Indiana and Williams Run Over Wisconsin

Levron Williams, who averaged 14 yards a carry, rushed for a school-record six touchdowns and Indiana shocked Wisconsin, 63-32, after scoring 32 points in the first quarter.

Williams gained 280 yards in 20 carries to lead the Hoosiers to their most productive Big Ten game and their most points since a 65-0 victory against Rose Polytechnic in 1924.

The Badgers hadn’t allowed this many points since Minnesota beat them, 63-0, in 1890.

Williams scored on runs of six, 56 and three yards in the first seven plays and added scoring runs of eight, seven and 51 yards in the second half for the Hoosiers (1-3, 1-1 Big Ten), who won for the first time since Oct. 21, 2000, against Minnesota.

Williams broke Anthony Thompson’s school record of five touchdowns, set against Northwestern on Oct. 7, 1989, and he nearly added a seventh score but was dragged out of bounds inches shy of the end zone by cornerback Mike Echols in the third quarter.

The Hoosiers’ first victory at Wisconsin in 10 years was fifth-year Coach Cam Cameron’s third road victory in 23 games and his second in the Big Ten.

Wisconsin, which was hit by NCAA penalties earlier in the week because several Badgers received unadvertised discounts at a shoe store, fell to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Big Ten.

The Badgers, who played without Anthony Davis (turf toe), the league’s leading rusher, must win four of their final six games to be eligible for a sixth consecutive bowl game.

Indiana turned Wisconsin’s five turnovers into 23 points and added a touchdown on a blocked punt.

After Williams’ trio of early romps gave the Hoosiers a 20-0 lead, Brian Lewis blocked Kirk Munden’s punt and cornerback Duane Stone raced 10 yards to the end zone for a 26-0 lead seven minutes into the game.

Then, Indiana’s Herman Fowler recovered Jerone Pettus’ fumble and Antwaan Randle El became the Hoosiers’ career touchdown leader with a four-yard pass to Aaron Halterman for a 32-0 lead.

Randle El, who last week became the first Division I-A player to pass for 6,000 yards and rush for 3,000, completed eight of 13 passes for 182 yards and rushed 14 times for 102 yards. He surpassed Steve Bradley (1983-85) with his 36th touchdown pass.

The stunned Badgers, two-touchdown favorites against a team that hadn’t beaten them in six games, closed to within 32-10.

But any chance the Badgers had of making a game evaporated when Williams recovered a fumbled pitch at his own 30 on the Hoosiers’ next drive and later scored his fourth touchdown.