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Tajh Boyd, Clemson, threw for 377 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score in the No. 9 Tigers’ 59-10 victory over Virginia.
Braxton Miller, Ohio State, threw for 233 yards and four touchdowns as the No. 4 Buckeyes routed Purdue 56-0.
Johnathan Williams, Grambling State, accounted for seven touchdowns to lead the Tigers to their first win of the season, 47-40 over Mississippi Valley State.
Taylor Heinicke, Old Dominion, passed for 293 yards and six touchdowns in a 66-14 blowout win over Rhode Island.
B.J. Denker, Arizona, ran for three touchdowns and passed for a fourth in a 33-28 win over California.
Quinn Epperly, Princeton, set an NCAA record by opening with 29 consecutive completions and accounted for 401 total yards and six touchdowns in a 53-20 win over Cornell.
Bill Belton, Penn State, rushed for 201 yards and a touchdown in the Nittany Lions’ 24-17 win over Illinois.
Connor Shaw, South Carolina, passed for four touchdowns, and the 14th-ranked Gamecocks got five turnovers to defeat Mississippi State 34-16.
Richard Cue, South Carolina State, threw four touchdown passes and ran for 128 yards and two more scores in a 45-9 win over Savannah State.
Malcolm Brown, Texas, ran for 119 yards and four touchdowns to help the Longhorns beat Kansas 35-13.
Mike Nebrich, Fordham, threw for a school-record 524 yards in a 32-30 comeback win over Holy Cross.
John Spooney, Brown, ran for 232 yards and two touchdowns in a 27-0 win over Penn.
Rakeem Cato, Marshall, tied a career high with five touchdown passes as the Thundering Herd rolled Southern Miss 61-13.
DaMarcus James, Jacksonville State, rushed for five touchdowns in a 42-10 victory over Austin Peay.
Chuckie Looney, Marist, threw for 362 yards and five touchdowns in a 42-35 win over Jacksonville.
Andy Rice, Drake, threw a career-high five touchdown passes and ran for another score in a 56-14 rout over Morehead State.
Jimmy Garoppolo, Eastern Illinois, threw for 399 yards and four touchdowns in a 56-21 win over Tennessee Tech.
Tre Mason, Auburn, ran for 168 yards and four touchdowns to help the No. 8 Tigers give first-year coach Gus Malzahn a 35-17 win in his return to Arkansas.
Maty Mauk, Missouri, threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in the No. 10 Tigers’ 31-3 victory over Tennessee.
Vernon Adams, Eastern Washington, threw for 432 yards and five touchdowns in a 55-34 win at Idaho State.
Jameis Winston, Florida State, threw for 325 yards and a touchdown in the No. 3 Seminoles’ 41-14 victory over No. 7 Miami.
Adam Muema, San Diego State, ran for a season-high 233 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-30 victory over New Mexico.
Zach Bauman, Northern Arizona, ran for 162 yards and a touchdown in a 48-27 win over North Dakota.
Numbers
Minus-48: Rushing yards by Michigan against rival Michigan State, worst in school history.
15: Consecutive home wins by No. 14 South Carolina to match a school record.
116: Career touchdowns by Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, breaking the ACC record of 112 set by North Carolina State’s Philip Rivers.
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY – Finally given the opportunity to separate himself from the other Air Force tailbacks, Anthony LaCoste ran with it.
And ran and ran and ran.
LaCoste rushed for a career-high 263 yards and scored three touchdowns, helping the Falcons (2-7) snap a seven-game skid by holding off Army (3-6) 42-28 on Saturday.
It was a costly loss for the Black Knights in their quest for the Commander in Chief’s Trophy. The Navy Midshipmen will retain the crown, courtesy of being the defending champions and already having beaten the Falcons earlier this season. A three-way tie keeps the trophy with the past winner.
Associated Press
