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MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Damonta Witherspoon ran for a career-high 141 yards and a touchdown, and Murray State stopped Eastern Illinois on downs four times for a 22-6 win. It was a nonconference game between Ohio Valley Conference rivals. The Racers, coming off a pair of losses against FBS opponents, overcame three turnovers by limiting

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Tim DeMorat scored from two yards out in the final minute to lift Fordham to a 42-41 Patriot League win over Lafayette. Michael Hayes scored on a three-yard run with 1:40 left in the game to put the Leopards up, 41-36, but Lafayette failed to score the two-point conversion that would

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Dejoun Lee rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown, Anthony Paoletti added a TD on the ground with 3:37 left for an 11-point lead and Delaware beat Albany 20-15. One play after Paoletti ’s 3-yard score, Jeff Undercuffler completed a pass to Tyler Oedekoven for a 75-yard touchdown. But Delaware recovered

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Logan Wright and Jalen White scored two of Georgia Southern’s seven rushing TDs and the Eagles beat Arkansas State 59-33, giving interim head coach Kevin Whitley his first win. Whitley, who starred as player at Georgia Southern from 1988-91, joined the staff in 2019 and was cornerbacks coach until this week,

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Freshman quarterback Noah Bodden threw for three touchdowns and led a 24-point second quarter to help send Grambling to a 37-28 upset win over Alabama A&M. Bodden saw his first career action last week against Prairie View A&M. The Tigers entered Saturday’s action averaging 6.3 points per game and scored more

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Jonathan Garibay’s 32-yard field goal with 18 seconds left lifted Texas Tech to a 23-20 victory over West Virginia. Garibay had three field goals in all and SaRodorick Thompson had two short touchdown runs for Texas Tech, which bounced back from a 70-35 loss at

WASHINGTON (AP) — Christian Vázquez tripled home the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox moved to the brink of a postseason berth with a 5-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Boston is tied with the Yankees for the top AL wild card entering the final day of the regular season.

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Brian Robinson Jr. rushed for career highs of 171 yards and four touchdowns and No. 1 Alabama mostly throttled the nation’s top offense in a 42-21 victory over No. 12 Mississippi.Bryce Young passed for a couple of touchdowns for the  Crimson Tide but the ’Bama

By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants missed a chance to clinch the NL West, falling to the San Diego Padres 3-2 when Jake Cronenworth hit an RBI double in the 10th inning. A sellout crowd of 40,760 was ready to celebrate San Francisco’s first division crown since 2012,

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Backup quarterback AJ Mayer threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to rally Miami (OH) to a 28-17 victory over Central Michigan in a Mid-American Conference opener. Starting QB Brett Gabbert staked the RedHawks (2-3, 1-0) to a 14-0 first-quarter lead with touchdown strikes to Andrew Homer and Jack Sorenson, covering 24 and

By BOB FERRANTE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Fitzgerald made a 34-yard field-goal as time expired to lift Florida State to its first win of the season, 33-30 over Syracuse. Jordan Travis had runs of 33 and 25 on a drive in the final minute to set up Fitzgerald’s kick. Travis had 19

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kama Kamaka’s 38-yard return of a fumble and Brandon Eickert’s second field goal with four minutes remaining capped a run of 13 straight points to give San Diego a 27-24 victory over St. Thomas. Trailing 24-14 late in the third quarter, Eickert booted a 37-yard field goal and less than two

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Tanner McKee threw a TD pass on an untimed down at the end of regulation to tie the game and another on the opening possession of overtime to lead Stanford to a 31-24 victory over No. 3 Oregon. McKee came back after leaving for a

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears say rookie quarterback Justin Fields will start against the Detroit Lions on Sunday. The team announced Saturday that Fields will make his second straight start while listing Andy Dalton as doubtful. Coach Matt Nagy had said the Bears would wait until game time to announce who would be behind

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — N’Kosi Perry passed for 329 yards and three touchdowns and Florida Atlantic rolled up 704 yards total offense in a 58-21 victory over Florida International in a Conference USA opener. Perry completed 18 of 21 passes without an interception, compiling a passer rating of 264.5. Johnny Ford had 102 yards

LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Nick Semptimphelter threw a touchdown pass 36 seconds into the final quarter and added a 2-yard scoring run with 8:24 left to play to rally Bucknell to its first win of the season with a 21-10 victory over Cornell in nonconference play. Cornell led 7-0 after the first quarter on Delonte

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Quarterback Xavier Shepherd rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns to lead Kennesaw State to a 31-6 win over Jacksonville State in a battle of Top 20 FCS teams. The 20th-ranked Owls held the ball almost 15 minutes longer than the 17th-ranked Gamecocks, who fell behind 24-0 early in the third

By JASON CHATRAW Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Carson Strong threw for 263 yards and a touchdown, Toa Taua rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns and Nevada defeated Boise State 41-31. Nevada snapped a six-game losing streak to the Broncos, dating back to 2010. Nevada last won in Boise in 1997. Boise State

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Tai Lavatai returned from a two-game injury absence to lead Navy back from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit and a 34-30 win over UCF for the Midshipmen’s first victory this season. With Navy trailing 30-27, Diego Fabot knocked the ball out of Brandon Johnson’s hands after a 20-yard reception and Taylor Robinson

KENT, Ohio (AP) — Dustin Crum ran for an 11-yard touchdown with about six minutes left to lift Kent State to a 27-20 victory over Bowling Green in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams. Crum’s scoring run capped a 13-play, 74-yard drive for Kent State (2-3 1-0). On the ensuing possession, Bowling Green (2-3,