Month: October 2021

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Will Rogers threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns and Nathan Pickering sacked Zach Calzada in the end zone late for a safety to lead Mississippi State to a 26-22 win over No. 15 Texas A&M Saturday night.  It’s the second straight loss for

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Reynolds had four hits, raising his batting average above .300, to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rally from a five-run deficit and beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-6. Reynolds is now hitting .302 with one game remaining in the season. The three-year veteran batted just .189 during the

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jordan Lyles closed his season by allowing only two hits in seven innings and rookie Jonah Heim broke a fourth-inning tie with a three-run home run to help the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2. The Rangers won for the fifth time in their last eight games. Myles Straw drove

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Quay Holmes accounted for 185 total yards and two touchdowns and the running back took a screen pass 77 yards to the house to send East Tennessee State past Wofford 27-21. Holmes ran for 81 yards on 20 carries and his 5-yard scoring run to start the contest put the

By The Associated Press Saturday’s best: Alabama’s Brian Robinson Jr. rushed for career highs of 171 yards and four TDs and the top-ranked Crimson Tide shut down the nation’s top offense in a 42-21 victory over No. 12 Mississippi. Illinois’ Chase Brown also ran for 257 yards and two TDs in a 24-14 win over

By GLEN ROSALES Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Brad Roberts rolled to 142 yards and scored twice as Air Force scored on its first four possessions to build a big early lead then coasted to a 38-10 win over New Mexico. The Falcons’ defense contributed four takeaways and four sacks.

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit romped to a five-length victory in the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes for embattled Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert at Santa Anita. Medina Spirit took command out of the starting gate and built his lead through the stretch under Hall of Famer John Velazquez, who flew

THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Lindsey Scott Jr. passed for 183 yards and was one of three Nicholls players with 100-plus rushing yards as the Colonels defeated Houston Baptist 48-17 in a game twice delayed by lightning. Scott carried 16 times for 143 yards and two touchdowns in going over 100 yards rushing for the third

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Devin Leary threw for two touchdowns and No. 23 North Carolina State held off Louisiana Tech 34-27. Louisiana Tech picked up five first downs on its last possession, reaching the N.C. State 22-yard line before Jakeen Harris’ interception in the end zone on the game’s final

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Trevin Wallace returned a blocked field goal 76 yards for the go-ahead touchdown late in the third quarter, Chris Rodriguez Jr. added a 9-yard scoring run early in the fourth and Kentucky made a final defensive stand to hold off No. 10 Florida 20-13.

MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Nic Baker lofted a pass to Landon Lenoir in the end zone on the first play of overtime, and then the Salukis stifled a Western Illinois two-point conversion try to eke out a 31-30 victory. Myles Wanza burst 25 yards to score on Western Illinois’ first play of overtime, but the

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Frank Harris threw two touchdown passes and UTSA beat UNLV 24-17 for its fifth straight win. UNLV couldn’t convert on fourth-and-10 from the UTSA 36 with 39 seconds left to seal it for the Roadrunners (5-0). Harris was 24-of-30 passing for 278 yards, and he threw a touchdown pass each to

CINCINNATI (AP) — Andrew Gutman scored, Carlos Coronel had three saves and the New York Red Bulls beat FC Cincinnati 1-0. Cristian Cásseres Jr. slipped a through ball from the right flank to the left side of the area where Gutman rolled a left-footer that bounced off the far post into the net to give

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Rasean McKay fired a 49-yard touchdown pass to Kamari Young on Florida A&M’s first possession of the game and the Rattlers shutout Alabama State, 28-0 in a Southwestern Athletic Conference game on Saturday night.Florida A&M held the Hornets under 200 yards of total offense in the game. 

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Antario Brown rushed for 101 yards and Northern Illinois scored the game’s first 17 points then held on to defeat Eastern Michigan 27-20 on Saturday in a game delayed by lightning between the first and second quarters. The Huskies built their lead on a 5-yard run by quarterback Rocky Lombardi, a

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson starting receiver Justyn Ross left the field for the locker room in the opening half against Boston College on Saturday night. Ross was on the sideline in sweats after halftime and was out for the second half. Ross led the team with 22 receptions coming into the game. He had