for touchdowns and Ray Small brought a kickoff back 96 yards on Saturday to lead No. 9 Ohio State past Wisconsin, 31-13, in Columbus, Ohio, dealing the self-destructive Badgers their first loss of the season. Coleman, playing his first game after a Big Ten-mandated suspension for a late hit, was the only person near Scott Tolzien's pass in the first quarter and returned it 89 yards.

After Wisconsin made it 14-10 early in the third quarter, the Buckeyes padded their lead when Hines tipped a pass, pulled it in and followed a glut of blockers on a 32-yard return. The Badgers countered SCHOOL CONF. ALL Iowa 2-0 6-0 Ohio State 2-1 5-1 Wisconsin 2-1 5-1 Minnesota 2-1 4-2 Michigan State 2-2 3-3 Penn State 1-1 5-1 Northwestern 1-1 4-2 Michigan 1-2 4-2 Indiana 0-2 3-3 Purdue 02 1-5 Illinois 0-3 1-4 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Winona State routs Upper Iowa FAYETTE Winona State scored on nine of its 13 possessions en route to a 46-9 victory Saturday over Upper Iowa in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference game at Eischeid Stadium. The Warriors (5-2, 4-2) got a big boost from place-kicker Billy Emanuel, who scored a school-record 16 kicking points in a game, Emanuel also tied a game with four field goals and connected on four of five extra point kicks. Senior Greg Preston threw for 350 yards and two touchdowns on 19 -completions in 30 attempts.

Jessie Hubbard had seven catches for 105 yards to lead the Upper Iowa offense. Overall, the Warriors outgained the Peacocks 615 to 197. Iowa 30, Michigan 28 Penn State 52, Eastern Illinois 3 Northwestern 16, Miami (Ohio) 6 Michigan State 24, Illinois 14 Minnesota 35, Purdue 10 Ohio State 31, Wisconsin 13 Virginia 47, Indiana 7 NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES Iowa at Wisconsin, 11 a.m. Northwestern at Michigan St, 11 a.m. Ohio State at Purdue, 11 a.m.

Delaware State at Michigan, 11 a.m. Minnesota at Penn State, 2:30 p.m. Illinois at Indiana, 6 p.m. 1.