College FB Report: Mercer hammers The Citadel, wins for GMC JC and CGTC, FVSU battles in loss; Ws for GSU-boro, KSU; Clemson, South Carolina popped; SEC, ACC, South, top 25, nation
CENTRAL GEORGIA/STATE
Boxes/stat packages in bold scoreline, if available
GC JC 49, Lackawanna 34
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Central Georgia Tech 51, Gordon State 15
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Freshman QB leads Bears to rout
Delta State 21, Fort Valley State 15
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No. 18 Georgia Tech beats Temple 45-24, improves to 4-0
Dodge County’s Daylon Gordon scores his first rushing TD at Tech.
Dodge County grad Daylon Gordon scored his first touchdown in his long Tech career with a 47-yard burst in the fourth quarter, his fourth career carry as a Yellow Jacket.
Said Key: “Daylon Gordon has done an unbelievable job for the last year. He’s somebody that’s really paid his dues here. … We actually talked about it in our team meeting last night.”
Isiah Canion (Warner Robins) had 2 catches for 44 yards and a TD for Tech. Jones County grad Tyler Stewart played but recorded no stats.
GSU blitzes Black Bears with big second half
Vanderbilt 70, Georgia State 21
No. 20 Vanderbilt scores its most points in 107 years with win over Georgia State
Perry grad Cameron Brown completed 69.2 percent of his passes, going 9 for 13, for 82 yards and a score in relief of TJ Finley at quarterback. Northeast alum D-Icey Hopkins was fourth for the Panthers with 5 tackles.
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SEC
Smith’s long run, a late fumble recovery by Memphis leads Tigers to 32-31 win over Arkansas
ACC
Angeli, Syracuse upset Clemson 34-21; Dabo Swinney off to worst start of his career
Drones, Hokies roll to 38-6 win over Wofford in first game under interim coach Montgomery
Jackson, UCF power past North Carolina,
Mensah, Castle lead Duke to comeback past N.C. State
Virginia offense keeps rolling, beats Stanford
Louisville uses backup plan to beat Bowling Green
SOUTH
Dickens throws for career-high 582 yards, 6 TDS; Western Carolina beats Samford
Richmond’s Jamaal Brown rushes for career-high 153 yards in 38-14 win over VMI
McNamara, Floyd help East Tennessee State beat Elon
McAlister has 254 yards and 3 TDs receiving as TCU beats SMU 35-24 in last scheduled meeting
Johnson’s goal-line INT, pick-6 highlight BYU’s 34-13 win at East Carolina for 3-0 start
Marshall scores 21 points in the fourth quarter for a 42-28 win over Middle Tennessee
Hughes throws four touchdowns for William & Mary in 34-7 win over Charleston Southern
Meadows’ late TD run caps 21-point 4th-quarter rally in Troy’s 21-17 win over Buffalo
Barnett scores 3 TDs as James Madison rolls past Liberty
Hurst accounts for 5 touchdowns in Blue Hose’s 76-3 win over Bluefield
Jackson’s 2 rushing touchdowns lead Texas State to 35-3 rivalry win over Nicholls
Louisiana Tech jumps out early and holds on to beat Southern Miss
Rittenhouse and Sobkowicz team up in 2nd OT to give Illinois State 38-36 win over North Alabama
Kessinger’s walk-off field goal pushes Eastern Michigan over Louisiana-Lafayette
Cravens scores 5 times and Morehead St. downs Kentucky Christian
Byrum Brown’s 4 TD passes lead South Florida past South Carolina State
Grambling scores final 17 points to beat East Texas A&M
Alabama A&M defense has 2 safeties, forces 7 turnovers in 49-7 win over D-II Lane
Sacred Heart holds off late rally by Norfolk State, wins 31-28
Kerney, Howard wrestle control early and cruise to 34-7 win over Hampton
Mosley’s 5 touchdowns propel North Carolina Central over North Carolina A&T
Bethune-Cookman gets first win of the season 35-9 over DII Edward Waters
TOP 25
Nussmeier’s four touchdowns lead No. 3 LSU to a dominant 56-10 win over Southeastern Louisiana
No. 4 Miami’s defense holds Florida to 141 yards, Hurricanes ease past Gators 26-7 to move to 4-0
Moore throws career-best 4 TDs and No. 6 Oregon beats rival Oregon State
Castellanos leads No. 7 Florida St, which has school-record 498 rushing yards in rout of Kent St
Manning looks sharp with 3 TD passes and No. 8 Texas routs Sam Houston before start of SEC play
No. 11 Oklahoma’s record 10 sacks and Mateer’s late TD sink No. 22 Auburn and ex-Sooner QB Arnold
SEC Officiating acknowledges critical blunder in Oklahoma’s win over Auburn
Trinidad Chambliss leads No. 13 Mississippi past previously unbeaten Tulane
Aguilar throws for 3 TDs to lead No. 15 Tennessee over UAB
UAB defender stomps on Tennessee kicker's foot after point-after attempt
Backup QB Will Hammond sparks No. 17 Texas Tech to a 34-10 win over No. 16 Utah
No. 19 Indiana takes control quickly and overwhelms No. 9 Illinois in 63-10 victory
No. 21 Michigan uses 3 long TD runs to beat Nebraska 30-27, extend Huskers’ skid against Top 25 foes
Price’s four touchdowns power No. 24 Notre Dame to 56-30 win over Purdue
NATIONAL
Bell, Edwards each rack up over 100 yards, UConn gets by Ball State
Jones, Delaware State roll to 39-10 win over Saint Francis
21-point second-quarter swing sends Delaware past FIU
Poggi, Wolverines win one for suspended Moore
Hawkins runs for 4 TDs including game-winner and North Texas survives Army’s big rally for 45-38 win
Defending Big 12 champion Arizona State wins league opener 27-24 at Baylor on game-ending Gomez FG
Western Michigan goes for 2, beats Toledo 14-13 for first win of season
UNLV’s only lead comes on last-second Ramon Villela field goal for 41-38 win over Miami
Bangura, Brune rush for 3 TDs each and Ohio takes control in 52-35 win over FCS Gardner-Webb
Seven players score touchdowns in Harvard’s season-opening 59-7 win over Stetson
Washington has successful Big Ten debut as Maryland throttles Wisconsin
Johnson’s 97-yard pick-6 highlights Aztecs’ 34-0 rout of previously undefeated Cal
McCown throws 74-yard TD pass to Henry Jr.; UTSA stops 2-point try and beats Colorado State
Salter back as starting QB, throws 3 TD passes to help Colorado hold off Wyoming
Phillips Jr. puts himself in record book again, FCS No. 15 South Dakota defeats Drake
Seidl returns kickoff 92 yards for 1 of his 3 TDs and North Dakota routs Valparaiso
Davis, Jones run for touchdowns in Montana State’s 17-0 win over Mercyhurst