TCU holds off late comeback in upset of No. 9 Texas
TCU quarterback Max Duggan ran for the goahead score with 4 minutes left and the Horned Frogs’ defense made it stand with a goal-line fumble recovery to stun No. 9 Texas 33-31 on Saturday in a game that had 26 penalties and ended when TCU took a safety as time ran out.
Texas looked primed for its second straight fourthquarter comeback when Sam Ehlinger connected on a 52-yard pass to Keontay Ingram to put the Longohorns in scoring position. But Ingram fumbled on the TCU 1 with 2:32 to play.
Darwin Barlow ran 9 yards to pick up a big first down for the Horned Frogs.
Duggan then took a deep snap all the way to the back of the end zone to run out the final 6 seconds.
TCU (1-1, 1-1 Big 12) is 7-2 against Texas since joining the Big 12 in 2012. The Texas loss delivers another blow to the Big 12′s College Football Playoff hopes. The Longhorns (2-1, 1-1) and Oklahoma, who were the league’s highest ranked teams, have dropped early home games to unranked opponents.
Duggan made his first start of the season after missing much of training camp while treating a previously undiagnosed heart condition. He passed for 231 yards and ran for 79 more and scored twice. His late 26-yard TD run caught the Texas defense by surprise.
Ehlinger threw four touchdown passes on an otherwise difficult day for him. He was just 17 of 36 for 236 yards.
NO. 2 ALABAMA 52, NO. 13 TEXAS A&M 24 >> Mac Jones passed for a career-high 435 yards and four touchdowns, including a pair of deep throws to John Metchie III and an even longer one to Jaylen Waddle, and the Crimson Tide romped past the Aggies.Briefly threatened early, Jones and the Crimson Tide (2- 0) flexed their considerable big-play muscle in the passing game to put away the Aggies (1-1). NO. 3FLORIDA38, SOUTHCAROLINA 24 >> Kyle Trask and Kyle Pitts hooked up for two more touchdowns, leading Florida past South Carolina. Trask completed 21 of 29 passes for 268 yards, with four touchdowns and an interception. His second- quarter fumble kept the Gamecocks (0-2) in the game early.
NO. 15 CINCINNATI 28, SOUTH FLORIDA 7 >> Gerrid Doaks ran for 102 yards and a touchdown, Tre Tucker returned a kickoff 97 yards for a score and the Bearcats had five interceptions in the victory.
NO. 21 TENNESSEE 35, MISSOURI 12 >> Eric Gray ran for 105 yards and a touchdown and caught a scoring pass to help Tennessee beat Missouri. The Vols (2- 0) have won eight in a row, tying Notre Dame for the most among Power Five teams.
Jarrett Guarantano played a mistake-free game for Tennessee, completing 14 of 23 passes for 190 yards and a touchdown. NORTH CAROLINA STATE 30, NO. 24 PITTSBURGH 29 >> Devin Leary hit Emeka Emezie for the go- ahead touchdown with 23 seconds remaining and North Carolina State beat Pittsburgh. Leary, making his first start of the season, drove the Wolfpack 79 yards in 12 plays, the final 13 coming on a perfect back-shoulder throw to Emezie, who made a perfect spinning grab to give N.C. State its first victory over a ranked team since 2017.
SMU 30, NO. 25 MEMPHIS 27 >> hris Naggar kicked a 43yard field goal with nine seconds left as the Mustangs beat the Tigers after the Mustangs blew an early three-touchdown lead against a team playing its first game in four weeks.