Kansas State rallies to shock No. 3 Oklahoma
NORMAN, OKLA. » Skylar Thompson threw for 334 yards and ran for three touchdowns and Kansas State rallied from 21 points down to stun No. 3 Oklahoma 38-35 on Saturday.
Freshman Deuce Vaughn caught four passes for 129 yards and ran for a touchdown in the Wildcats’ first road victory over a a topthree team in the AP poll. They rebounded from an opening loss to Arkansas State.
Oklahoma freshman Spencer Rattler passed for 387 yards and four touchdowns, but threw three interceptions.
Kansas State upset Oklahoma 48-41 in Manhattan last year.
Oklahoma is 1-1.
NO. 5 FLORIDA51, MISSISSIPPI 35
Kyle Pitts caught four of Kyle Trask’s six touchdown passes and Florida spoiled coach Lane Kiffin’s Mississippi debut.
Trask completed 30 of 42 passes for 416 yards, throwing touchdown passes of 1, 16, 71 and 17 yards to Pitts. The star tight end had 170 yards receiving in the season and Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.
Trask directed four consecutive touchdown drives that spanned the second and third quarters to help theGators build a 41-14 lead for the Gators (1-0 Southeastern Conference).
NO. 8 AUBURN 29, NO. 23 KENTUCKY 13
Bo Nix threw for 233 yards and three secondhalf touchdowns, including a pair to SethWilliams, and Auburn scored twice in the fourth quarter to pull away from Kentucky in the season opener.
The Tigers turned a three-quarter scare into a comfortable win by capitalizing on a late turnover and Kentucky’s failed fake punt in the lone Top 25matchup of the Southeastern Conference’s opening weekend.
Nix delivered some big plays to start an encore to a promising freshman season, especially to Williams.
He completed 16 of 27 passes and also ran for 34 yards.
NO. 13CENTRAL FLORIDA 51, EAST CAROLINA 28
Dillon Gabriel threw for 408 yards and four touchdowns to help Central Florida beat East Carolina to open its American Athletic Conference schedule.
Jaylon Robinson and Marlon Williams each had huge games as Gabriel’s top targets for the Knights (20, 1-0). Robinson had nine catches for 150 yards and two touchdowns, and Williams had a career-best 13 catches for 136 yards.
NO. 14CINCINNATI 24, NO. 22 ARMY 10
Desmond Ridder passed for 258yards andtwo touchdowns and Cincinnati beat Army in the first matchup of ranked teams at Nippert Stadium since 2008.
Army’s vaunted triple-option offense came in averaging 389.5 rushing yards, but the Bearcats held the Black Knights (2-1) to 182, including 81 by junior quarterback Christian Anderson.
The Bearcats (2- 0) rushed for 42 yards during a 60-yard scoring drive, which was capped by Alabama transfer Jerome Ford’s 4-yard TD run extending their lead to 17-7. Cincinnati sealed the victory with a 60-yard touchdown pass from Ridder to running back Gerrid Doaks with 6:55 left.
NO. 15OKLAHOMA STATE 27, WEST VIRGINIA 13
Chuba Hubbard scored on a 23-yard run with 1:17 remaining to salvage a difficult afternoon and help Oklahoma State beat West Virginia.
Sidelined for a number of key plays after fumbling on consecutive second-half possessions, Hubbard ended up with 101 yards on 22 rushes for his 12th 100-yard performance in his last 13 games. Hubbard’s backup, L.D. Brown, gained 103 yards on 11 carries, including a 66-yard touchdown run, for Oklahoma State (2-0, 1-0 Big 12).
NO. 19 LOUISIANALAFAYETTE 20, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 18
Nate Snyder hit a 53-yard field goal on the final play to lift Louisiana-Lafayette past Georgia Southern.
The Ragin’ Cajuns (3- 0, 2-0 Sun Belt) looked on the way to their first loss when Georgia Southern quarterback ShaiWerts hit Khaleb Hood with a 28-yard touchdown pass and Dalton Anderson with a 2-point conversion with 54 seconds left to give the Eagles (1-1, 0-1) an 18-17 lead.
NO. 21 PITTSBURGH 23, NO. 24 LOUISVILLE 20
Kenny Pickett threw for 220 yards and two touchdowns and Pittsburgh sacked Louisville quarterback Malik Cunningham seven times.
The Panthers moved to 3-0 for the first time since 2014 behind a relentless defense that kept the Cardinals (1-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) in check for most of the afternoon.