No. 1 Florida State 42, North Carolina 10
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| Florida State stepped off the bus and into the end zone. The Seminoles put 28 points on the board before the end of the first quarter. |
FSU WR Peter Warrick. The Heisman candidate caught four passes for 103 yards and returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown. |
Florida State (4-0, 3-0 ACC): vs. Duke (at Jacksonville)
North Carolina (1-2, 0-2 ACC): at Clemson |
No. 2 Penn State 45, Indiana 24
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| Penn State QB Rashard Casey scampered 31 yards for a TD to put the Lions up 31-10 with eight minutes left in the third quarter. The score came 4:11 after Bruce Branch returnd a punt 90 yards for a Penn State TD. |
Casey, who was on the field for all five of Penn State's offensive scores. He completed 13 of 15 passes for 196 yards and two TDs and ran for 66 yards and a score. |
Penn State (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten): at Iowa, Oct. 9
Indiana (1-3, 0-1 Big Ten): vs. Illinois |
No. 3 Florida 38, Kentucky 10
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| The Gators went up 21-0 with 9:57 left in the first half. Kentucky couldn't get its offense going against Florida's pass rush, and the 'Cats couldn't slow down the Gators' running game. |
Florida RB Robert Gillespie, who filled in when starter Earnest Graham went down on the second play of the game. Gillespie finished with 108 yards and two TDs. |
Florida (4-0, 2-0 SEC): vs. Alabama
Kentucky (2-2, 0-1 SEC): vs. Arkansas |
No. 4 Michigan 21, No. 17 Wisconsin 16
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| Michigan's Anthony Thomas recovered an onside kick by Wisconsin after the Badgers had cut it to 21-16 with 1:29 left in the game. |
Michigan's run defense. The Wolverines held Ron Dayne to zero yards in the second half after Wisconsin's big back ran for 88 yards in the first half. |
Michigan (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten): vs. Purdue
Wisconsin (2-2, 0-1 Big Ten: at Ohio State
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No. 5 Nebraska 40, Missouri 10
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| Missouri's special teams woes reared their ugly head again. Two bad snaps on punts helped Nebraska take an insurmountable 19-3 lead in the second quarter. |
Huskers QB Eric Crouch, who completed 10 of 17 passes for 143 yards and ran for 92 yards on 15 carries. He threw for two TDs, including a 53-yarder to former QB-turned wingback Bobby Newcombe. |
Nebraska (4-0, 1-0 Big 12): vs. Oklahoma State
Missouri (2-1, 0-1 Big 12): at Memphis
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No. 6 Texas A&M 23, Southern Miss 6
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| A&M's Michael Jameson returned an interception 26 yards for a TD with 8:32 left in the game, the Aggies' second interception return for a touchdown. |
Aggies kicker Terence Kitchens, who made up for A&M's struggling offense. Kitchens booted field goals of 20, 28 and an amazing 62 yards. |
Texas A&M (3-0): at Texas Tech
Southern Miss (2-2): at East Carolina, Oct. 9
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No. 7 Tennessee 17, Memphis 16
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| Memphis QB Neil Suber threw four incompletions after the Tigers had gotten out to the 38-yard line. The Tigers couldn't find the same magic that led them to an upset of the Vols in 1996. |
WR Cedric Wilson, the Vols' lone consistent offensive weapon. Wilson grabbed 10 passes for 88 yards, including a 17-yarder for the go-ahead score with one minute left. |
Tennessee (2-1): vs. Auburn
Memphis (1-3): vs. Missouri
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No. 8 Virginia Tech 31, Clemson 11
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| Virginia Tech's Ike Charlton broke open a 17-11 game by picking off a Brandon Streeter pass and returning it 34 yards for a TD with 3:09 to go. |
Hokies RB Shyrone Stith, who carried 28 times for 162 yards and a TD. His strong performance on the ground made up for a weak passing game. |
Virginia Tech (3-0): at Virginia
Clemson (1-2): vs. North Carolina
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No. 9 Georgia 24, Central Florida 23
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| Two penalties knocked Central Florida out of field goal range in the final minute. A desperation pass into the end zone on the final play of the game was picked off. |
The left upright at Sanford Stadium. It got in the way of Javier Beorlegui's game-tying extra point with 5:21 left, keeping Georgia in the lead. |
Georgia (3-0): vs. LSU
Central Florida (0-4): vs. E. Illinois
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No. 10 Ohio State 34, Cincinnati 20
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| Ohio State's offense finally woke up. Down 17-3 in the second quarter, the Buckeyes proceeded to score 31 straight points. Cincinnati went 37:03 between scores. |
Buckeye WR Ken-Yon Rambo, who had his second big game in a row. Rambo caught three balls for 164 yards and a score one week after posting 181 receiving yards. |
Ohio State (3-1): vs. Wisconsin
Cincinnati (2-2): at Houston, Oct. 9
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No. 11 Purdue 31, Northwestern 23
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| Purdue popped Northwestern's bubble with a 99-yard TD on third-and-11, pushing a one-point lead to eight with six minutes left to play. |
Brees, who punctuated another precision passing day with his 99-yard strike to Vinny Sutherland. Brees finished 32 of 50 for 405 yards and three TDs. |
Purdue (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten): at Michigan
Northwestern (2-2, 0-1 Big Ten): vs. Minnesota
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No. 13 Miami (Fla.) at East Carolina
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| Kenny Kelly's fourth-down pass found no one and Miami had to give the ball back to East Carolina with less than two minutes left. ECU rallied from a 23-3 deficit. |
The entire East Carolina team. Spending the week away from home because of Hurricane Floyd, the Pirates persevered to post one of the biggest wins in school history. |
East Carolina (4-0): at Army
Miami (Fla.) (2-2): at Florida State, Oct. 9 |
Alabama 35, No. 14 Arkansas 28
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| Arkansas couldn't get down the field fast enough at the end of the game. The Razorbacks got to the 'Bama 31-yard line but Clint Stoerner's pass with six seconds left fell incomplete. |
Alabama RB Shaun Alexander -- if he can hold on to it. Despite two fumbles, Alexander ran for 165 yards and a TD, moving into second place on the Tide's career rushing list. |
Alabama (3-1, 2-0 SEC): at Florida
Arkansas (2-1, 0-1 SEC): at Kentucky
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No. 15 Kansas State 35, Iowa State 28
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| Backup QB Adam Helm directed Kansas State 62 yards on 11 plays, finishing the drive with a one-yard dive to go up 35-28. After facing a 28-7 halftime deficit, it was the largest comeback in Bill Snyder's 11 years as head caoch. |
Kansas State's defense. After giving up 332 yards and 28 in the first half, the Wildcats buckled down and shut out the Cyclones the rest of the way. Iowa State managed just 74 yards in the second half. |
Kansas State (3-0, 1-0 Big 12): at Texas
Iowa State (3-1): at Nebraska
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Oregon 33, No. 16 USC 30 (3OT)
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| Oregon backup kicker Josh Frankel connected on a 27-yard field goal in the third overtime. The Trojans had earlier lost a chance to take the lead in their half of the overtime when David Newbury missed a 37-yarder. |
Ducks kickers Fankel and Nathan Villegas. Frankel won the game, and Villegas forced the overtime with a 26-yarder in the final minute of regulation. Unfortunately, he injured his knee during the celebration that followed. |
USC (2-1, 0-1 Pac-10): vs. Oregon State
Oregon (3-1, 1-0 Pac-10): at Washington
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Stanford 42, No. 18 UCLA 32
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| Stanford's DeRonnie Pitts dove into the end zone on a 13-yard TD pass to put the Cardinal back up by 10 with 3:02 left in the game. UCLA had cut Stanford's 25-point lead to three. |
Cardinal WR Troy Walters, who set a Stanford record with 278 yards receiving on nine catches. He scored three TDs, including a Pac-10 record 98-yard reception. |
Stanford (3-1, 3-0 Pac-10): vs. San Jose State
UCLA (2-2, 0-1 Pac-10): at Arizona State |
Virginia 45, No. 19 BYU 40
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| Freshman Jerton Evans made a diving interception of Kevin Feterik's fourth-down pass into the end zone with 1:37 to play, snuffing out the Cougars' final scoring opportunity. |
Virginia RB Thomas Jones. who took advantage of a BYU defense missing star LB Rob Morris to run for 210 yards and two TDs. |
Virginia (3-1): vs. Virginia Tech
BYU (2-1): at Utah State |
No. 20 Texas 62, Baylor 0
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| Hodges Mitchell's 3-yard TD plunge made it 14-0 at the end of the first quarter. Baylor suffered its worst loss since a 77-0 defeat to Texas in 1913. |
Texas QB Major Applewhite, who threw for 333 yards and three TDs. He completed 26 of 37 passes before exiting the game in the third quarter with the Longhorns up 52-0. |
Texas (4-1, 1-0 Big 12): vs. Kansas State
Baylor (0-4, 0-2 Big 12): vs. North Texas
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No. 21 Michigan State 27, Illinois 10
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| Michigan State's T.J. Duckett rumbled in from six yards out for his second TD, putting the Spartans up 24-3 early in the fourth quarter. |
The Spartans defense. Michigan State kept the Illini out of the end zone until the fourth quarter and limited Illinois to 42 yards rushing. |
Michigan State (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten): vs. Iowa
Illinois (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten): at Indiana
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No. 22 Marshall 34, Temple 0
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| Marshall scored on its first two possessions, moving the ball at will. QB Chad Pennington connected on 11 of his first 12 passes. |
Pennington, who lit up the Temple defense before leaving in the third quarter. Pennington completed 26 of 36 passes for 406 yards and three TDs. |
Marshall (4-0): vs. Miami (Ohio)
Temple (0-4): at Pittsburgh
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No. 23 Mississippi State 17, South Carolina 0
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| Mississippi State's Ashley Cooper returned an interception 52 yards for a TD to put the Bulldogs up 10-0. With the trouble South Carolina has scoring, that was all Mississippi State needed. |
The Bulldogs defense. South Carolina mustered just 181 total yards in being shut out for the second time this season. The Gamecocks are averaging three points a game. |
Mississippi State (4-0, 1-0 SEC): at Vanderbilt
South Carolina (0-4, 0-2 SEC): vs. Mississippi
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Wake Forest 31, No. 24 N.C. State 7
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| Wake Forest opened up a 24-7 halftime lead thanks to N.C. State's inability to hold onto the ball. Wake's first two scores were set up by Jamie Barnette fumbles. |
Wake Forest RB Morgan Kane, who rushed for 147 yards and three TDs. Morgan came into the game leading the ACC in rushing. |
Wake Forest (2-1, 1-1 ACC): vs. Rutgers
N.C. State (3-2, 0-2 ACC): vs. Clemson, Oct. 9 |
Wyoming 10, No. 25 Air Force 7
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| Air Force's normally precise offense self-destructed on its final drive. A false start penalty and an 8-yard loss ended any hope of a comeback. |
Wyoming QB Jay Stoner. Operating out of a no-huddle set for the entire game, Stoner completed 14 of 22 passes for 166 yards, including a 60-yard TD to Kofi Shuck. |
Wyoming (2-1, 1-0 Mountain West): vs. Idaho
Air Force (2-1, 0-1 Mountain West): at San Diego State
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