Vols need OT to beat App. State
Exactly nine years to the day after it pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college football history, Appalachian State nearly did it again.
A couple of missed kicks and an inability to recover an overtime fumble prevented the Mountaineers from getting it done.
Jalen Hurd pounced on quarterback Joshua Dobbs’ fumble in the end zone and No. 9 Tennessee overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to escape with a 20-13 victory over Appalachian State on Thursday night in Knoxville, Tenn.
Appalachian State was trying to stage a repeat of its 2007 upset of No. 5 Michigan, which marked the first time a Football Championship Subdivision program had beaten a Top 25 team. The Mountaineers have since left the FCS ranks and had their first season as a full-fledged Bowl Subdivision member last year.
Tennessee faced thirdand-goal from the 2 when Dobbs ran to his right and lost control of the ball as he tried to stretch his arms across the goal line. Hurd won the scramble for the loose ball in the end zone to give the Volunteers their only lead of the night.
Louisville 71, Charlotte 14
Lamar Jackson accounted for a school-record eight touchdowns and 405 offensive yards by halftime to help No. 19 Louisville dismantle visiting Charlotte.
Jackson, who didn’t play in the second half, broke Chris Redman’s 1998 record for combined rushing and passing TDs and tied Redman’s mark for passing TDs with six.
Jackson completed 17 of 23 passes for 286 yards and rushed 11 times for 119 yards, including a 36-yard TD run on Louisville’s opening drive. Louisville gained 663 yards overall.
S. Carolina 13, Vanerbilt 10
Elliott Fry kicked a career-long 55-yard field goal with 35 seconds left, and South Carolina rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn.
UConn 24, Maine 21
Bobby Puyol hit a 37-yard field goal with 11 seconds left and Connecticut avoided a season-opening upset against Maine from the Football Championship Subdivision in East Hartford, Conn.
UConn defensive tackle Mike Myers blocked a 47yard field-goal attempt with 1:48 to play and UConn drove 50 yards in nine plays for the winning score.
Wagner 38, St. Anselm 16
In Staten Island, junior quarterback Alex Thomson passed for 176 yards and two touchdowns, and scored on a 59-yard run, and junior running Denzel Knight rushed for 147 yards and a score to lead the Seahawks to a season-opening win.
Stony Brook 13, N. Dakota 9
In Stony Brook, Gavin Hislop blocked an Austin Dussold punt and Kyle Morgan returned it 7 yards for a touchdown to give Stony Brook a 13-9 win over North Dakota in the seasonopener.