No. 4 Notre Dame sacks No. 1Clemson in 2OT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — KyrenWilliams had a 3yard touchdown run in the second overtime and No. 4 Notre Dame shut down top-ranked Clemson with a couple of sacks to seal a 47-40 victory Saturday night, the Fighting Irish’s first victory over a No. 1 in 27 years.
Clemson had won 36 straight games and had not lost to an Atlantic Coast Conference team since
2017. The Fighting Irish
(7-0, 6-0), playing in the ACC only because of the pandemic, snapped both streaks and sparked fans to storm the field in a celebration that most definitely did not meet the CDC’s social-distancing guidelines.
AfterWilliams gave
Notre Dame the lead on the first possession of the second OT, the Irish pushed Clemson back with back-toback sacks on DJ Uaigalelei by Adetokumbo Ogundeji and Daelin Hayes on the Tigers first two plays.
The big freshman quarterback completed two passes after the secondand-39, but the final one was way short of the line to gain and a couple of laterals didn’t help.
The Fighting Irish have won 13 straight games, snapped an 11-game losing streak against top-five teams and beat a No. 1 for the first time since taking down Florida State in 1993 at Notre Dame Stadium.
NO. 3 OHIO STATE 49 RUTGERS 27
In Columbus, Ohio, Justin Fields threw five touchdown passes and ran for another score for the Buckeytes (3-0, 3-0 Big Ten).
Fields, a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2019, added to his already gaudy 2020 resume, completing 24 of 28 passes for 314 yards.
Fields threw two touchdown passes to Chris Olave, with JamesonWilliams, GarrettWilson and Jeremy Ruckert also recipients of scoring passes as the Buckeyes (3-0 Big Ten) played through some sloppiness and held off a second-half push by the Scarlet Knights (1-2).
NO. 12 OREGON 35 STANFORD14
In Eugene, Ore., Tyler Shough picked up where Justin Herbert left off, throwing for 227 yards and a touchdown and running for another score to lead Oregon past short-handed Stanford in the opener for both teams.
Shough completed 17 of 26 passes with one interception, and ran for 85 yards, as he assumed the starter’s role now that
Herbert has moved on to the NFL.
NO. 13 INDIANA 38 NO. 23MICHIGAN 21
In Bloomington, Ind., Michael Penix Jr. passed for 342 yards and three touchdowns and Indiana beat Michigan for the first time in 33 years.
Penix helped Indiana (3-0) snap a 24-game losing streak in the series — tied for the longest active skid in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
NO. 15 COASTAL CAROLINA 23 SOUTH ALABAMA 6
In Conway. S.C., Grayson McCall threw for 203 yards and a score, Massimo Biscardi had three field goals and No. 15 Coastal Carolina improved to 7-0.
McCall completed 16 of 23 passes including a 9yard scoring pass to C. J. Marable as the Chanticleers (5-0 Sun Belt Conference) outgained the Jaguars (3-4, 2-2) by more than 100 yards, including 236 yards on the ground, and the defense recorded recorded five sacks.
NO. 16MARSHALL 51 MASSACHUSETTS10
Grant Wells threw three touchdown passes, Brenden Knox ran for two scores and Marshall (6-0) pummeled Massachusetts in Huntington, W.Va.
The game was added to Marshall’s schedule last month after several other opponents had previously pulled out due to the coronavirus pandemic.
NO. 20 USC 28 ARIZONA STATE 27
In Los Angeles, Drake London caught a 21-yard touchdown pass with 1:20 to play, and No. 20 Southern California overcame a late 13-point deficit to beat Arizona State in the Pac-12’s long-delayed season opener.
Bru McCoy caught a deflected 26-yard TD pass with 2:52 left for the Trojans, and McCoy recovered the ensuing onside kick as well.
On fourth-and-9, Kedon Slovis fired a pass down the middle to London, and the two-sport athlete beat double coverage to haul it in for an electrifying score.
NO. 25 LIBERTY 38 VIRGINIA TECH 35
Alex Barbir hit a careerlong 51-yard field goal with a second left to lift Liberty past Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Va.
The Flames rallied from a 20-14 halftime deficit to move to 7-0 for the first time in program history.