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Saturday, October 16
 
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So you think you're set for the week because you can recite the Top 25 results? Let ESPN.com give you the rest of the story from Saturday's action.

STARS  
Chris Daniels
Purdue
Daniels set Big Ten records with 21 catches for 301 yards as No. 21 Purdue defeated No. 7 Michigan State 52-28.
Chris Boden
Villanova
Set an Atlantic 10 record with 43 completions in 69 attempts for 444 yards and four touchdowns in a 48-45 triple overtime victory over Connecticut.
Shaun Alexander
Alabama
Ran for 214 yards and three touchdowns, his sixth straight 100-yard game, as No. 13 Alabama held off No. 22 Mississippi 30-24. Ole Miss came into the game allowing 45 rushing yards per game, second-best in the nation.
Woodrow Dantzler
Clemson
Amassed a school-record 435 yards -- 183 rushing, 252 passing -- as Clemson beat Maryland 42-30. Dantzler set a school rushing record for quarterbacks.
Tim Rattay
Louisiana Tech
Returned from an ankle injury to complete 41 of 56 passes for 406 yards and four touchdowns as Louisiana Tech defeated Middle Tennessee 41-18.
BUZZER-BEATERS  
Hand it to Holy Cross James Jenkins blocked Stephen Mirasolo's 26-yard field goal try as time expired as Holy Cross beat Fairfield 24-23, snapping I-AA's longest winning streak at 13 games.
Zak attack Quarterback Zak Kustok scored on a keeper on fourth-and-2 with four seconds left, giving Northwestern a 23-21 victory over Iowa.
Redman to the rescue Chris Redman found Lavell Boyd on an 18-yard TD pass with six seconds left in the game to lead Louisville to a 32-31 win over Memphis. Redman also threw a 38-yard TD to Arnold Jackson with 4:24 left in the fourth quarter.
STREAKING  
Mount Union sets record Mount Union defeated Otterbein 44-20 for its record 48th consecutive victory, surpassing Oklahoma's 42-year-old all-division record. Gary Smeck was 15-of-26 for 282 yards and three touchdowns, Chuck Moore rushed for 180 yards with four touchdowns and Adam Marino had nine catches for 209 yards.
CONFERENCE SHAKEDOWN  
Fumblitis strikes Pac-10 Stanford fumbled twice near the goal line but held on to defeat Oregon State 21-17 and remain undefeated in the Pac-10. Washington, the only other team undefeated in conference play heading into Saturday, lost six of seven fumbles in a 28-7 loss to Arizona State.
RECORD-SETTERS  
Dayne joins elite crowd Wisconsin's Ron Dayne ran for 167 yards, increasing his season total to 1,020 and making him the fourth major-college player with four 1,000-yard seasons. Wisconsin rolled up 705 total yards in a 59-0 thumping of Indiana.
Top of the Ivy Brown's James Perry was 28-of-50 for 299 yards and four TDs, becoming the Ivy League career leader in TD passes (61) and completions (634). Brown defeated Rhode Island 27-25.
No stopping Mr. Jones Thomas Jones set an Atlantic Coast Conference record with his fourth 200-yard game, gaining 221 yards and scoring three TDs as Virginia beat North Carolina State 47-26.
QUOTE OF THE DAY  
USC coach Paul Hackett, as the Trojans blew a 24-3 lead to lose to Notre Dame 25-24. "The second half (we) self-destructed, penalties at critical times, turnovers, the defense allowing the quarterback to run through us. I don't think there's anything I could really point to in the second half that was any good. It's a thrill to be part of, but God, it's painful."




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