The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Kansas State manages to stun No. 5 Oklahoma
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Skylar Thompson and Kansas State dealt a big blow to No. 5 Oklahoma’s national title hopes.
Thompson threw for 213 yards and ran for four touchdowns, the defense did just enough against Heisman Trophy contender Jalen Hurts and the Sooners’ prolific offense, and Kansas State held on through a harrowing fourth quarter for a 4841 victory Saturday.
It wasn’t certain until Oklahoma (71, 41 Big 12) tried on onside kick with 1:45 left. The ball caromed downfield and the Sooners recovered, but a review showed one of their players touched it a yard early.
The overturned call allowed new coach Chris Klieman to run out the clock on the Wildcats’ first home win over the Sooners since 1996, and just their third win in Manhattan over a Top 10 team. It was the third consecutive week a Top 10 team lost to an unranked foe.
James Gilbert ran for 105 yards and a touchdown and Joshua Youngblood also reached the end zone to help the Wildcats (52, 22) snap the Sooners’ nationleading 22game road winning streak.
Hurts threw for 395 yards and a touchdown and ran for 95 yards and three more scores.
NO. 3 OHIO STATE 38, NO. 13 WISCONSIN 7
COLUMBUS, Ohio — J.K. Dobbins rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns, Chase Young was nearly unblockable with four sacks and Ohio State routed Wisconsin in driving rain.
Dobbins slashed Wisconsin’s topranked defense for long gains in the second half, including scoring runs of 9 and 14 yards. He outperformed Badgers Heisman Trophy contender Jonathan Taylor, who could muster only 52 yards rushing against the Buckeyes (80, 50 Big Ten) after averaging almost 137 per game coming in.
Young tied a school record for sacks in a game, including two strip sacks that led to fumbles recovered each time by linebacker Pete Werner. Justin Fields was harassed and sacked five times but was masterful at extending plays at critical times for the Buckeyes. He finished 12 for 22 for 167 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score. Wisconsin is 32 in the Big Ten and 62 overall.
NO. 6 PENN STATE 28, MICHIGAN STATE 7
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Sean Clifford threw four touchdown passes — three to Pat Freiermuth — and Penn State had little trouble shutting down Michigan State’s anemic offense.
The Nittany Lions (80, 50 Big Ten) avenged close losses to Michigan State from each of the past two seasons. The Spartans (44, 23) wrapped up a dreadful stretch in which they lost to Ohio State, Wisconsin and Penn State by a combined score of 10017.
Penn State now moves on to a surprising matchup of undefeated teams on Nov. 9 at Minnesota. The Nittany Lions had lost five of their previous six against Michigan State.
Clifford’s first touchdown pass to Freiermuth, a 16yarder, opened the scoring in the first quarter, and those same two players gave Penn State a 130 lead with a 19yard strike in the second. KJ Hamler’s 27yard TD catch with 1:20 left in the half — plus a successful 2point conversion — made it 210.
TCU 35, NO. 15 TEXAS 27
FORT WORTH, Texas — Freshman
Max Duggan threw two touchdown passes, including a tiebreaking 44yarder to Jalen Reagor the first play after one of Sam Ehlinger’s careerhigh four interceptions, and TCU beat Texas.
Duggan finished with a careerbest 273 yards passing against the Big 12’s worse pass defense and ran for a clinching score late as the Horned Frogs (43, 22 Big 12) bounced back from consecutive conference road losses. Duggan led TCU with 72 yards rushing.
Ehlinger’s first three interceptions led to 13 TCU points, and coach Tom Herman gave the Horned Frogs three more when he called timeout just before freshman Griffin Kell missed a 52yard field goal try on the final play of the first half. Kell drilled the second chance.
The Longhorns (53, 32) lost a third straight game in Fort Worth for the first time since the 1940s. It was the fifth win in six tries against Texas for the Horned Frogs, which includes their first fourgame winning streak in the series since the 1930s.
NO. 17 MINNESOTA 52, MARYLAND 10
MINNEAPOLIS — Rodney Smith ran for 103 yards to become Minnesota’s career leader in allpurpose yards, and Seth Green had two touchdown runs.
Tanner Morgan was 12of21 passing for 138 yards and two touchdowns to help the Gophers (80, 50 Big Ten) reach 80 for the first time since 1941. Minnesota has the nation’s fourthlongest winning streak at 10, trailing Clemson, Ohio State and Appalachian State.
The Gophers were national champions when they started 80 in 1941. The 50 start in conference play is their first since 1961, the last year they earned a trip to the Rose Bowl.
Maryland (35, 14) lost for the fifth time in six games.
NO. 20 IOWA 20, NORTHWESTERN 0
EVANSTON, Ill. — Nate Stanley passed for 179 yards and a touchdown and Iowa allowed just 202 yards of total offense.
The Hawkeyes (62, 32 Big Ten) had their second shutout of the season and fourth in two years. Northwestern’s deepest advance into Iowa territory was the 28 late in the third quarter.
Northwestern (16, 05) was lost five in a row.
NO. 21 APPALACHIAN STATE 30, SOUTH ALABAMA 0
MOBILE, Ala. — Zac Thomas had a successful return to his home state, passing for 132 yards and a touchdown to help Appalachian State run its winning streak to 13.
Appalachian State (70, 40 Sun Belt) put on an overwhelming defensive performance at rainsoaked LaddPebbles Stadium. When the Mountaineers took a 230 lead with 3:45 left in the third quarter, South Alabama had not run a play beyond midfield and had gained only 43 yards and one first down on 32 offensive snaps. The Jaguars (17, 04) were held to a seasonlow 139 total yards.
OKLAHOMA STATE 34, NO. 23 IOWA STATE 27
AMES, Iowa — Freshman Spencer Sanders threw for 249 yards and two touchdowns and Oklahoma State snapped Iowa State’s threegame winning streak.
Chuba Hubbard had 116 yards rushing for the Cowboys (53, 23 Big 12). Malcolm Rodriguez gave Oklahoma State a 3427 lead with 6:47 to go on an interception he returned 26 yards for a touchdown.
Iowa State dropped to 32 in the Big 12 and 53 overall.