COLLEGE FOOTBALL : Big 10 Roundup : Colorado Finds Leader and Beats Iowa, 24-21

In the final minutes, Colorado found a quarterback and pulled out a victory.

Sal Aunese drove the Buffaloes 85 yards to his second touchdown of the game with 5 1/2 minutes left at Iowa City, Iowa, upsetting No. 19 Iowa, 24-21, Saturday.

“Obviously, to come back and put a drive like that together and get the victory is tremendous testimony to the resolve, poise and leadership we had out there,” said Colorado Coach Bill McCartney, who is trying to decide on a starting quarterback among Aunese, Marc Walters and Darian Hagen before the start of Big 8 Conference play.

“I thought Sal showed a lot of poise in the last drive. I thought our coaches put together a good sprinkling (of plays) that allowed us to move the ball and keep them a little off balance to get down the field.”

Colorado (2-0) gave Iowa (1-2) its first defeat in a home opener in 6 years.

Iowa led, 21-17, and was threatening to score with about six minutes left when Hawkeye quarterback Chuck Hartlieb fumbled when he was blindsided on the Colorado 10. Alfred Williams recovered for the Buffaloes on the 15 and Aunese directed his team on an 85-yard, 11-play scoring drive.

Highlighting the drive was Aunese’s 23-yard pass to Jeff Campbell for a first down on the Colorado 38. Two plays later, Eric Bieniemy, who had 153 yards, ran 22 yards to the Iowa 23. Aunese snuck in from the 1-yard line five plays later.

Iowa grabbed a 21-17 lead with 3:20 left in the third quarter when Hartlieb hit Tom Ward with a 12-yard scoring pass.

Colorado build an early lead on a 5-yard scoring run by J.J. Flannigan and a 17-yarder by Aunese.

Tyrone Berrie blocked Keith English’s punt in the end zone at the 6:44 mark, and Merton Hanks recovered for Iowa’s first touchdown. David Hudson’s 3-yard touchdown run tied it, 14-14.

Eric Hannah’s 28-yard field goal with 9:13 left in the third quarter gave Colorado a 17-14 lead.

Pittsburgh 42, Ohio State 10--Adam Walker ran for 179 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Panthers embarrassed the 18th-ranked Buckeyes at Pittsburgh.

Walker, a junior who played sparingly last season behind All-American tailback Craig (Ironhead) Heyward, scored on first-half runs of 4, 23 and 2 yards as Pitt (2-0) took a 28-3 lead.

Pitt quarterback Darnell Dickerson rushed for 88 yards on 11 carries and scored twice as the Panthers beat Ohio State for the first time since 1952.

Ohio State (1-1) got its touchdown on Carlos Snow’s 100-yard kickoff return.

Illinois 35, Utah 24--Keith Jones ran for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns while running mate Howard Griffith piled up 148 yards and 2 touchdowns at Champaign, Ill., as the Illini overpowered the Utes and gave John Mackovic his first victory at Illinois.

Utah (1-1) rallied from a 28-3 deficit on 3 touchdown passes by Scott Mitchell, the last to Carl Harry making it 28-24 with 5:48 left. Mitchell completed 33 of 62 passes for 338 yards.

Illinois (1-2) clinched the victory when Jones ran 53 yards for a touchdown with 1:40 left.

Purdue 33, Ohio U. 10--Shawn McCarthy threw 2 touchdown passes and fullback Darren Myles ran for 2 more as the Boilermakers won at West Lafayette, Ind.

The Boilermakers (1-1) forced six turnovers, including two interceptions by Marc Foster and two fumble recoveries by Scott Conoer.

Ohio (0-2) had just to 66 yards in the first half but got within 19-10 on a 36-yard touchdown from Andy Thornton to Byron Cross and Jim DelVerne’s 30-yard field goal.

Indiana 36, Kentucky 15--Anthony Thompson rushed 40 times for 164 yards and a touchdown and Tim Jorden caught 2 touchdown passes to lead the Hooisers past the Wildcats at Bloomington, Ind.

The Hoosiers (2-0) piled up 430 yards in total offense, including 240 rushing. Quarterback Dave Schnell rushed for 50 yards and passed for 190 more.

Ivy Joe Hunter of Kentucky (0-2), who last year had more than 100 yards against Indiana, managed only 31 yards in 12 carries.

Minnesota 35, Miami (O.) 3--Darrell Thompson ran for 179 yards and 3 touchdowns, and passed for another as the Gophers rolled past the Redskins at Minneapolis.

Thompson, a junior, has rushed for more than 100 yards in a games 13 times in his career with the Gophers (1-1).

Miami (0-3) scored on Chuck Konrad’s 50-yard field goal.

Northern Illinois 19, Wisconsin 17--John Ivanic kicked four field goals, including a 31-yarder with 1:24 left at Madison, Wis., to beat the Badgers and give the Huskies their first victory ever against a Big Ten team.

Wisconsin (0-2) nearly pulled out the victory but Rich Thompson’s 55-yard kick went barely wide left with 6 seconds left.

The Huskies are 3-0.