Los Angeles Times - 08.09.2019

LATIMES.COM/SPORTS SS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2019D13

Conf. Overall
TEAM W L W L
Baylor 0 0 2 0
Kansas State 0 0 2 0
Oklahoma 0 0 2 0
Oklahoma State 0 0 2 0
Texas Tech 0 0 2 0
Iowa State 0 0 1 0
Texas Christian 0 0 1 0
Kansas 0 0 1 1
Texas 0 0 1 1
West Virginia 0 0 1 1
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Friday
Kansas at Boston College
Saturday
Kansas State at Mississippi State
North Carolina State at West Virginia
Oklahoma State at Tulsa
Iowa at Iowa State
Texas Christian at Purdue
Oklahoma at UCLA
Texas at Rice
Texas Tech at Arizona

BIG 12

at Pittsburgh 20, Ohio 10:Kenny Pickett passed for a career-

high 321 yards, including a 74-yard touchdown to Maurice

Ffrench, to lead the Panthers.

at North Carolina State 41, Western Carolina 0:Freshman

Zonovan Knight ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns in 18

carries as the Wolfpack rebounded from a slow start.

at Virginia Tech 31, Old Dominion 17: Ryan Willis threw for

two touchdowns and ran for one as the Hokies avenged a

stunning loss to the Monarchs last season, taking a 17-3

first-half lead and responding when Old Dominion pulled

within a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

at Georgia Tech 14, South Florida 10:Jordan Mason and

Tobias Oliver each scored second-quarter touchdowns, and

the Yellow Jackets defense recovered a critical fumble at the

goal line in the fourth quarter to give first-year coach Geoff

Collins his first win.

at Boston College 45, Richmond 13:Anthony Brown threw

for three touchdowns in the first half, AJ Dillon caught a

touchdown pass and ran for two scores and the Eagles

coasted.

at Florida State 45, Louisiana Monroe 44 (OT):Cam Akers

had a program-record 36 carries, the final one a four-yard

touchdown as the Seminoles won in overtime.

at Duke 45, North Carolina AT&T 13:Quentin Harris

passed for a career-high 345 yards and four touchdowns to

lead the Blue Devils. Harris also rushed for 83 yards and a

touchdown.

at Louisville 42, Eastern Kentucky 0:Jawon Pass threw for

a career-high four touchdowns and give coach Scott Satter-

field his first win with the Cardinals. Javian Hawkins rushed

for 123 in 11 carries.

at North Carolina 28, Miami 25:Sam Howell found Dazz

Newsome just inside the end zone for the go-ahead touch-

down with 1:01 left to help North Carolina rally.

TEAM Conf. Overall
ATLANTIC W L W L
Boston College 1 0 2 0
Clemson 1 0 2 0
North Carolina State 0 0 2 0
Wake Forest 0 0 2 0
Florida State 0 0 1 1
Louisville 0 0 1 1
Syracuse 0 0 1 1
COASTAL W L W L
North Carolina 1020
Virginia 1020
Duke 0011
Georgia Tech 0111
Pittsburgh 0111
Virginia Tech 0111
Miami 0102
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Friday
North Carolina at Wake Forest
Kansas at Boston College
Saturday
Pittsburgh at Penn State
North Carolina State at West Virginia
Furman at Virginia Tech
The Citadel at Georgia Tech
Louisville at Western Kentucky
Bethune-Cookman at Miami
Duke at Middle Tennessee
Clemson at Syracuse
Florida State at Virginia

ATLANTIC
COAST

TEAM Conf. Overall
EAST W L W L
Indiana 0 0 2 0
Maryland 0 0 2 0
Michigan 0 0 2 0
Michigan State 0 0 2 0
Ohio State 0 0 2 0
Penn State 0 0 2 0
Rutgers 0 1 1 1
WEST W L W L
Iowa 1 0 2 0
Illinois 0 0 2 0
Minnesota 0 0 2 0
Wisconsin 0 0 2 0
Nebraska 0 0 1 1
Purdue 0 0 1 1
Northwestern 0 0 0 1
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Saturday
Ohio State at Indiana
Pittsburgh at Penn State
Eastern Michigan at Illinois
Maryland at Temple
Nevada Las Vegas at Northwestern
Georgia Southern at Minnesota
Arizona State at Michigan State
Iowa at Iowa State
Texas Christian at Purdue
Northern Illinois at Nebraska

BIG TEN

TEAM Conf. Overall
EAST W L W L
Georgia 1020
Florida 0020
Kentucky 0020
Missouri 0011
South Carolina 0011
Tennessee 0002
Vanderbilt 0102
WEST W L W L
Mississippi 1 0 1 1
Alabama 0 0 2 0
Auburn 0 0 2 0
Louisiana State 0 0 2 0
Mississippi State 0 0 2 0
Texas A&M 0 0 1 1
Arkansas 0 1 1 1
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Saturday
Arkansas State at Georgia
Kansas State at Mississippi State
Chattanooga at Tennessee
Alabama at South Carolina
Southeastern Louisiana at Mississippi
Colorado State at Arkansas
Florida at Kentucky
Lamar at Texas A&M
Kent State at Auburn
Northwestern State at Louisiana State
Southeast Missouri State at Missouri

SOUTHEASTERN

at Maryland 63, No. 21 Syracuse 20:Josh Jackson threw for

296 yards and three touchdowns as the Terrapins (2-0)

scored 42 points in the first half on the way to their most

points against a ranked opponent. Tommy DeVito had 330

yards passing and three touchdowns for the Orange (1-1).

at No. 5 Ohio State 42, Cincinnati 0:Justin Fields passed

for two touchdowns and ran for two, and J.K. Dobbins

rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns. Bearcats (1-1)

coach Luke Fickell played at Ohio State (2-0), then was an

assistant there and interim coach in 2011.

at No. 15 Penn State 45, Buffalo 13:Sean Clifford threw for

280 yards and four touchdowns, and the Nittany Lions (1-0)

cruised after trailing 10-7 at halftime.

at No. 17 Wisconsin 61, Central Michigan 0:Jonathan Taylor

rushed for three touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass.

The Badgers (2-0) had 599 yards, the Chippewas (1-1) 58.

at No. 19 Michigan State 51, Western Michigan 17:Darrell

Stewart had 10 catches for 185 yards and coach Mark Danto-

nio got his 109th victory with the Spartans (2-0), tying Duffy

Daugherty for the school record.

at No. 20 Iowa 30, Rutgers 0:Nate Stanley threw for 236

yards and three touchdowns, and the Hawkeyes (2-0, 1-0)

held the Scarlet Knights (1-1, 0-1) to 125 yards.

at Purdue 42, Vanderbilt 24:Elijah Sindelar passed for 509

yards and five touchdowns and ran for one to lead the Boil-

ermakers (1-1).

Illinois 31, at Connecticut 23:Brandon Peters threw for 225

yards and four touchdowns as the Illini (2-0) won a noncon-

ference road game for the first time in a dozen years.

at Indiana 52, Eastern Illinois 0:Peyton Ramsey had 226

yards passing and two touchdowns, and the Hoosiers (2-0)

rolled to 555 yards. The Panthers (0-2) had only 116 yards.

Minnesota 38, at Fresno State 35 (2OT):Michael Lantz’s

37-yard field goal lifted the Gophers (2-0).

at Coastal Carolina 12, Kansas 7: CJ Marable rushed for 148

yards and recorded two touchdowns to lead the Chanti-

cleers. In his highly-anticipated season debut following a

one-game suspension, Pooka Williams Jr. rushed for 99

yards on 22 carries to lead the Jayhawks.

at Kansas State 52, Bowling Green 0:The Wildcats totaled

more than 500 offensive yards in consecutive games for the

first time in school history. Malik Knowles had 99 yards

receiving and two touchdown catches and Skylar Thomp-

son threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns.

at Baylor 63, Texas San Antonio 14:Denzel Mims caught

three touchdown passes, Grayland Arnold returned a punt

73 yards for a score in the Bears’ fourth consecutive win.

at No.4 Oklahoma 70, South Dakota 14:Jalen Hurts passed

for 259 yards and three touchdowns in just over two quar-

ters and the Sooners rolled past the Coyotes. It was Okla-

homa’s highest points total since scoring 79 in a victory over

North Texas in 2007.

at Oklahoma State 56, McNeese 14:The Cowboys utilized a

dominant passing game that piled up 413 yards and scored

five touchdowns.

at Texas Tech 38, Texas El Paso 3:Alan Bowman completed

30 of 45 pass attempts for 260 yards and three touchdowns.

at No. 2 Alabama 62, New Mexico State 10:Tua Tagovailoa

passed for three touchdowns and ran 25 yards for a fourth,

all in the first half of the Crimson Tide’s victory over the

Aggies. Alabama receiver Jerry Jeudy tied the school record

with three touchdown catches, covering 21, 23 and 19 yards.

at No. 3 Georgia 63, Murray State 17:D’Andre Swift ran for

two touchdowns, Jake Fromm threw for 166 yards and a

score, and the Bulldogs broke loose in the second quarter on

the way to a blowout of the Racers.

at No. 10 Auburn 24, Tulane 6:Bo Nix threw for 207 yards

and a touchdown, the Tigers ran for 172 yards after amass-

ing only 20 in the first half and Auburn’s defense dominated

in a victory over the Green Wave.

at No. 11 Florida 45, Tennessee Martin 0:The Gators might

have lost their top two players in a victory over the lower-

division Skyhawks. Elusive receiver Kadarius Toney and

speedy cornerback CJ Henderson left the game in the first

half and did not return.

at Mississippi 31, Arkansas 17: Matt Corral threw for 246

yards, including a pair of touchdown passes to Elijah Moore,

and the Rebels defeated the Razorbacks.

Brigham Young 29, at Tennessee 26 (2OT):Ty’Son

Williams scored on a five-yard touchdown run in the second

overtime after the Cougars made a stunning drive for a

game-tying field goal in the closing seconds of regulation.

at Missouri 38, West Virginia 7:Kelly Bryant threw three

touchdown passes, the Tigers held the rebuilding Moun-

taineers to 171 yards of total offense.

at South Carolina 72, Charleston Southern 10:Freshman

quarterback Ryan Hilinski completed 24 of 30 passes for 282

yards and two touchdowns in his first start for the Game-

cocks.

at Mississippi State 38, Southern Mississippi 15:Kylin Hill

rushed for 123 yards and one touchdown to lead the Bull-

dogs past the Golden Eagles at Davis Wade Stadium.

at Kentucky 38, Eastern Michigan 17:Backup quarterback

Sawyer Smith threw two touchdown passes in relief of in-

jured Terry Wilson, who rushed for a touchdown before

hurting his left leg, and the Wildcats rolled past the Eagles.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

— Compiled from wire reports

CONFERENCE REPORTS

AUSTIN, Texas — Joe

Burrow passed for 471 yards

and four touchdowns, includ-

ing a 61-yarder to Justin Jef-

ferson with 2:27 left, and No. 6

Louisiana State pulled out a

wild 45-38 victory over No. 9

Texas on Saturday night.

The biggest nonconfer-

ence game in Austin since

No. 1 Ohio State came to town

in 2006 was one of the most

anticipated matchups of the

season and delivered on its

promise. Texas stormed back

from a 20-7 halftime deficit,

and the teams traded seven

touchdowns in the second

half.

Burrow and Texas’ Sam

Ehlinger picked apart the de-

fenses at will. LSU (2-0) didn’t

put it away until Texas came

up inches short from covering

an onside kick with 22 sec-

onds left.

Jefferson caught three

touchdown passes. His

clincher came after Burrow

stepped away from blitzing

Longhorns on third and long

to fire a pass that would have

been good enough for a first

down, before Jefferson

slipped a tackle and burst

down the sideline.

Burrow is only the third

LSU quarterback to pass for

400 yards and the first since

2001. Ehlinger finished with
      401 yards and four touch-
      downs for Texas (1-1).
      The win will give LSU big
      early momentum in the long-
      term goal of reaching the Col-
      lege Football Playoff, but the
      rough Southeastern Confer-
      ence looms in a long season.
      “It’s a big statement, but
      obviously we want to play bet-
      ter,” LSU coach Ed Or-
      geron said. Texas coach Tom
      Herman said he’ll get his
      team to focus on the Big 12.
      “This is Game 2 of a mara-
      thon,” Herman said. “All our

goals are still out there.”

The LSU offense is hum-

ming after two games. But the

defense gave up big plays and

long touchdown drives with

poor tackling.

The Tigers’ secondary was

gashed often in the second

half, notably by Texas re-

ceiver Devin Duvernay, who

bowled over defenders again

and again. His 44-yard catch

and run up the middle for a

score on fourth and three

early in the fourth kept Texas

in the game.

The Longhorns blew two

big chances for touchdowns

in the first quarter. Eight

plays inside the LSU 10

yielded no points as both

drives were stuffed at the goal

line.

Tigers need gas to

pass through Texas

Burrow throws for 471

yards and four scores

to escape a shootout

with Ehlinger.

NO. 6 LSU 45

NO. 9 TEXAS 38

JUSTIN JEFFERSONscores in the second quarter,

and his third touchdown catch sealed the game late.

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CLEMSON, S.C. — No. 1

Clemson wanted to leave lit-

tle doubt it was better than

No. 12 Texas A&M. In the

process, the Tigers left some

doubts that anyone could

challenge the defending na-

tional champions in another

title run.

Trevor Lawrence threw a

touchdown pass and ran for

a score and the top-ranked

Tigers won their record-ty-

ing 17th straight game with a

24-10 victory over the Aggies

on Saturday.

Many circled this game

as the best chance to take

down Clemson, given Texas

A&M’s nail-biting, 28-26 loss

to the Tigers in 2018. But it

was Clemson’s relentless

playmaking on offense and

defense that held the Aggies

to their fewest points in a

game since a 19-7 loss at Lou-

isiana State in 2015.

“We wanted to leave no

doubt this year,” Lawrence

said. “I think we did that.”

The decisive victory tied

Clemson’s best-ever run of

success that spanned the

2014 and 2015 seasons. It also

left a major question in col-

lege football: Who can stop

these guys?

“That is definitely not

how we think,” Clemson co-

offensive coordinator Jeff

Scott said. “We’ll look back

at this game in six or seven

weeks and go, ‘Hey, that was

a really big-time win early in

the year.’ ”

The Tigers will be double-

digit favorites the rest of the

regular season in their try

for a fifth straight Atlantic

Coast Conference title and

College Football Playoff

berth.

Texas A&M came in filled

with confidence. The Aggies

vowed they wouldn’t let their

near-miss, 28-26 loss to

Clemson happen this time.

They shrugged off the Death

Valley crowd with all their

own experience in loud

Southeastern Conference

venues. Offensive lineman

Jared Hocker even predic-

ted the upset.

Instead, it was A&M

shaking its head about what

went wrong as Clemson re-

lentlessly wore down the Ag-

gies with its collection of

fast, talented playmakers.

“We just didn’t play well

enough today to do what we

needed to do,” Texas A&M

coach Jimbo Fisher said.

KELDRICK CARPER of Texas A&M tries to stop Travis Etienne of Clemson,

which dominated the Aggies a year after it defeated them by just two points.

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No hiss in Clemson record

The Tigers dominate

the Aggies for their

17th straight win to

equal mark from 2015.

NO. 1 CLEMSON 24

NO. 12 TEXAS A&M 10

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. —

Michigan is off to a wobbly

start this season and Army

almost took advantage.

Jake Moody made a 43-

yard field goal and the sev-

enth-ranked Wolverines

forced and recovered a fum-

ble to hold on for a 24-21 dou-

ble-overtime win over the

Black Knights on Saturday.

The Wolverines (2-0)

didn’t lead until the second

extra period and would have

lost at the end of regulation

to the Black Knights (1-1) if

Cole Talley made a 50-yard

kick that was just short and

to the right.

“The entire football game

we made mistakes offen-

sively — penalties, and turn-

overs, and turnovers on

downs,” Michigan coach Jim

Harbaugh said. “The de-

fense was not in the best po-

sitions, but they played

great.”

It marked the second

straight year the U.S. Mili-

tary Academy nearly beat a

top-10 team for the first time

in more than a half century.

The Black Knights pushed

No. 5 Oklahoma into over-

time on the road last year be-

fore losing 28-21.

“Those guys aren’t in

there, ‘Oh, shucks’ and,

‘Isn’t that great, we gave

them a good game?’ ” Army

coach Jeff Monken said.

“They’re heartbroken be-

cause they believed they

were going to win that

game.”

Army had won 10

straight, a run that college

football’s winningest pro-

gram barely stopped.

In overtime at the quiet

Big House, Black Knights

quarterback Kelvin Hop-

kins ran for a go-ahead, six-

yard touchdown and Michi-

gan extended the game with

Zach Charbonnet’s third

touchdown.

Hopkins was sacked and

lost a fumble to end the

game in the second over-

time.

Shaky Michigan holds off Army

Wolverines take their

first lead in the second

overtime, then force

and recover a fumble.

NO. 7 MICHIGAN 24

ARMY 21 (2OT)

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