Book leads Notre Dame past North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.—Ian Book kept No .2 Notre Dame' s offense moving while the Fighting Irish defense locked down Sam Howell and No. 25 North Carolina' s potent offense for the final three quarters on a 31-17 victory on Friday.
Book threw for 279 yards and a score and ran for 48 yards for the Fighting Irish (9-0, 8- 0 ACC, No. 2 CFP), using his mobility and elusiveness to keep plays alive on a night when both offenses frequently faced long fields.
Receiver Ben Skowronek got Notre Dame its first lead with his 13-yard run around the right side midway through the third quarter. Kyren Williams ran for 124 yards -- including a 47- yard er with about 5½ minutes left as the Irish burned clock and sealed the game.
IOWA 26, NEBRASKA 20:
Tyler Goodson ran for 87 of his 111 yards in the second half and Zach VanValkenburg recovered Adrian Martinez's late fumble to secure Iowa's 26-20 win over Nebraska. The Hawkeyes (4-2, 4-2 Big Ten) extended their win streak to four games and have beaten the Cornhuskers (1-4, 1-4) six years in a row. Iowa was looking to add to its six-point lead when Keith Duncan's 51-yard fieldgoal attempt bounced off the cross bar with 2:02 left. The Cornhuskers then drove from their 32 to the Iowa 39 before Martinez fumbled under pressure. Iowa ran out the last 1:18.
LIBERTY 45, UMASS 0: Malik Willis passed for three touchdowns in the first half and Liberty blanked winless UMass on Friday, rebounding from a stinging onepoint loss in its previous game. Liberty (9-1), which outgained the Minutemen 629 yards to 227, scored touchdowns on four straight drives and added a field goal in the waning seconds of the first half to build a 31-0 halftime lead, adding another field goal and two more TDs on five second-half possessions.
VANDERBILT: Women's soccer player Sarah Fuller will don a football uniform Saturday for Vanderbilt and is poised to become the first woman to play in a Power 5 game when the Commodores visit Missouri. A senior from Wylie, Texas, Fuller made three saves last weekend as Vanderbilt upset topseeded Arkansas 3-1 in women's soccer to capture the program's first Southeastern Conference Tournament title since 1994. COVID-19 protocols and restrictions have left coach Derek Mason with a limited number of specialists available against Missouri. That's why he reached out to soccer coach Darren Ambrose for some help.
OHIO STATE: Coach Ryan Day has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be with the Buckeyes if they play at Illinois on Saturday. The game was against the Illini was still on, but the Buckeyes were not traveling on Friday as originally scheduled. Buckeyes veteran defensive line coach Larry Johnson will act as interim coach with Day unavailable.