’CUSE-ING ALONG
Orange beat Florida St. for first time since 1966
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Tommy DeVito scored on a 3-yard run and hit tight end Ravian Pierce with a 3yard score, and Syracuse overcame an injury to starting quarterback Eric Dungey to beat Florida State 30-7 on Saturday in the sweltering heat of the Carrier Dome.
Dungey was hurt late in the second quarter after a late hit to the helmet and never returned as the Orange took a slim 6-0 lead into the break.
Last year in Tallahassee, Dungey suffered a broken right foot on the Orange's fourth play from scrimmage, sat out most of the first half, and returned to nearly lead Syracuse to an upset. He accounted for 387 yards of Syracuse's offense and all three touchdowns, but the Seminoles escaped with a 27-24 victory.
Dungey, the team's fiery leader, never returned on this day and it didn't matter as DeVito, a redshirt freshman with scant experience, exhibited great poise in guiding the Orange (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) in the second half as they snapped a five-game conference losing streak.
Florida State (1-2, 0-2) finished with 240 yards offensively and prevented the shutout on a 2-yard run by quarterback Deondre Francois with 6:16 to play. The Seminoles were 4-0 in the Carrier Dome entering the game and had won 10 straight games in the series since 1966.
NO. 8 NOTRE DAME 22, VANDERBILT 17
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — On a day when Notre Dame's offense remained a work in progress, the Fighting Irish got another big play from its defense to hold off upsetminded Vanderbilt.
Safety Jalen Elliott knocked the ball loose from Vanderbilt receiver Kalija Lipscomb with 1:07 remaining to give Notre Dame a fourth-down stop against the Commodores. Last week, Elliott had a pair of interceptions in 3-0 Notre Dame's win over Ball State.
Kyle Shurmur, the son of Giants coach Pat Shrumer, threw for 326 yards and one touchdown for Vanderbilt (2-1), rallying his team back from a 16-3 halftime deficit. His fourth-and-4 pass from the Notre Dame 31 to Lipscomb, who caught a gamehigh 11 passes for 89 yards, was grabbed by the receiver at the Irish 11. But Elliott, with some help from the ground, knocked the ball loose and incomplete.
“I threw it a little high to him (Lipscomb) and he had to make a great play, but it just didn't shake out our way,” Shurmur said.
BYU 24, NO. 6 WISCONSIN 21
MADISON, Wis.— BYU coach Kalani Sitake viewed Wisconsin's brand of smashmouth football as a blueprint for success.
The Cougars followed the plan to perfection Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
Squally Canada ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns and BYU handed mistakeprone Wisconsin its first nonconference home loss since 2003.
BYU gave sixth-ranked Wisconsin fits on motion plays and sweeps. The Cougars (2-1) tossed in a trick play , too, when receiver Aleva Hifo found open tight end Moroni Laulu-Pututau for a 31-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. Sitake was so happy with the toughness of his team that he gave the game ball to his strength and conditioning coaches.
“I talked about how much I admire the (Wisconsin) program, the tradition and the smashmouth football that they play,” Sitake said. “But (BYU's) players were gritty and they played hard and with a lot of toughness.”
Wisconsin (2-1) had one last chance to avoid an upset with a drive that started with 3:55 left at the 8. But normally reliable senior kicker Rafael Gaglianone's 42-yard field goal attempt to tie with 41 seconds left went wide left .