NO. 6 TROJANS EXTEND WINNING STREAK TO 11
ANGELES» Steven Mitchell and Deontay Burnett caught two touchdown passes apiece from Sam Darnold, and No. 6 Southern California extended its winning streak to 11 games with a bruising 42-24 victory over No. 14 Stanford on Saturday night.
Darnold went 21-of-26 with 316 yards passing for the Trojans (2-0, 1-0 Pac-12), who snapped their three-game losing streak in this California private-school rivalry. USC racked up 623 total yards and won the first Pac-12 game of the new season by beating the hard-nosed Cardinal (1-1, 0-1) at its own physical game.
Ronald Jones II rushed for 116 yards and scored a touchdown in his ninth consecutive game as USC excelled at Stanford’s traditional strengths, running the ball for 307 yards and controlling both lines of scrimmage. Turnovers and penalties by the Trojans kept it fairly close, but freshman Stephen Carr added 119 yards rushing, and Jones cartwheeled into the end zone with a clinching 23-yard TD run with 4:15 to play.
Keller Chryst passed for 172 yards and two touchdowns, while Bryce Love had a 75-yard TD run among his 160 yards rushing for the Cardinal.
In other games involving ranked teams. Jalen Hurts ran for 154 yards and two touchdowns and passed for a third score in No. 1 Alabama’s 41-10 victory over Fresno State. … Trace Mcsorley threw for three touchdowns, including Saquon Barkley’s 46-yard catch-and-run, and No. 4 Penn State pulled away from Pittsburgh for a 33-14 win. Mcsorley completed 15-of-28 passes for 164 yards. … Dante Pettis weaved his way 67 yards for a Pac-12-record seventh punt return touchdown of his career, Jake Browning threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 7 Washington rolled past Montana 63-7. … Ty Isaac ran for a careerhigh 133 yards and Wilton Speight threw two touchdowns to help No. 8 Michigan pull away and beat Cincinnati 36-14. The Wolverines led by just three points early in the second half before scoring 19 unanswered points. … Freshman Jonathan Taylor ran for 223 yards and three touchdowns, Alex Hornibrook threw for 201 yards and a score, and No. 9 Wisconsin pulled away slowly from Florida Atlantic for a 31-14 win. … Derrius Guice ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns, D.J. Chark returned a punt 65 yards for a score, and No. 12 LSU overcame bouts of sloppiness in a 45-10 victory over Chattanooga … Lamar Jackson shrugged accounted for 525 total yards and six touchdowns to help No. 17 Louisville pull away late and beat North Carolina 47-35, giving
Josh Rosen was 22-of-25 for 329 yards passing and found Darren Andrews for three of his career-high five touchdown passes as UCLA defeated Hawaii 56-23. … Former walk-on Patrick Laird ran for 191 yards and three touchdowns to help California overcome a lackluster performance with a late rally to beat lower-level Weber State 33-20. … Lexington Thomas had a career-high 190 yards rushing and three touchdowns, Armani Rogers and Devonte Boyd had the longest pass play in school history — a 94-yarder — and UNLV bounced back from one of the biggest upsets in college history with a 44-16 win over Idaho. The Rebels lost 43-40 to 45-point underdog Howard at home last weekend. … Quarterback Nate Stanley threw a 5-yard TD pass to Ihmir Smith-marsette in overtime and Iowa rallied to stun Iowa State 44-41. … Daniel Jones accounted for 413 total yards and four touchdowns, and Duke cruised to a 41-17 victory over Northwestern. Jones shook off his first interception in 202 passes, the longest in the nation. … In Division II, No. 7 Csu-pueblo lost an 18point lead in the second half and fell 24-21 at West Texas A&M. — The Associated Press