Western Michigan slips past Buffalo 71-68 in seven overtimes

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jarvion Franklin ran in from the 12 to give Western Michigan a 71-68 victory over Buffalo Saturday in a record-tying seven overtimes with a record-breaking 139 total points.

Buffalo had just converted on a 25-yard field goal to open the door for the Broncos who scored in just four plays. This was the fourth game in FBS history to go into seven overtimes. The Syracuse-Pittsburgh game (Nov. 26, 2016) had a total of 137 points.

Missed, made and blocked field goals made the difference in this game. Buffalo's Adam Mitcheson nailed a 34-yarder to tie the game at 31 with 34 seconds left in regulation. Western Michigan's Josh Grant attempted a 52-yarder as time expired but Jarrett Franklin blocked it. Grant also missed a 29-yard attempt that would have been a game winner in the third overtime.

Both teams failed on the 2-point attempt to end the sixth OT.

Steven Clark recovered a Buffalo fumble in the third overtime but the Broncos failed to capitalize when Grant missed his 29-yarder.

Jon Wassink threw for 5 TDs and Franklin ran for 176 yards and three scores for Western Michigan (4-2, 2-0 MAC).

Drew Anderson threw for 597 yards, a Buffalo (3-3, 1-1) record, with seven TD passes and a touchdown run. The Bulls set the FBS record for the most points in a losing effort.

ARMY 49, RICE 12.

HOUSTON (AP) — Kell Walker ran for 127 yards and three touchdowns and Ahmad Bradshaw added 115 yards rushing and two more scores as Army forced turnovers on four straight possessions in the first half to build a big lead early in a 49-12 win over Rice on Saturday.

It was the first road win this season for Army, which extended Rice's skid to four games.

The Owls turned the ball over six times in all — five fumbles and an interception.

The Black Knights (4-2) took a 7-0 lead when Max Regan returned an interception 48 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter.

The Owls fumbled on the first play of their next possession and Army made it 14-0 when Bradshaw scored on a 3-yard run two plays later.

Rice (1-5) fumbled again on the first play of the next drive when Regan knocked the ball out of the hands of Miklo Smalls as he scrambled. Regan recovered it, setting up Walker's 23-yard run on the next play — the first of three straight touchdowns by Walker, capped by a 47-yard run that gave Army 35-0 at halftime.

Emmanuel Esukpa got Rice on the board with a 22-yard run in the third quarter, but the kick was blocked and Bradshaw's second touchdown, a 7-yard run, made it 42-6.

Yet another fumble by Rice, this one by Austin Trammell came late in the third quarter.

GRAMBLING 34, PRAIRIE VIEW 21. DALLAS (AP) — Devante Kincade passed for 265 yards and three touchdowns and Grambling took advantage of three turnovers on the way to a 34-21 defeat of Prairie View in the 94th annual State Fair Classic played in the Cotton Bowl on Saturday.

Kendall Hill stopped Prairie View's opening drive with an interception on the sixth play of the game and that led to Kincade finding Darrell Clark for a 16-yard score. The Tigers (5-1, 2-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference) scored 21 unanswered points in the second quarter, building a comfortable 31-7 halftime lead. Martez Carter highlighted when he took a handoff, hurdled one defender, bounced off another and ran 76 yards to score.

Grambling piled up 419 yards of offense and scored 10 points off two Prairie View fumbles and the interception.

LOUISIANA MONROE 45, TEXAS STATE 27. SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Caleb Evans threw for a career-high 433 yards and three touchdowns as Louisiana Monroe took control in the second half to roll over Texas State 45-27 on Saturday.

Evans hit RJ Turner on a 34-yard scoring strike to take a 26-20 lead with 9:25 left before the half. Evans opened the third quarter with a 10-yard TD run and hooked up with Marcus Green for a 67-yard touchdown toss for a 42-27 advantage early in the fourth.

Green grabbed four passes for 100 yards and RJ Turner hauled in five for 99 yards and one score for the Warhawks (3-2, 3-0 Sun Belt).

Texas State led 20-19 after Hutch White hit A.J. Taylor on a 47-yard touchdown pass. Damian Williams ran for two touchdowns and passed for another for Texas State (1-5, 0-2).

SE LOUISIANA 49, INCARNATE WORD 30 HAMMOND, La. (AP) — Lorenzo Lee Nunez threw three touchdown tosses to Austin Mitchell as Southeastern Louisiana pulled away in the final quarter for a 49-30 win over Incarnate Word Saturday in a game that was moved forward because of Hurricane Nate.

The game was moved forward four hours, starting at 10 a.m. Central.

Nunez threw for 159 yards with Mitchell catching four passes for 143 yards which included a 70-yard touchdown play. Marcus Cooper rushed for 148 yards on 13 carries and Darren Johnson rushed for 130 yards on the same number of carries.