Stars
Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois, threw for four touchdowns, caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score as the No. 23 Huskies reached their best start as a major program with a 59-20 victory over Eastern Michigan.
Garrett Gilbert, Southern Methodist, accounted for 635 total yards, including a school-record 538 passing, and six touchdowns to lead the Mustangs back from a 21-point deficit to beat Temple 59-49.
Desmond Roland, Oklahoma State, ran for a career-high 219 yards and four touchdowns in the 19th-ranked Cowboys’ 58-27 rout over Iowa State.
Sammy Watkins, Clemson, had a school-record 14 catches for 163 yards as the No. 9 Tigers wore down injury-riddled Maryland 40-27.
Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville, threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns, and the No. 18 Cardinals rebounded from their first loss of the season with a 34-3 rout of South Florida.
Tommy Rees, Notre Dame, showed no signs of a strained neck that knocked him out a week ago, throwing a career-high five touchdown passes to help the Fighting Irish rout Air Force 45-10.
Vernon Adams, Eastern Washington, threw for 457 yards and matched his own school record with six touchdown passes in a 42-37 victory over Montana.
Mason Mills, San Diego, threw for 407 yards to go over 10,000 for his career and had five touchdown passes in a 42-14 win over Butler.
Blake Bortles, Central Florida, threw for four touchdowns and ran for another as the No. 21 Knights routed winless Connecticut 62-17.
Terrance West, Towson, rushed for 272 yards and four touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass in a 48-32 victory over Richmond.
Ryan Howard, Central Arkansas, threw for 403 yards and four touchdowns in a 66-31 rout over Stephen F. Austin.
John O’Korn, Houston, threw for career bests of 364 yards and five touchdowns in a 49-14 rout of Rutgers.
Kameron Bryant, Appalachian State, threw for 381 yards and accounted for four touchdowns in a 38-14 win over Georgian Southern.
Tarik Cohen, North Carolina A&T, ran for 210 yards and scored his third touchdown in overtime in a 20-13 win over Florida A&M.
Drew Reed, Lafayette, threw for five touchdowns a 41-23 win over Holy Cross.
Keith Wenning, Ball State, threw five touchdown passes in a 42-24 win over Akron.
Bo Cordell, Tusculum, broke the NCAA Division II record for career yards passing in a 41-33 loss to Wingate. Cordell threw for 349 yards Saturday to increase his career total to 15,049.
Octavias McKoy, Western Connecticut State, ran for 455 yards to set an NCAA record for all-divisions in a 55-35 victory over Worcester State. McKoy scored five touchdowns in a game for the third time this season and has 23 TDs on the season.
Numbers
20: Consecutive home wins by Sam Houston State after its 44-10 rout of Northwestern State.
26: Consecutive Southern Conference games Western Carolina had lost before a 27-24 overtime win over Elon.
35: First-quarter points scored by No. 3 Florida State in its 49-17 win over North Carolina State.
42: Years since Duke beat a ranked team on the road before a 13-10 victory against No. 16 Virginia Tech.
3,494: Career yards receiving by Bryant’s Jordan Harris to break the Northeast Conference record.
Associated Press
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Former Fort Lewis College quarterback Tim Jenkins’ career is taking a turn north – north of the border.
Jenkins signed a deal this week to join the practice roster of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.
The former FLC standout spent the summer in training camp with the St. Louis Rams and appeared in one preseason game – against the Denver Broncos – before being cut.
At FLC, Jenkins threw for 8,857 passing yards and 47 touchdowns in 34 career games.
Durango Herald
