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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 27

Big Ten Week 4 Delivers 17-Point Wisconsin Rally as Iowa, Oregon and UCLA Score Statement Wins

Updated

Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 27

Big Ten Week 4 Delivers 17-Point Wisconsin Rally as Iowa, Oregon and UCLA Score Statement Wins

Q: With conflicting reports on Wisconsin's dramatic game-winning touchdown, what really happened in the final seconds of their historic upset?

Wisconsin’s game-winning touchdown was **Colton Joseph’s 72-yard pass to tight end Jacob Harris with 1:13 left**. That is the play consistently confirmed by the AP game story, Wisconsin’s official recap, and postgame reporting from Beaver Stadium. The confusion comes from two different late touchdowns being blended together. Earlier in the fourth quarter, Joseph threw an **11-yard touchdown pass to Eugene Hilton Jr.** with 3:31 remaining, cutting Penn State’s lead to 20-17. Then, on Wisconsin’s final possession, after penalties had backed the Badgers up, Joseph hit Harris on a **third-and-13** play that turned into the decisive 72-yard score. Wisconsin’s official game account is specific: the Badgers took their first lead at **24-20** when Joseph connected with Harris, and Penn State’s final deep throw then fell incomplete as time expired. AP’s version matches that sequence and score exactly. So the real final-seconds story is not that there were competing game-winners. Wisconsin scored **twice late**: Hilton’s 11-yard touchdown set up the comeback, and **Harris’ 72-yard catch-and-run finished it**. That play sealed Wisconsin’s 17-point rally, its first win at Penn State since 2003, and one of the biggest upsets of the Big Ten weekend.

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Wisconsin erased a 17-point deficit to beat No. 13 Penn State 24-20, the Badgers' biggest comeback since 2006 and one of several Week 4 shocks across the Big Ten.
Iowa added another upset by stunning No. 18 Michigan 20-17 on the final play, while No. 20 Oregon beat No. 12 USC 41-20 after backup Dylan Raiola replaced injured quarterback Dante Moore.
Ohio State rolled past Illinois 42-19 behind Jeremiah Smith's 12 catches, 217 yards and 4 touchdowns, tying the Buckeyes' single-game receiving TD record.
Indiana stayed unbeaten at 4-0 with a 29-23 escape over Northwestern as Lee Beebe Jr. rushed for 203 yards, extending the Hoosiers' winning streak to 20 games.
UCLA's 54-3 rout at Maryland left the Bruins among eight teams at 1-0 in conference play heading into Week 5, when Iowa visits Ohio State and Penn State opens Northwestern's new stadium.