Minnesota 24, No. 2 Penn State 23
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| Freshman kicker Dan Nystrom powered home a 32-yard field goal as time expired after Minnesota converted a miracle 4th-and-16 with a diving catch off a desperation pass. |
Gophers WR Arland Bruce, who dove to catch Billy Cockerham's 27-yard pass -- after it deflected off Ron Johnson's hands -- to give Minnesota a first down at the Penn State 13 with 1:22 left. |
Minnesota (6-3, 3-3 Big Ten): vs. Indiana
Penn State (9-1, 5-1): vs. Michigan
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No. 3 Virginia Tech 22, West Virginia 20
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| Shayne Graham calmly nailed a 44-yard field goal as time expired to keep the Hokies' dreams of a perfect season alive. |
Tech QB Michael Vick, who drove the Hokies from their own 16-yard line into field-goal range with a combination of his strong arm and fleet feet. |
Virginia Tech (8-0, 4-0): vs. Miami (Fla.)
West Virginia (3-6, 2-3): at Boston College
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No. 4 Tennessee 38, Notre Dame 14
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| Notre Dame found a team that wouldn't blow a big lead. Tennessee pushed a 17-7 hafltime lead to 31-7 with three minutes left in the third quarter. |
Tennessee QB Tee Martin. He completed 18 of 32 passes for 196 yards and three TDs and had a 14-yard bootleg to cap Tennessee's scoring. |
Tennessee (7-1): at Arkansas
Notre Dame (5-4): at Pittsburgh
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No. 5 Florida 13, Vanderbilt 6
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| Greg Zolman's pass fell incomplete on 4th-and-four with less than a minute left after Vandy had driven from their 16-yard line to the Gators' 19. |
Florida RB Earnest Graham, who came off the bench to gain 124 yards on 16 carries -- nearly half of Florida's meager 269 yards of total offense. |
Florida (8-1, 6-1 SEC): at South Carolina
Vanderbilt (5-4, 2-4): vs. Kentucky
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No. 6 Kansas State 20, Colorado 14
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| Colorado QB Mike Moschetti missed on fourth-and-6
with 1:36 remaining after the Buffaloes had rallied from a 20-0 deficit. |
Kansas State S Lamar Chapman, who intercepted two passes. K-State needed a big defensive effort because it mustered little in the way of offense. |
Kansas State (9-0, 6-0 Big 12): at Nebraska
Colorado (5-4, 4-2): at Baylor
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Virginia 45, No. 7 Georgia Tech 38
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| Virginia gave the ball to Thomas Jones and he ran out the clock. After going up by 14 with 3:36 left, the Cavs saw the lead cut to seven but Tech couldn't get the ball back. |
Jones, who might have worked his way into a Heisman invitation. Jones bulled his way to 213 yards on 39 carries, scoring TDs on runs of 10 and 35 yards. |
Virginia (5-4, 4-3 ACC): vs. Buffalo
Georgia Tech (6-2, 4-2): vs. Clemson
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No. 8 Mississippi State 23, Kentucky 22
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| Bulldogs kicker Scott Westerfield split the uprights on a 45-yard field goal try with five seconds left, capping a 53-yard drive in the game's final 1:30. |
Kentucky TE James Whalen. His team lost, but Whalen set a single-season record for tight ends -- catching 11 passes to reach 78 for the year. |
Mississippi State (8-0, 5-0 SEC): at Alabama
Kentucky (5-4, 3-3): at Vanderbilt
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No. 9 Nebraska 37, No. 18 Texas A&M 0
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| Texas A&M's missed the flight to Lincoln. The Aggies mustered just 118 total yards (four in the first quarter) and had two field goals blocked in suffering their first shutout in 11 years. |
Eric Crouch and Dan Alexander, who each rushed for more than 100 yards and a TD. Crouch gained 135 yards on 15 carries; Alexander 135 yards on 20 carries. |
Nebraska (8-1, 5-1 Big 12): vs. Kansas State
Texas A&M (6-3, 3-3): at Missouri
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No. 10 Wisconsin 28, No. 21 Purdue 21
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| Jamar Fletcher stepped in front of a Drew Brees pass and returned it 34 yards for a TD with 4:43 to go. It was Fletcher's second interception of the game. |
Wisconsin RB Ron Dayne. After his monstrous 32-carry, 222-yard effort, Dayne needs just 99 yards to break Ricky Williams' I-A career rushing record. |
Wisconsin (8-2, 6-1 Big Ten): vs. Iowa
Purdue (6-4, 3-4): at Indiana (Nov. 20)
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No. 11 Texas 34, Oklahoma State 21
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| Texas used two turnovers to spark a 21-point outburst bridging halftime to break open a 7-7 game. |
Texas RB Hodges Mitchell, who ran for 179 yards and three TDs. He opened the game with an 80-yard TD romp. |
Texas (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten): vs. Texas Tech
Oklahoma State (3-5, 1-4): vs. Kansas
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No. 12 Marshall 28, Kent 16
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| Chad Pennington scored on a one-yard run with 7:17 left in the game to extend Marshall's lead to 12, preserving the nation's longest major-college winning streak. |
Pennington, who showed off his skills in front of several NFL scouts. He completed 19 of 25 passes for 209 yards and three TDs. Four of his six incompletions were dropped balls. |
Marshall (9-0, 6-0 MAC): at Western Michigan
Kent (2-8, 2-5): at Akron
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No. 13 Brigham Young 30, San Diego St. 7
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| Merlin Olsen's nephew, Hans Olsen, returned a fumble 24 yards in the third quarter to give the Cougars a 20-7 lead in the defensive battle. |
BYU quarterback Kevin Feterik, who had two TD passes and was 21-of-32 passing for 262 yards to help offset the Cougars' bottled-up running game. |
Brigham Young (8-1, 5-0 Mountain West): at Wyoming
San Diego State (3-6, 1-4): at UNLV
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No. 14 Alabama 23, LSU 17
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| Reggie Myles and Marvin Constant stopped Josh Booty just short of the goal line on first-and-goal from the two and LSU couldn't regroup in time to run another play before time expired. |
Tide QB Tyler Watts, who started in place of the injured Andrew Zow. Watts was 23-of-36 for 203 yards and two TDs on a day when Shaun Alexander managed just 18 yards rushing. |
Alabama (7-2, 5-1 SEC): vs. Mississippi State
LSU (2-7, 0-7): vs. Houston
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No. 15 Michigan 37, Northwestern 3
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| Anthony Thomas found the end zone twice in the second quarter to give Michigan a lead not even the Wolverines could blow. |
Thomas, who rushed for 172 yards and two TDs. Thompson has gained 369 yards and scored five TDs over his last two games. |
Michigan (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten): at Penn State
Northwestern (3-6, 1-5): vs. Michigan State
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UAB 36, No. 17 East Carolina 17
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| The Pirates let impostors play the second half for them. After taking a 17-6 lead into halftime, ECU was outscored 30-0. |
UAB freshman QB Thomas Cox, who accounted for three TDs in his first career start. |
UAB (4-5, 3-2 C-USA): vs. Louisiana Tech
East Carolina (7-2, 3-2): vs. Cincinnati
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No. 19 Michigan State 23, No. 20 Ohio State 7
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| The Spartans put 17 points on the scoreboard in the second quarter on two Bill Burke TD passes and a Paul Edinger field goal. |
The Spartans' defense, which held Ohio State to 79 total yards (zero rushing) and limited the Buckeyes to three plays or fewer on nine straight possessions. |
Michigan State (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten): at Northwestern
Ohio State (6-4, 3-3): vs. Illinois
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No. 22 Miami (Fla.) 33, Pittsburgh 3
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| The Hurricanes ran away with it by scoring 23 points in the fourth quarter. That outburst turned a 10-3 squeaker into an easy 33-3 victory. |
Miami coach Butch Davis, who eschewed field-goal attempts on two fourth-down plays and the 'Canes came through, scoring TDs on both drives. |
Miami (5-3, 3-0 Big East): at Virginia Tech
Pittsburgh (4-5, 2-4): vs. Notre Dame
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No. 23 Mississippi 38, No. 24 Arkansas 16
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| Ole Miss unpacked its big plays early. Deuce McAllister returned the opening kickoff 100 yards and Romaro Miller threw a 78-yard TD pass to Syniker Taylor in the game's first seven minutes. |
McAllister, who amassed 317 all-purpose yards -- his third straight game of more than 250. McAllister had 125 yards rushing and scored two TDs, 158 yards on kickoff returns and 34 yards on two catches. |
Mississippi (7-2, 4-2 SEC): vs. Georgia (Nov. 20)
Arkansas (5-3, 2-3): vs. Tennessee
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No. 25 Southern Miss 20, Memphis 5
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| Todd Pinkston shook off a defender and went 57 yards for a TD to put Southern Miss up 14-0 early in the second quarter. |
Eagles QB Jeff Kelly. He didn't throw a lot (11 for 18), but he made the most of those completions, throwing for 227 yards and two TDs. |
Southern Miss (6-3, 5-0 C-USA): vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
Memphis (3-6, 2-2): vs. Army
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