The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)

College football roundup

- Staff and wire reports

Local interest

• Host Mount Union (12-0) defeated Centre (Ky.), 5135, in a Division III secondroun­d game. Andrew Roesch (Avon) had three tackles, including two solo and one for loss. Josh Petruccell­i rushed for a career-high 162 yards and four touchdowns for the Purple Raiders, who will face Muhlenberg (Pa.) next week in a quarterfin­al at a site to be announced.

• Terry Wilson accounted for 340 yards and four touchdowns, Benny Snell Jr. rushed for two scores and No. 17 Kentucky (9-3) blew out archrival Louisville (2-10), 56-10, to win the Governor’s Cup. C.J. Conrad (Keystone) caught two passes for 59 yards for the Wildcats.

Top national

• Tua Tagovailoa threw five touchdown passes and ran for a score to lead host No. 1 Alabama (12-0, 8-0 SEC) past rival Auburn (7-5, 3-5),

52-21.

• Trevor Lawrence threw for a career-high 393 yards, Adam Choice rushed for three touchdowns and host No. 2 Clemson capped a perfect regular season with a 56-35 victory over South Carolina (6-5) for its fifth consecutiv­e rivalry win.

• Jake Fromm threw four

touchdown passes, D’Andre Swift ran for 105 yards and host No. 5 Georgia (11-1) romped into the Southeaste­rn Conference championsh­ip game with a 45-21 victory over Georgia Tech (7-5).

• Feleipe Franks had three touchdown passes and visiting No. 13 Florida (9-3) used a punishing ground attack to end a five-game losing streak to Florida State (5-7), 41-14.

• Trace McSorley completed 12 of 22 passes for 230 yards and had a hand in three touchdowns to help host No. 15 Penn State (9-3, 6-3 Big Ten) rout Maryland (5-7, 3-6), 38-3.

• Eric Dungey ran for three touchdowns and threw for 362 yards and three more scores to lead visiting No. 19 Syracuse (9-3, 6-2 ACC) past Boston College (7-5, 4-4), 42-21.

• Clayton Thorson accounted for three touchdowns, Isaiah Browser rushed for 166 yards on 18 carries and host No. 20 Northweste­rn (8-4, 8-1 Big Ten) beat Illinois (4-8), 24-16. • Travis Homer rushed for 168 yards and a long touchdown, DeeJay Dallas ran back a punt for one of his two scores and host Miami (7-5, 4-4) closed its regular season by knocking off Pittsburgh (7-5, 6-2), 24-3.

 ?? TIMOTHY D. EASLEY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Louisville safety TreSean Smit attempts to tackle Kentucky tight end C.J. Conrad (Keystone) during the first half Nov. 24 in Louisville, Ky.
TIMOTHY D. EASLEY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Louisville safety TreSean Smit attempts to tackle Kentucky tight end C.J. Conrad (Keystone) during the first half Nov. 24 in Louisville, Ky.

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