LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska home football game against Illinois will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The Big Ten Conference announced the game time on Sunday. ESPNU will air the game. The 3-1 Nebraska is coming off a bye week into the game against 3-1 Illinois to start Big Ten play.

Throughout the rest of the season, most of Nebraska’s game times and TV broadcasts will be announced either six or 12 days ahead of the game.

The Nov. 29 game against Iowa starts at 11 a.m.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Sawyer Kollmorgen passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns, and rushed for 30 yards and another touchdown, to lead Northern Iowa over McNeese State 41-6 Saturday.

Northern Iowa (4-0) dominated from start to finish, limiting McNeese State (4-1) to just 280 total yards and recovered three fumbles.

Kollmorgen opened the scoring with a 32-yard touchdown to David Johnson as the Panthers built a 17-0 halftime lead. Northern Iowa stretched the lead on the first series of the second half, as Kollmorgen hit Chad Owens for a 25-yard touchdown less than two minutes into the half.

McNeese State finally scored later in the third quarter as Cody Stroud completed a six-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Wiltz, but a two-point conversion failed.

Kollmorgen then converted a Cowboys fumble into a one-yard scoring run late in the third and Northern Iowa added two more TDs in the fourth quarter to complete the romp.

MINNEAPOLIS — Jake Rudock threw for one touchdown and ran for another and Iowa beat Minnesota on both sides of the ball in a 23-7 victory on Saturday.

Mark Weisman rushed for 147 yards on 24 carries, and Mike Meyer made three of his four field goal attempts to help the Hawkeyes (4-1, 1-0) start the Big Ten with a bang. After losing their opener to Northern Illinois, they’ve outscored their last two opponents 82-10.

Senior linebackers Christian Kirksey, James Morris and Anthony Hitchens led a stifling effort on defense, including interceptions by Kirksey and Morris of Minnesota quarterback Philip Nelson. Nelson hadn’t played in two weeks because of an injury, but he started ahead of Mitch Leidner for the Gophers (4-1, 0-1).

Nelson lost 18 yards on nine rushes and completed 12 of 24 passes for 135 yards and one touchdown to Derrick Engel, who had 67 yards on five catches.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals clinched their first NL Central title in four years, beating the Chicago Cubs 7-0 Friday night behind the strong pitching of Lance Lynn and home runs by David Freese and Matt Holliday.

St. Louis (95-65) has won six of seven and is tied with Atlanta for the best record in the NL. They are assured of home-field advantage when the NL division series starts Thursday.

Adam Wainwright (18-9) was moved up to start Saturday, putting the St. Louis ace on track to start his team’s postseason opener against Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Class 3-A, District 1

• Denison 21 @ Atlantic 14
• Harlan 28 @ Glenwood 24
• Perry 21 @ Creston 28
• ADM 3 @ Lewis Central 13

Class 2-A, District 8

• Red Oak 34 @ Clarinda Academy 0
• Shenandoah 26 @ Treynor 41
• Clarinda 34 @ OA-BCIG 27
• Kuemper Catholic 32 @ Greene County 0

Class 1-A, District 8

• Tri-Center 13 @ St. Albert 42
• Nodaway Valley 47 @ West Central Valley 12
• Missouri Valley 12 @ Panorama 65

Class A, District 7

• Bedford  0 @ Audubon 45
• Woodward Academy 20 @ Guthrie Center 34
• Earlham 28 @ Madrid 66
• Martensdale-St. Marys 8 @ Woodward-Granger 22

Class A, District 8

• Riverside 35 @ Underwood 13
• East Mills 0 @ Logan-Magnolia 16
• Griswold 23 @ Westwood 6
• A-H-S-T 62 @ West Monona 0

Eight Man, District 6

• Ankeny Christian 20 @ East Union 48
• Colo-Nesco 12 @ Lamoni 68
• Murray 54 @ Adair-Casey 85

Eight Man, District 7

• Exira/EHK 47 @ Glidden-Ralston 7
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 55 @ West Harrison 7
• Boyer Valley 54 @ Ar-We-Va 6

Eight Man, District 8

• Woodbine 21 @ Sidney 57
• Fremont-Mills 56 @ Stanton 20
• Essex 36 @ CAM 66
• Southwest Valley 47 @ Lenox 16

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Girls Team Scoring:

1. Griswold  46
2. Panorama 69
3. Audubon 94

Girls Individuals:

1. Rebekah Topham (Griswold)
2. Destiny Scar (Nodaway Valley)
3. Michelle Mumm (Tri-Center)
4. Megan Deist (Audubon)

Boys Team Scoring:

1. Riverside  40
2. Panorama  50
3. Tri-Center  104

Boys Individuals:

1. Brandon Sipherd (Riverside)
2. Sam Bassett (Panorama)
3. Brady Ryun (Riverside)
4. Tim Brink (Riverside)
5. Mitchell Nelson (Audubon)

 Hawkeye 10:

• (3-1) St. Albert 25-25-23-25 Wahoo Bishop Neumann 9-20-25-15

Western Iowa:

• (3-1) Griswold 25-23-25-25 AHST 11-25-22-19
• (3-0) Missouri Valley 25-25-25 Tri-Center 22-15-21
• (3-1) Underwood 25-15-25-25 IKM-Manning 17-25-11-19
• (3-0) Audubon 25-25-25 Riverside 14-19-22

Rolling Valley:

• (3-0) Adair-Casey 25-25-25 West Harrison 15-14-8
• (3-1) Ar-We-Va 26-18-25-25 Exira/EHK 24-25-17-12

Others:

• (3-1) Madrid 25-25-24-25, Panorama 21-21-26-19
• (2-0) Lenox 26-25 Essex 24-16
• (2-0) Nishnabotna 25-25 Lenox 18-13