Walsh, No. 13 Oklahoma State beat UTSA
SAN ANTONIO — New starter J.W. Walsh completed his first 10 passes, finished 24- of-27 for 326 yards and four touchdown throws as No. 13 Oklahoma State beat UTSA 56-35 on Saturday.
It’s the fourth start for the sophomore Walsh, his first this season after a quick relief performance for Clint Chelf last week. With his speedy start against a Roadrunners team entering its third season of football, Walsh led the Cowboys (2-0) to touchdowns on five of six first-half possessions.
UTSA (1-1) tied the score 7-7 when Kenny Bias scored on a 6-yard run with 4: 22 left in the first quarter. But Walsh scored from 4 yards out in the second quarter and the Cowboys led 35-7 at halftime.
No. 8 Louisville 44, Eastern Kentucky 7 At Louisville, Ky., Teddy Bridgewater threw for 397 yards and four touchdowns, and eighth-ranked Louisville routed Eastern Kentucky on a day the Cardinals’ defense just missed a shutout for a second straight week.
Linebacker Preston Brown had two sacks for Louisville, and Calvin Pryor had an interception as Louisville limited Eastern Kentucky to 76 yards total offense in the first half.
The Cardinals ( 2- 0) needed the defensive plays. Following the noon kickoff, Louisville settled for a pair of field goals from John Wallace after turnovers gave the offense short fields. The Cardinals also settled for a third field goal in the third quarter despite reaching Eastern Kentucky’s 4.
No. 23 Baylor 70, Buffalo 13 At Waco, Texas, Bryce Petty threw for 338 yards and two touchdowns, Lache Seastrunk ran for 150 yards with three scores and Baylor’s first-team offense had 576 total yards in only 11 minutes with the ball.
The starters for the Bears ( 2- 0) had eight touchdowns in their nine drives. The only non- scoring driving was when they had the ball at the end of the first half.
Baylor finished with a school-record 781 total yards and topped the 69 points scored a week earlier in what had been the most for the Bears since 1929.
No. 22 Nebraska 56, Southern Mississippi 13 At Lincoln, Neb., Stanley Jean- Baptiste and Ciante Evans returned first- quarter interceptions for touchdowns and No. 22 Nebraska made quick work of Southern Mississippi.
Taylor Martinez threw for three touchdowns and Ameer Abdullah ran for two more for the Cornhuskers, who now turn their attention to next week’s game against No. 18 UCLA.
No. 24 TCU 38, SE Louisiana 17 At Ford Worth, Texas, Trevone Boykin led three straight scoring drives after starter Casey Pachall left with an injury game, and No. 24 TCU pulled away from Southeastern Louisiana.
Pachall appeared to injure his left arm or wrist at the end of a running play late in the second quarter. Boykin ran 16 yards on the next play, and Jaden Oberkrom ended the first half with a 46-yard field goal that put the Horned Frogs (1-1) ahead 17-14.
Boykin completed a 29- yard pass to Brandon Carter on the first play of the second half, and Carter finished that drive with a 5-yard scoring run.