Huskies doomed by turnovers in opening loss to Buffalo
Jaret Patterson had 20 carries for 137 yards and two touchdowns and the Buffalo defense scored three touchdowns in a 49- 30 victory against Northern Illinois in a MidAmerican Conference game Wednesday night Huskie Stadium in DeKalb. It was the season debut for both teams.
Ross Bowers had 202 yards passing with one touchdown and one interception for NIU ( 0- 1). Tyrice Richie had nine receptions for 106 yards.
Patterson opened the scoring with a fiveyard run about three minutes into the game and his 56- yard touchdown with 2: 14 left in the first half gave Buffalo ( 1- 0) a 21- 10 lead.
The junior has a school- record 35 career rushing touchdowns in just 28 games.
Tim Terry Jr. and Isaiah King scored on fumble returns of 46 and 42 yards, respectively, and Kadofi Wright had a 65- yard picksix that made it 49- 16 with 12: 14 to play.
Buffalo quarterback Kyle Vantrease completed 11 of 17 passes for 175 yards, including a 17- yard touchdown pass to Antonio Nunn, and scored on a four- yard run. Nunn finished with six catches for 102 yards.
Louisville- Virginia game postponed
Louisville has paused all football activities and its game Saturday at Virginia was postponed at least a week because of a spike in COVID- 19 cases.
Nine Louisville players, mostly on defense, were held out of last week’s 42- 35 loss to Virginia Tech. Coach Scott Satterfield said afterward that some of the absences were COVID- related.
Cal player tests positive, game in jeopardy
California’s season- opening game Saturday night against Washington is in jeopardy following a positive coronavirus test that has caused what coach Justin Wilcox said is a “significant” number of players needing contact tracing.
This and that
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham signed a four- year contract extension through the 2027 season. Whittingham, the reigning Pac- 12 coach of the year, is starting his 16th season with the Utes.
† Conference USA rescheduled seven games that were postponed earlier this season because of COVID- 19 issues. All will be played the first two weeks of December.
† Tulane says 350 tickets will be made available for Army’s visit on Nov. 14. The number is expected to increase to 1,350 when Memphis visits on Nov. 28.