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Saturday, October 9
 
What you might have missed

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So you think you're set for the week because you can recite the Top 25 results? Let ESPN.com give you the rest of the story from Saturday's action.

STARS  
Marcel Shipp
Massachusetts
Ran for four touchdowns, three in the first half, to lead Massachusetts to a record-setting 77-0 win over Northeastern. The 11 touchdowns and 77 points scored by Massachusetts set Atlantic-10 records.
LaDainian Tomlinson
TCU
Rushed for 300 yards on 23 carries in TCU's 42-0 win over San Jose State. He scored on touchdown runs of 89 and 74 yards and had 247 yards on 12 carries by halftime. He easily outshined SJSU's Deonce Whitaker, who was recovering from an ankle injury which limited him to seven yards on five carries.
Eric Flowers
Central Michigan
Rushed for 219 yards and four touchdowns as Central Michigan beat winless Buffalo 38-19 to snap a four-game losing streak.
Jarious Jackson
Notre Dame
Threw for four touchdowns, tying a school record, and rushed for one as Notre Dame beat Arizona State 48-17. Jackson completed 10 of 17 passes for 223 and rushed nine times for 93 yards.
James Perry
Brown
Completed an Ivy League-record 42 passes and threw for three touchdowns as Brown beat Princeton 53-30.
Bryan Harman
Fairmont State
Accounted for all seven of Division II Fairmont State's touchdowns in a 49-19 victory over Glenville State.
Kris Ryan
Pennsylvania
Rushed for 256 yards and four touchdowns as Pennsylvania beat Fordham 35-18.
BUZZER-BEATERS  
Devilish comeback Duke tied Virginia with just six seconds remaining on a bizarre touchdown pass and then won the game 24-17 in double overtime. Tailback Letavious Wilks fumbled the ball but it bounced into the hands of Scottie Montgomery, who desperately heaved it across the field to fellow receiver Richmond Flowers for the touchdown.
STREAKING  
Gamecocks still reeling South Carolina and coach Lou Holtz remained winless after a 30-10 loss to Kentucky. The Gamecocks extended Division I's longest losing streak to 16.Never before in 28 years of coaching has Holtz gone this deep into a season without winning a game.
RECORD-SETTERS  
Sooners' streak equalled Mount Union beat Heidelberg 66-0 Saturday night, its 47th straight victory to match college football's longest winning streak, set by Oklahoma during the 1950s. Mount Union, which has won three straight Division III national championships and four this decade, dominated from the start, opening a 49-0 halftime lead.
Spartans' potent combo No. 11 Michigan State's Bill Burke and Plaxico Burress combined for a record-setting afternoon. Burke shattered a school record with 400 yards passing and Burress set a Spartan mark with 255 receiving yards in Michigan State's 34-31 win over No. 3 Michigan.
Peterson keeps rolling along Adrian Peterson rushed for 115 yards in the first half, breaking the Division I-AA record for consecutive 100-yard games with his 21st straight, in Georgia Southern's 70-7 victory over Western Carolina.
QUOTE OF THE DAY  
First-year Duke coach Carl Franks on the Blue Devils' 24-17 double overtime victory over Virginia. "We screwed up every way we could, but I guess four wrongs makes a right."




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