Broncos hold off Huskies’ late rally
Washington’s Cameron Van Winkle missed a 46-yard field goal with 21 seconds to play and No. 23 Boise State fended off the visiting Huskies, 16-13, on Friday night after taking a 16-0 lead.
Boise State completely dominated the first half, gaining 200 more yards than Washington, but Van Winkle kicked a 40-yard field goal and Dante Pettis’ 76-yard punt return gave the Huskies a lift.
A blocked punt set up Van Winkle’s 28-yard field goal to make it 16-13, but his final try missed wide right and the Broncos celebrated their victory over former coach Chris Petersen, who was 92-12 in eight seasons in Boise.
The Huskies had only 29 rushing yards in 22 carries.
No. 4 Baylor 56, at Southern Methodist 21: Seth Russell threw for 376 yards and five touchdowns and also ran for a score to help the Bears win their season opener.
SMU played its first game for new Coach Chad Morris, Clemson’s offensive coordinator the past four seasons. The Mustangs, who scored only 12 total points their first four games last season with a 45-0 loss at Baylor, had 21 points in the first 11⁄2 quarters, but couldn’t keep up with the Bears, who had 723 total yards.
Dual-threat quarterback Matt Davis had 166 yards passing and 115 rushing for SMU. But he was sacked on the final play of the first half with the Mustangs at the 3 and down only 28-21.
No. 5 Michigan State 37, at Western Michigan 24: Madre London ran for two touchdowns in the first several minutes of his college career to help the Spartans build a big lead they needed to hold off Western Michigan.
The Spartans (1-0) had a 27-7 lead in the second quarter and were up by 24 points in the third. The Broncos (0-1) pulled within 10 points early in the fourth by putting together two long TD drives.
The Spartans set a school record by scoring 30plus points for the ninth straight game.
at Oregon State 26, Weber State 7: True freshman Seth Collins threw a pair of touchdown passes, including a 44-yard fourth-quarter strike to Jordan Villamin, and the Beavers won in Gary Andersen’s debut as head coach.
Collins, who started both halves, is sharing quarterback duties with redshirt freshman Marcus McMaryion as the Beavers adjust to a new spread offense under Andersen, who came to Corvallis after two years in Wisconsin.
In addition to two TD passes, Collins also led the Beavers with 152 yards rushing. Garrett Owens added four field goals.
Josh Burton intercepted McMaryion for an 8-yard touchdown return late in the third quarter for Weber State’s lone score.
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Kent State and Illinois postponed their seasonopening game until Saturday after a lightning delay of almost three hours Friday night in Champaign, Ill. . ... USC transfer Max Wittek threw three touchdown passes Thursday night to lead Hawaii over Colorado, 28-20. Wittek, who was making his first start for the Rainbow Warriors, completed 19 of 38 passes for 202 yards, with two interceptions.