No. 7 Michigan holds on to beat Army in two overtimes
ANNARBOR,MICH.>> Michigan is off to awobbly start this season and Army almost took advantage. Jake Moody made a 43-yard field goal and the seventh-ranked Wolverines forced and recovered a fumble to hold on for a 24-21 double-overtime win over the Black Knights on Saturday.
TheWolverines (2-0) didn’t lead until the second extra period and would have lost at the end of regulation to the Black Knights (1-1) if Cole Talley made a 50-yard kick that was just short and to the right.
“The entire football game we made mistakes offensively— penalties, and turnovers, and turnovers on downs,” Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said. “The defense was not in the best positions, but they played great.”
Itmarked the second straight year theU.S. Military Academy nearly beat a top 10 team for the first time in more than a half century. The Black Knights pushed No. 5 Oklahoma into overtime on the road last year before losing 28-21.
“Those guys aren’t in there, ‘Oh, shucks’ and, ‘Isn’t that great, we gave them a good game?’” Army coach Jeff Monken said. “They’re heartbroken because they believed they were going to win that game.”
In overtime at the quiet Big House, Black Knights quarterback KelvinHopkins ran for ago-ahead, 6-yardtouchdownandMichigan extended the game with Zach Charbonnet’s third TD. Hopkinswas sacked and lost a fumble to end the game in the second overtime. (1) CLEMSON 24, (12) TEXAS A&M10 >> Trevor Lawrence threwfor one touchdown and ran for another and Clemson (2-0) won its record-tying 17th straight game with a dominating victory over Texas A&M (1-1).
TheAggies talked of anupset allweek and figured to be the sternest test left for the defending national champions. Instead, the Tigersmethodically made plays, stretched out drives and pressured A&M junior quarterback KellenMond into an awful showing.
The decisive win tied Clemson’s best-ever run of success that spanned the 2014 and 2015 seasons. It also left amajor question in college football: Who can stop these guys? (2) ALABAMA62, NEWMEXICOSTATE10>> Tua Tagovailoa passed for three touchdowns and ran 25 yards for a fourth, all in the first half of 2-0 Alabama’s victory over New Mexico State (0-2).
The Crimson Tide was off to the races starting with the game’s first play, when Henry Ruggs III collected a lateral and sprinted 75 yards for a touchdown. It didn’t get any better for the Aggies after that in sweltering conditions that contributed to thousands of empty seats at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
(5) OHIO STATE 42, CINCINNATI 0 >> Justin Fields passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more scores for Ohio State (2-0).
J.K. Dobbins rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns — all in the first half — as the Buckeyes dismantled Cincinnati (1-1) in coach Luke Fickell’s return to Ohio Stadium.
(13) UTAH 35, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 17 >> Tyler Huntley passed for one touchdown and ran for another and Utah (2-0) held Northern Illinois (1-1) to 69 yards in the second half. MARYLAND63,(21)SYRACUCE20>> Josh Jackson threw for 296 yards and three touchdowns for Maryland.
AnthonyMcFarland Jr. ran for two scores and caught a 6-yard TD pass from Jackson duringasparklingfirsthalf inwhichtheTerrapins (2-0) amassed 397 yards and built a 29-point lead.
The 63 pointswere themost ever byMaryland against a ranked opponent.
Tommy DeVito threw three touchdown passes for Syracuse (1-1).