A Look at This Weekends Big Ten Matchups

 

Sparty is looking party with a 9-0 Spartan squad on Saturday night. Photo courtesy of Mark Boomgaard.

If you'll notice, the can't miss game of the week goes down in Iowa City this weekend, when the fifth ranked Spartans invade Kinnick Stadium at 3:30PM ET on Saturday to square off with the eighteenth ranked Hawkeyes. It is the only Big Ten game slated for the afternoon time-slot and everyone will want to be tuning in to watch this power football slugfest that has major Conference Championship-- and potential National Championship-- implications. No matter who your team is in this conference, you won't want to miss this epic match-up!

12:00 PM ET

Northwestern (5-2, 1-2 Big Ten) @ Indiana (4-3, 0-3 Big Ten)
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Season Leaders
NU

Pass   * Persa 156-206, 1850 yds, 10 tds
Rush   * Persa 110 car, 341 yds, 6 tds
Rec    * Ebert 37 rec, 580 yds, 5 tds

IU

Pass   * Chappell 184-278, 2137 yds, 17 tds
Rush   * Willis 64 car, 278 yds, 4 tds
Rec    * Belcher 47 rec, 569 yds, 4 tds

12:00 PM ET

ESPN2/ESPN3

Purdue (4-3, 2-1 Big Ten) @ Illinois (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten)

Season Leaders
Pu

Pass   * Marve 67-99, 512 yds, 3 tds
Rush   * Henry 69 car, 382 yds, 4 tds
Rec    * Smith 21 rec, 249 yds, 2 tds

ILL

Pass   * Scheelhaase 86-146, 904 yds, 6 tds
Rush   * Leshoure 143 car, 757 yds, 4 tds
Rec    * Jenkins 27 rec, 363 yds, 3 tds

3:30 PM ET

ABC/ESPN

5Michigan St (8-0, 4-0 Big Ten) @ 18Iowa (5-2, 2-1 Big Ten)

Season Leaders
MSU

Pass   * Cousins 141-212, 1948 yds, 14 tds
Rush   * Baker 115 car, 779 yds, 7 tds
Rec    * Dell 31 rec, 520 yds, 4 tds

Iowa

Pass   * Stanzi 124-182, 1732 yds, 16 tds
Rush   * Robinson 152 car, 737 yds, 9 tds
REc    * Johnson-K. 30 rec, 497 yds, 8 tds

8:00 PM ET

ABC

11Ohio St (7-1, 3-1 Big Ten) @ Minnesota (1-7, 0-4 Big Ten)

Season Leaders
OH ST

Pass   * Pryor 134-203, 1775 yds, 18 tds
Rush   * Herron 112 car, 520 yds, 11 tds
Rec    * Sanzenbacher 37 rec, 591 yds, 8 tds

MINN

Pass   * Weber 148-265, 1961 yds, 17 tds
Rush   * Bennett 104 car, 444 yds, 2 tds
Rec    * McKnight 36 rec, 542 yds, 9 tds

8:00 PM ET

ESPN/ESPN3

Michigan (5-2, 1-2 Big Ten) @ Penn St (4-3, 1-2 Big Ten)

Season Leaders
MICH

Pass   * Robinson 97-143, 1319 yds, 9 tds
Rush   * Robinson 137 car, 1096 yds, 9 tds
Rec    * Roundtree 33 rec, 395 yds, 2 tds

PSU

Pass   * Bolden 107-184, 1307 yds, 5 tds
Rush   * Royster 88 car, 450 yds, 2 tds
Rec    * Moye 25 rec, 458 yds, 3 tds