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Greg Paulus had 142 yards passing and Syracuse earned its first conference victory of the season with a 31-13 upset of No. 25 Rutgers on Saturday. Syracuse (4-7, 1-5 Big East) jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. Antwon Bailey scored on a 14-yard run and Delone Carter added a 5-yard run. Syracuse outgained Rutgers 259 to 82 in the first half. Syracuse sacked Tom Savage five times in the half, two of which came in the final drive for the Scarlet Knights (7-3... Read Full Story
Martevious Young threw a career-high four touchdown passes and Southern Mississippi beat Tulsa 44-34 on Saturday night. The Golden Eagles (7-4, 5-2 Conference USA) can earn a spot in the conference championship game with a win Saturday against East Carolina. Young went 12-for-21 for 276 yards. The Golden Eagles led 34-28 at the end of the third quarter and scored 10 unanswered points to put the game out of reach. DeAndre Brown had touchdown catches of 95 and 34 yards. The Golden Hurricane (4... Read Full Story
Backup quarterback Brad McGuire rushed for two touchdowns to lead Louisiana-Lafayette to a 21-17 victory over Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday night. The Ragin Cajuns (6-5, 4-3 Sun Belt Conference) reached six wins and became bowl-eligible for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The Warhawks (6-5, 5-2) are also bowl-eligible but needed a victory to have a chance to share the conference title. Louisiana-Monroe took a 17-14 lead in the third quarter when Trey Revell hit Keavin Milton with an... Read Full Story
Josh Henley scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Gardner-Webb to a 83-58 win over Methodist University on Saturday night. The Runnin' Bulldogs (3-0) shot 62.5 percent in the second half (20 of 32), and opened the frame on a 15-2 run capped by a C.J. Hailey 3 with 16:17 left to play for a 51-28 lead. Gardner-Webb had a 36-26 halftime lead, despite shooting 16.7 percent from 3-point range (2 of 12). The Runnin' Bulldogs, who outrebounded the Monarchs (0-3) 40-27, scored 52 points... Read Full Story
Top-ranked Florida moved another step closer to perfection with a 62-3 rout of Florida International. Tim Tebow accounted for three touchdowns and Brandon Spikes returned an interception for a score to extend the nation's longest winning streak to 21 games Saturday. Florida improved to 11-0 for just the second time in school history and needs two more wins — against Florida State and Alabama — to earn a shot at repeating as national champion. After surviving some struggles during... Read Full Story
Theo Scott threw three touchdown passes to lead Ohio to a 38-31 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday, keeping the Bobcats' Mid-American Conference title hopes alive. Ohio (8-3, 6-1), which won its 200th MAC game, maintained second place in the conference's East division. The Bobcats host first-place Temple next Saturday with the winner booking a spot in the MAC title game at Ford Field in Detroit on Dec. 4. Scott finished 16-for-28 with 138 yards for the Bobcats, who sneaked past the... Read Full Story
James Vandenberg threw for 117 yards, fellow freshman Brandon Wegher ran for a touchdown, and No. 15 Iowa kept alive its hopes for a BCS bowl bid by beating Minnesota 12-0 on Saturday. The victory gave the Hawkeyes (10-2, 6-2 Big Ten) double-digit wins for the first time since 2004, along with Floyd of Rosedale — a bronze pig awarded to the winner of the border rivalry — for the eighth time in nine tries. It was only fitting that they awarded a hog after this one. Iowa and Minnesota combined... Read Full Story
Dwight Dasher threw four touchdown passes to lead Middle Tennessee to a 38-14 victory over Arkansas State on Saturday. It was the fifth straight victory for the Blue Raiders (8-3, 6-1 Ohio Valley Conference), who had 427 yards of offense. Dasher threw three touchdown passes and Middle Tennessee led 24-0 before Arkansas State scored. Dasher was 15-for-26 for 263 yards and had scoring passes of 80, 32, 12 and 7 yards. He also ran for 73 yards on 18 carries. Arkansas State (2-8, 1-5) was held... Read Full Story
Jeremy Moses threw two touchdown passes as Stephen F. Austin beat Northwestern State 19-10 on Saturday, clinching at least a share of the Southland Conference title. Moses finished 34-for-47 with 333 yards and an interception for the Lumberjacks (9-2, 6-1). Cordell Roberson caught seven passes for 128 yards and a score. The game was tied at 10 going into halftime, but the Lumberjacks scored nine unanswered points in the second half while holding the Demons (0-11, 0-7) scoreless to seal the... Read Full Story
Lee Sweeney passed for two touchdowns and Cass Barnes ran for two scores as Tennessee Tech routed Murray State 45-14 on Saturday in the season finale for both teams. The Golden Eagles (6-5, 5-3 Ohio Valley Conference) ended a two-game losing skid and finished second in the league by rushing for 288 yards, their highest total of the season. Their previous best was 248 in the season opener against Pikeville. Dontey Gay had his second 100-yard rushing game of the season with 102 yards on 10... Read Full Story
