The Denver Post

NO. 3 OKLAHOMA GETS A SCARE FROM BAYLOR

-

TEXAS» Baker Mayfield threw three WACO, touchdowns, including the go-ahead score the next snap after his unsportsma­nlike conduct penalty, and third-ranked Oklahoma overcame a feisty Baylor team 49-41 Saturday night to stretch the nation’s longest winning streak to 14 games.

Abdul Adams had a 99-yard touchdown for the Sooners (4-0, 1-0 Big 12), his schoolreco­rd run coming after a botched kickoff return.

Baylor (0-4, 0-1) led 31-28 after Connor Martin’s 46-yard field goal late in the third quarter.

Adams, who finished with 11 carries for 164 yards, picked up 33 yards on three consecutiv­e runs on the ensuing drive before the penalty was announced against Mayfield. It wasn’t clear what the quarterbac­k did, but on the next play, he found Jeff Badet along the left sideline for a 48-yard touchdown.

Trey Sermon ran 13 times for 157 yards and two touchdowns, the freshman getting all of that in the fourth quarter. He scored on a 34-yard run when he was hit near the 20 and kept his balance. He had a 60-yard run on the next Sooners possession before his 9-yard TD made it 49-31.

In ACC games. Adam Choice had a 6-yard tiebreakin­g touchdown in the fourth quarter and Travis Etienne had two scoring runs in the final six minutes as No. 2 Clemson scored 27 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat Boston College 34-7. … Ryan Finley threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns as North Carolina State got its first road win over a ranked team since 2008, defeating No. 12 Florida State 27-21. The Seminoles, who had a 21-day layoff due to Hurricane Irma, dropped their first two games to open a season for the first time in 28 years. In the SEC. Damien Harris ran for a careerhigh 151 yards and three touchdowns, Bo Scarbrough added two TDS and top-ranked Alabama routed Vanderbilt 59-0 in the conference opener for both teams. Alabama hasn’t lost to Vanderbilt since 1984 or in Nashville since 1969. … Freshman Jake Fromm threw two touchdown passes, the defense stifled Nick Fitzgerald and No. 11 Georgia routed No. 17 Mississipp­i State 31-3. … Kerryon Johnson rushed for a career-high five touchdowns and No. 15 Auburn ended its recent offensive struggles in a 51-14 victory over Missouri. … Freddie Swain caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterbac­k Luke Del Rio with 43 seconds remaining to cap No. 20 Florida’s rally from a 13-point, fourth-quar-

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States