Purdue shocks No. 2 Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Aidan O’Connell threw for 374 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, David Bell had a careerbest 240 yards receiving, and Purdue continued its recent mastery over No. 2 Iowa with a 24-7 upset Saturday.
The Boilermakers (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) have won four of their last five games against the Hawkeyes (6-1, 3-1). The loss ended Iowa’s 12-game winning streak.
Purdue beat its highest ranked opponent on the road since a victory at No. 2 Notre Dame in 1974. It was the second time in four seasons Purdue has knocked off a No. 2-ranked team. The Boilermakers won at home against second-ranked Ohio State in 2018.
O’Connell was 30 of 40 passing with two touchdowns, and he also ran for a score. He got the most work on a day when Purdue used backup quarterbacks Jack Plummer and Austin Burton in select situations.
All three were in on different plays during the Boilermakers’ first-quarter drive that ended with O’Connell’s 6-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead.
O’Connell threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to TJ Sheffield in the final minute of the first half to give Purdue a 14-7 halftime lead. He threw a 21-yard TD pass to Bell in the fourth quarter.
Bell had 11 receptions. He has a combined 37 catches for 558 yards and five touchdowns against Iowa in three seasons.
Bell didn’t know how many yards he had until he heard it from his mother after the game.
“It was definitely nice hearing it from her,” said Bell, who set a stadium record with his receiving yards.
Purdue intercepted Petras four times, the most thrown in a game by Iowa in 12 years.
NO. 1 GEORGIA 30 NO. 11 KENTUCKY 13
With the host Bulldogs playing their first game as the nation’s No. 1-ranked team since 2008, Stetson Bennett tossed three touchdown passes and the Bulldogs got another stifling defensive effort.
Bennett, starting his third straight game in place of injured JT Daniels, hooked up with freshman tight end Brock Bowers on a pair of scores.
The senior quarterback was 14 of 20 for 250 yards in another solid performance with Daniels watching from the sideline for the Bulldogs (7-0, 5-0 Southeastern Conference),
Georgia’s defense allowed two touchdowns in a game for the first time all season — the second with 4 seconds remaining after Kentucky (6-1, 4-1) called a timeout to take one last shot at punching it in from the 1.
NO. 3 CINCINNATI 56, UCF 21
Jerome Ford rushed for a career-high 189 yards and four touchdowns, helping the Bearcats (6-0, 2-0 American Athletic Conference) roll.
Desmond Ridder passed for 140 yards and a touchdown as the Bearcats extended the nation’s second-longest home winning streak to 24 games.
NO. 5 ALABAMA 49 MISSISSIPPI ST. 9
Bryce Young threw for 348 yards and four touchdowns, and the Crimson Tide rebounded from a loss to rout the Bulldogs in Starkville, Miss.
A week after falling at Texas A&M, Alabama (6-1, 3-1 SEC) had 543 yards of total offense and the Crimson Tide had seven sacks. Alabama converted 12 of 16 thirddown opportunities.
NO. 10 MICHIGAN ST. 20 INDIANA 15
Matt Coghlin’s 51-yard field goal to open the second half gave the Spartans (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) the lead, and Payton Thorne’s 12-yard touchdown pass provided the margin the Spartans needed.
The Hoosiers (2-4, 0-3) lost for the third time in four games.
NO. 13 MISSISSIPPI 31 TENNESSEE 26
The Rebels held off the host Volunteers after Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin was hit by a golf ball as Volunteers fans pelted the field with objects in the chaotic final minutes.
Ole Miss stopped Tennessee a yard shy of a first down on a fourth-and-24 pass with just over a minute left. After that play, and the review that confirmed the spot of the ball, Tennessee fans pelted the field with objects. Kiffin, who coached Tennessee
in 2009, was hit by the golf ball. Tennessee’s cheerleaders, dance team and band were ordered out of the stadium and police cleared the student section.
Play resumed after about a 20-minute delay.
Matt Corral threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 195 yards for Mississippi (5-1, 2-1 SEC). Hendon Hooker threw for 233 yards and a touchdown and for Tennessee (4-3, 2-2) and ran for 108 yards and a score.
AUBURN 38, NO. 17 ARKANSAS 23
Bo Nix threw for 292 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, Auburn’s defense contributed a score and a key fourthdown stop in the third quarter and the visiting Tigers pulled the upset.
Auburn (5-2, 2-1 SEC) won its sixth straight in the series and handed Arkansas (4-3, 1-3) its third straight loss.
UTAH 35, NO. 18 ARIZONA STATE 21
In Salt Lake City, the Sun Devils (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) were shut out in the second half after taking a 21-7 lead at halftime. Cameron Rising passed for 247 yards and two touchdowns for the Utes (4-2, 3-0).
LSU 49, NO. 20 FLORIDA 42
In Baton Rouge, La., Tyrion Davis-Price rushed for a schoolrecord 287 yards and three touchdowns, and the Tigers’ banged-up defense came up with four interceptions.
The stirring performance produced thunderous roars from a Death Valley crowd that came in with low expectations after unranked LSU (4-3, 2-2 SEC) had dropped its previous two games against Auburn and Kentucky, fueling speculation coach Ed Orgeron’s hold on his job was tenuous at best.
NO. 22 NORTH CAROLINA ST. 33 BOSTON COLLEGE 7
Devin Leary scrambled free and threw a jump pass to Thayer Thomas, who took it 79 yards for a touchdown to help the Wolfpack (5-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat the Eagles (4-2, 0-2).
Leary threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns, also completing a 40-yard scoring pass on the opening drive on a throw that bounced off the back of the defender before Devin Carter gathered it in.
NO. 9 OREGON 24, CAL 17 (FRI.)
Quarterback Anthony Brown scored on an 11-yard keeper with 4:50 left, and the ninth-ranked Ducks (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12) held off surprisingly tenacious Cal.
The Golden Bears took a 17-10 lead early in the final quarter, but Brown answered with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jaylon Redd to tie it. The Ducks pulled in front on Brown’s scamper into the end zone.
NO. 24 SAN DIEGO ST. 19
SAN JOSE STATE 13, 2OT (FRI.)
Lucas Johnson threw TD passes to Jesse Matthews in both overtime periods, and the Aztecs (6-0, 2-0 Mountain West) overcame a rough offensive showing.
Neither team scored a touchdown in regulation before Johnson delivered a 14-yard pass on the opening possession of overtime for the Aztecs.