Young hurt in Alabama victory
After quarterback Bryce Young — the Heisman Trophy winner last season — was knocked out of the game with a shoulder injury in the second quarter, No. 2 Alabama turned to backup Jalen Milroe and running back Jahmyr Gibbs to pull away from No. 20 Arkansas 49-26 on Saturday in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Young left with 10:34 left in the second quarter with what Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban called a sprained right (throwing) shoulder and didn’t return. Young was on the sideline in uniform for the second half.
‘‘Bryce has a little AC sprain in his shoulder,’’ Saban said. ‘‘I think he’s OK. He doesn’t have a serious injury. We didn’t think it was. He couldn’t go back in the game today because I didn’t think he had much steam throwing the ball.’’
Alabama (5-0 overall, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) led 14-0 when Young was hurt. Milroe then led the Tide to touchdowns on his first two drives to open a 28-0 lead.
But the Razorbacks (3-2, 1-2) scored the next 23 points and held Alabama to minus-1 yard in the third quarter before Milroe restored order for the Tide in the fourth. His 77-yard scramble on third-and-15 put Alabama on the Arkansas 3, and Jase McClellan scored three plays later.
Then after the Tide forced the Razorbacks to punt, Gibbs ran 73 yards to the end zone on the next play to give Alabama a 19-point lead.
Milroe was 4-for-9 for 65 yards and a touchdown and ran for 91 yards and two more scores. Gibbs ran for 206 yards and two touchdowns.
Georgia 26, Missouri 22
Daijun Edwards plunged into the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown with just more than four minutes left, enabling the No. 1 Bulldogs (5-0, 2-0) to complete a rally from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and slip past the Tigers (2-3, 0-2) in a Southeastern Conference game in Columbia, Missouri.
Kendall Milton also scored in the fourth quarter for Georgia, which trailed almost the entire way before finally solving its red-zone woes just in time to avoid the upset.
Jack Podlesny kicked four field goals for the Bulldogs and Harrison Mevis five for Missouri, which was a 30-point underdog.
Clemson 30, N.C. State 20
DJ Uiagalelei ran for two touchdowns and threw for a third, and the No. 5 Tigers (5-0, 3-0) won their 37th consecutive home game with an Atlantic Coast Conference victory against the No. 10 Wolfpack (4-1, 0-1) in Death Valley.
Clemson has won its first five games for the seventh time in the last eight seasons and completed a two-week stretch in which it bested the teams thought most likely to block its return to the top of the ACC Atlantic. The Tigers won at No. 22 Wake Forest 51-45 in overtime Sept. 24.
Mississippi 22, Kentucky 19
Austin Keys and Jared Ivey each forced fumbles in the red zone in the last three minutes, and the No. 14 Rebels (5-0, 1-0) edged the No. 7 Wildcats (4-1, 1-1) in Southeastern Conference play in Oxford, Mississippi.
Keys and Ivey forced Kentucky quarterback Will Levis to fumble on consecutive possessions, with AJ Finley and Tavius Robinson recovering, respectively. Both plays stopped potential go-ahead drives and preserved Mississippi’s lead.
Wake Forest 31, Florida State 21
Sam Hartman threw for 234 yards and two touchdowns, Justice Ellison ran for 114 yards and another and the No. 22 Demon Deacons (4-1, 1-1) topped the No. 23 Seminoles (4-1, 2-1) in an Atlantic Coast Conference game in Tallahassee, Florida.