No. 1 Florida State 49, Maryland 10
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| Florida State showed remarkable focus the week before the showdown with Florida by rolling to a 28-3 halftime lead on four TD passes by Chris Weinke. |
Weinke, who matched a school record with six TD passes. He finished with 304 yards on 23-of-33 passing before sitting out the final quarter. |
Florida State (10-0, 8-0 ACC): at Florida
Maryland (5-5, 2-5): vs. Virginia |
No. 2 Virginia Tech 43, No. 19 Miami (Fla.) 10
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| Ricky Hall returned a punt 66 yards for a TD to put Tech up 27-10, the beginning of a 23-point fourth quarter which buried the Hurricanes after Miami took an early 10-0 lead. |
Tech CB Anthony Midget, who set the tone for the Hokies' defense with three interceptions. Overall, the Hokies forced six turnovers and scored on a 51-yard fumble return by Ike Charlton. |
Virginia Tech (9-0, 5-0 Big East): at Temple
Miami (5-4, 3-1): vs. Rutgers
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Arkansas 28, No. 3 Tennessee 24
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| Clint Stoerner held on to the ball as Arkansas ran out the clock. Last season, Stoerner fumbled as the Razorbacks failed to hold on to a lead against the Vols. |
Stoerner, who led Arkansas back from a 24-14 deficit with two second-half TDs. The go-ahead score came on a 23-yard pass to Anthony Lucas with 3:44 left. |
Arkansas (6-3, 3-3 SEC): vs. Mississippi State (at Little Rock)
Tennessee (7-2, 4-2): at Kentucky
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No. 4 Florida 20, South Carolina 3
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| Florida realized that QB Jesse Palmer wasn't the answer and just let Earnest Graham pound out the yards on the ground in the second half. |
Graham, who rushed for 105 yards on 24 carries and scored on a 4-yard run in the third quarter to put Florida up 17-3. |
Florida (9-1, 7-1 SEC): vs. Florida State
South Carolina (0-10, 0-8): vs. Clemson
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No. 6 Nebraska 41, No. 5 Kansas State 15
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| Nebraska exposed K-State as a national title pretender by dominating the first half. After 30 minutes, the Huskers led 24-9 and had gained 253 yards against a K-State defense which came into the game allowing just 232.3 per game. |
Nebraska QB Eric Crouch, who rushed for 158 yards and two TDs on 27 carries, a record for a Nebraska QB. The old record had been set by John Bordogna against Kansas State in 1952. |
Nebraska (9-1, 6-1 Big 12): at Colorado (Nov. 26)
Kansas State (9-1, 6-1): vs. Missouri
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No. 13 Alabama 19, No. 7 Mississippi State 7
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| Andrew Zow found Shamari Buchanan for a 37-yard scoring strike with 6:04 left in the game. That gave Alabama a two-TD cushion and ended any hope of a miracle comeback by Mississippi State. |
Alabama RB Shaun Alexander, who gained 108 total yards and scored a TD despite being slowed by an ankle injury. He put aside the pain to lead the Tide closer to their first SEC title game since 1996. |
Alabama (8-2, 6-1 SEC): at Auburn
Mississippi State (8-1, 5-1): at Arkansas
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No. 15 Michigan 31, No. 8 Penn State 27
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| Ian Gold stripped the ball from Kevin Thompson in the final minute after Michigan had rallied to take the lead by scoring twice in a 1:40 span in the game's final four minutes. |
Michigan WRs David Terrell and Marcus Knight. Terrell gathered in six passes for 133 yards and Knight caught five for 79 yards and two TDs, including the go-ahead score. |
Michigan (8-2, 5-2 Big Ten): vs. Ohio State
Penn State (9-2, 5-2): at Michigan State
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No. 9 Wisconsin 41, Iowa 3
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| Ron Dayne got rolling after a slow start. The big fella gained just 39 yards on his first 12 carries, but then went on to gain 177 on his final 15 rushes to crush Ricky Williams' major-college rushing record. |
Dayne, who finished with 216 yards on 27 carries. He now has 6,397 career rushing yards, 118 more than Williams. Dayne broke the record on a 31-yard run in the second quarter. |
Wisconsin (9-2. 7-1 Big Ten): vs. Pac-10 champion in Rose Bowl
Iowa (1-9, 0-7): vs. Minnesota
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No. 10 Texas 58, Texas Tech 7
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| Texas rang up 203 yards on its first four possessions even though three of those drives yielded no points. The offensive tone had been set by the 'Horns. |
Texas QB Major Applewhite, who threw for 241 yards and 3 TDs. He became the first 3,000-yard passer in Texas' storied football history. |
Texas (9-2, 6-1 Big 12): at Texas A&M (Nov. 26)
Texas Tech (5-5, 4-3): vs. Oklahoma
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No. 11 Marshall 31, Western Michigan 17
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| Chad Pennington threw a pair of 19-yard touchdown passes in the third quarter as the Thundering Herd stretched a four-point lead into a 21-point cushion. |
Pennington, who proved he's the best QB in the MAC by outdueling Tim Lester. He completed 27 of 40 passes for 339 yards and two TDs and became the fourth major-college QB with 100 career TDs. |
Marshall (10-0, 7-0 MAC): vs. Ohio
Western Michigan (7-3, 6-1): at Toledo
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Wyoming 31, No. 12 BYU 17
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| The Cowboys drove 80 yards for a TD after BYU had cut it to 17-10 late in the third quarter. |
Wyoming QB Jay Stoner, who completed 21 of 31 passes for 297 yards and three TDs. |
Wyoming (6-3, 3-2 Mountain West): vs. New Mexico
BYU (8-2, 5-1): vs. Utah (Nov. 27)
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No. 14 Georgia Tech 45, Clemson 42
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| Clemson's rally from a 45-28 deficit was cut short when Tech DB Chris Young knocked down Woodrow Dantzler's pass near the goal line on fourth down with 3:07 remaining. |
Georgia Tech QB Joe Hamilton, who once again did everything for Tech. He threw for 322 yards and school-record five TDs and rushed for another 88 yards. |
Georgia Tech (7-2, 5-2 ACC): at Wake Forest
Clemson (5-5, 5-3): at South Carolina
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Auburn 38, No. 16 Georgia 21
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| Auburn QB Ben Leard found little resistance in the Georgia secondary, throwing for four first-half TDs as the Tigers took a 31-0 halftime lead. |
Leard, who set a school record with 416 passing yards and tied another with his four TD passes. He also added a one-yard TD run. |
Auburn (5-5, 2-5 SEC): vs. Alabama
Georgia (6-3, 4-3): at Mississippi
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No. 17 Michigan State 34, Northwestern 0
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| Spartan LB T.J. Turner scored his first of two defensive TDs on a 26-yard fumble return to put Michigan State up 17-0 heading into halftime. |
Michigan State WR Plaxico Burress, who caught TD passes of 35, 35 and 84 yards. He finished with five catches for 164 yards. |
Michigan State (8-2, 5-2 Big Ten): vs. Penn State
Northwestern (3-7, 1-6): at Illinois
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No. 20 Southern Mississippi 48, Louisiana-Lafayette 0
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| Jeff Kelly and Todd Pinkston displayed a psychic connection in the first half, connecting on three TD passes. They got started with a 28-yarder four minutes into the game and added TDs of 43 and 45 yards. |
Kelly, who connected on 12 of 14 passes for 207 yards. Southern Miss gained 299 in the first half, averaging 10.1 yards per play and scoring on its first seven possessions. |
Southern Miss (7-3): at Louisville
Louisiana-Lafayette (1-9): vs. Wofford
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No. 21 Minnesota 44, Indiana 20
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| Minnesota put on its scoring shoes in the fourth quarter. Indiana had cut the deficit to 24-20 before the Golden Gophers scored 20 unanswered points to close out the game. |
Gophers RB Thomas Hamner, who bowled his way to 174 yards on 34 carries. Hamner has 1,279 rushing yards this season and needs 165 to set the school's single-season record. |
Minnesota (7-3, 4-3 Big Ten): at Iowa
Indiana (4-6, 3-4): vs. Purdue
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UCLA 23, No. 22 Washington 20 (OT)
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| UCLA's freshman kicker Chris Griffith kicked a 22-yard field goal in overtime. The Bruins had stopped Washington's overtime possession with an interception by Joey Strycula. |
UCLA's defense. It kept Marques Tuiasosopo in check (just 149 total yards) while not short-changing its run defense, holding the Huskies to 102 yards on 43 carries. |
UCLA (4-6, 2-5 Pac-10): at USC
Washington (6-4, 5-2): vs. Washington State
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No. 23 Texas A&M 51, Missouri 14
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| A&M's scoring woes on the road came to a screeching halt when the Aggies put 44 points on the board in the second half. |
Aggies RB Ja'Mar Toombs, who led A&M's offensive explosion with three TDs. Toombs finished with 71 yards on 22 carries. |
Texas A&M (7-4, 4-3 Big 12): vs. Texas (Nov. 26)
Missouri (4-6, 1-6): at Kansas State
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No. 24 East Carolina 48, Cincinnati 34
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| East Carolina didn't coast after taking a 31-9 lead into halftime. The Pirates struck for a 62-yard TD pass 1:50 into the third quarter. |
East Carolina QB David Garrard, who completed 15-of-23
passes for 197 yards and three TDs. |
East Carolina (8-2, 4-2 C-USA): vs. North Carolina State
Cincinnati (3-7, 0-5): vs. Memphis |
No. 25 Boston College 34, West Virginia 17
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| Boston College came up with two big scoring plays in the third quarter -- a 63-yard fumble return by Pedro Cirino and a 66-yard pass from Tim Hasselbeck to Dedrick Dewalt -- to go up 31-10. |
Eagles RB Cedric Washington, who ran for 181 yards on 334 carries behind an offensive line which dominated the Mountaineers, holding a seven-minute advantage in time of possession. |
Boston College (7-2, 4-2 Big East): at Notre Dame
West Virginia (3-7, 2-4): vs. Pittsburgh (Nov. 27)
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