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Todd Gurley, Georgia, ran for a career-high 208 yards and two touchdowns to help the No. 12 Bulldogs bounce back from an early 10-0 deficit and hold off gritty Tennessee 35-32.
Jared Goff, California, threw for 449 yards and seven touchdowns in 59-56 double-overtime win over Colorado; Sefo Liufau, Colorado, threw for 449 yards and seven touchdowns in defeat.
Deshaun Watson, Clemson, threw for 435 yards and set a school record with six touchdown passes in his first start to lead the Tigers to a 50-35 win over North Carolina.
Jameis Winston, Florida State, threw for 365 yards and four touchdowns in his return from a suspension, helping the top-ranked Seminoles rally from 17 down to beat N.C. State 56-41.
J.T. Barrett, Ohio State, passed for 330 yards and four touchdowns to lead the No. 22 Buckeyes past Cincinnati 50-28.
Tyler Varga, Yale, ran for 185 yards and five touchdowns, including from 3 yards out in overtime in a 49-43 upset of Army in the renewal of a rivalry that dates back 121 years.
Mike Nebrich, Fordham, passed for 315 yards with four touchdowns and ran for another in a 45-16 win over Holy Cross.
James Knapke, Bowling Green, threw for 443 yards and three touchdowns in a 47-42 win over Massachusetts.
Trevone Boykin, TCU, accounted for six touchdowns and 347 yards, as the Horned Frogs smothered struggling Southern Methodist 56-0.
Brandon Doughty, Western Kentucky, completed 38-of-54 passes for 387 yards with a pair touchdowns in a 36-27 victory over Navy.
Khairi Dickson, St. Francis (Pa.), ran 10 times for 157 yards and three touchdowns in an 80-0 rout of Virginia University of Lynchburg.
Numbers
17: Consecutive games lost in the SEC by Kentucky before beating Vanderbilt 17-7.
22: Consecutive games lost on the road by Western Carolina before beating Furman 35-17.
44: Years since Mississippi last started 4-0.
56: Points by TCU in its shutout victory over SMU, making it the most lopsided game in the series’ 94-game history dating to 1915.
1,205: Combined yards between California and Colorado in the Bears’ 59-56 double-overtime win.
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY – Safety Weston Steelhammer had three interceptions, and Air Force handed Boise State its worst loss since joining the Mountain West Conference in 2011, beating the Broncos 28-14 on Saturday night behind seven takeaways.
Quarterback Kale Pearson rushed for a career-best 127 yards and a touchdown and threw a touchdown pass, as the Falcons (3-1, 1-1 Mountain West) beat Boise State for the first time in three tries.
Steelhammer had two of the four interceptions thrown by Grant Hedrick before he was yanked late in the third quarter. Conference scoring leader Jay Ajayi fumbled twice.
The last time Air Force forced seven turnovers was in 1992 against Wyoming.
Boise State (3-2, 1-1 Mountain West) had lost just four league games – by a combined seven points – since joining the MWC. Its biggest loss before this was by three points – 34-31 on an overtime field goal against San Diego State last season.
Redshirt freshman Ryan Finley replaced Hedrick late in the third quarter after linebacker Jordan Pierce’s 56-yard interception return set up Will Conant’s short field goal that made it 20-0. Pierce also blocked a field goal attempt.
Jacobi Owens’ 10-yard touchdown run and Garrett Brown’s conversion catch made it 28-0 with 11:35 remaining. Owens finished with 108 yards on 24 carries but fumbled it away twice in the fourth quarter.
Finley’s 2-yard pass to Alec Dhaenens with just less than 10 minutes left allowed the Broncos to avoid their first shutout since a 58-0 washout against Washington State in 1997.
Associated Press
