College football roundup

Local interest

• Josh Petruccelli rushed for four touchdowns as No. 2-ranked Mount Union opened its season with a 48-7 win at No. 20-ranked Westminster. Petruccelli now has 49 career TDs at Mount. Quarterback Braxton Plunk threw for more than 300 yards and two touchdowns.

“We just picked up where we left off in the spring, and even got the run game going,” said Petruccelli, whose team won the Ohio Athletic Conference spring title. “You can see the difference the spring made for the younger offensive linemen. The whole team clicked on all cylinders and played lights out against a good Westminster team.”

• Baldwin Wallace quarterback Keagan Armitage was 17of 22passing for 208 yards, and the Yellow Jackets rushed for six touchdowns in a 45-24 win over Hampden Sydney.

• Gerald Gardner passed for 359yards and two touchdowns, as the Lake Erie College football team won at Clarion, 31-26, on Sept. 4.

• Host Notre Dame College held off Ashland, 42-35, in overtime.

• In a battle of ranked Division II teams, visiting Washington & Jefferson beat John Carroll, 21-14.

• Drew Saxton threw for 234 yards and three touchdowns as Case Western Reserve won on the road, 28-20, over the University of Rochester.

Top national

• Desmond Ridder was

20 of 25 for 295 yards and four touchdowns and host No. 8Cincinnati beat Miami (Ohio), 49-14, in the opener for both teams. The Bearcats tied the series that began in 1888 at 59-597. Ridder threw an 81-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Scott on the second play from scrimmage. It was the longest TD toss of his career.

• Ronnie Bell had a 76-yard touchdown reception and returned a punt 31 yards before being injured in host Michigan’s 47-14victory over Western Michigan. Bell was hurt on a punt return in the second quarter and kept weight off his right leg as he was helped off the field by a teammate and staff member.

• Spencer Rattler passed for 304 yards and a touchdown and No. 2 Oklahoma, playing a road game on its home field, narrowly avoided a shocking upset by holding on for a 40-35victory over Tulane.

• Looking very much like a team capable of making another run at a national title, No. 1 Alabama opened its season with a 44-14 rout of No. 14 Miami behind four touchdown passes from Bryce Young in his first college start.

• Jaquan Brisker and Ji’Ayir Brown had interceptions deep in Penn State territory in the final 21⁄2 minutes to help the No. 19Nittany Lions beat No. 12 Wisconsin, 16-10.

• Anthony Brown scored on a 30-yard quarterback keeper with 2:57 left and host No. 11Oregon beat Fresno State, 31-24.