Duggan, Johnston rally TCU past Cal
FORT WORTH — Quentin Johnston caught two of Max Duggan’s three touchdown passes, with the go-ahead score coming on a nifty catch-and-run as TCU beat California 34-32 on Saturday to remain undefeated against Pac-12 teams under coach Gary Patterson.
Johnston put the
Horned Frogs (2-0) ahead to stay with the 45-yard TD catch with 9:53 left, when he twisted around one defender who fell down near the 30 and then shed the attempted tackle by another inside the 10. Johnston finished with five catches for 95 yards.
Zach Evans ran for 183 yards on 22 carries, with a 51-yard TD just before halftime for the Horned Frogs. Duggan completed 17 of 31 passes for 234 yards and added 71 yards rushing on 19 carries with a 9-yard keeper for a TD with 5:47 left for a 34-26 lead.
NO. 4 OKLAHOMA 76 WESTERN CAROLINA 0
Spencer Rattler threw five touchdown passes, and the Sooners (2-0) rolled.
Oklahoma matched its fifth-highest point total in school history. The Sooners led 62-0 after three quarters, and the fourth quarter was shortened to 12 minutes.
Rattler completed 20 of 26 passes for 243 yards before resting in the second half of Oklahoma’s 10th straight victory. He joined Jason White as the only Sooners to pass for five touchdowns in a half.
NO. 10 IOWA 27 NO. 9 IOWA ST. 17
In Ames, Iowa, Jack Campbell returned a fumble 6 yards for a touchdown, and the Hawkeyes (2-0) ran their winning streak against the Cyclones (1-1) to six games that ruined the most-anticipated home game in Cyclones history.
In the first Cy-Hawk Trophy game matching ranked teams in 65 total meetings, the Hawkeyes (2-0) were not about to play the foil for Iowa
State's feel-good story.
Iowa turned four takeaways into 20 points, ran its overall winning streak to eight games and its winning streak against ranked teams to five. Iowa has not won that many in a row against ranked opponents since 1960.
BAYLOR 66
TEXAS SOUTHERN 7
Abram Smith and Tristan Ebner both rushed for more than 100 yards in the first half, and the Bears scored touchdowns on their first seven possessions in Waco.
Gerry Bohanon was 16-for-21 passing for 240 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two scores for the Bears (2-0). Baylor outgained Texas Southern 458-52 in the first half and 714-283 overall in matching its win total from last season, when the
Bears were 2-7.
TEXAS TECH 28 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 22
In Lubbock, Tahj Brooks ran for two touchdowns in the third quarter, including a 67-yarder for the lead, and the Red Raiders held off the Lumberjacks.
The Red Raiders (2-0) made a stand in the final two minutes, forcing a turnover on downs after the FCS Lumberjacks had a first down inside the Texas Tech 10-yard line. Trae Self ’s fourth-down pass into the end zone was incomplete.
KANSAS ST. 31 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 23
Deuce Vaughn scored a rushing touchdown with less than two minutes to play, and the Wildcats edged the Salukis.
The Wildcats defense forced a fumble on Southern Illinois' following possession to seal it. The Wildcats held the Salukis scoreless in the second half and surrendered just 126 yards.
OKLAHOMA ST. 28 TULSA 23
Jaylen Warren shed three tackles to punch in an 11-yard touchdown run that gave the Cowboys enough insurance to beat the Golden Hurricane in Stillwater, Okla.
The Cowboys trailed 14-7 entering the fourth quarter, but took control of the nonconference game with a Spencer Sanders touchdown throw, LD Brown’s 98-yard kickoff return for a score and Warren’s late run.
Tulsa, which fell to FCS program UC Davis last week, looked poised to beat Oklahoma State for the first time since 1998 and win its first game in Stillwater since 1951.
WEST VIRGINIA 66 LONG ISLAND 0
In Morgantown, W.Va., Jarret Doege threw three touchdown passes, Winston Wright returned a kickoff for another score and the Mountaineers bounced back from last week’s loss to Maryland.
Leddie Brown and backup quarterback Garrett Greene each ran for two scores for West Virginia, which scored touchdowns on seven of its first eight possessions and totaled 555 yards of offense.
It marked the most points scored by the Mountaineers since they beat Baylor 70-63 in 2012.