Stars
A.J. McCarron, Alabama, threw for 334 yards and four touchdowns, helping the top-ranked Crimson Tide beat No. 6 Texas A&M 49-42.
Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, threw for a career-best 464 yards and five touchdowns in the Aggies’ 49-42 loss to Alabama.
Marcus Mariota, Oregon, threw for a career-high 456 yards and four touchdowns, and the No. 2 Ducks handed Tennessee its first loss of the season, 59-14.
Blake Bell, Oklahoma, passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns in his first start as quarterback in the No. 14 Sooners’ 51-20 win over Tulsa.
Brett Hundley, UCLA, threw three touchdown passes in the third quarter, and the No. 16 Bruins came back from an 18-point deficit to defeat No. 23 Nebraska 41-21 in a monumental Cornhusker collapse at Memorial Stadium.
Kevin Hogan, Stanford, threw for three touchdowns to help the No. 5 Cardinal beat Army 34-20.
Ford Childress, West Virginia, threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns in his college debut, leading the Mountaineers to a 41-7 win over Georgia State.
Connor Cook, Michigan State, threw four touchdown passes in the first half, and the Spartans’ offense finally looked smooth in a 55-17 victory over Youngstown State.
Mike Perish, Indiana State, threw for a career-high 379 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score in a 70-7 victory over Quincy.
Vad Lee, Georgia Tech, threw a career-high four touchdowns and ran for another in a 38-14 win over Duke.
Shaq Barrett, Colorado State, blocked two field goals in leading the Rams to a 34-17 victory over Cal Poly.
Marcus Wasilewski, Maine, threw for four touchdowns and ran for another in a 35-22 win over Bryant.
Kieran McDonagh, Portland State, passed for a career-high 377 yards in a 43-6 win over Humboldt State.
Numbers
16: Consecutive games with a touchdown pass for Oregon’s Marcus Mariota.
18: Points UCLA was behind before rallying to beat Nebraska, the most by a Huskers’ opponent in Lincoln since Washington State erased a 20-0 halftime deficit to win 21-20 in 1920.
32: Years since a Southern California running back opened with three consecutive 100-yard games before Tre Madden did it this season.
92: Points in Navy’s first two games, its most since opening the 1975 season with victories over Virginia (42-14) and UConn (55-7).
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Minnesota coach Jerry Kill suffered another game-day seizure – at halftime while the Gophers were playing Western Illinois – and was taken to a local hospital as a precaution.
But the Gophers, used to this by now, carried on and pulled away for a 29-12 victory. Afterward, despite the unavoidably distracting absence of the boss, they again said they’re not concerned about his health.
Kill was at home and resting comfortably two hours after the game, according to the university. Taken away on a stretcher, after he writhed back and forth on the ground for several minutes with the Gophers in the locker room clinging to a 7-6 lead, Kill went to the hospital to ensure proper medication levels, according to spokesman Chris Werle.
Kill has worked with doctors to bring his seizures under better control with medication, rest, nutrition and exercise, but the stress of a game day is hard to avoid.
Associated Press
