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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — La’Darius Jefferson rushed for 106 yards with two touchdowns, Sean Tyler added 78 rushing yards and another score as Western Michigan blanked Illinois State 28-0 in its home opener. The Broncos rebounded from an opening weekend thrashing at Michigan, amassing 407 yards of total offense against Illinois State and holding the

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Jarret Doege threw three touchdown passes, Winston Wright returned a kickoff for another score and West Virginia beat Long Island 66-0. The Mountaineers bounced back from a loss at Maryland with 555 yards of offense against a Championship Subdivision team. Leddie Brown and backup quarterback

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The most notable catch in Saturday’s game between No. 22 Miami and Appalachian State didn’t even happen on the field. Wasn’t even a football. It was a cat. The animal somehow got into Hard Rock Stadium, then got caught by one of its paws

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Adrian Martinez passed for 296 yards and two touchdowns to Samori Toure and Nebraska held Buffalo to its fewest points in five years in a 28-3 win at sweltering Memorial Stadium. Martinez hooked up with Toure for a pair of 68-yard TDs and also

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Brad Roberts ran for two touchdowns and Haaziq Daniels added one, and Air Force held Navy to one first down before the fourth quarter in a 23-3 victory. This was the earliest meeting in series history between these teams. It was scheduled for Saturday so

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer AMES, Iowa (AP) — Jack Campbell returned a fumble 6 yards for a touchdown and No. 10 Iowa ran its winning streak against No. 9 Iowa State to six games with a 27-17 victory that ruined the biggest home game in Cyclones history. In the first Cy-Hawk

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Diego Guajardo kicked a 44-yard field goal as time expired to lift South Alabama to a 22-19 win over Bowling Green. Terrior Avery scored on a 13-yard run with 1:39 remaining to get the Jaguars a 19-all tie and then Quentin Wilfawn recovered a fumble at the Bowling Green 33

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Furman defense held Tennessee Tech to 121 totals yards, 26 in the second half and the Paladins defeated the Golden Eagles 26-0. Devin Wynn rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns for Furman and reigning Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Week Hamp Sisson completed 17 of 29 passes for

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerome Ford rushed for 113 yards and three touchdowns and Desmond Ridder passed for 243 yards and two TDs to lead No. 7 Cincinnati past Murray State 42-7. The Bearcats had to overcome some distractions this week, including an invitation to join the Big 12. Murray State

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Stetson Bennett tied a school record with five touchdown passes filling in for injured starter JT Daniels, leading No. 2 Georgia to a 56-7 rout of UAB. Bennett completed his first six passes — four of them going all the way to the end zone

CLINTON, S.C. (AP) — Ren Hefley threw for 386 yards and five touchdowns, Kiaran Turner turned three catches into 100 yards and two touchdowns and Presbyterian defeated first-year football program Fort Lauderdale 68-3. The Blue Hose amassed 635 yards of offense while holding Fort Lauderdale to less than 200. Presbyterian scored nine touchdowns — three

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Darius Perrantes passed for one touchdown and ran for another, the Duquesne defense stopped a two-point conversion attempt with less than 10 seconds remaining and the FCS Dukes defeated Ohio 28-26. It was Duquesne’s first victory over an FBS opponent in program history. Bruzdewicz kicked four field goals and the Dukes

CLEVELAND (AP) — Milwaukee ace Corbin Burnes has a no-hitter through eight innings in a dominant performance against the Cleveland Indians. Burnes has 14 strikeouts and has overpowered the Indians, who could be on the verge of being no-hit for the third time in 2021. Cleveland came closest to getting a hit with two outs

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — Cole Johnson threw four touchdowns passes to lead third-ranked James Madison to a 55-7 rout of Maine. Johnson, who had five TD passes in James Madison’s (2-0, 1-0 Colonial Athletic Association) season-opening win against Morehead State, was 25-of-30 passing for 384 yards. He lofted touchdown passes of 73 and 51 yards

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jonah Heim hit a two-run home run with two outs in the eighth to cap a five-run rally, lifting the Texas Rangers past the Oakland Athletics, 8-6, on Saturday. Trailing 6-2 after being held down by starter Cole Irvin, the Rangers took advantage of the A’s struggling

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Sean Clifford completed 21 of 29 passes for 230 yards and a touchdown, ran for another score, and No. 11 Penn State beat Ball State 44-13. Running back Noah Cain and wife receiver Jahan Dotson each scored, and linebacker Jesse Luketa returned an interception for

SEATTLE (AP) — João Paulo scored his second goal of the season and the Seattle Sounders beat Minnesota United 1-0 to extend their lead atop the Western Conference. Seattle snapped a four-game winless stretch at home. It was the first time in the club’s history to earn just one point in any four-match home run.

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — N’Kosi Perry threw four touchdown passes including three in the third quarter when Florida Atlantic broke the game open as the Owls defeated Georgia Southern 38-6. Perry dropped a pass into a sprinting Je’Quan Burton’s fingertips for a 50-yard touchdown and followed that with another third-quarter strike to John Mitchell

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Quentin Johnston caught two of Max Duggan’s three touchdown passes and TCU beat California 34-32. Johnston got the go-ahead score with a nifty catch-and-run that covered 45 yards. Duggan then added a 9-yard rushing TD. Zach Evans ran for 183 yards on 22 carries,

NEW YORK (AP) — Romelo Williams threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score and Central Connecticut opened Northeast Conference play with a 21-19 victory over Wagner. Wagner (0-2, 0-1) jumped out to a 10-0 lead on Naiem Simmons 5-yard TD run in the first quarter and Austin Hosier’s 18-yard field with 6 minutes