Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
Texas A&M 50, Arkansas 43, OT —
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At Arlington, Texas, safety Armani Watts’ interception in the end zone in overtime sent the Aggies (3-1, 1-0) to their sixth straight win over the Razorbacks (1-2, 0-1). Christian Kirk had five catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns, including a 10-yard score in OT, and returned a kickoff 100 yards for a TD for Texas A&M. The lead changed hands four times in the fourth quarter.
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No. 1 Alabama 59, Vanderbilt 0—
At Nashville, Tenn., Damien Harris ran for 151 yards and three touchdowns for the Crimson Tide (4-0, 1-0), who haven’t lost to the Commodores (3-1, 0-1) since 1984 or in Nashville since 1969. Vanderbilt, which had allowed 13 total points through its first three games, was outgained 677-78 in yards of offense. Alabama ran 48 plays in the first half while holding the Commodores to 49 yards.
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South Carolina 17, Louisiana Tech 16 —
At Columbia, S.C., Parker White kicked a 31-yard field goal with four seconds left, the freshman’s first field goal in five tries this season for the Gamecocks (3-1), who trailed 13-0 entering the fourth quarter. Jake Bentley threw for 295 yards and a touchdown for South Carolina. Teddy Veal caught 10 passes for 110 yards for the Bulldogs (2-2).
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No. 11 Georgia 31, No. 17 Mississippi State 3 —
At Athens, Ga., Jake Fromm threw for two touchdowns, and Nick Chubb ran for two scores for Georgia (4-0, 1-0), which held Mississippi State (3-1, 1-1) to 280 yards of offense. Nick Fitzgerald threw for 89 yards with two interceptions for Mississippi State, which came in averaging 47.7 points per game through three games.
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No. 25 Louisiana State 35, Syracuse 26 —
At Baton Rouge, La., Danny Etling responded to a barrage of bruising blitzes by the Orange (2-2) with touchdown passes of 87 yards to Drake Davis and 43 yards to Stephen Sullivan. Darrel Williams ran for 92 yards, including a 20-yard TD, for the Tigers (3-1). Eric Dungey passed for 265 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score for Syracuse, which got as close as 28-26 with 5:40 left.
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Tennessee 17, Massachusetts 13—
At Knoxville, Tenn., John Kelly ran for 101 yards and a touchdown for the Volunteers (3-1), who notched seven sacks. The Minutemen (0-5), who were without injured star tight end Adam Breneman and lost quarterback Andrew Ford in the second half to injury, held Tennessee scoreless for the first 25 minutes and for the final 22.
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No. 20 Florida 28, Kentucky 27—
At Lexington, Ky., Freddie Swain caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Luke Del Rio with 43 seconds left for the Gators (2-1, 2-0), who overcame a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to extend their win streak over the Wildcats (3-1, 1-1) to 31 games, the nation’s longest FBS run. Austin MacGinnis missed a 57-yard field-goal try as time expired for Kentucky.
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No. 15 Auburn 51, Missouri 14 —
At Columbia, Mo., Kerryon Johnson ran for 48 yards and five touchdowns on 18 carries, and Jarrett Stidham was 13 of 17 passing for 218 yards and a score for Auburn (3-1, 1-0). Drew Lock was 23 of 39 passing for 216 yards and two TDs for Missouri (1-3, 0-2), which committed four turnovers.