Fitzgerald field goal lifts FSU past Syracuse
Ryan Fitzgerald made a 34-yard field-goal as time expired to lift Florida State to its first win of the season, 33-30 over Syracuse on Saturday.
Jordan Travis had runs of 33 and 25 on a drive in the final minute to set up Fitzgerald’s kick. Travis had 19 rushes for 113 yards for the Seminoles (1-4, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Travis completed 22 of 32 passes for 131 yards, including touchdown passes to Camren McDonald and Keyshawn Helton.
Garrett Shrader ran 16 times for 137 yards and Sean Tucker had 24 carries for 102 yards as Syracuse (3-2, 0-1) averaged 6 yards per carry.
Florida State’s defense bent but held Syracuse to just 2 of 12 on third-down conversions. The Orange were also 0 for 3 on fourth-down conversions, including linebacker Kalen DeLoach’s goal-line stop in the third quarter.
Navy 34, UCF 30: Tai Lavatai returned from a two-game injury absence to lead Navy back from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit and a 34-30 win over UCF at Annapolis, Maryland, for the Midshipmen’s first victory this season.
With Navy trailing 3027, Diego Fabot knocked the ball out of Brandon Johnson’s hands after a 20-yard reception and Taylor Robinson recovered at the Navy 47. Eleven plays and over five minutes later, Isaac Ruoss ran in from the 4-yard line to give the Midshipmen the lead with 3:09 left.
UCF quickly went down the field down to the
Navy 12, but Robinson, who dropped a would-be interception two plays earlier, came up with a pick in the end zone on fourth down with 24 seconds remaining.
The victory was the first for Navy (1-3, 1-1) in three meetings with the Knights (2-2, 0-1) since joining the American Athletic Conference in 2015, the final league team the Midshipmen were winless against.
Bijan Nichols kicked his second field goal and Lavatai, who missed the previous two games, ran for his second touchdown of the game after Navy entered the fourth quarter trailing 30-17.
Lavatai and Ruoss had 21 carries each as Navy ran for 348 yards led by 85 from Carlinos Acie.
Daniel Taylor recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a Navy TD in the first half.
UCF freshman Mikey Keene, making his first start in place of the injured Dillon Gabriel, was 16-of-26 passing for 178 yards and two TDs to Johnson.lede
South Carolina State 42, Bethune-Cookman 35: Donte Anthony and Kendrel Flowers both ran for two touchdowns and the host Bulldogs (1-3) built a big lead before holding on to beat the Wildcats (0-5) in a battle of winless teams. Bethune-Cookman had 359 yards with Kahlil Overtin picking up 131 on just eight rushes.