The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)
College football roundup
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.