Hurts, with 439 yards, leads Sooners’ rout

Lincoln Riley and Jalen Hurts sent the Big 12 a message in fifth-ranked Oklahoma’s 48-14 victory over UCLA on Saturday night at the Rose Bowl.

Despite 611 yards of offense — including 439 coming courtesy of Hurts — the Oklahoma coach and quarterback are far from satisfied going into an off week before opening conference play.

“I think we’re headed in the right direction,” said Hurts, who became the first Oklahoma quarterback to pass for 200 yards and rush for 100 in the first half. “The intent for us is coming out and playing a complete game. I don’t think we did it tonight. We can improve.”

The graduate transfer from Alabama completed 15 of 20 passes for 289 yards and three touchdowns and ran 14 times for 150 yards and a score.

“He played pretty good. He made the majority of plays that he was supposed to make and then a few where he made a couple off script that were important plays,” Riley said.

CeeDee Lamb and Charleston Rambo each had two touchdowns to help the Sooners (3-0) win their 21st straight true road game. That is tied with Alabama (1970-75) the second-longest away streak after World War II.

UCLA dropped to 0-3 for the second straight year.

No. 1 Clemson 41, Syracuse 6: Trevor Lawrence threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Tigers (3-0, 2-0 ACC) rolled past the host Orange (1-2, 0-1) for their 18th straight win, the longest streak in the nation.

No. 25 Virginia 31, Florida State 24: The host Cavaliers (3-0, 2-0 ACC) turned the clock back 24 years and handed Florida State (1-2, 0-1) another gut-wrenching defeat. The Cavaliers stopped Cam Akers on a final-play run from the 4 and barely hung on for a victory that was reminiscent of 1995 when they stopped Warrick Dunn on the final play.

No. 9 Florida 29, Kentucky 21: Stepping in after Feleipe Franks went out with a leg injury, Kyle Trask rallied the visiting Gators (3-0, 1-0 SEC) past the Wildcats (2-1, 0-1) with three fourth-quarter touchdown drives.

No. 4 LSU 65, Northwestern State 14: Joe Burrow completed 21 of 24 passes for 373 yards and two touchdowns for the host Tigers (3-0).

No. 12 Texas 48, Rice 13: Sam Ehlinger threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns as the visiting Longhorns (2-1) rebounded from their first loss.