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THE NEW MEXICAN Sunday, October 27, 2013
No. 20 S. Carolina rallies past No. 5 Mizzou in OT By Jake Kreinberg The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — With a 17-0 lead entering the fourth quarter, No. 5 Missouri found itself 15 minutes away from having the opportunity to clinch the Southeastern Conference East Division with a win at home next Gamecocks 27 week against Tennessee. Tigers 24 The only problem was that the Tigers had to face South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw, who entered Saturday night’s game in the third quarter and converted 20 consecutive passes in the teams’ matchup last year. After pitching a shutout in the first half, Missouri yielded five consecutive Gamecocks scoring drives to end the game and lose 27-24 in two overtimes. Maty Mauk threw for 249 yards and a touchdown in his second career start, while Marcus Murphy added two scores on the ground.
But Andrew Baggett’s 24-yard field goal attempt clanked off the left goal post, leaving the team in a vulnerable position as it finishes its schedule with four conference games. The Tigers’ lead is down to one game in the division, and should South Carolina win at home against Mississippi State and Florida, Missouri (7-1, 3-1 SEC) would have to win out to clinch a trip to Atlanta on Dec. 7. Coach Gary Pinkel avoided blaming Baggett for the loss, saying there were many plays that led to the outcome. “This just gives us something to be hungry for,” left tackle Justin Britt said. “Our goals aren’t done. Shaw asked to be put into the game after Dylan Thompson couldn’t get the Gamecocks (6-2, 4-2) into the end zone in the first half. He then threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns, including one in the first overtime with a 15-yard pass on fourth down to Bruce Ellington to match Murphy’s 1-yard scamper.
“Dylan played awfully well most of the time he’s played,” coach Steve Spurrier said. “It was do or die. We had no chance in the division if we didn’t win this one.” Shaw engineered fourth-quarter scoring drives of 65, 69 and 63 yards, and the Gamecocks knotted the score at 17 on a two-yard reception by Nick Jones with 42 seconds remaining. Ellington scored his first touchdown on a 6-yard catch with 12:13 remaining, and Elliott Fry added a 20-yard field goal with 5:03 left. Thompson started his third career game for the Gamecocks, throwing for 222 yards. The Gamecocks outgained Missouri 498-404, but couldn’t convert until Shaw entered.Mike Davis caught three screen passes on South Carolina’s final scoring drive in regulation, partly making up for two fumbles in the first half. The Gamecocks turned the ball over three consecutive times in the second quarter, helping Missouri take a 14-0 halftime lead.
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NMSU sees first win of season The Associated Press
LAS CRUCES — New Mexico State linebacker Trashaun Nixon tackled Abilene Christian wide receiver Taylor Gabriel at the 6 yard line to preserve the Aggies first win of the seaAggies 34 son, 34-29. Wildcats 29 New Mexico State (1-7) trailed the FCS Wildcats at halftime, 22-21. The Aggies took the lead in the fourth quarter on a pair of field goals from Maxwell Johnson and a 5-yard touchdown run by Germi Morrison to make it 34-22 with 2:32 left. But Abilene Christian (5-4) rallied. John David Baker found Charcandrick West with a 5-yard touchdown pass with 19 second left and the Wildcats recovered an on-side kick. After a 15-yard personal foul penalty on the kick-off and a 10-yard holding penalty, Abilene Christian had the ball at its own 21. On the final play Baker found Monte Green-Avery with a 59-yard pass, and a lateral to Gabriel collected another 14 yards before Nixon’s tackle ended the threat. UNLV 27, NeVada 22 In Reno, Nev., Caleb Herring passed for 335 yards and three touchdowns, and UNLV
defeated upstate rival Nevada. Tim Cornett rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown, and Devante Davis had eight catches for 121 yards for the Rebels (5-3 overall, 3-1 Mountain West Conference). Herring completed 29 of 42 passes and his 11-yard strike to Davis with 5:54 left in the game put the Rebels up 27-16. Cody Fajardo passed for 357 yards and two touchdowns (3-5 overall, 2-3 MWC). His 11-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Bradley pulled Nevada to within 27-22 with 3:25 to play. Nevada forced UNLV to punt, but the Wolf Pack could not convert a fourth-and-4 play with 1:28 left, and UNLV ran out the clock. The victory gave the Rebels possession of the Fremont Cannon - the most expensive trophy in college football - for the first time since 2004. SaN JoSe State 51, WyomiNg 44 In San Jose, Calif., David Fales passed for 482 yards and five touchdowns and scored his first rushing touchdown of the season with eight seconds left to lead San Jose State over Wyoming 51-44 in a Mountain West Conference affair Saturday night. The Spartans (4-3, 3-1) overcame a 16-point third quarter deficit, using three consecutive touchdowns to take the lead at the end of the frame.
NMHU falls to Chadron State The New Mexican
A season of disappointment continued for the New Mexico Highlands University football team. After rallying from deficits of 17-0 and 24-14, the Cowboys gave up a 58-yard touchdown run to Glen Clinton that allowed Chadron State to escape with a 31-24 win in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play on Saturday. The loss dropped NMHU, which was picked to finish third in the RMAC, to 2-6 overall and 1-5 in the conference. Even though Highlands outgained Chadron State 466 yards to 342 on offense, it accumulated 283 of them on its four scoring drives. The other nine drives managed just 185, and the Cowboys had four drives that went threeand-out. Chadron State (6-2, 5-1) scored on its first three drives to build a 17-point lead before Highlands quarterback Emmanuel Lewis got on track. He threw two touchdown passes before the end of the half, including a 20-yard score to Alex Gaines with 7 seconds left
College scores EAST Brown 42, Cornell 35 Bryant 42, Duquesne 14 Bucknell 48, Lehigh 10 CCSU 47, Salve Regina 13 Colgate 34, Georgetown 14 Dartmouth 56, Columbia 0 Delaware 35, Rhode Island 13 Houston 49, Rutgers 14 Lafayette 41, Holy Cross 23 Maine 37, Villanova 35 Marist 27, Stetson 0 Navy 24, Pittsburgh 21 New Hampshire 31, Stony Brook 13 Penn 28, Yale 17 Princeton 51, Harvard 48, 3OT Robert Morris 17, Wagner 13 St. Francis (Pa.) 24, Sacred Heart 10 W. M i c h i g a n 3 1 , UMass 30 SOUTH Alabama 45, Tennessee 10 Alabama St. 31, Alabama A&M 7 Albany St. (Ga.) 30, Clark Atlanta 7 Alcorn St. 44, Southern U. 38, OT Appalachian St. 38, Georgia Southern 14 Ark.-Pine Bluff 38, MVSU 18 Auburn 45, FAU 10 Ave Maria 28, Webber 13 Benedict 29, Morehouse 26 Bethune-Cookman 14,
SC State 3 Birmingham-Southern 42, Berry 0 Bowie St. 34, Virginia Union 7 Campbellsville 24, Cumberland (Tenn.) 19 Carson-Newman 47, North Greenville 26 Catawba 34, Brevard 17 Charleston Southern 36, Charlotte 14 Chattanooga 28, The Citadel 24 Christopher Newport 42, Greensboro 13 Clemson 19, Maryland 9 Coastal Carolina 66, VMI 27 Concord 9, Charleston (WV) 3, 2OT Cumberlands 28, Reinhardt 24 Dayton 42, Morehead St. 14 Duke 13, Virginia Tech 10 E. Illinois 34, Tennessee St. 16 Edward Waters 31, Apprentice 21 Elizabeth City St. 37, Chowan 31 Emory & Henry 17, Catholic 15 Faulkner 58, Bethel (Tenn.) 7 Fayetteville St. 43, St. Augustine’s 19 Florida St. 49, NC State 17 Florida Tech 37, Warner 3 Fort Valley St. 52, Concordia-Selma 19 Georgetown (Ky.) 48, Pikeville 13 Georgia Tech 35, Vir-
ginia 25 Grove City 7, Thomas More 4 Guilford 28, RandolphMacon 21 Hampton 30, Delaware St. 7 Howard 28, Morgan St. 14 Huntingdon 59, NC Wesleyan 35 Jacksonville 56, Davidson 13 Jacksonville St. 34, Tennessee Tech 14 LSU 48, Furman 16 Lenoir-Rhyne 27, Mars Hill 20 Liberty 24, GardnerWebb 0 Lindsey Wilson 49, Belhaven 15 Louisiana College 61, Sul Ross St. 14 Louisiana Tech 23, FIU 7 Louisiana-Monroe 38, Georgia St. 10 Louisville 34, South Florida 3 Maryville (Tenn.) 53, Ferrum 14 McNeese St. 55, Nicholls St. 30 Mercer 38, Campbell 31 Methodist 43, LaGrange 41 Miami 24, Wake Forest 21 Millsaps 21, Sewanee 14 Mississippi 59, Idaho 14 NC A&T 20, Florida A&M 13, OT NC Central 24, Savannah St. 10 Newberry 24, UNCPembroke 21 North Alabama 57, Valdosta St. 7 North Carolina 34, Boston College 10
before half time that cut the margin to 17-14. The Eagles upped the margin to 24-14 on John McLain’s 10-yard touchdown pass to Cody Roes just 4:26 into the second half, but the Cowboys came back again. Highlands capped an 11-play, 78-yard drive with a Dominique Ferrell 2-yard TD run for 24-21, then took its next drive all the way to the Chadron State 4-yard line before Zach Tapia booted a 24-yard field goal to tie it a 24 with 10:27 left in the game. After holding Chadron State to three straight punts, the Cowboys defense gave up a big play in the waning moments when Clinton ripped off his game-winning run with 4:40 to go. NMHU’s last two drives pushed into Eagles territory, but only as far as the Chadron State 37. Ferrell had a game-high 168 yards on 29 carries, while Lewis completed 22 of 38 passes for 227 yards and two touchdowns. Highlands returns to Las Vegas, N.M., next week for an RMAC showdown with Black Hills (S.D.) State at Perkins Stadium. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m.
North Texas 55, Southern Miss. 14 Old Dominion 27, Norfolk St. 24 Presbyterian 49, Point (Ga.) 19 Rhodes 35, Centre 14 S. Virginia 44, Bluefield South 18 SE Louisiana 56, Lamar 34 Samford 34, Wofford 27 Shaw 39, Johnson C. Smith 33 Shenandoah 36, Hampden-Sydney 35 Texas Lutheran 35, Mississippi College 32 Texas Southern 23, Grambling St. 17, OT Towson 48, Richmond 32 Troy 32, W. Kentucky 26 Tulane 14, Tulsa 7 Tuskegee 36, Kentucky St. 7 UCF 62, UConn 17 UT-Martin 38, Austin Peay 14 Union (Ky.) 24, Kentucky Christian 17 Virginia St. 34, Lincoln (Pa.) 14 Virginia-Wise 18, W. Virginia St. 10 W. Carolina 27, Elon 24, OT WV Wesleyan 38, West Liberty 21 Washington & Lee 42, Bridgewater (Va.) 13 Wesley 20, Menlo 13 West Alabama 45, West Georgia 14 Westminster (Pa.) 7, Bethany (WV) 6 William & Mary 17, James Madison 7 Wingate 41, Tusculum 33 Winston-Salem 40, Livingstone 0
MIDWEST Ball St. 42, Akron 24 Baylor 59, Kansas 14 Buffalo 41, Kent St. 21 Drake 23, Valparaiso 10 E. Kentucky 31, SE Missouri 7 Illinois St. 28, South Dakota 14 Iowa 17, Northwestern 10, OT Kansas St. 35, West Virginia 12 Michigan St. 42, Illinois 3 Minnesota 34, Nebraska 23 Missouri St. 38, W. Illinois 27 N. Dakota St. 56, Indiana St. 10 N. Illinois 59, E. Michigan 20 Ohio 41, Miami (Ohio) 16 Ohio St. 63, Penn St. 14 Oklahoma St. 58, Iowa St. 27 S. Dakota St. 37, N. Iowa 34, 2OT South Carolina 27, Missouri 24, 2OT Toledo 28, Bowling Green 25 SOUTHWEST Cent. Arkansas 66, Stephen F. Austin 31 Jackson St. 51, Prairie View 38 Oklahoma 38, Texas Tech 30 Rice 45, UTEP 7 SMU 59, Temple 49 Sam Houston St. 44, Northwestern St. 10 Te x a s A & M 5 6 , Vanderbilt 24 Texas St. 33, South Alabama 31 UTSA 52, UAB 31 FAR WEST Adams St. 41, W. New
Mexico 20 Arizona 44, Colorado 20 Azusa Pacific 24, Cent. Washington 17 Carroll (Mont.) 42, Montana St.-Northern 14 Colorado Mines 27, Mesa St. 10 Dixie St. 28, Humboldt St. 19 E. Oregon 45, Montana Tech 30 E. Washington 42, Montana 37 Fort Lewis 10, Western St. (Col.) 9 Linfield 84, Lewis & Clark 7 Montana St. 34, UC Davis 17 N. Arizona 17, Cal Poly 13 New Mexico St. 34, Abilene Christian 29 Notre Dame 45, Air Force 10 Oregon 42, UCLA 14 Pacific 21, Chicago 6 Pacific Lutheran 35, Willamette 24 Portland St. 14, North Dakota 10 Rocky Mountain 45, Dickinson St. 7 S. Oregon 51, Montana Western 16 S. Utah 19, Idaho St. 9 San Diego 42, Butler 14 San Jose St. 51, Wyoming 44 Southern Cal 19, Utah 3 UNLV 27, Nevada 22 W. Oregon 30, Simon Fraser 16 Whitworth 33, Puget Sound 14
South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw scrambles for yardage Saturday during the fourth quarter against Missouri in Columbia, Mo. South Carolina won 27-24. L.G. PATTERSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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No. 2 Ducks overcome No. 12 Bruins The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. — Byron Marshall ran for 133 yards and three touchdowns and Oregon wore down UCLA’s stout defense. Ducks 42 Marcus Mariota threw for Bruins 14 230 yards and a score and De’Anthony Thomas returned from a three game absence to run in another for the Ducks (8-0, 5-0 Pac-12). The Bruins (5-2, 2-2) went into halftime with the score knotted at 14 but were shutout by the Ducks in the second half. Brett Hundley completed 13 of 19 passes for 64 yards and a touchdown but also threw two interceptions, including one early in the fourth quarter that led to an Oregon touchdown. He also ran for 64 yards and a score. No. 1 aLaBama 45, teNNeSSee 10 In Tuscaloosa, Ala., T.J. Yeldon scored on three 1-yard runs and AJ McCarron passed for 275 yards and two touchdowns to help Alabama continue to roll. Landon Collins returned an interception 89 yards for another score for the Crimson Tide (8-0, 5-0 Southeastern Conference), which raced to a 35-0 halftime lead. Alabama has outscored its last six opponents 246-26. No. 3 FLoRida State 49, N.C. State 17 In Tallahassee, Fl., Jameis Winston threw for 292 yards and three touchdowns and Florida State scored 35 points in the first quarter. Winston completed 16-of-26 passes with one interception and left the game after the opening series of the second half. Rashad Greene topped 100 yards receiving for the third consecutive game with eight receptions for 137 yards and a touchdown for the Seminoles (7-0, 5-0). No. 4 oHio State 63, PeNN State 14 In Columbus, Ohio, Braxton Miller passed for three touchdowns and ran for two and Carlos Hyde rushed for 147 yards and two more scores to lead Ohio State. It was the most points surrendered by Penn State (4-3, 1-2 Big Ten), and its worst beating in 114 years. Nittany Lions freshman QB Christian Hackenberg bobbled the second snap of the night and it never got much better. He ended up throwing two interceptions. No. 6 BayLoR 59, KaNSaS 14 In Lawrence, Kan., Bryce Petty threw for 430 yards and three touchdowns in fewer than three quarters, Lache Seastrunk ran for 109 yards and a score and Baylor won its school-record 11th straight. The Bears (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) piled up 500 yards of offense in taking a 38-0 lead by halftime, and then relaxed as coach Art Briles pulled many of his starters in the third quarter. No. 7 miami 24, WaKe FoReSt 21 In Miami Gardens, Fla., Duke Johnson ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns, the second a 1-yard plunge with 53 seconds left, as No. 7 Miami rallied twice to beat Wake Forest. Johnson finished with 168 yards on 30 carries for the Hurricanes (7-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Tanner Price’s 44-yard touchdown pass to Dominique Gibson with 4:02 remaining put Wake Forest on top, but the Hurricanes went 73 yards on their next 10 plays, with Johnson scoring to keep Miami unbeaten heading into next week’s showdown at No. 3 Florida State. No. 9 CLemSoN 40, maRyLaNd 27 In College Park, Md., Tajh Boyd threw for a touchdown and ran for a score, Sammy Watkins had a school-record 14 catches for 163 yards and Clemson wore down injury-riddled Maryland. Boyd went 28 for 41 for 304 yards with an interception and Roderick McDowell rushed for 161 yards and two touchdowns to help the Tigers (7-1, 5-1 ACC) rebound from last week’s 51-14 defeat against Florida State. No. 17 oKLaHoma 38, No. 10 teXaS teCH 30 In Norman, Okla., Blake Bell threw for 249 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and Damien Williams added two more scores as Oklahoma handed Texas Tech its first loss. Jalen Saunders added six catches for 153 yards receiving and both of Bell’s touchdown passes for the Sooners (7-1, 4-1 Big 12 Conference), who rallied after falling behind in the third quarter. No. 11 aUBURN 45, FaU 10 In Auburn, Ala., Jeremy Johnson threw two long touchdown passes to Sammie Coates after replacing injured starter Nick Marshall and Auburn overwhelmed Florida Atlantic. Johnson, a freshman, threw a 36-yard scoring pass to Coates on his first snap after replacing Marshall, who was taken to the locker room with a shoulder injury early in the second quarter.
Marshall returned to the Auburn sideline, but not the game, as Johnson threw a 67-yard touchdown pass to Coates later in the quarter. Auburn (7-1) avoided a letdown one week after a 45-41 win over then-No. 7 Texas A&M. The Tigers had 628 total yards, including 440 in a lopsided first half. Florida Atlantic (2-6) trailed 38-0 before quarterback Jaquez Johnson scored on a 29-yard run with less than 1 minute remaining in the first half. No. 13 LSU 48, FURmaN 16 In Baton Rouge, La., — Odell Beckham Jr. caught six passes for 204 yards and two scores, Terrance Magee added two second-half touchdowns, and No. 13 LSU turned a tenuous halftime lead into a romp. Jeremy Hill rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns for LSU (7-2), which led 20-16 at halftime before outscoring the Paladins (3-5) 28-0 in the second half. Hill’s first touchdown went for 55 yards. Beckham’s TDs went for 63 and 37 yards, and Magee broke off a 39-yard run for his second score. No. 14 teXaS a&m 56, VaNdeRBiLt 24 In College Station, Tex., Johnny Manziel threw for 305 yards and four touchdowns in less than three quarters, and Texas A&M bounced back from a loss last week. Manziel showed no signs that the right shoulder he injured last week was bothering him. He threw three TDs in the first quarter to help A&M (6-2, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) build a 28-point lead. He tacked on another score before sitting down with 6 minutes left in the third quarter and the Aggies leading 42-17. dUKe 13, No. 16 ViRgiNia teCH 10 In Blacksburg, Va., Anthony Boone ran for a touchdown, Ross Martin kicked two long field goals and Duke ended a long history of losing to ranked teams. The Blue Devils (6-2, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat a ranked team for the first time since they stopped No. 13 Virginia in 1994, and beat one on the road for the first time since Stanford in 1971. And they did it without a third-down conversion all game, and a 2-to-1 time of possession deficit. Virginia Tech (6-2, 3-1) had its six-game winning streak end as Logan Thomas threw four interceptions, the last on a deflected pass in the closing minutes that allowed Duke to finally run out the clock. The Hokies held the ball for 39:27 and outgained Duke 387-198, but still lost. No. 18 LoUiSViLLe 34, USF 3 In Tampa, Fla., Teddy Bridgewater threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns and Louisville rebounded from its first loss of the season. Charles Gaines returned a fourth-quarter interception 70 yards for a TD as the Cardinals’ defense reverted to the form that helped Louisville (7-1, 3-1 American Athletic Conference) climb into the top 10 before blowing a 21-point, secondhalf lead at home during a 38-35 loss to Central Florida. No. 19 oKLaHoma State 58, ioWa State 27 In Ames, Iowa, Desmond Roland ran for a career-high 219 yards and four touchdowns and Oklahoma State won its third straight. Quarterback Clint Chelf had 163 total yards in his second start of the season for the Cowboys (6-1, 3-1 Big 12), who ran for a season-high 342 yards. No. 21 UCF 62, CoNNeCtiCUt 17 In Orlando, Fla., Blake Bortles threw for four touchdowns and ran for another as No. 21 UCF routed winless Connecticut. Bortles completed his first eight passes of the game and ended his day early in the third quarter, connecting on 20 of 24 for 286 yards. The junior ran for a TD as the Knights (6-1, 3-0 American Athletic Conference) scored on their first nine possessions of the game. They remain the favorite to claim the league’s BCS berth. No. 23 NoRtHeRN iLLiNoiS 59, eaSteRN miCHigaN 20 In De Kalb, Ill., Jordan Lynch threw four touchdown passes and caught another as Northern Illinois reached its best start as a major college football program. The Huskies (8-0, 4-0 Mid-American Conference) never trailed on the way to a season-high in points and second-highest total offense (606 yards). miNNSota 34, No. 25 NeBRaSKa 23 In Minneapolis, Philip Nelson rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another, guiding Minnesota to its first win against the Cornhuskers since 1960. Nelson made all of his seven completions count, totaling 152 yards, and carried the ball eight times for 55 yards. He spun across the goal line from the 1 with 48 seconds left to seal the victory for the Gophers (6-2, 2-2 Big Ten), who became bowl-game eligible and stopped a 16-game losing streak to the Huskers.