COLLEGE SATURDAY
SATURDAY STARS
—Brady White, Memphis, threw for 486 yards, and his sixth TD pass with just over a minute remaining completed a school-record 21-point comeback and the Tigers beat Central Florida 50-49 to snap a 13-game losing streak to the Bulls.
—Dillon Gabriel, UCF, threw for 601 yards on 35-of-49 passing and five TDs in the 50-49 loss to Memphis.
—Trevor Lawrence, Clemson, brushed off his first interception this season to pass for a career-high 404 yards and five TDs as the No. 1 Tigers overwhelmed Georgia Tech 73-7. —Nelson Smith, Navy, ran for a careerhigh 157 yards and two TDs to help the Midshipmen beat East Carolina 27-23. —D’Eriq King, Miami, threw four touchdowns, including two to Will Mallory, to lead the 13th-ranked Hurricanes to a 31-19 win over Pittsburgh.
— Anthony Russo, Temple, threw for four TDs as the Owls beat South Florida 39-37. — DeWayne McBride, UAB, had a 71-yard touchdown run and finished with 133 yards in a 37-14 victory over Western Kentucky.
RECORD NIGHT
Memphis had a school-record 21-point comeback to beat UCF. It wasn’t the only record broken on a night filled with offense.
Brady White threw for 486 yards and his sixth touchdown pass with just over a minute remaining helped the Tigers beat UCF 50-49 to snap a 13-game losing streak to the Bulls.
UCF outgained Memphis 798-703 for 1,501 yards offense combined, eclipsing the American Athletic Conference record of 1,479 set by the same teams in a 2017 game.
White completed 34 of 50 passes. UCF’s Dillon Gabriel threw for 601 yards on 35-of-49 passing with five scores.
The Bulls drove to Memphis’ 22 for a chance to win, but Daniel Obarski pulled a 40-yard field-goal attempt left with 19 seconds remaining.
The Tigers’ comeback surpassed the school record of 17 points against Houston in 2017.
NUMBERS 36:
Years since Kentucky won at Tennessee before beating the No. 18 Volunteers 34-7.
367: Consecutive passes by top-ranked Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence before Georgia Tech’s Zamari picked him off in the first quarter of the Tigers’ 73-7 win.
87: Years since South Carolina last defeated Auburn before Saturday’s victory.
AROUND THE COUNTRY
Florida coach Dan Mullen, who last week wanted 90,000 fans packed inside the stadium amid a pandemic, says he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Mullen made the announcement Saturday on Twitter, saying his initial positive result was confirmed by a second test. The 10th-ranked Gators had at least 21 players and coaches test positive earlier this week, an outbreak that prompted the Southeastern Conference to postpone Florida’s next two games.
With potentially dozens more quarantined because of contract tracing, Florida (2-1) would have had fewer than 50 scholarship players available to face the defending national champion Tigers (1-2) in the Swamp.
Two assistant coaches also tested positive for the highly contagious virus.
Mullen is the second SEC head coach, along with Alabama icon Nick Saban, to contract COVID-19 and the fifth overall known this season in major-college football, joining Florida State’s Mike Norvell, Arizona’s Kevin Sumlin and Kansas’ Les Miles.
The 48-year-old Mullen says he has experienced “mild to no symptoms.”