Mon Feb 13 2012
Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Denard Robinson accounted for 383 yards and two touchdowns in his first game as Michigan’s starting quarterback, leading the Wolverines to a 30-10 win over Connecticut on Saturday at the bigger than ever Big House.
Robinson ran for 197 yards — setting a school record for a quarterback — and a TD. He was 19-of-22 for 186 yards and a score.
The Wolverines and embattled coach Rich Rodriguez desperately needed the victory. They lost 16 games in his first two seasons with college football’s winningest team and violated major NCAA rules for the first time in program history.
Connecticut rallied from a 21-point deficit and had a chance to pull within a TD late in the third quarter, but USC transfer D.J. Shoemate fumbled at the Michigan 3.
A football attendance record was set with 113,090 at the new-look Big House.
No. 19 Penn St. 44, Youngstown St. 14
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Rob Bolden stood tall in the pocket, displayed a rocket arm and made some clutch throws — a promising debut for the first true freshman quarterback to start a season opener in coach Joe Paterno’s 45 years on the sideline at Penn State.
Bolden passed for 239 yards and two touchdowns, Chaz Powell tiptoed down the sideline on a 100-yard kickoff return to open the second half and the 19th-ranked Nittany Lions routed FCS school Youngstown State 44-14 on Saturday.
No. 9 Iowa 37,
Eastern Illinois 7
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Adam Robinson ran for 109 yards and three touchdowns in the first half and No. 9 Iowa breezed past Eastern Illinois.
Senior Ricky Stanzi threw for 229 yards and a touchdown for the Hawkeyes (1-0), who won their 10th straight season opener under coach Kirk Ferentz.
Missouri 23, Illinois 13
ST. LOUIS — Blaine Gabbert rallied Missouri from a 10-point halftime deficit with two touchdown passes and Carl Gettis made a leaping one-handed interception and downed a punt at the 1 in the fourth quarter of an opening 23-13 victory over Illinois on Saturday.
Northwestern 23, Vanderbilt 21
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dan Persa threw for 222 yards and three touchdowns to three different receivers, and Northwestern beat Vanderbilt 23-15 Saturday night in the regular season game between the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference.
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