Seminoles’ woes continue in defeat
Despite Dungey’s exit, Syracuse stifles punchless Fla. State
Tommy DeVito scored on a 3-yard run and hit tight end Ravian Pierce for a 3-yard touchdown, and Syracuse overcame an injury to starting quarterback
Eric Dungey to beat Florida State 30-7 Saturday in the sweltering heat of the Carrier Dome.
With temperatures in the high 80s in the dome, which has no air conditioning, Dungey was hurt late in the second quarter after a late hit to the helmet and never returned. The Orange took a slim 6-0 lead into the break.
DeVito, a redshirt freshman with scant experience, exhibited great poise in guiding the Orange (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) in the second half as they snapped a five-game conference losing streak.
Florida State (1-2, 0-2) finished with 240 yards offensively and prevented the shutout on a 2-yard run by quarterback Deondre Francois with 6:16 to play. The Seminoles, whose only win is over FCS Samford, had won 10 straight vs. Syracuse since 1966.
No. 2 Clemson 38, Georgia Southern 7: Aweek of worry at Clemson over an approaching hurricane ended with a victory in front of a full crowd who shook off concerns about the storm to attend.
Travis Etienne ran for 162 yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers (3-0). Trevor Lawrence threw for 194 yards, including a 57-yard score to fellow freshman Justyn Ross, in Clemson’s first meeting with Georgia Southern (2-1) of the Sun Belt Conference.
The Eagles came in fourth in the country averaging 326 yards rushing their first two games. They managed just 20 yards and one first down the first two quarters.
No. 21Miami 49, Toledo 24: Malik Rosier threw for two touchdowns and ran for three more in Ohio.
DeeJay Dallas ran for 110 yards on17 carries for the Hurricanes (2-1). They never trailed and led 21-0 late in the first half, but Toledo (1-1) twice pulled back to within a touchdown. Even then, however, the defending Mid-American Conference champions couldn’t stop Rosier and Miami.
Pittsburgh 24, Georgia Tech 19: Qadree Ollison ran for 91 yards and two touchdowns, and Pittsburgh’s defense kept Georgia Tech’s triple-option in check at Heinz Field.
Ollison scored on runs of 31and 8 yards for the Panthers (2-1, 1-0), who bounced back froma blowout loss to rival Penn State by jumping on the Yellow Jackets (1-2, 0-1) early and then holding on late.
Army 28, Hawaii 21: Hawaii quarterback Cole McDonald received all the headlines heading into the game at Army. He led the nation with1,165 passing yards and13 touchdown passes for a team averaging 48 points per game.
But it was Kelvin Hopkins, who shone in Army’s 28-21 win. The junior quarterback rushed for two first-half touchdowns and a career-high 110 yards as the Black Knights knocked off unbeaten Hawaii (3-1). Hopkins completed 6 of 10 passes for 162 yards, becoming the first Army quarterback in 30 games to rush for 100 yards and pass for 100 yards.
Army (2-1), which sacked McDonald three times, held off Hawaii in the final minute. Linebacker Cole Christiansen, a junior from Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, broke up McDonald’s pass in the end zone with 54 seconds left.
Towson 45, Villanova 35: Tom Flacco, whose older brother Joe quarterbacks the NFL’s Ravens, threw for 320 yards and three touchdowns as the visiting Tigers (2-1) upended the FCS No. 10Wildcats (2-1) in the Colonial Athletic Association opener for both teams.
Virginia-Wise 35, Concord 20: The Division II Cavaliers (1-2, 1-2Mountain East) won in southwest Virginia as Tanner Bernard threw three TD passes to Kaian Duverger. Bernard was 24 of 30 for 290 yards.