LSU WINS LATEST BATTLE WITH AUBURN
NO. 12 LSU 22,
NO.7 AUBURN 21
Cole Tracy kicked a 42-yard field goal on the final play to
give No. 12 LSU a 22-21 victory over No. 7 Auburn on Saturday in the
Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.
Joe Burrow led LSU (3-0) down the field in the final minutes
with clutch plays on a drive aided by two pass interference calls against
Auburn (2-1). That set up Tracy's field goal that was almost right down the
middle and sent LSU players swarming onto the field to celebrate.
Burrow hit Derrick Dillon over the outstretched arms of
Auburn linebacker Deshaun Davis for a 71-yard touchdown strike with 8:18 left.
Burrow's pass for two points failed, leaving Auburn up 21-19.
LSU's defense held to set up another chance with 5:38
remaining. The result was a 14-play, 52-yard drive. A pass interference call
against Jeremiah Dinson on third-and-11 kept the drive alive, and Burrow then
hit Stephen Sullivan for 9 yards on fourth-and-7 to keep the offense on the
field.
Burrow held his own against Auburn's more heralded Jarrett
Stidham, finishing 15-of-24 passing for 249 yards, with Justin Jefferson
gaining 97 yards on five catches.
Stidham was 16-of-28 for 198 yards and a touchdown but threw
two interceptions. JaTarvious Whitlow ran for 104 yards on 22 carries.
Auburn's Anders Carlson missed a 52-yard field-goal attempt
wide left with nearly 13 minutes left.
NO. 2 CLEMSON 38,
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7
CLEMSON, S.C. — A week of worry at Clemson over the approach
of Hurricane Florence ended with a victory over Georgia Southern in front of a
full stadium.
Travis Etienne ran for 162 yards and two touchdowns for the
Tigers (3-0) and teammate Trevor Lawrence threw for 194 yards, including a
57-yard touchdown pass to fellow freshman Justyn Ross in the program's first
meeting with Georgia Southern (2-1) of the Sun Belt Conference.
Clemson, which outgained Georgia Southern 595-140, was the
lone major conference school in the Carolinas and Virginia to play, although
school officials did move up the game to noon instead of its planned 3:30 p.m.
start.
At kickoff, the crowd of 79,844 had sun and mild breezes.
Conditions changed by halftime with bands of grey clouds over the stadium and
the wind picking up.
NO. 4 OHIO STATE
40, NO. 15 TCU 28
ARLINGTON, Texas — Big defensive tackle Dre'Mont Jones
returned an interception thrown right at him 28 yards for one of Ohio State's
three touchdowns during a four-minute span of the third quarter.
The Buckeyes (3-0), in their last game without suspended
coach Urban Meyer on the sideline, finally went ahead to stay with that spurt
that started when Dwayne Haskins Jr. threw a short pass Parris Campbell turned
into a 63-yard touchdown.
Ohio State still trailed 21-19 after a 2-point try failed,
but TCU quarterback Shawn Robinson was under pressure on the ensuing third down
when he tried to shovel a pass to his running back — but instead it went to
Jones, the 286-pound tackle who rumbled to the end zone.
The next drive for the Horned Frogs (2-1) ended with a
blocked punt, and two plays later Haskins threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to
K.J. Hill.
Darius Anderson had two rushing TDs for TCU, including a
school record 93-yard sprint that was the longest play from scrimmage ever
against the Buckeyes.
NO. 5 OKLAHOMA 37,
IOWA STATE 27
AMES, Iowa — Kyler Murray passed for 348 yards and three
touchdowns as the Sooners held off the Cyclones in the Big 12 opener for both
teams.
Marquise Brown had 191 yards receiving and a touchdown and
ran for a team-high 77 yards to help the Sooners (3-0), a year removed from a
stunning home loss to the Cyclones, extend the nation's longest road winning
streak to 17 games.
Iowa State (0-2) rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to
make it 34-27 late in the third quarter, but the Sooners killed nearly eight
minutes on a drive that ended with a 42-yard field goal from Austin Siebert
with 2:51 left.
BYU 24, NO. 6
WISCONSIN 21
MADISON, Wis. — Squally Canada ran for 118 yards and two
touchdowns as BYU handed mistake-prone Wisconsin its first nonconference home
loss since 2003, giving the Badgers fits with its motion offense.
The Cougars (2-1) tossed in a trick play, too, when receiver
Aleva Hifo found open tight end Moroni Laulu-Pututau for a 31-yard touchdown
pass in the second quarter.
Wisconsin (2-1) had one last chance to avoid an upset with a
drive that started at its 8 with 3:55 left, but normally reliable senior kicker
Rafael Gaglianone's 42-yard field goal attempt to tie with 41 seconds left went
wide left.
The Badgers' 41-game nonconference winning streak — the
longest active in the nation — came to an end. Their hopes to make the College
Football Playoff probably did, too.
NO. 8 NOTRE DAME
22, VANDERBILT 17
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jalen Elliott knocked the ball loose from
Vanderbilt receiver Kalija Lipscomb with 1:07 remaining to give Notre Dame a
fourth-down stop.
Kyle Shurmur threw for 326 yards and a touchdown for
Vanderbilt (2-1), rallying his team from a 16-3 halftime deficit. His
fourth-and-4 pass from the Notre Dame 31 to Lipscomb, who caught 11 passes, was
nicely thrown, and the receiver almost made a reaching catch at the 11. But
Elliott, with some help from the ground, knocked the ball loose and incomplete.
Tony Jones Jr. finished with 118 yards on 17 carries for Notre
Dame (3-0). He also caught two passes from quarterback Brandon Wimbush for 56
yards.
Wimbush threw for 122 yards and added 84 on the ground;
including a 13-yard scramble for a touchdown as the Fighting Irish took an
early 10-0 lead late in the first quarter. They struggled over the final three
quarters and had to hold on.
NO. 9 STANFORD 30,
UC DAVIS 10
STANFORD, Calif. — K.J. Costello overcame a rough start to
throw two touchdown passes to J.J. Arcega-Whiteside and Stanford beat UC Davis,
a Football Championship Subdivision program about two hours northeast.
Costello threw interceptions on two of the first three
drives of the game for the Cardinal (3-0) before settling in a bit against the
overmatched Aggies (2-1).
The game kicked off at the unusually early time of 11:01
a.m. local time in front of a sparse crowd at Stanford Stadium. The Cardinal
even played without star running Bryce Love, who got the week off to heal some
minor ailments. Costello finished 17-for-30 for 214 yards with two touchdowns
and two interceptions.
NO. 10 WASHINGTON
21, UTAH 7
SALT LAKE CITY — Myles Gaskin ran for 143 yards on 30
carries and added a touchdown, and Washington's defense forced three turnovers
as the Huskies beat Utah for the third straight season.
Jake Browning threw for 155 yards, a touchdown, and an
interception. Aaron Fuller led the way with 108 yards on six catches.
Washington (2-1, 1-0 Pac-12) holds an 11-1 lead in the all-time series.
Zack Moss rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries.
Tyler Huntley threw for just 138 yards with one interception and added 40 yards
on the ground.
Utah (2-1, 0-1) lost its conference opener for the first
time since 2014. The Utes fell to 0-4 all-time against ranked Washington teams
after generating 261 total yards.
NO. 11 PENN STATE
63, KENT STATE 10
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Trace McSorley accounted for five
touchdowns and broke Penn State's record for rushing scores by a quarterback.
McSorley was 11-of-22 passing for 229 yards with an
interception and ran for three touchdowns for the Nittany Lions (3-0). He has
24 rushing touchdowns in his Penn State career, two more than Daryll Clark.
McSorley also became the second Nittany Lions quarterback to
rush for 1,000 career yards, joining Michael Robinson with an 18-yard carry in
the first quarter.
DeAndre Thompkins caught four passes for 101 yards and
hauled in 40-yard touchdown pass to begin the rout, and Miles Sanders rushed
for 86 yards on 14 carries.
The Golden Flashes dropped to 1-2.
NO. 16 MISSISSIPPI
STATE 56, LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 10
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Nick Fitzgerald accounted for 350 yards
of offense and six touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs (3-0).
Fitzgerald ran for 107 yards and four touchdowns, the second
time he has had four rushing touchdowns in a college game. He was 14-of-21
passing for 243 yards and two touchdowns.
Aeris Williams added 101 yards and a touchdown on the ground
for Mississippi State, which totaled 607 yards of offense, including 331 on the
ground.
The Ragin' Cajuns (1-1) got on the board first with a
38-yard field goal from Kyle Pfau early in the first quarter, but it was all
Mississippi State the rest of the first half as the Bulldogs scored on all five
of their first-half possessions.
NO. 24 OKLAHOMA
STATE 44, NO. 17 BOISE STATE 21
STILLWATER, Okla. — Taylor Cornelius ran for two touchdowns
and passed for another at the Cowboys corralled the Broncos.
Justice Hill ran for 123 yards and a touchdown, and Tylan
Wallace had five catches for 105 yards for Oklahoma State (3-0).
Boise State's Brett Rypien passed for 380 yards and three
touchdowns, but he was sacked seven times and pressured throughout the day.
Jordan Brailford had three sacks, Jarrell Owens had two and Devin Harper had
1.5 as Oklahoma State held the Broncos (2-1) to 34 rushing yards on 31 carries.
A blocked punt by Oklahoma State's Amen Ogbongbemiga led to
a 1-yard touchdown run by Cornelius that gave the Cowboys a 14-7 lead, and the
advantage was 17-7 at halftime. In the third quarter, Oklahoma State's Jarrick
Bernard blocked another punt, and Za'Carrius Green scored on the return to push
the Cowboys' lead to 34-14.
NO. 19 MICHIGAN
45, SMU 20
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Shea Patterson threw three touchdown
passes to Donovan Peoples-Jones, helping the Wolverines pull away to beat SMU.
Michigan (2-1) didn't score until Ben Mason scored a 1-yard
touchdown run on fourth down midway through the second quarter.
The Mustangs (0-3) responded with Ben Hicks' 50-yard pass to
James Proche to tie it, but Michigan took control over the last 2:34 of the
first half. Patterson threw a tiebreaking 35-yard touchdown pass to
Peoples-Jones, and Josh Metellus returned an interception 73 yards for a score
as time expired.
NO. 20 OREGON 35,
SAN JOSE STATE 22
EUGENE, Ore. — Justin Herbert passed for 309 yards and three
touchdowns to lead the Ducks (3-0) to victory.
Freshman Cyrus Habibi-Likio scored on both of his carries,
and Johnny Johnson III caught a pair of touchdown passes to help Oregon win its
23rd straight nonconference game at Autzen Stadium.
Josh Love completed 15 of 31 passes for 238 yards and a
score for San Jose State (0-3).
NO. 21 MIAMI 49,
TOLEDO 24
TOLEDO, Ohio — Malik Rosier threw for two touchdowns and ran
for three more as the Hurricanes (2-1) held off a couple of surprising
challenges.
Miami never trailed and led 21-0 late in the first half, but
Toledo (1-1) twice pulled within a touchdown.
Rosier threw for 205 yards and ran for 80, and Jeff Thomas
had five catches for 105 yards and a score.
TEXAS 37, NO. 22
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 14
AUSTIN, Texas — Sam Ehlinger passed for two touchdowns and
Anthony Wheeler returned a blocked field goal 46 yards for a score as Texas
beat Southern California.
The Longhorns, who had started 1-2 in four of the previous
five seasons, trailed 14-3 in the first quarter before shutting down freshman
quarterback J.T. Daniels and scoring 34 unanswered points.
The win could be a huge boost for a program that desperately
needs one after eight years without a Big 12 title and a run of bad seasons.
Ehlinger threw touchdown strikes of 47 yards to Lil'Jordan
Humphrey and 27 yards to Joshua Moore. Wheeler's scoop-and-score play came in
the third quarter after Texas blocked a 50-yard field goal attempt. The
touchdown put the Longhorns up 30-14.
Daniels passed for 322 yards, but the Trojans (1-2) were
held to minus-5 yards rushing.
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