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Originally published November 7, 2009 at 9:56 PM | Page modified November 7, 2009 at 9:56 PM

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College Football | Northwestern stuns Iowa

Northwestern's Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another score to help the Wildcats snap Iowa's 13-game winning streak with a 17-10 victory Saturday.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — No. 8 Iowa finally ran out of time.

Northwestern's Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another score to help the Wildcats snap the Hawkeyes' 13-game winning streak with a 17-10 victory Saturday.

It was the first win over a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off then-No. 6 Ohio State 33-27 in overtime in 2004. It also ended the nation's second-longest winning streak.

Iowa played without starting quarterback Ricky Stanzi after he suffered a severe ankle injury early in the second quarter. Freshman James Vandenberg was just 9 of 27 for 82 yards and couldn't lead the Hawkeyes (9-1, 5-1 Big Ten) to any points after Stanzi left the game.

Other games

At No. 1 Florida 27,

Vanderbilt 3

Tim Tebow accounted for two touchdowns, Caleb Sturgis kicked two field goals, and Florida beat Vanderbilt in a lackluster effort at The Swamp.

The Gators (9-0, 7-0 SEC) extended their winning streak to 19 games overall — and their streak against Vandy (2-8, 0-6) to 19 games, too — but struggled on offense for the fifth time in seven league games.

At No. 2 Texas 35,

Central Florida 3

Jordan Shipley set a Texas record with 273 yards receiving, including an 88-yard touchdown, and the Longhorns shook off a slow start to prevail.

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The sixth-year senior broke the previous best of 242 yards set in 1987 by Tony Jones. The touchdown came early in the fourth quarter on a drive that started at the 1.

Colt McCoy passed for 470 yards with two touchdowns. He was just shy of current Texas running-backs coach Major Applewhite's school-record 473 yards in the 2001 Holiday Bowl.

Texas (9-0) led 14-3 at halftime on two touchdown runs by Cody Johnson.

At No. 4 Cincinnati 47,

Connecticut 45

Zach Collaros kept Cincinnati unbeaten with the second-best passing performance in school history. The Bearcats' near-perfect replacement threw for 480 yards and a touchdown, ran for two more scores and led a clinching touchdown drive in the closing minutes of a wild victory over Connecticut that let Cincinnati (9-0, 5-0 Big East) match the best start in its history.

No. 6 TCU 55,

at San Diego State 12

Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more as Texas Christian won its 11th straight. TCU (9-0, 5-0 Mountain West) remained in the chase for a BCS bowl berth by staying unbeaten.

The Horned Frogs jumped in front with touchdowns on five of their first six possessions. Dalton scored on runs of 13 and 7 yards as TCU held a 31-6 halftime lead.

At No. 10 Georgia Tech 30,

Wake Forest 27 (OT)

Josh Nesbitt scored on a 3-yard run in overtime after Georgia Tech pulled off a gutsy play on fourth down, leading the Yellow Jackets another step closer to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game.

Jonathan Dwyer rushed for a career-best 189 yards and went over 1,000 yards for the season, but it was Nesbitt and the guys on the defensive side who bailed out the Yellow Jackets (8-1, 6-1) at the end.

After the defense stifled Wake Forest on the first possession of OT, forcing a field goal, Georgia Tech drove to the 5 where it faced fourth-and-inches. The Yellow Jackets went for it, Nesbitt powered up the middle for a 2-yard gain and scored on the next play.

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