Clemson routs BC
Travis Etienne ran for 109 yards and three touchdowns, reserve receiver Diondre Overton caught three scoring passes and No. 4 Clemson blasted Boston College, 59-7, last night in Clemson, S.C., for its 23rd straight victory.
The Tigers (6-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) easily extended their program best streak and opened 8-0 for the fourth time in the past five seasons, jumping on the Eagles (4-4, 2-3) early and never letting up. Clemson had the ball six times in the first 30 minutes and scored each time — including Etienne’s TD runs of 3, 4 and 5 yards — to take a 38-7 lead by halftime.
Clemson finished with a season-high 674 yards.
Boston College had no answers in losing its ninth straight to Clemson, which also had a season-high in points.
Eagles tailback AJ Dillon ended with 76 yards, enough to push him past Andre Williams as the program’s career rushing leader with 3,741 yards in three seasons.
Kansas State 48, Oklahoma 41 — Quarterback Skylar Thompson threw for 213 yards while running for four touchdowns and the defense did just enough against Heisman Trophy contender Jalen Hurts to lift the Wildcats to an upset of the No. 5 Sooners in Manhattan, Kan.
It wasn’t certain until Oklahoma (7-1, 4-1) tried on onside kick with 1:45 left. The ball caromed downfield and the Sooners recovered, but a review showed one of their players touched it one yard early.
The overturned call allowed new coach Chris Klieman to run out the clock on the Wildcats’ first home win over the Sooners since 1996, and just their third win in Manhattan over a top-10 team.
James Gilbert ran for 105 yards and a touchdown, and Joshua Youngblood also reached the end zone, as the Wildcats (5-2, 2-2) snapped the Sooners’ nation-leading 22-game road winning streak.
Ohio Sate 38, Wisconsin 7 — J.K. Dobbins rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns, Chase Young was nearly unblockable with four sacks and No. 3 Ohio State routed No. 13 Wisconsin in Columbus, Ohio.
Dobbins slashed Wisconsin’s top-ranked defense for long gains in the second half, including scoring runs of 9 and 14 yards in a game played from beginning to end in the driving rain. He outperformed Badgers Heisman Trophy candidate Jonathan Taylor, who could muster only 52 yards rushing against the Buckeyes (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) after averaging almost 137 per game coming in.
Wisconsin (6-2, 3-2) scored on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Coan to A.J. Taylor early in the second half after the Badgers blocked an Ohio State punt and started with a short field.
Penn State 28, Michigan State 7 — Sean Clifford threw four touchdown passes — three to Pat Freiermuth — and the No. 6 Nittany Lions had little trouble shutting down the Spartans’ anemic offense in East Lansing, Mich.
The Nittany Lions (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) avenged close losses to Michigan State from each of the past two seasons. The Spartans (4-4, 2-3) wrapped up a dreadful stretch in which they lost to Ohio State, Wisconsin and Penn State by a combined score of 100-17.
TCU 37, Texas 27 — Freshman Max Duggan threw two touchdown passes, including a tiebreaking 44-yarder to Jalen Reagor the first play after one of Sam Ehlinger’s career-high four interceptions, and the Horned Frogs beat the No. 15 Longhorns in Fort Worth, Texas.
Duggan finished with a career-best 273 yards passing against the Big 12’s worse pass defense and ran for a clinching score late as the Horned Frogs (4-3, 2-2 Big 12) bounced back from consecutive conference road losses. Duggan led TCU with 72 yards rushing.
Iowa 20, Northwestern 0 — Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley had 179 yards passing with a touchdown and the defense allowed just 202 yards of total offense, lifting the 20th-ranked Hawkeyes to a shutout in Evanston, Ill.
Mekhi Sargent had a rushing touchdown and Tyler Goodson added 58 yards rushing on 11 carries as Iowa (6-2, 3-2 in the Big Ten) won its second straight. Quarterback Aidan Smith completed 18-of-32 passes for 138 yards for Northwestern (1-6, 0-5), which dropped its fifth straight.
Appalachian State 30, South Alabama 3 — Zac Thomas had a successful return to his home state on Saturday, scoring a touchdown and leading No. 21 Appalachian State in Mobile, Ala.
The junior quarterback, the reigning Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, passed for 132 yards, including a 19-yard TD to Thomas Hennigan, without a turnover. The Hewitt-Trussville High School graduate has led the Mountaineers to 13 consecutive victories, which trailed only Clemson and Ohio State entering the game.
Appalachian State (7-0, 4-0 Sun Belt) put on an overwhelming defensive performance against the Jaguars (1-7, 0-4) at rain-soaked Ladd-Pebbles Stadium.
Okahoma State 34, Iowa State 27 — Freshman Spencer Sanders threw for 249 yards and two TDs and the Cowboys (5-3, 2-3 Big 12) upset the 23rd-ranked Cyclones in Ames, Iowa.
Chuba Hubbard had 116 yards rushing for the Cowboys (5-3, 2-3 Big 12), who used four big plays to snap their two-game skid.