SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
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ALABAMA DEF. ARKANSAS, 24-20 Mark Ingram’s one-yard run with 3:18 left to play gave the Crimson
Tide the comeback win. Alabama trailed by 13 points late in the third quarter. Next: Saturday vs. Florida.
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OHIO ST. DEF. E. MICH., 73-20 Terrelle Pryor threw four touchdown passes, rushed for
104 yards and a score and also had a touchdown catch for the Buckeyes. Next: Saturday at Illinois.
BOISE STATE VS. ORE. ST., LATE The Broncos’ offensive line has allowed only six sacks over the
past two seasons, which is the lowest in the nation. Next: Saturday at New Mexico State.
TCU DEF. SMU, 41-24 The Horned Frogs trailed 17-14 in the third quarter Friday, but QB
Andy Dalton rallied TCU to touchdowns on three straight possessions. Next: Saturday at Colorado State.
OREGON AT ARIZ. STATE, LATE Ducks fans were in an odd position: They were rooting for
Oregon State to beat Boise State so Oregon can move up in the rankings. Next: Saturday vs. Stanford.
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NEBRASKADEF. S.D. STATE, 17-3 Cornhuskers redshirt freshman Taylor Martinez came back to
earth, throwing two interceptions and completing only 6 of 14 passes. Next: Oct. 7 at Kansas State.
TEXAS LOST TO UCLA, 34-12 The Bruins forced four first-half turnovers and gained 264 of their 291 total yards on the ground in
their second straight win over a top 25 foe. Next: Saturday vs. Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMADEF. CINCY, 31-29 Sooners quarterback Landry Jones threw for 370 yards—100 of them
to Ryan Broyles, his seventh straight 100- yard game—and two touchdowns. Next: Saturday vs. Texas.
FLORIDA VS. KENTUCKY, LATE The Gators have a national-best 12 takeaways through three
games this season, including 10 interceptions. Next: Saturday at Alabama.
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ARK. LOST TO ALA., 24-20 Razorbacks QB Ryan Mallett threw for 357 yards, but he
also tossed two interceptions in the fourth quarter that fueled the Tide’s comeback. Next: Oct. 9 vs. Texas A&M.
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WISC. DEF. AUST. PEAY, 70-3 The Badgers scored touchdowns on all seven of
their first-half possessions and tied the program’s modern-day record for points. Next: Saturday at Michigan State.
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S. CAR. AT AUBURN, LATE Gamecocks Coach Steve Spurrier was 10-3 against
the Tigers as Florida’s coach, but has yet to beat Auburn (0-2) at South Carolina. Next: Oct. 9 vs. Alabama.
UTAH VS. S.J. STATE, LATE The Spartans are the only team to open up with three
of the top 15 teams in the nation: Alabama,Wisconsin and the Utes. Next: Oct. 9 at Iowa State.
ARIZONA VS. CAL, LATE TheWildcats, who have the nation’s sixth-rated passing
attack (330.3 yards per game), haven’t been ranked this high since 1999. Next: Oct. 9 vs. Oregon State.
LSU VS.W. VIRGINIA, LATE The Tigers were 3-0 despite not passing for 100 yards in
their past two games and not having a passing touchdown this season. Next: Saturday vs. Tennessee.
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STAN. DEF. N. DAME, 37-14 Cardinal two-way player Owen Marecic scored on a
one-yard run and then, on the next play, scored again on an interception return. Next: Saturday at Oregon.
AUBURN VS S. CAR., LATE The Tigers rank 12th nationally in rushing offense (259.3 yards per game), first
nationally at 11.8 yards per completion. Next: Saturday vs. Louisiana-Monroe.
IOWA DEF. BALL ST., 45-0 Iowa’s Ricky Stanzi threw for 288 yards and three
touchdowns, and Adam Robinson added 115 rushing yards and a pair of scores. Next: Saturday vs. Penn State.
MIAMI DEF. PITT, 31-3 On Thursday, the Hurricanes earned their seventh
consecutive victory over the Panthers and won their 15th in 16 games in the series. Next: Saturday at Clemson.
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USCDEF.WASH. ST.,50-16 Matt Barkley threw three touchdown passes, and
Lane Kiffin became the first Trojans coach to start 4-0 since Jess Hill in 1951. Next: Saturday vs.Washington.
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MICH. DEF. BGSU, 65-21 Wolverines QB Denard Robinson twisted his knee in
the first quarter and didn’t return, but Michigan easily topped Bowling Green. Next: Saturday at Indiana.
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W.VIRGINIA AT LSU, LATE Senior running back Noel Devine rushed for at least
111 yards in the Mountaineers’ three season-opening victories. Next: Oct. 9 vs. UNLV.
PSU DEF. TEMPLE, 22-13 CollinWagner (a program- record five field goals) and
Evan Royster (187 rushing yards) helped Penn State squeak past the Owls. Next: Saturday at Iowa.
OREGON ST. AT BSU, LATE The Beavers, who rank third in the nation in TO
margin, defeated a top 5 foe in three straight seasons from 2006 to 2008. Next: Saturday vs. Arizona State.
MICH. ST. DEF. NCU, 45-7 Playing without Coach Mark Dantonio, the
Spartans got 290 passing yards and two touchdowns from QB Kirk Cousins. Next: Saturday vs.Wisconsin.
Penn State holds on to top Temple
No. 23 Nittany Lions BY GENARO C. ARMAS
state college, pa. — Collin Wagner tied a school record with five field goals, EvanRoyster ran for 187 yards andNo. 23 Penn State’s defense dominated in the second half in a 22-13 win Saturday to survive a scare fromupstartTemple. The Nittany Lions (3-1) had little trou-
ble moving the ball until they got inside the 40, butWagner’s right leg bailed them out. His 21-yarder with 1 minute 38 sec- onds left in the third quarter finally gave PennState a 15-13 lead.
PENN STATE JOE ROBBINS/GETTY IMAGES Alabama’sMark Ingrambrushes aside Arkansas’s Tramain Thomas on a 54-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Ingramadded the winning score with 3:18 to play.
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157 yards rushing, late TD lead No. 1 Crimson Tide past No. 10 Arkansas
BY JEFF LATZKE
fayetteville, ark. — Mark Ingram ran for 157 yards and scored on a one- yard run with 3 minutes 18 seconds to play, completing top-ranked Alabama’s rally froma 13-pointdeficit inthe second half fora24-20winagainstNo. 10Arkan- sas onSaturday. Alabama’s Robert Lester set up the
scorewith his second interception of the day against RyanMallett.He returned it to the Arkansas 11, and Nick Saban gave the ball to his Heisman Trophy-winning running back on three straight plays to get the game-winning score. “We’re going to finish,” said Lester.
“We’re never going to lay down and just let them beat us. We’re always going to playuntil that finalwhistle blows.” The Crimson Tide (4-0, 1-0 Southeast-
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celebrate. But with its usual formula of defensive playmaking and Ingram’s tough running, the Tide won its 18th straight game. With McElroy throwing multiple in-
ern Conference) was able to run out the clock afterMallett threw his third inter- ception, this time to Dre Kirkpatrick. Alabama faced fourth and inches in its own territory near midfield, but Greg McElroypickeditupwitha sneak. That sent Arkansas (3-1, 1-1) and its
recordhomecrowdof76,808awaydisap- pointed after the biggest game on cam- pus indecades. “If it takes this tobeachampion, that’s
whatwe’ve got todo,”Kirkpatrick said. Mallett threw for 357 yards on 25-for-
38 passing against Alabama’s inexperi- enced secondary, but the two intercep- tions he tossed in the fourth quarterwill overshadow all those other gaudy num- bers andpretty throws. For a while, it looked as if all those
students who set up an expansive tent city outside the stadium and the fans crowded onto a hill overlooking Razor- back Stadium would have something to
terceptions for only the second time in his career,Alabama leanedevenmore on Ingram in just his second game back fromaninjury.HelinedupintheWildcat formation on the first two plays after Lester’s late interception and bulled his way to thedoorstep. Then he closed the deal after taking a
handoff fromMcElroy. Itwas the second score of the day for Ingram,whowent 54 yards for a touchdown in the first quar- ter. He has 308 yards and three touch- downs aftermissing the first two games following knee surgery. “My main goal is to go out there and
make plays to put our team in the best positiontowingames,” Ingramsaid. Mallett’s one-yard score on a sneak
late in the first half and freshman Ben Hocker’s 48-yard field goal in the third putArkansasahead,20-7,before theTide fought back.TrentRichardson scored on a 20-yard screen pass from McElroy in
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the finalminute of the third quarter, and it tookAlabamamorethaneightminutes todrive for JeremyShelley’s36-yardfield goalwith6:01 toplay. Still, there was plenty of time for
Lester and theTide’s young secondary to get someredemptionafteranawful start. Mallett corralled a high snap on Ar-
kansas’s firstplay of the game andtossed a 31-yard pass to Jairus Wright, then followedwith a 43-yard touchdown pass toRonnieWingoJr.,whohadslippedout of the backfielduncovered. Mallett and the Hogs answered In-
gram’s stiff-armingscore togoahead10-7 on Hocker’s 31-yard field goal, then cashed in after McElroy threw picks on back-to-back drives. The Razorbacks scoredinthefinal twominutes forathird straight half, with Mallett sneaking up themiddle for a one-yardscore. At the end, though,Mallett sat on the
ground for a few moments to absorb Kirkpatrick’s pick onwhatwas intended as a throw-away to the sidelines. He slowly walked to the sideline and never got a chance tomakeupfor themistake. —AssociatedPress
This year Georgetown is singing a different tune 17
Hoyas notch third win, claim first home victory since 2008
BY KATHY ORTON Following Georgetown’s 17-7 victory
over Holy Cross on Saturday, the Hoyas shook hands with the Crusaders and then gathered in front of the stands at Multi-Sport Field to sing a boisterous rendition of the almamater. Though the players had sung it twice
already on the road this season, two years had passed since they last per- formed the post-victory ritual at home. Georgetown,which hadn’twon at home since beating Marist, 13-12, on Nov. 8, 2008,won its homecoming game for the first time in four years. “As we keep on singing it every game,
we get better and better and know the words more and more,” senior running back Philip Oladeji said. “It feels great. All the fans were out there watching, it feels great tomake themproud.” “They were horrible [at singing the
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alma mater] after the Davidson game,” GeorgetownCoachKevinKelly saidwith a laugh, recalling the first win of the season. The Hoyas had plenty to sing about
after this win before a nearly sold-out crowd of 3,211. Until Saturday, George- town had not beaten Holy Cross as a member of the Patriot League, losing 10 in a row. TheHoyas’ firstwin against the Crusaders since 1999 was also the first time they won back-to-back Patriot League games since joining the league in 2001. Georgetown(3-1),whichhadwononly
one conference game the past four sea- sons combined, sits atop the Patriot League standings at 2-0. “To come here for our first home
game, homecoming, in a year where we’re really turning things around, it reallymeansalot totheprogram,” junior wide receiver John O’Leary said. “It’s goingtogiveusalotofmomentumgoing
forward.” Although it took until late in the third
quarter forGeorgetown to put points on the scoreboard, theHoyas controlledthe game after halftime. They ran 26 more plays and held the ball nearly 9½ min- utes longer in the second half thanHoly Cross (1-3, 0-1), the defending Patriot League champion. “That first half was like a tennis
match; everybodywas volleying and no- bodywas scoring any points,”Kelly said. “We saidwe have towin the second half, and we’ve been doing that for the last coupleweeks.” HolyCross struckfirst, capitalizingon
a fumble by Georgetown quarterback Scott Darby, theHoyas’ only turnover of the game. The Crusaders got the ball on theGeorgetown41-yardline, thenscored fiveplays later onRyanTaggart’s 13-yard touchdown pass toGeraldMistretta. Georgetown answered with a 15-play
drive that stalled on the Holy Cross 14. Brett Weiss, a transfer from Maryland, converted a 31-yard field goal for the Hoyas’ first points. Between the hotweather andGeorge-
town’s no-huddle quick-tempo offense, theHolyCrossdefense appearedtowear
TEMPLE 13 Temple (3-1)hadbeenoutscored, 154-9,
initspreviousfourgameswithPennState, but took a 13-6 lead in the first quarter on Bernard Pierce’s two touchdown runs.He later left the gamewith an apparent right ankle injury, and theOwls’ offense stalled afterhalftime. Fans at Beaver Stadium breathed a
collective sigh of relief after Michael Zordich’s one-yard touchdown run gave Penn State a nine-point lead late in the fourthquarter. The Nittany Lions could have had
more, but stalled when they drove into Temple territory. Temple’s turnaround project nearly took a huge step forward against Penn State,which it has not beat- ensince 1941. But theNittanyLions swarmedTemple
quarterback Chester Stewart,who had to assume the workload with Pierce out. Stewart finished 8 for 19 for 46 yards and three interceptions. His Penn State counterpart, true fresh-
man Rob Bolden, completed 18 of 28 passes for223yards.Helookedoutof sync at times in the red zone, but made some key completions to help set up Zordich’s score with 3:35 left to cap a 12-play, 96- yarddrive. Things looked good early on for Owls
Coach Al Golden, a former player and assistant under Joe Paterno. Temple out- played its opponentsusing the time-worn Penn State blueprint of pouncing onmis- takes and turnovers, and getting just enough production out of the running game. Pierce, a sophomore, scored his first
down in the fourth quarter, andGeorge- town took advantage. The Hoyas scored on their first drive of the fourth quarter, putting together a 10-play drive that resulted in Oladeji’s seven-yard touch- down run. Oladeji has scored three touchdowns in four games this season. On Georgetown’s next possession,
O’Leary caught an eight-yard touch- down pass fromDarby to put the Hoyas up, 17-7.O’Leary,whomissedthefirst two games because of back problems, has caught a touchdown in both games he has played. “It was almost too good to be true,”
Darby said of his touchdown throw to O’Leary. “Hewas just so open. Iwas just reading the [linebacker] there, and John slipped right behind him.” Darby completed 26 of 44 passes for
191 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for 98 yards. Georgetown,whichscoredonall three
of its trips inside the 20-yard line in this game, isnow11 of 12 inthe red zonewith 10 touchdowns this season. “These guys deserve [the win]” Kelly
said. “They’ve worked extremely hard. . . . I’mjust thrilled for these guys.”
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touchdown with 9:06 left in the opening quarter, 58seconds afterRoyster fumbled athis own28, to give theOwls a 7-3 lead. After thesecondofWagner’s threefirst-
half field goals cut Temple’s lead to 7-6, Pierce scoredagainwith10seconds left in the first quarter on nearly the exact same play into the same corner of the end zone. Abotchedholdontheextra-pointattempt left the score 13-6. TheOwlsarrivedfreshoffa30-16victo-
rylastweekoverConnecticut, the school’s first victory over a power-conference pro- gramsince 2004. Flushwithmore talent thanks toGold-
en’s tireless recruiting, expectations are higher for theMid-American Conference favorites after a breakthrough 2009 cam- paign in which Temple had its first win- ningrecord(9-4) since1990andplayedits first bowl game (a 30-21 loss to UCLA in theEagleBankBowl) since 1979. Itwas closer thanmany fans expected,
but the Nittany Lions eventually came awaywiththeir28thstraightwinover the Owls. Royster had a breakout game, getting
26carries after struggling for 110yardson 31 carries overhis first three games. —AssociatedPress
Wagner kicks five field goals to save
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