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UMass football runs wild for first win

Bilal Ally, who ran for 116 yards and three touchdowns, powered through the Georgia Southern defense in the first quarter. J. Anthony Roberts/The Republican/AP

Bilal Ally ran for 116 yards and three touchdowns, both career highs, Ross Comis threw for three touchdowns, and UMass piled up 670 yards of total offense in a 55-20 win over mistake-prone Georgia Southern on Saturday in Amherst.

Comis had scoring passes of 1, 68, and 26 yards in the first quarter as the Minutemen (1-6) opened a 21-0 lead. Ally carried the ball 16 times with scores of 19, 2, and 57 yards.

Andrew Ford also had a 43-yard scoring pass for UMass, which took the battle of winless teams.

On the first offensive snap of the game, the Eagles (0-6) gained 71 yards on a pass play but fumbled the ball away on the UMass 3.

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Overall, Georgia Southern lost three fumbles in the first quarter and only trailed, 28-7, because UMass fumbled the ball in the end zone for a touchback. That was the only thing that slowed the Minutemen as they scored on seven of eight possessions to lead, 48-17, at the half.

Marquis Young ran for 101 yards and a touchdown for the Minutemen and Brennon Dingle (88 yards), Andy Isabella (81), Adam Breneman (81), and Jessie Britt (69) each had a TD reception.

Georgia Southern finished with 291 yards and four turnovers.

Alabama 45, Tennessee 7 — Bo Scarbrough had two fourth-down touchdown runs as the No. 1 Crimson Tide (8-0, 5-0 SEC) beat the visiting Volunteers (3-4, 0-4) for the 11th straight time under coach Nick Saban.

Alabama outgained Tennessee, 604-108, in total yards even with reserves manning the offensive backfield most of the second half.

Scarbrough’s two 1-yard scores came with defensive linemen Da’Ron Payne and Quinnen Williams as lead blockers.

Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Hurts capped the opening second half drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass to tight end Irv Smith and then watched from the sidelines the rest of the way.

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The Vols did snap a streak of 12-plus quarters without a touchdown after that move. Linebacker Daniel Bituli intercepted Tua Tagovailoa’s pass and raced 97 yards down the left sideline for a touchdown.

Penn State 42, Michigan 13 — Saquon Barkley and Trace McSorley each scored three touchdowns, and the No. 2 Nittany Lions emphatically avenged its last regular-season loss with a rout of the 19th-ranked Wolverines.

Barkley set the tone the first time he touched the ball. He took a direct snap on the second play of the game and blazed 69 yards for a touchdown on his way to 161 yards from scrimmage that are a nice addition to his Heisman Trophy bid.

McSorley ran for three scores for Penn State (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten), including a darting 13-yarder in the third quarter that made it 28-13 and led the record-breaking, white-out crowd of 110,823 at Beaver Stadium to sing along to ‘‘Sweet Caroline.’’ McSorley and Barkley combined for the knock-out blow, a 42-yard TD pass with Barkley easily burning linebacker Mike McCray and then making a juggling catch to increase the lead to 35-13 early in the fourth quarter.

Michigan came in allowing 223 yards per game and 3.68 yards per play. Nittany Lions went for 506 yards and 8.3 per play.

Penn State has not lost a regular-season game since getting trounced 49-10 by Michigan (5-2, 2-2) last season. That seems like a lifetime ago in Happy Valley, where the defending Big Ten champions look even better than last year.

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Wisconsin 38, Maryland 13 — Jonathan Taylor ran for a touchdown and broke the 1,000-yard mark for the season, Alex Hornibrook passed for two scores, and the No. 5 Badgers (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) rolled over the visiting Terrapins (3-4, 1-3).

Taylor finished with 126 yards on 22 carries, a relatively ho-hum day following two straight 200-yard outings for the running back.

Playing in his seventh contest, Taylor tied a major college record shared by five other backs for fewest games by a freshman to get to 1,000 yards.

Hornibrook shook off an interception on his second attempt of the day, finishing 16 of 24 for 225 yards to balance the offense.

Miami 27, Syracuse 19 — Malik Rosier threw for 344 yards and two touchdowns, and Travis Homer’s 33-yard touchdown run with 2:48 left helped the No. 8 Hurricanes (6-0, 4-0 ACC)

turn back the visiting Orange (4-4, 2-2) and extend their winning streak to 11 games.

Miami intercepted Syracuse’s Eric Dungey four times, all in the first half.

Christopher Herndon had a career-best 10 catches for 96 yards and a touchdown for Miami. Jeff Thomas caught a 48-yard touchdown pass for the Hurricanes, who haven’t had a winning streak this long since winning 34 straight from 2000 to 2002.

Cole Murphy kicked four field goals for Syracuse, including a career-best 53-yarder with 5:23 left to get the Orange within 20-19. But Miami answered with a nine-play, 85-yard drive capped by Homer’s TD run that helped the Hurricanes escape.

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Oklahoma 42, Kansas State 35 — Rodney Anderson ran 22 yards for the go-ahead score with seven seconds remaining and Baker Mayfield threw for 410 yards and accounted for four touchdowns as the No. 9 Sooners (6-1, 3-1 Big 12)rallied for a wild road victory over the Wildcats (3-4, 1-3).

Anderson finished with 147 yards rushing for the Sooners. They trailed 21-10 at the break proceeded to shred the overmatched secondary of the Wildcats in the second half.

Kansas State sophomore Alex Delton’s first career touchdown pass with 2:25 left tied it at 35, but Mayfield and Anderson calmly went to work. The two-time Heisman Trophy finalist hit on a series of throws downfield before Anderson took a carry around the left side for the decisive score.

Making his second career start, Delton finished with 161 yards rushing and three TDs while going 12 of 14 for 144 yards through the air. Alex Barnes added 108 yards and a touchdown on just six carries.

It was the Sooners’ nation-leading 14th consecutive true road victory, and it extended their run of dominance in Manhattan. They haven’t lost to the Wildcats in their home stadium since 1996.

Oklahoma State 13, Texas 10 — Oklahoma State’s Ramon Richards intercepted a Sam Ehlinger pass in the end zone in overtime and Matt Ammendola kicked a field goal, giving the No. 10 Cowboys (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) their fifth straight win in Austin over the Longhorns (3-4, 2-2).

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The Cowboys scored the winning points on a 34-yard field goal by Ammendola on the first possession of OT. He missed a 29-yard attempt in the fourth quarter.

Texas had a first down on the Oklahoma State 12 after a pass interference penalty against A.J. Green.

Oklahoma State quarterback Masons Rudolph passed for 282 yards, but he failed to reach 300 for the first time in eight games.

Oklahoma State began the day leading the nation in total offense. The Cowboys ranked second in scoring.

Notre Dame 49, USC 14 — Brandon Wimbush passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more, Josh Adams added three touchdown runs and the No. 13 Irish advantage of three turnovers by the No. 11 Trojans to win in South Bend, Ind.

The Fighting Irish (6-1) turned all three USC turnovers into touchdowns, giving them their first victory against USC (6-2) when the Trojans were ranked since a 38-10 victory in 1995. The turnovers came on a fumble and interception by Sam Darnold and a dropped punt by Jack Jones.

Adams had an 84-yard touchdown run and finished with 191 yards on 19 carries. Wimbush ran for 106 yards on 14 carries as the Irish amassed 377 yards on the ground.

It was the fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season for Adams, quickest to 2,000 rushing yards in Notre Dame history at 316 carries. It took George Gipp 323 carries to set the mark.

It was the third 100-yard rushing game for Wimbush, coming back from missing a game with an injured right foot.

Wimbush still wasn’t sharp passing, completing 9 of 19 passes for 120 yards. But he came up with key passes when needed.

Linebacker Te'Von Coney, starting because Greer Martini injured his knee during the bye week, got the Irish going on a strip-sack of Darnold on USC’s first play from scrimmage after Darnold bobbled the snap. Wimbush threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Equanimeous St. Brown three plays later. The Irish led 28-0 at halftime, Notre Dame’s second-largest ever in the 89-game series.

Darnold completed 20 of 29 passes, but could not overcome the turnovers or USC being held to 76 yards rushing, including minus-4 in the first half. He threw two touchdown passes, the first cutting Notre Dame’s lead to 28-7.

Virginia Tech 59, North Carolina 7 — Josh Jackson threw three touchdown passes and the No. 14 Hokies (6-1, 2-1 ACC) scored on fumble, interception, and punt returns to rout the visiting Tar Heels (1-7, 0-5).

Jackson passed for 132 yards and the Hokies dominated in sending the Tar Heels to their fifth straight loss.

Off last week, Virginia Tech looked rested and focused and played that way, scoring in all three phases in the first half and bolting to a 35-0 halftime lead. Virginia Tech scored twice on defense, getting the first score of the game on defensive tackle Ricky Walker’s 12-yard fumble return.

The Hokies added Greg Stroman’s 91-yard punt return for a touchdown — his second punt return for a score this season — and defensive back Reggie Floyd’s 69-yard interception return for a score.

North Carolina only got into Virginia Tech territory three times, turned the ball over three times, and finished with just 172 yards.

South Florida 34, Tulane 28 — Quinton Flowers passed for two touchdowns, ran for 138 yards and another score, and the No. 16 Bulls (7-0, 4-0 American) extended the nation’s longest active winning streak to 12 games with a win over the host Green Wave.

South Florida also scored at least 30 points in a game for a modern-era record 24th straight time, but needed to hold on after Tulane nearly clawed back from a 27-point hole.

Jonathan Banks passed for two touchdowns for Tulane, and Dontrell Hilliard’s tackle-slipping, 16-yard touchdown run made it a one-possession game with 2:45 left. But the Green Wave (3-4, 1-2) failed to recover an onside kick and could not stop Darius Tice’s run on third down, allowing the Bulls to run out the clock and drop Tulane to its first home loss this season.

USF had never before opened a season with seven straight victories. But now first-year coach Charlie Strong can add that accomplishment to his resume, one season after being run out of Texas.

Flowers scored the game’s opening points when he eluded several defenders behind the line of scrimmage before breaking into the clear for a 21-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. His scoring passes went for 38 yards to Darnel Salomon and 28 yards Marq Scantling.

Michigan State 17, Indiana 9 — Brian Lewerke threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Felton Davis with 5:59 remaining as the No. 18 Spartans (6-1, 4-0 Big Ten) edged the visiting Hoosiers (3-4, 0-4).

Lewerke struggled for much of the game, but he was able to connect with an open Davis to the left side of the end zone. The extra point by Matt Coghlin put Michigan State ahead, 10-9.

On the next possession, the Spartans forced an Indiana punt — one of 17 the teams combined for. Then LJ Scott ran 18 yards for a touchdown for Michigan State, which may have actually helped the Hoosiers because it gave them the ball back with 1:49 remaining and a chance to tie it.

But Indiana wasn’t able to cross midfield before turning the ball over on downs.

Central Florida 31, Navy 21 — Adrian Killins ran for 122 yards and two touchdowns, McKenzie Milton passed for 233 yards, and the No. 20 the Knights beat the host Midshipmen (5-2, 3-2 AAC) for the first 6-0 start in the 39-year history of the program.

It was tied in the third quarter before Killins bolted down the right sideline for a 79-yard TD run to put the Knights (6-0, 4-0) ahead for good.

The Midshipmen kept it close, but their chances of pulling off an upset dwindled after quarterback Zach Abey was forced from the game in the third quarter. Abey was dazed from a hit to the helmet at the end of a run and had to be helped off the field.

Abey, the key figure in Navy’s triple option, carried 25 times for 126 yards and a touchdown — his school-record eighth straight 100-yard game. He also threw a touchdown pass.

His backup, Garret Lewis, directed a 75-yard drive that got the Midshipmen to 24-21 with 12:50 left.

Navy then intercepted a pass and moved inside the UCF 40 before Lewis sent a late pitch to Darryl Bonner, who fumbled when hit by cornerback Brandon Moore.

LSU 40, Mississippi 24 — Derrius Guice ran for a season-high 276 yards and a touchdown to lead the No. 24 Tigers (6-2, 3-1 SEC) over the host Rebels (3-4, 1-3).

Danny Etling threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns and coach Ed Orgeron won in his return as a head coach to Oxford. Orgeron was the Ole Miss coach for three years from 2005-07.

The 5-foot-11, 218-pound Guice ran for 126 yards in the first half, which was already good enough for his season high. It was the biggest reason the Tigers had a 13-6 by halftime and the junior was far from finished.

Ole Miss quarterback Shea Patterson — who came into the game leading the league with 2,143 yards passing — hurt his right knee during the second quarter and didn’t play the final series of the first half. He returned in the second half, but the Rebels’ offense didn’t fare much better.

Colgate 45, Holy Cross 7 — Grant Breneman threw for two touchdowns and ran in two more to lead the visiting Raiders (4-4, 2-1 Patriot) dominated the Crusaders (2-6, 1-2), notching its largest margin of victory over Holy Cross in 80 series meetings.

Breneman was 16 of 24 for 222 yards passing, including a 59-yard touchdown throw to Thomas Ives midway through the third quarter to make it 30-7. Ives finished with three receptions for 92 yards, and James Holland had 109 yards with a 1-yard touchdown as Colgate dominated with 419 total yards of offense while holding Holy Cross to 97 yards rushing and 271 overall.

Also scoring for Colgate was Nick Diaco, who snagged a 12-yard touchdown throw from Breneman for the game’s first score, and a 24-yard interception return by Dillon DeIuliis that ended the opening drive of the second half.

Peter Pujals connected with Andre Harton in the first quarter on a 7-yard touchdown for Holy Cross that tied the game at 7. Pujals was 13 of 24 for 154 yards passing with three interceptions.

UConn 20, Tulsa 14 — Bryant Shirreffs went 23 of 29 for 372 yards passing and one touchdown as the host Huskies (3-4, 2-3 AAC) scored the first 20 points to top the Golden Hurricane (2-6, 1-3).

Tulsa’s final drive started at its 12 with 51 seconds left and no timeouts. The Golden Hurricane went seven plays but UConn’s Junior Joseph broke up a pass in the end zone with no time left to seal it.

UConn’s defense had a season-high six sacks and one interception.

Hergy Mayala caught four passes for 131 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown, for UConn. He was left wide open for the TD on UConn’s longest play from scrimmage this season as Tulsa’s defense was fooled on a flea-flicker play.

Columbia 22, Dartmouth 17 — Josh Bean had two short touchdown runs and the visiting Lions (6-0, 3-0 Ivy) had two goal-line stands in the last three minutes to defeat the Big Green (5-1, 2-1) and match their best start in 21 years.

Following Bean’s second score, the Lions led, 22-7, entering the fourth quarter in the 11th meeting in conference history between undefeated teams with at least five games played. They were in position to put the game away before Bun Straton’s end zone interception on the Lions’ next possession.

Dartmouth followed with an 80-yard drive capped by Drew Estrada’s first career score, a 38-yard catch-and-run to pull to 22-17.

After a three-and-out, the Big Green drove from their 20 to the Columbia 6 before stalling out with a false start and an offensive pass interference penalty with 2:21 to play.

Another Columbia three-and-out set up Dartmouth at its 31. Jack Heneghan, who finished 21 of 36 for 331, got the Big Green to a first and goal on the 7 but was sacked by Mike Hinton on the next play as time ran out.

Cornell 34, Brown 7 — Harold Coles ran for two touchdowns and the Big Red (2-4, 2-1 Ivy) smothered the Bears (2-4, 0-3) to end a nine-game skid in the series.

Coles was one of four players to run for at least 40 yards as Cornell piled up 276 yards on the ground. Coles had 65 yards on just six carries with touchdown runs of 3 and 42 yards. Jack Gellatly had 74 yards on seven carries, Chris Walker added 66 yards on 16 attempts, and both scored on 3-yard runs.

Dalton Banks completed 19 of 26 passes for 228 yards to help Cornell gain 504 total yards.

Brown had just six first downs, 18 rushing yards, 161 yards of total offense and went 1 for 13 on third downs.

Five different players had sacks for Cornell, which last beat the Bears in 2007, also on homecoming, 38-31 in overtime.

Yale 24, Pennsylvania 19 — Kurt Rawlings connected with Christopher Williams-Lopez for a 4-yard touchdown with 4:11 remaining as the Bulldogs (5-1, 2-1 Ivy) rallied to beat the Quakers (2-4, 0-3) on the road for the first time since 2007.

Rawlings threw for 199 yards and two scores.

Yale’s Zane Dudek carried 12 times for 103 yards and a score.

The Quakers, who trailed 18-10 at the half, recovered a pair of fumbles in the fourth quarter to take a 19-18 lead. The first turnover led to Jack Soslow’s 44-yard field goal and the second resulted in a 2-yard TD run by Tre Solomon. But Rawlings led the Bulldogs on an 11-play, 80-yard drive for the winning score.

Penn senior Justin Watson caught 10 passes for 120 yards and a 23-yard touchdown reception. It was an Ivy record 16th career game with at least 100 yards receiving and he tied a school record with a TD catch in his sixth straight game.

His 27 career scores ties the school record.

UNH 40, Towson 17 — Trevor Knight threw for four touchdowns as the host Wildcats (5-2, 3-1 CAA) rolled over the Tigers (2-5, 0-4).

Knight was 19-for-30 for 197 yards passing for the Wildcats. DeUnte Chatman ran for 187 yards and two scores and Brandon Gallagher added 104 rushing yards. Overall, UNH outgained Towson, 508-279.

Chatman ran for a 26-yard score in the first quarter and Knight followed with four straight touchdown passes in the second — one each to Kieran Presley and Neil O'Connor and two to Nick Lorden — for a 33-3 halftime lead.

Chatman’s second score came early in the third, extending the Wildcats’ margin to 40-3.

Kanyia Anderson scored for Towson on a 93-yard fumble recovery return early in the fourth quarter and Ryan Stover threw a touchdown pass with 4:32 to play for the final score.

Maine 12, Albany 10 —Brandon Briggs’s second 37-yard field goal, this to start of the fourth quarter, allowed the Black Bears to escape in Albany.

The victory was Maine’s second straight Colonial Athletic Association win and first on the road. The victory was their third straight over the Great Danes.

Antoine White returned a Maine fumble 5 yards for a touchdown to get Albany on the board in the first quarter, but the Black Bears got the first of Briggs’s 37-yard field goals and a 34-yard pass from Chris Ferguson to Micah Wright to make it 9-7 at halftime.

Josh Mack, who entered the game averaging 154.4 yards per game for Maine, finished with 108 yards on 32 carries.

Elon 35, URI 34 — Davis Cheek threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns and Warren Messer made an interception in the final minute as the Phoenix (6-1, 4-0 CAA) rallied to beat the host Rams (1-6, 0-4) for their sixth straight victory.

De'Sean McNair added 126 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Corey Joyner led the Phoenix receivers with 185 yards and a score as Elon rolled up 498 yards offense.

Taking over on its own 20 with four minutes to go after Myles Ross’s end-zone interception, Rhode Island drove to the Elon 17 before JaJuan Lawson was picked off by Messer with 28 seconds left.

Matt Pires had given the Ramsa 34-28 lead late in the third quarter with a school-record 90-yard punt return. Elon took the lead back on its ensuing possession, scoring on McNair’s 1-yard run to cap a 10-play, 68-yard drive and go on to notch the program’s 500th victory.

Lawson finished with 252 yards passing and two scores, T.J. Anderson scored twice on the ground and Aaron Parker made a TD catch for the ninth straight game, extending his school record.

Central Conn. 31, Bryant 14 — Courtney Rush accounted for two touchdowns and Drew Jean-Guillaume ran for another score to lift the Blue Devils (5-3, 3-0 Northeast Conference) over the Bulldogs (2-5, 0-2) in New Britain, Conn., for their fifth straight win.

Rush ran for a 3-yard score and had a 70-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter. Jean-Guillaume finished with 123 yards rushing, including a 76-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter.

Price Wilson was 26-of-42 passing for 381 yards to lead Bryant. It was Wilson’s sixth game this season with more than 300 yards passing. Wilson connected with Tom Kennedy on a 51-yard touchdown pass, and ran for a 1-yard score in the third quarter. Kennedy had five catches for 161 yards.

College hockey

St. Cloud State 3, BC 1 — Jack Poehling, Ryan Poehling, and Mikey Eyssimont scored in the first period as the No. 3 Huskies (5-0-0) beat the visiting Eagles (1-3-1) to complete a weekend sweep.

Junior JD Dudek scored in the third period and sophomore Joseph Woll made 21 saves for the Eagles.

BU 6, UConn 3 — Junior Bobo Carpenter’s first collegiate hat trick — all on the power play — and the first two-goal game by sophomore Patrick Curry led the Terriers (3-2-1, 1-0-1 Hockey East) in Hartford.

BU, which scored twice in the opening 89 seconds, was coming off a 2-2 tie with the Huskies (2-2-2, 1-2-1) on Friday night at Agganis Arena.

Quinnipiac 3, Northeastern 2 — Junior Ryan Ruck stopped a career-high 43 shots, but Alex Whelan scored with 37.8 seconds left in overtime to send the No. 19 Bobcats (2-2-1) to a weekend sweep of the Huskies (2-2-1) at Matthews Arena.

Quinnipiac won the game in the final minute after a shot from Karlis Cukste was blocked by Adam Gaudette, but the loose puck landed on the stick of Whelan, who lifted it over Ruck.