Los Angeles Times

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- at South Carolina 35, North Carolina State 28: Deebo Samuel returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a score and caught two touchdown passes from Jake Bentley in the Gamecocks’ season opener.

at Missouri 72, Missouri State 43: Drew Lock set school records for touchdown passes (seven) and passing yards (521) in a game, and the Tigers racked up a school-record 815 total yards in the teams’ opener.

at No. 15 Georgia 31, Appalachia­n State 10: Freshman Jake Fromm led three first-half touchdown drives after starting quarterbac­k Jacob Eason hurt his left knee. Fromm completed 10 of 15 passes for 143 yards and a TD, and Nick Chubb ran for 96 yards and two scores. Coach Kirby Smart said more will be known about the injury on Sunday.

at No. 12 Auburn 41, Georgia Southern 7: Jarrett Stidham threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score in his debut for the Tigers, who used a smothering defense to overcome three turnovers plus an injury to tailback Kerryon Johnson and the absence of top runner Kamryn Pettway.

at No. 13 Louisiana State 27, BYU 0: Derrius Guice rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns, and the Tigers never allowed the Cougars’ offense to cross midfield.

Kentucky 24, at Southern Mississipp­i 17: Stephen Johnson threw for 176 yards and a touchdown and the Wildcats’ defense recovered two crucial fumbles in the second half.

at Mississipp­i State 49, Charleston Southern 0: Nick Fitzgerald passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Bulldogs to 555 yards of offense in their opener.

at Mississipp­i 47, South Alabama 27: Shea Patterson threw for 429 yards and four touchdowns, giving Matt Luke a successful debut as the Rebels’ head coach.

Vanderbilt 28, at Middle Tennessee 6: Kyle Shurmur threw for 296 yards and three touchdowns.

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