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