The Reporter (Lansdale, PA)

Higdon, No. 17 Michigan survive Indiana

Mayfield, Oklahoma rally past Texas

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BLOOMINGTO­N, IND. » Karan Higdon ran 25 yards for a touchdown for No. 17 Michigan on the first play of overtime and Tyree Kinnel intercepte­d a fourth-down pass in the end zone on the final play, helping the Wolverines hold off Indiana 2720 on Saturday.

Higdon finished with 200 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries, providing most of the offense for Michigan (5-1, 1-1 Big Ten) on another day when the Wolverines struggled to sustain drives. His 59-yard touchdown run with 10:25 remaining in the fourth quarter put Michigan up 20-10.

A 53-yard punt return by Indiana’s J-Shun Harris to the Michigan 20 set up an 8-yard touchdown pass from Peyton Ramsey to Whop Philyor with 3:27 left that cut the lead to three. Griffin Oakes tied it for Indiana (3-3, 0-3) with a 46-yard field goal as time expired.

Indiana’s losing streak to Michigan is now 22 games, but the last two times the Wolverines have come to Bloomingto­n it has gone to overtime. The Hoosiers have one victory (1987) against Michigan since 1967. NO. 12 OKLAHOMA 29, TEXAS 24» Baker Mayfield threw 59 yards to Mark Andrews for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter after Oklahoma had blown a 20-point lead, and the 12thranked Sooners held on to beat Texas 29-24 on Saturday.

Mayfield’s second TD throw of more than 50 yards came 68 seconds after freshman quarterbac­k Sam Ehlinger ran 8 yards to give the Longhorns their first lead after trailing 20-0 in the second quarter.

The win kept the College Football Playoff hopes alive for the Sooners (5-1, 2-1 Big 12) a week after a stunning home loss to Iowa State when they were ranked third with a nation-leading 14-game winning streak.

Lincoln Riley, the youngest FBS head coach at 34, topped Tom Herman in the first Texas-OU matchup since 1947 with both coaches leading their teams for the first time. Bud Wilkinson, who led the Sooners to three national titles, was the losing coach in that game.

Ehlinger, the second straight freshman to start against Oklahoma for Texas (3-3, 2-1), had to be replaced by last year’s starter, Shane Buechele, on the drive after the Sooners went back in front. NO. 14 OKLAHOMA STATE 59,

BAYLOR 16 » Mason Rudolph passed for 459 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to help No. 14 Oklahoma State beat Baylor 59-16 on Saturday.

Rudolph guided an offense that gained a schoolreco­rd 747 yards. The senior got his first career win in four tries against the Bears.

Oklahoma State’s James Washington caught six passes for 235 yards and a touchdown, and he ran for a 2-yard score. It was the second-best yardage total of his career. Marcell Ateman caught four passes for 119 yards and a touchdown, and Justice Hill ran for 117 yards and a score for the Cowboys (5-1, 2-1 Big 12).

The Cowboys grabbed control with a 28-point second quarter that made it 3510 at halftime.

Terence Williams ran for 95 yards for Baylor (06, 0-3). Denzel Mims, one of the most productive receivers in the nation so far this season, was held to 20 yards on two catches. NO. 20 N.C. STATE 35, PITTSBURGH 17 » Nyheim Hines ran for an 83-yard touchdown and returned a punt 92 yards for another score on his way to 249 total yards, helping North Carolina State to its sixth straight victory.

Jaylen Samuels added a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown runs for the Wolfpack (6-1, 4-0), who matched their best Atlantic Coast Conference start since 2002 by relying on Hines early and Samuels late.

Ryan Finley completed 14 of 25 passes for 198 yards and a 3-yard touchdown to Jakobi Meyers late in the third quarter to put N.C. State ahead to stay. Finley extended his streak of consecutiv­e passes without an intercepti­on to 313, the second-longest in ACC history.

Ben DiNucci threw for 170 yards and a touchdown for Pitt (2-5, 0-3) before being replaced in the third quarter by freshman Kenny Pickett. Pickett completed 5 of 13 for 61 yards and ran for 18 yards in the first extended action of his career before DiNucci returned in the final minutes. WEST VIRGINIA 46, NO. 24

TEXAS TECH 35 » Will Grier threw four of his five touchdown passes in the second half and West Virginia overcame an 18-point deficit to get the win.

West Virginia (4-2, 2-1) beat a ranked opponent for the first time in 10 tries.

Nic Shimonek threw four first-half TD passes for Texas Tech, but the Red Raiders (4-2, 1-2) got little going after halftime and made plenty of mistakes to enable the Mountainee­rs to mount their comeback.

Ka’Raun White had fourth-quarter TD catches of 32 and 17 yards to give the Mountainee­rs their first lead, and Grier capped the scoring with an 11-yard pass to Sills with 3:23 left.

Grier completed 32 of 41 passes for 352 yards. Shimonek went 24 of 39 for 323 yards. MEPHIS 30, NO. 25 NAVY 27 » Riley Ferguson threw three touchdown passes and Memphis took advantage for five turnovers by No. 25 Navy to hand the Midshipmen their first loss 30-27 on Saturday.

Navy quarterbac­k Zach Abey ran for 146 yards for Navy (5-1, 301 American), but the Tigers held the nation’s leading running game 100 yards under its 416-yard average. He surpassed 1,000 yards rushing this season with a 28yard run late in the fourth quarter, but was responsibl­e for all five turnovers.

Memphis (5-1, 2-1) beat a Top-25 opponent for the third straight time, including two this season.

Ferguson passed for 279 yards and Anthony Miller had 10 receptions for 90 yards and two TDs.

The Tigers took a 20-19 lead on a 42-yard field goal by Riley Patterson late in the third quarter, the game’s fifth lead change. Memphis extended its lead to 27-19 by piecing together a 99-yard scoring drive early in the fourth, capped by an 8-yard TD pass to Miller.

After another 42-yard field goal by Patterson in the fourth made it 30-19, Navy trimmed to deficit to 30-27 with 3:25 to go and had one final opportunit­y in the final two minutes. But Memphis linebacker Austin Hall ended the comeback try with his second intercepti­on with 1:42 to go.

Navy rushed 36 times for 155 yards in the first half and dominated time of possession. The Midshipmen controlled the ball for 20:06 minutes of the opening half.

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