CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Lamar Jackson floated a 29-yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Smith with 13 seconds remaining and No. 5 Louisville survived a frenetic finish to beat Virginia 32-25 on Saturday.
Jackson's fourth touchdown pass kept the Cardinals (7-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) in the College Football Playoff picture, and couldn't have hurt the Heisman Trophy frontrunner's candidacy. Virginia (2-6, 1-3) had scored with 1:57 remaining and used a 2-point conversion to take a 25-24 lead.
Jackson did not have one of his best days, getting sacked five times and turning the ball over twice, but on the final drive he was flawless: Jackson ran for 18 yards, hit Cole Hikutini in traffic for 5 yards on fourth-and-3 and ran twice more for 16 yards before hitting Smith in the end zone.
In other games involving ACC teams Saturday, Justin Thomas ran and threw for a combined 459 yards with four touchdowns and Georgia Tech (5-3, 2-3) beat Duke (3-5, 0-4) 38-35. ... Running back Davon Jones threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Sweeney with 4:43 left, and Boston College (4-4, 1-4) earned its first ACC victory since 2014 by beating North Carolina State (4-4, 1-3) 21-14. ... Ahmad Bradshaw scored on an 11-yard keeper with 11:45 left to help Army (5-3) beat Wake Forest (5-3) 21-13. ... Justin Yoon kicked a 23-field goal with 30 seconds left to give Notre Dame (3-5) a 30-27 victory over Miami (4-4).
Sports on 10/30/2016