Year: 2021

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Payton Thorne passed for 261 yards and four touchdowns, two of those scoring throws going to Jalen Nailor, and Michigan State extended its unbeaten start by topping No. 24 Miami 38-17 on Saturday. Kenneth Walker III rushed for 172 yards and caught a touchdown

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kaleb Eleby threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns and Western Michigan stunned Pittsburgh 44-41. La’Darius Jefferson ran for 78 yards and two scores for the Broncos (2-1). Western Michigan came into Heinz Field as a 15-point underdog and left it with its first victory over

BOSTON (AP) — A former classmate has testified that one of the students prosecutors say was admitted to the University of Southern California with bogus athletic credentials in the college admissions bribery scheme didn’t even make her high school’s varsity basketball team. The testimony came Friday as prosecutors wrapped up the first week of their

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Detroit Lions running back Jamaal Williams returns to Green Bay on Monday night to face his former team for the first time. Williams rushed for over 2,000 yards and scored 19 touchdowns while teaming up with Aaron Jones to give the Packers a quality running-back tandem from 2017-20. The

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Central Florida quarterback Dillon Gabriel will be out indefinitely after suffering a broken clavicle on the final play of the Knights’ loss to Louisville. UCF announced Saturday that Gabriel would not need surgery but gave no timetable for his return. Gabriel is one of the top quarterbacks in the country. He

LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — Jyron Russell threw for four touchdowns and Saint Francis made two big plays in the closing minute to defeat Wagner 39-24 in a Northeast Conference opener. Russell’s fourth touchdown pass, a 13-yarder to Judah Tomb allowed the Red Flash to expand it’s lead to 32-24 with 4:23 to play. When the

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Cole Smith passed for 412 yards and three touchdowns, and Princeton beat Lehigh 32-0. Smith had scoring passes of 34, 42 and 52 yards to build a 29-0 lead midway through the third quarter. Smith finished with the fourth most single-game passing yards in program history. Jacob Birmelin caught eight passes

By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Hendon Hooker threw three touchdown passes and scored one  of his own to lead Tennessee to a 56-0 victory over Tennessee Tech Saturday. Hooker, who finished last week’s loss to Pittsburgh after Joe Milton went down with an injury, rolled up 199 yards, while completing 17

By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) — Grayson McCall threw for three touchdowns, Shermari Jones ran for 149 yards and another score, and No. 16 Coastal Carolina held on to beat Buffalo 28-25 for its first road win of the season. McCall, who entered the day leading the nation in passing efficiency and

By MARK FRANK Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Sean Tucker scored five touchdowns, the Syracuse defense recorded eight sacks and yielded just 135 total yards and the Orange defeated Albany 62-24. Tucker scored on runs of 56, 26, 12 and eight yards, and caught a 72-yard screen pass from Garrett Shrader in the first

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Will Levis overcame two interceptions to throw a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Izayah Cummings, safety Tyrell Ajian returned an interception 95 yards with 7:40 remaining, and Kentucky rallied past Chattanooga 28-23. The FCS Mocs slowly turned a seven-point deficit into a 16-14 lead early

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Spencer Rattler passed for a touchdown and ran for another to help No. 3 Oklahoma beat Nebraska 23-16. It was the 50-year anniversary of the “Game of the Century,” No. 1 Nebraska’s 35-31 win over No. 2 Oklahoma in 1971. The teams rewarded their nostalgic

By JOE WALLJASPER Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Connor Bazelak completed 21 of 30 passes for 346 yards and three touchdowns to lead Missouri to a 59-28 victory over Southeast Missouri. Bazelak, who only played in the first half, spread the ball to 10 receivers. Tyler Badie rushed nine times for 81 yards and

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Christian Anderson ran for two touchdowns, passed for another and Army reached the end zone on all six of its first-half possessions in rolling to a 52-21 win over UConn. Anderson’s two short scoring runs and his 39-yard TD pass to Isaiah Alston gave the Black Knights a 21-0 lead