Visiting Purdue stuns No. 2 Iowa
Aidan O’Connell threw for 375 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, David Bell had a career-best 240 yards receiving, and Purdue continued its recent mastery over No. 2 Iowa with a 24-7 upset Saturday in Iowa City.
The Boilermakers (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) have won four of their last five games against the Hawkeyes (6-1, 3-1). The loss ended Iowa’s 12-game winning streak.
Purdue beat its highest ranked opponent on the road since a victory at No. 2 Notre Dame in 1974. It was the second time in four seasons Purdue has knocked off a No. 2-ranked team. The Boilermakers won at home against second-ranked Ohio State in 2018.
O’Connell was 30 of 40 passing with two touchdowns, and he also ran for a 6-yard TD for a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.
O’Connell threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to TJ Sheffield in the final minute of the first half to give Purdue a 14-7 halftime lead. He threw a 21-yard TD pass to Bell in the fourth quarter.
Iowa’s offense was ineffective against Purdue, which came in third in the Big Ten in total defense and scoring defense. The Hawkeyes’ only score was a 3-yard touchdown run by Ivory Kelly-Martin in the second quarter, and Iowa had just 271 yards of offense.
Iowa scored its fewest points at home since a 13-7 loss to Nebraska in 2012. NO. 2 GEORGIA 30, NO. 11 KENTUCKY 13 >> With Georgia playing its first game as the nation’s No. 1-ranked team since 2008, Stetson Bennett tossed three touchdown passes and the Bulldogs got another stifling defensive effort to beat the Wildcats in a battle of unbeatens.
Bennett, starting his third straight game in place of injured JT Daniels, hooked up with freshman tight end Brock Bowers on a pair of scores.
The senior quarterback was 14 of 20 for 250 yards in another solid performance for the Bulldogs (70, 5-0 SEC),
Georgia’s defense allowed two touchdown in a game for the first time all season — the second with 4 seconds remaining after Kentucky (6-1, 4-1) called a timeout to take one last shot at punching it in from the 1.
Otherwise, Georgia’s topranked defense lived up to the billing, limiting Kentucky to 249 total yards. NO. 3 CINCINNATI 56, UCF 21 >> Jerome Ford rushed for 189 yards and four TDs, helping the Bearcats roll past the Knights (3-3, 1-2 American Athletic Conference).
The Bearcats (6-0, 2-0) extended the nation’s second-longest home winning streak to 24 games.
Ford sprinted 79 yards untouched for his third TD run to make it 28-0.
Bearcats cornerback Coby Bryant ran back an interception 74 yards for a touchdown in the third. NO. 10 MICHIGAN STATE 20, INDIANA 15 >> Matt Coghlin’s 51-yard field goal to open the second half gave the Spartans the lead and
Payton Thorne’s 12-yard touchdown pass provided the margin they needed to hold off the host Hoosiers.
And while this one didn’t follow the usual script — Kenneth Walker III, the nation’s top rusher, carried 23 times for 84 yards and Michigan State punted its first six possessions — the Spartans (70, 4-0 Big Ten) still managed to hand Indiana (2-4, 0-3) its third loss in four games.
NO. 12 OKLAHOMA STATE 32, NO. 25 TEXAS 24 >> Tanner Brown’s fourth field goal gave the undefeated Cowboys their first lead and Spencer Sanders’ scrambling 10-yard TD run with 2:18 to play capped a victory over the Longhorns.
Texas built leads of 17-3 and 24-13 behind three touchdowns from Bijan Robinson before Oklahoma State’s defense and punishing run game behind Jaylen Warren took over for the Cowboys (6-0, 3-0 Big 12).
Brown’s kicking and Jason Taylor II’s 85-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter kept the Cowboys in it.
The Cowboys allowed Texas (4-3, 2-2) just 317 total yards. Warren finished
with 193 yards rushing on 33 carries, pounding out 154 yards in the secondhalf rally.
AUBURN 38, NO. 17 ARKANSAS 23 >> Bo Nix threw for 292 yards and accounted for three touchdowns in the Tigers’ road win over the Razorbacks.
Auburn (5-2, 2-1 SEC) won its sixth straight in the series and handed Arkansas (4-3, 1-3) its third straight loss.
The Tigers took a thirdquarter lead when Derick Hall sacked and stripped Arkansas’ KJ Jefferson in the end zone and Marcus Harris pounced on it for the TD. Later, Nix found Demetris Robertson for a 71-yard score.
BAYLOR 38, NO. 19 BYU >> Abram Smith ran for 188 yards with three touchdowns, linebacker and part-time fullback Dillon Doyle scored on both of his offensive touches and the Bears beat their future Big 12 foe Cougars.
Baylor (6-1) led by only three points midway through the third before Doyle caught a 2-yard TD pass from Gerry Bohanon. Smith ran for a 7-yard score about 3½ minutes later to make it 31-14.
BYU (5-2) has lost backto-back games after a 5-0 start that included three wins over Pac-12 teams and peaking at No. 10 in the AP Top 25.
LSU 49, NO. 20 FLORIDA 20 >> Tyrion Davis-Price ran for an LSU-record 287 yards and had three touchdowns and the Tigers’ defense came up with four interceptions against the visiting Gators.
The stirring performance produced thunderous roars from a Death Valley crowd that came in with low expectations after unranked LSU (4-3, 2-2 SEC) dropped its previous two games, fueling speculation coach Ed Orgeron’s hold on his job was tenuous at best.
Davis-Price literally and fittingly ran out the final 1:59 on Florida (4-3, 2-3). Price ran for two more first downs and broke the previous LSU single-game rushing record of 285 yards by Derrius Guice.
LSU’s Max Johnson passed for three touchdowns — all to Jaray Jenkins. FRESNO STATE 17, WYOMING 0>> Evan Williams made two of the visiting Bulldogs’ four interceptions and the Cowboys turned the ball over five times.
Wyoming (4-2, 0-2 Mountain West) was shut out for the first time since being blanked 45-0 by TCU in 2010. The shutout was the second for the Bulldogs (4-3, 1-2) this year, having beaten UConn 45-0 in their opener, but the first on the road since Nov. 2, 1974, 41-0 over Cal State Northridge.
The Bulldogs were slightly outgained by the Cowboys but scored all their points off turnovers, the three scoring drives covering a total of only 50 yards.
The longest of the scoring drives — 41 yards — came after Sean Chambers fumbled on a keeper which led to Jake Haener’s 2-yard TD toss to Juan Rodriguez for the only points of the first half.