OSU survives after Terps’ gamble fails
Maryland goes for 2, win after OT score, but comes up empty
College Park, Md. Relentlessly zipping up and down the field, ninthranked Ohio State and upstart Maryland were racking up yards and points at a dizzying pace.
Finally, the Terrapins were presented with the chance to end it — one way or another.
A gutsy decision by Maryland interim coach Matt Canada did not achieve the desired results, and the Buckeyes avoided one of the most stunning upsets in this college football season by squeezing out a 52-51 victory in overtime on Saturday.
After a 5-yard touchdown run by Dwayne Haskins gave the Buckeyes a sevenpoint lead to start overtime, Tayon Fleet-davis scored for the Terrapins. Canada opted to keep his offense on the field to attempt a 2-point conversion, and Tyrrell Pigrome’s pass to Jeshaun Jones was off target.
“It was a gut call,” Canada said. “I felt like they were scoring, we were scoring. We had the ball, we had to make one play to win. Obviously it didn’t work. I wasn’t trying to be aggressive. I was just trying to win.”
After watching his defense allow 535 yards and seven touchdowns, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer understood why Canada opted to win it right there.
“I would have probably done the same thing if I was their coach, the way they were gaining yards,” Meyer said. “I’m relieved we won.” Alabama 50, the Citadel 17: Tua Tagovailoa passed for 340 yards and three touchdowns, but No. 1 Alabama struggled for 30-plus minutes before putting away The Citadel. The Crimson Tide went into halftime tied at 10 with the FCS Bulldogs. Alabama scored two TDS in a 12-second span in a 27-point third quarter.
Clemson 35, Duke 6: Trevor Lawrence was 21 for 38 for 251 yards and two touchdowns and No. 2 Clemson overcame a slow start to beat Duke to finish a perfect Atlantic Coast Conference season.
Michigan 31, Indiana 20: Karan Higdon ran for a go-ahead touchdown early in the third quarter and Jake Moody kicked a school record six field goals for fourth-ranked Michigan. Indiana led 17-15 at halftime and finished with more yards (385) than anyone has had against Michigan’s top-ranked defense this season.
Georgia 66, Umass 27: Freshman Justin Fields threw two scoring passes and ran for another touchdown, Tyler Simmons had rushing and receiving scores to lead the No. 5 Bulldogs.
oklahoma 55, Kansas 40: Kyler Murray accounted for two of his five touchdowns in the fourth quarter to help No. 6 Oklahoma survive Kansas freshman running back Pooka Williams Jr.’s career-high 252 yards and two touchdowns in a 55-40 victory Saturday night.
oklahoma State 45, west Virginia 41: Taylor Cornelius threw a touchdown pass to Tylan Wallace with 42 seconds remaining to rally Oklahoma State. Will Grier led No. 9 West Virginia to the Oklahoma State 14, but couldn’t connect with David Sills on the final play.
LSU 42, rice 10: Joe Burrow passed for a career-high 307 yards and two touchdowns in less than three quarters for 10thranked LSU.
UCF 38, Cincinnati 13: Mckenzie Milton threw for 268 yards and accounted for four touchdowns to help No. 11 UCF remain unbeaten, extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 23 games and hand the 19th-ranked Bearcats their second loss.
texas 24, Iowa State 10:
Sam Ehlinger ran for a touchdown and passed for another before leaving with a shoulder injury, and No. 13 Texas smothered
Iowa State freshman quarterback Brock Purdy.
Utah State 29, Colorado State 24: Collin Hill’s apparent 34-yard touchdown pass to Preston Williams with no time left was negated by penalty, giving No. 14 Utah State the victory in a wild and stunning finish to a game played in snow and freezing rain.
Florida 63, Idaho 10: Feleipe Franks passed for 274 yards and three touchdowns — all in the first half — and No. 15 Florida ran up 600 total yards. The Gators had a 49-0 lead at halftime.
Penn State 20, rutgers 7: Trace Mcsorley threw two touchdown passes to tight end Pat Freiermuth and Penn State’s defense set up two touchdowns with turnovers. The 16th-rankednittany Lions beat Rutgers for the 12th straight time. Rutgers has lost 10 straight.
washington 42, oregon State 23: Jake Browning threw three touchdown passes and Myles Gaskin rushed for 135 yards in the final home game of their careers, and 17th-ranked Washington scored 28 first-quarter points and never looked back.
Kentucky 34, Middle tennessee State 23: Mike Edwards had two takeaways leading to Kentucky’s first two touchdowns, and the Wildcats made several fourth-quarter defensive stops. No. 20 Kentucky ended a two-game slide.
Utah 30, Colorado 7: Jason Shelley threw for 221 yards and two touchdowns in the snow, and No. 21 Utah moved closer to its first Pac-12 title game appearance. The Utes will win the Pac-12 South if Arizona State loses at Oregon or if the Sun Devils lose to Arizona next week.
Florida State 22, Boston College 21: Deondre Francois threw a 74-yard touchdown pass to Tamorrion Terry with 1:49 left and Florida State beat No. 22 Boston College to keep its bowl hopes alive.
Northwestern 24, Minnesota 14: Isaiah Bowser rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns and No. 24 Northwestern turned three turnovers by Minnesota quarterback Tanner Morgan into 10 points.
Mississippi State 52, Arkansas 6: The 25th-ranked Bulldogs held Arkansas to 219 total yards and MSU’S Nick Fitzgerald threw four touchdown passes and ran for another score.