Seminoles backs outrun Wolf Pack
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jameis Winston accounted for three touchdowns, Florida State’s four tailbacks all scored, and the No. 10 Seminoles (2-0) routed Nevada 62-7.
Devonta Freeman ran nine times for 109 yards and a touchdown. James Wilder Jr. added 45 yards and a score.
Karlos Williams may have been the most impressive of the bunch. The former safety, who moved to offense after the opener, ran 8 times for 110 yards and 1 score. His 65-yard run made it 31-7 early in the third quarter.
Winston, who threw two touchdown passes in the first half, scored on a 10-yard run in the third. That was his final play of the day. Winston watched the final 20 minutes from the sideline.
He had a front-row seat for fourth-string tailback Ryan Green, who ended up rushing 5 times for 78 yards and 1 score.
The Seminoles were a little out of rhythm early and even trailed 7-3 in the second quarter.
Nevada (1-2) turned Winston’s first career interception into a touchdown — backup Devin Combs found Brandon Wimberly in the corner of the end zone — but the Seminoles responded in a big way.
They scored the next 59 points, including four touchdowns on their first four possessions in the third. None of the drives lasted more than two minutes, and the first two took a combined 33 seconds off the clock. In other games involving ACC teams,
Pittsburgh (1-1, 0-1) scored touchdowns on six of its first eight possessions and defeated New Mexico (1-2) 49-27 in a nonconference game at Heinz Field. … Kolton Browning threw for 315 yards and three touchdowns, and Louisiana-Monroe (2-1) stopped a late Wake Forest (1-2) rally for a 21-19 victory. … Vad Lee threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for another in his hometown, and Georgia Tech (2-0, 1-0) beat Duke (2-1, 0-1) 38-14 in Durham, N.C. … Sophomore quarterback Terrel Hunt ignited Syracuse (1-2) with five first-half touchdown drives to carry the Orange to a 54-0 rout of Wagner (1-2).
AMERICAN ATHLETIC
James paces Rutgers PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Paul James ran for 192 yards and three touchdowns and Rutgers defeated Eastern Michigan 28-10 on Saturday when the Scarlet Knights honored the paralyzed Eric LeGrand by retiring his No. 52 jersey.
It marked the first time in the 144-year history of the birthplace of college football that the university retired the number of a football player.
James made sure everyone went home happy, scoring on runs of 13, 55 and 52 yards as the Scarlet Knights (2-1) won their second in a row and handed Eastern Michigan (12) its second consecutive loss. Rutgers plays host to Arkansas on Saturday.
Quron Pratt returned a kickoff 99 yards for the Scarlet Knights, who lost starting quarterback Gary Nova to an undisclosed injury after their first series.
Ryan Brumfield scored on a 43-yard pass from Tyler Benz on a flea-flicker for Eastern Michigan and Dylan Mulder added a 39-yard field goal.
In other games involving American Athletic Conference teams, Michael Nebrich found Sam Ajala in the end zone for a 29-yard touchdown with four seconds remaining to give Fordham (3-0) a 3029 victory over Temple (0-3) at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. ... Brendon Kay was sharp in his return as the starting quarterback for Cincinnati (2-1), matching his career high with four touchdown passes in a 66-9 victory over Northwestern State. … Cory Henry scored on an early 10-yard fumble return and Jaquez Johnson led two long touchdown drives to help Florida Atlantic (1-2) beat struggling South Florida (0-3) 28-10 in Tampa, Fla. … C.J. Brown ran for 122 yards and a touchdown and threw for 277 yards and another score in East Hartford, Conn., as
Maryland (3-0) beat Connecticut (0-2)
32-21.