Buechele, No. 25 SMU outlast East Carolina
DALLAS — Shane Buechele threw five touchdown passes, Xavier Jones broke one of Eric Dickerson’s school records and Southern Methodist outscored East Carolina 59-51 on Saturday.
SMU (9-1, 5-1 American Athletic) played from ahead and kept it that way in a game with more than 1,000 combined yards.
Tight end Kylen Granson caught three touchdown passes, including a 31-yarder on fourthand-20 with SMU leading 45-44 midway through the fourth quarter. Granson, a transfer from Rice, had seven receptions for 138 yards.
Buechele threw for 414 yards.
Jones, who ran for 157 yards, had three touchdowns. He has 20 total touchdowns, one more than Pro Football Hall of Famer Dickerson had in 1981.
NICHOLLS ST. 48 HOUSTON BAPTIST 27
Julien Gums ran for three touchdowns and Chase Fourcade passed for two as the Colonels won at Thibodeaux, La.
Gums carried 22 times for 104 yards. Fourcade was 17 of 23 for 294 yards.
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 37 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 20
Dawonya Tucker ran for 91 yards and three touchdowns as the Panthers won at home.
SAM HOUSTON ST. 24 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 10
Eric Schmid passed for 280 yards and a touchdown as the Bearkats overcame a 10-0 deficit to win at Abilene.
Ife Adeyi caught eight passes for 197 yards and two TDs for Sam Houston (6-4, 5-2 SLC).
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ST. 31 INCARNATE WORD 24
Xavier Gipson caught four passes for 132 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown to help the Lumberjacks win at Nacogdoches..
LOUISIANA TECH 52 NORTH TEXAS 17
J’Mar Smith passed for 263 yards and a touchdown, and the Bulldogs remained unbeaten in Conference USA play with a win at Ruston, La.
CHARLOTTE 28, UTEP 21
Chris Reynolds threw for a career-high 354 yards and two touchdowns and added 91 yards rushing to help the 49ers win at El Paso.
UTSA 24, OLD DOMINION 23
Lowell Narcisse threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Carlos Strickland to tie, and Hunter Duplessis knocked in the winning extra point as as the Roadrunners won at Norfolk, Va..
TEXAS STATE 30 SOUTH ALABAMA 28
Tyler Vitt accounted for 415 total yards and three touchdowns as the Bobcats held on for the win at San Marcos.
NORTHWESTERN ST. 34, LAMAR 13
Shelton Eppler threw four touchdown passes to lead the host Demons to a win at Natchitoches, La.