CINCINNATI — Landry Jones ran an Oklahoma offense moving so fast that Cincinnati couldn’t even line up at times, throwing for 370 yards and two touchdowns, and the eighth-ranked Sooners withstood a late Bearcats rally Saturday for a 31-29 victory that kept them unbeaten.
Oklahoma (4-0) did a little of everything behind its sophomore quarterback, who completed a career-high 36 passes in 51 attempts with 1 interception. Ryan Broyles had his seventh consecutive 100-yard receiving game.
Jones’ only interception helped Cincinnati (1-3) make a late charge. Zach Collaros followed with a 36-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Woods that cut it to 24-22 with 9:45 left.
Woods then fumbled a punt at Cincinnati’s 7, setting up Jones’ clinching touchdown pass.
In other games involving Big East teams, T.J. Yates threw a go-ahead thirdquarter touchdown and North Carolina’s defense made two late stands to lead the undermanned Tar Heels to a 17-13 victory over Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J. Yates gave North Carolina (1-2) the lead with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Taylor as the Tar Heels avoided their first 0-3 start since 2003. ... Connecticut quarterback Cody Endres replaced Zach Frazer midway through Saturday’s game and led UConn to a 45-21 victory over Buffalo. Endres, who entered with the score tied at 14-14, led UConn (2-2) to scores on the first four drives of the second half. He finished 7 of 11 for 139 yards and 2 touchdowns, including a 56-yard pass to Mike Smith that gave the Huskies a 24-14 lead. Smith caught four passes for 130 yards and 1 touchdown. Ed Young had three catches, all for touchdowns, for the Bulls (1-3). ... Delone Carter ran for 172 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead host Syracuse past Colgate 42-7. It was the second consecutive victory over a team from the Football Championship Subdivision for Syracuse (3-1). ... Moise Plancher rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown, helping South Florida shrug off a slowstart to beat Western Kentucky 24-12 in Tampa, Fla., and extend the nation’s longest Football Bowl Subdivision losing streak to 24 games. Plancher scored on a 13-yard burst in the opening quarter. Richard Kelley and B.J. Daniels added touchdowns on runs of 2 and 1 yards in the third quarter for the Bulls (2-1). Western Kentucky (0-4) has been outscored 180-62 in losses to Nebraska, Kentucky, Indiana and USF.
ACC
Virginia Tech shuts out BC
BOSTON - Virginia Tech cornerback Jayron Hosley intercepted Dave Shinskie in the end zone, and linebacker Davon Morgan stopped the Boston College quarterback at the goal line as time ran out in the first half to help the Hokies shut out the Eagles 19-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams Saturday.
Tyrod Taylor completed 16 of 21 passes for 237 yards and Chris Hazley kicked four field goals for the Hokies (2-2, 1-0 ACC). It was Virginia Tech’s first shutout since 2006 and Boston College’s first at home since 1998. Boston College had only 39 yards of total offense and did not cross midfield in the second half.
Shinskie completed 11 of 25 passes for 130 yards, and was replaced by Mike Marscovetra after turning the ball over on a fumble and an interception in the second half. Shinskie also made a questionable decision at the end of the first that cost Boston College (2-1, 0-1) a field goal try.
In other games involving ACC teams, Russell Wilson passed for a career-high 368 yards and three touchdowns and North Carolina State answered Georgia Tech’s fourth-quarter rally to beat the Yellow Jackets 45-28 in Atlanta. Wilson completed 28 of 41 passes and ran for a touchdown for North Carolina State (4-0, 1-0), which scored its most points in the series with Georgia Tech (2-2, 1-1).
...Redshirt freshman Danny O’Brien threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns in his first college start, and Maryland got an 85-yard punt return from Tony Logan in a 42-28 victory over winless Florida International in College Park, Md. ... Marc Verica threw three first-half touchdown passes and Virginia had no trouble against Virginia Military Institute, winning 48-7 in Charlottesville, Va. The Cavaliers (2-1) led 31-7 at halftime. ... Brian Cobbs ran for two first-half scores and Army converted four turnovers into touchdowns to beat Duke (1-3) 35-21 in Durham, N.C. Trent Steelman threw for two scores and ran for another for the Black Knights (3-1). ... Christian Ponder threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns to Willie Haulstead and Florida State’s defense recorded its first shutout in more than two years as the Seminoles defeated Wake Forest 31-0 in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida State (3-1, 1-0) led 10-0 at halftime in a game delayed 42 minutes by lightning. Wake Forest (2-2, 1-1) came into the game averaging 43.7 points, but giving up 43 points a game.
Sports, Pages 34 on 09/26/2010