The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)
College football roundup
Local interest
• Emmanuel Reed ran for career bests of 144 yards and three touchdowns to lead Buffalo (3-2) to a 2713 victory over Kent State (1-4) in a Mid-American Conference opener. Dustin Crum (Midview), who was making his first start, connected with Kavious Price for a 75-yard score, the Golden Flashes’ longest play this season.
• Nathan Rourke threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 113 yards and two scores and visiting Ohio (4-1) fought off winless Massachusetts, 58-50. Austin Conrad (Keystone) posted a half-sack for a 4-yard loss. A.J. Ouellette ran for 125 yards and scored a touchdown and now has three-straight games rushing for more than 100 yards. Brendan Cope had 126 yards receiving and a touchdown. • Oberlin (2-2) was off this week. The Yeomen travel to DePauw on Oct. 7.
• Jake Hudson passed for 260 yards and five touchdowns as host Baldwin Wallace (2-2, 1-2 OAC) beat Marietta, 52-24, in the Lee Tressel Shrine Classic.
• The defense of Mount Union (4-0, 3-0 OAC) forced three turnovers and held Ohio Northern to 45 yards in the first half on the way to a 43-14 victory. D’Angelo Fulford threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another.
• Senior QB Rob Cuda threw for a career-high 357 yards, and senior receiver Zak Hurt had five catches for 148 yards in a 35-14 victory for Case Western Reserve (4-0, 3-0 PAC) over St. Vincent. • Host John Carroll (2-2, 2-1 OAC) rushed for 351 yards and seven touchdowns in a
72-14 rout of Wilmington.
• Host Lake Erie College (1-4, 1-1 GMAC) scored two touchdowns in the final seven minutes and survived a missed field goal in the waning seconds to beat Alderson Broaddus, 16-15.
• Nathan Rourke threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 113 yards and two scores and visiting Ohio (4-1) fought off winless Massachusetts, 58-50.
• Brandon Wimbush threw for three touchdowns and ran for another and No. 22 Notre Dame (4-1) beat Miami (Ohio) (2-3), 52-17, for the 900th victory in school history. Josh Adams added touchdown runs of 72 and 59 yards in the first half before leaving with an injury to his left leg.
• Thomas Woodson accounted for three touchdowns and Kyron Brown returned a fourth-quarter interception for a clinching score in Akron’s 34-23 victory over Bowling Green (05) in a turnover-filled MAC opener. The Zips are 2-3.
Top national
• DaeSean Hamilton caught nine passes for 122 yards and three touchdowns and became Penn State’s career receptions leader in the host No. 4 Nittany Lions’ 45-14 victory over Indiana (5-2, 0-2 Big Ten). Penn State is 5-0 (2-0).
• Jake Fromm threw a touchdown pass and ran for two more scores, and visiting No. 7 Georgia (5-0) handed Tennessee (3-2, 0-2) its first shutout in nearly a quarter-century, 41-0.
• Jonathan Taylor had two touchdowns runs to help the offense overcome a sluggish start and host No. 10 Wisconsin (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) held off Northwestern (2-2, 0-1), 33-24.