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Midwest Sports Brief: 10/29/17

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October 29th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

 

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Nate Stanley threw for 190 yards in Iowa’s 17-10 win over Minnesota, its eighth-straight in Iowa City over the Gophers. After missing one game, linebacker Josey Jewell returned to lead the Iowa defense with 11 tackles, six of them solo.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Tanner Lee’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Stanley Morgan Jr. with 14 seconds left gave Nebraska for a season-saving 25-24 victory at Purdue on Saturday. Lee capped the best night of his career with two TD passes in the final 11½ minutes to erase a 12-point deficit. The win snapped the Cornhuskers’ two-game losing streak. Purdue had time for a couple of plays. The game ended when ended Anthony Mahoungou stepped out of bounds near midfield as time expired.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs could have starting offensive linemen Mitch Morse and Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and cornerback Steven Nelson back from injury this week. Morse has been out with a foot injury and Duvernay-Tardif has been sidelined by a knee injury. Nelson has been on injured reserve with a core muscle injury since training camp.