Stars
Maty Mauk, Missouri, threw for 325 yards and five touchdowns, and the No. 24 Tigers gave head coach Gary Pinkel a win against his former program, Toledo, 49-24.
Travis Wilson, Utah, threw a career-high five touchdowns to power the Utes over Fresno State 59-27.
David Cobb, Minnesota, ran for a career-high 220 yards and two touchdowns, and the Gophers outlasted Middle Tennessee 35-24.
Cyler Miles, Washington, ran for three touchdowns rushing and threw for another in his season debut at quarterback in a wild 59-52 win over Eastern Washington.
Vernon Adams Jr., Eastern Washington, threw for a career-high 475 yards and seven touchdowns in the loss to Washington.
Sefo Liufau, Colorado, threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns, as the Buffaloes overcame an 11-point third-quarter deficit to beat Massachusetts 41-38.
Herb Walker, Morgan State, ran for a career-high 271 yards in a 29-26 loss to Holy Cross.
Jared Goff, California, matched his career high of four touchdown passes to help the Bears beat Sacramento State 55-14.
Dak Prescott, Mississippi State, accounted for 322 total yards and five touchdowns in a 47-34 win over Alabama-Birmingham.
John Robertson, Villanova, threw for 216 yards, ran for 61 and had four touchdowns in a 50-6 win over Fordham.
Keenan Reynolds, Navy, ran for 173 yards and two touchdowns to help the Midshipmen hold on for a 31-24 victory over Temple.
Numbers
2: Wins for Cal after beating Sacramento State 55-14, doubling the Bears’ win total from last season.
16: Consecutive true road victories by Northern Illinois, longest in the nation.
725: Total yards by Clemson in its 73-7 win over South Carolina State.
1,109: Combined yards in Washington’s 59-52 win over Eastern Washington.
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All of the emotions Southern California had been lacking the last few years finally came pouring out on the road, against a rival and in front of a national television audience – sometimes even a bit too much.
Few things looked pretty for the Trojans in Week 2 except for the final score: USC 13, Stanford 10.
A game that featured an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on USC head coach Steve Sarkisian for standing too close to the field, cornerback Hayes Pullard getting ejected for targeting and athletic director Pat Haden yelling at officials in a weird and wild sideline scene, ended with USC making all the big plays on the field in the closing moments.
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The early games in Week 2 of the college football season felt an awful lot like March Madness, filled with upsets, near upsets and wild momentum swings.
Central Michigan had perhaps the biggest upset with a stunning 38-17 rout over Purdue for its second win in three seasons against a Big Ten foe.
Another Big Ten school, Illinois, trailed Western Kentucky in the second half before pulling out an eight-point win, and No. 8 Wisconsin led just 9-3 over Western Illinois at halftime before pulling away in the second half.
No. 19 Nebraska had trouble with McNeese State until Ameer Abdullah late-game heroics for a 31-24 victory. No. 20 Kansas State struggled all day against Iowa State before Jake Waters ran for an 8-yard touchdown with 90 seconds left for a 32-28 victory.
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