Hubbard’s late TD lifts No. 11 Oklahoma St.
Chuba Hubbard was limited to 35 yards in the first half but scored on a 3-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter in No. 11 Oklahoma State’s 16-7 victory over Tulsa in the season opener for both teams.
Trailing 7-3 late in the third quarter, Oklahoma State received a big offensive spark when the Cowboys’ third quarterback, true freshman Shane Illingworth, entered the game and immediately connected on his first three passes, including the two longest plays of the day, hitting Tylan Wallace for receptions of 36 and 29 yards.
Illingworth completed 4 of 5 passes for 74 yards in just over a quarter of work, helping Wallace finish with four receptions for 94 yards. Freshman Alex Hale made three field goals, two in the fourth quarter, from 27, 40 and 29 yards.
The Cowboys lost starting quarterback Spencer Sanders with an apparent right ankle injury late in the first half.
For Tulsa, Zach Smith completed 18 of 28 passes for 164 yards and one touchdown, a 16-yard toss to Josh Johnson with 1:38 left in the first half.
NO,1 CLEMSON 49, THE CITADEL 0 >> Trevor Lawrence threw for three touchdowns in just nine passing attempts to help No. 1 Clemson beat The Citadel 49-0 on Saturday.
Lawrence also rushed for his third TD of the season, as the Tigers (2-0) improved to 35-0 against teams from the Football Championship Subdivision.
Lawrence was 8 for 9 for 168 yards, including scoring passes of 54 and 17 yards to Frank Ladson Jr. and 44 yards to Amari Rodgers The Bulldogs are 0-2. NO. 7 NOTRE DAME 52, SOUTH FLORIDA 0 >> Ian Book had three first-half touchdown runs and Notre Dame won its 20th straight home game, routing South Florida.
The Fighting Irish (2-0) led 35-0 at halftime and for the second year in a row posted a 52-point shutout.
C’Bo Flemister ran for a career-best 127 yards for Notre Dame as the Irish spread the touches around between starter Kyren Williams (62 yards on 10 carries) and Tyree (65 on eight). The Bulls are now (1-1).
NO. 13 CINCINNATI 55, AUSTIN PEAY 20 >> Gerrid Doaks scored four touchdowns, including a career-high three on the ground, and Cincinnati opened with a victory over Austin Peay.
Desmond Ridder passed for 196 yards and two TDs for Cincinnati in a game that originally was scheduled for Sept. 3.
NO. 14 CENTRAL FLORIDA 49, GEORGIA TECH 21 >> Dillon Gabriel threw for a career-best 417 yards and four touchdowns to lift UCF past Georgia Tech (1-1) in the Knights’ season opener.
NO. 19 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 34, GEORGIA STATE 31, OT >> Elijah Mitchell rushed for 164 yards, including the winning touchdown in overtime, and Louisiana-Lafayette beat Georgia State.
The Ragin’ Cajuns (2-0, 1-0 Sun Belt Conference) were ranked for the first time since 1943 following last week’s 20-point win at Iowa State.
FSU COACH TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 >> Florida State head coach Mike Norvell tested positive for COVID-19 and will not coach the Seminoles next Saturday at Miami.
Norvell, 38, released a statement Saturday confirming the results, which he said followed two negative tests earlier in the week. He said his wife and daughter were tested Saturday morning and both returned negative results.
“My result was surprising to me, but we have prepared for a potential positive result among anyone in our program and we will put that plan in place while I am away,” Norvell said. “I will remain involved remotely as much as possible to help our team continue to prepare.”
Norvell debuted with a 16-13 loss to Georgia Tech on Sept. 12. Deputy head coach Chris Thomsen will take over when the Seminoles face No. 17 Miami.