Gabriel throws 4 TD passes, No. 17 UCF routs Stanford
ORLANDO, FLA. >> Freshman Dillon Gabriel threw for 347 yards and four touchdowns in his second college start, leading No. 17 UCF to a 45-27 rout of Stanford on Saturday.
The Knights (3-0) scored on six of seven possessions, building a 31-point halftime lead in what was expected to be a much tougher test for the two-time defending American Athletic Conference champions.
Gabriel completed 22 of 30 passes, including TD throws of 28 yards to Marlon Williams, 38 yards to Tre Nixon, 38 yards to Gabriel Davis and 1-yard to Jake Hescook. Greg McCrae rushed for109 yards and one touchdown for UCF, which has won 25 consecutive regular-season games and 28 of 29 overall since the start of 2017.
Stanford (1-2), which tumbled out of the Top 25 after losing 45-20 at Southern California the previous week, yielded four touchdowns in the opening quarter and 413 yards total offense in the first half alone. (2) ALABAMA 47, SOUTH CAROLINA 23 >> Tua Tagovailoa threw for a career-high 444 yards and tied his personal best with five TDs to help Alabama (3-0, 1-0) open SEC play with a win over South Carolina (1-2, 0-1).
Coach Nick Saban improved to 12-1 at Alabama in SEC openers and wiped away some bad memories of his last visit to Williams-Brice Stadium nine years ago.
Sabban reminded his players of the Tide’s previous game here in 2010 when the topranked Tide were soundly beaten 35-21. (3)GEORGIA 55, ARKANSAS STATE 0 >> Jake Fromm threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns before taking the rest of the day off, Georgia’s defense turned in a dominating performance and the Bulldogs (3-0) romped over Arkansas State (1-2).
(6) OHIO STATE 51, INDIANA 10 >> J.K. Dobbins ran for 193 yards and scored twice, Justin Fields threw three TD passes and Ohio State (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) routed Indiana (2-1, 0-1). (7) NOTRE DAME 66, NEW MEXICO 14 >> Ian Book threw a career-high five touchdown passes and (2-0) Notre Dame’s defense came up with three first-half interceptions against New Mexico (1-1) in its final tuneup before a showdown at Georgia. (11) UTAH 31, IDAHO STATE 0 >> Tyler Huntley threw for 282 yards and three touchdowns and Zach Moss ran for 106 yards and another score in (3-0) Utah’s victory over Idaho State (1-1).
ARIZONA STATE 10, (18) MICHIGAN STATE 7 >> Eno Benjamin reached the ball to the goal line for a 1-yard touchdown run with 50 seconds remaining, and Arizona State (3-0) beat Michigan State (2-1) after the Spartans had a tying field goal negated for having too many men on the field.
Matt Coghlin’s 42-yard kick appeared to have tied it with 6 seconds remaining, but a replay showed too many men on the field for Michigan State, which had rushed the field goal team on in a disorganized fashion.
BYU 30, (24) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 27, >> Dayan Ghanwoloku intercepted a tipped pass in overtime after Jake Oldroyd kicked a 43-yard field to give BYU (2-1) the lead, and the Cougars beat Southern California (2-1) for their second straight OT victory over a traditional power program.