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Sunday, November 4, 2018 3B
Wolverines win big
PAUL SANCYAI Associated Press
Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson celebrates his one-yard touchdown run in the first half of a game
against Penn State in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday.
Georgia State
beaten at home
by Texas State
ATLANTA — Willie Jones III
completed 21 of 26 passes for 325
yards and two touchdowns and
Texas State created enough distance
to hold off Georgia State for a 40-31
win on Saturday.
Texas State (3-6,1-4 Sun Belt) led
13-10 at halftime before Jones took
over. He threw an 11-yard score to
Javen Banks to increase the lead to
10. The 18-yard scoring drive was
set up when the Bobcats recovered
Penny Hart’s fumble of a punt early
in the second half.
After forcing Georgia State (2-7,
1-4) to punt, Jones completed a
93-yard pass to Jeremiah Haydel for
a 26-10 lead. Keenen Brown’s 3-yard
TD run with 3:04 left in the third
made it a 23-point lead.
Associated Press
Georgia Southern
loses road contest
to UL Monroe
MONROE, La. — Caleb Evans
threw two touchdown passes to Mar
cus Green and ran for two scores
and Louisiana-Monroe beat Geor
gia Southern 44-25 on Saturday one
week after the Eagles upset No. 25
Appalachian State.
Evans scored on a 5-yard keeper
on the opening Warhawks drive,
then connected with Green for an
80-yard TD on a slant pattern after a
missed Georgia Southern field goal.
Evans hit Green on another slant
in the second quarter for a 69-yard
score and a 20-0 lead.
Evans was 13 of 22 for 337 yards
with two interceptions, including
Jessie Liptrot’s 57-yard pick-6.
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Kennesaw State
routs Campbell
KENNESAW, Ga. — Chandler
Burks had four touchdown runs and
threw for another score and Ken
nesaw State routed Campbell 49-0
on Saturday.
Kennesaw State (8-1,4-0 Big South
Conference) can clinch its second
consecutive conference title next
Saturday when it visits Monmouth
(7-2, 3-0), which beat Charleston
Southern 37-3.
Burks broke loose for a 50-yard
touchdown run and bullied in for
three more scores from inside the
4-yard line. His 24-yard touchdown
pass to Justin Sumpter made it 35-0
early in the third quarter. Burks ran
for 97 yards on 12 carries and was
3-of-4 passing for 49 yards. Shaquil
Terry added 112 yards rushing.
Campbell (5-4,0-3) was held to 138
yards of offense.
Associated Press
BY LARRY LAGE
Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — No. 5
Michigan wanted to do more than
just beat No. 14 Penn State.
The Wolverines
wanted to win big, get
ting revenge after getting
routed and humiliated
against the Nittany Lions
last year.
Michigan got what it
wanted.
Shea Patterson
accounted for three
touchdowns and the
Wolverines put together a domi
nant performance on defense in
a 42-7 rout against Penn State on
Saturday.
“If we had a chance, we were
going to run it up, too,” Patterson
said.
The Wolverines (8-1, 6-0 Big
Ten, No. 5 CFP) moved a step
closer toward their goals of win
ning a conference championship
for the first time since 2004 and
earning their first spot in the Col
lege Football Playoff.
“We’re the team to beat in the
Big Ten,” proclaimed defensive
end Chase Winovich , who has
said the team is on a revenge tour
to beat the four conference teams
it lost to last season. “That’s not a
controversial statement. It’s just,
I think, that’s a fact at this point.”
The Nittany Lions (6-3, 3-3,
No. 14 CFP) scored with 1:59
left, avoiding getting shut out for
the first time since 2001 against
Michigan.
“Defensively, they kicked our
butts,” coach James Franklin
said.
Jim Harbaugh did what he
could to prevent Penn State from
scoring at all, challenging a call
on its last drive and calling time
out twice.
Michigan, clearly, was moti
vated to beat the Nittany
Lions after they won
42-13 last year and tried
to score a touchdown on
its last play.
“It was personal right
from the start,” Karan
Higdon said.
Higdon ran for 132
yards and a score that
put the Wolverines up
35-0 early in the fourth quarter.
He has run for 100-plus yards in
seven straight games, one shy
of the school record set by Mike
Hart in 2007.
“I think it’s time for him to get
nominated for some big-time
awards,” Patterson said.
Michigan’s defense held Penn
State to 186 yards and forced
three turnovers, including
Tommy Stevens’ interception
that was returned 62 yards by
Brandon Watson for its second
score in the final minute of the
third quarter. It was Watson’s sec
ond pick-6 of the season, joining
Lance Dottin (1991) as the only
players to do that twice in a year.
The Nittany Lions started
banged-up quarterback Trace
McSorley and he was 5 of 13 for
83 yards with an interception
and a fumble. McSorley played
with an injured right knee in
last week’s win against Iowa. He
shared time and rotated with Ste
vens, who was 3 of 4 for 35 yards.
Stevens scored on an 8-yard run
late in the game.
“When (Stevens) threw the
interception there, we felt like
we needed to put Trace back in,”
Franklin said. “Obviously, you
make the decision and you prob
ably could’ve made the change
a little bit earlier. The way they
were pressuring us and load
ing the box, having the ball with
Trace’s mobility was critical.”
Patterson was 11 of 17 for 144
yards with two touchdown passes,
a 23-yard throw to Donovan Peo-
ples-Jones in the second quarter
and a 7-yard strike to Zach Gen
try. He ran 11 times, often on
read-option plays , for 42 yards,
including a 1-yard TD midway
through the first quarter.
“With Shea, they’ve added
another element to their pack
age, getting on the perimeter,”
Franklin said.
THE TAKEAWAY
Penn State: Franklin, in his
fifth season, will be challenged to
provide an upbeat outlook about
the state of his program after
losing for the third time in five
games and getting routed as a
ranked team.
Michigan: Harbaugh’s fourth
team is positioned to have a spe
cial season. The Wolverines have
a pair of tuneups at Rutgers and
against Indiana to get ready to
close the regular season at No. 8
Ohio State.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Michigan may move up a spot
because No. 4 LSU or top-ranked
Alabama will lose their matchup
Saturday night. The Nittany Lions
will fall toward the bottom, or
out, of the poll.
Patterson
GEORGIA
■ Continued from 1B
because their backs were
against the wall kind of two
weeks in a row and they came
out fighting,” Georgia coach
Kirby Smart said. “They came
out scratching and clawing.”
TAKEAWAYS
Georgia: The Bulldogs’
rushing attack was the differ
ence in the game, but Geor
gia’s pass rush also started
showing signs of life. Georgia
had four sacks Saturday after
entering the weekend with an
SEC-low 10 sacks all season.
Georgia now won’t have to
play another true road game
all season. The Bulldogs have
home games with Auburn,
Massachusetts and Georgia
Tech the next three weeks.
Kentucky: The Wildcats
reached Georgia territory on
three straight first-
half possessions and
only had three points
to show for it. That
proved critical when
a defense that had
carried Kentucky all
season couldn’t slow
down Georgia’s rush
ing attack. Kentucky
got more bad news
in the third quarter
when safety Darius West drew
a targeting penalty that will
knock him out for the first
half of its game next week at
Tennessee.
SLOWING SNELL
Snell ran for 73 yards
and one touchdown for the
Wildcats to increase his sea
son total to 1,008, becoming
the first Kentucky player to
rush for 1,000 yards in three
seasons. But he needed 20
carries to reach that total, an
average of 3.65 yards
per attempt.
“People doubt us
and say we can’t do
this and we can’t do
that,” Georgia defen
sive end Jonathan
Ledbetter said. “We’ll
just do what we do.
When they realize
that’s what we do, we’ll just
keep pushing.”
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Georgia may need some
help to get up to the top five,
though this victory likely
assures the Bulldogs remain
in control of their postseason
fate. Kentucky figures to drop
a few spots in the Top 25 and
likely will leave the top 10 in
the CFP rankings.
Ledbetter
No. 6 Georgia 34, No. 11 Kentucky 17
Georgia 7 7 14 6—34
Kentucky 0 3 7 7—17
First Quarter
UGA—Nauta 4 pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick), 10:37
Second Quarter
KEN—FG Poore 34,8:24
UGA—Swift 20 run (Blankenship kick), 2:28
Third Quarter
UGA—Holyfield 4 run (Blankenship kick), 10:20
UGA—Swift 83 run (Blankenship kick), 7:56
KEN—Snell 9 run (Poore kick), 3:45
Fourth Quarter
UGA—FG Blankenship 23,11:44
KEN—Rose 31 pass from T.Wilson (Poore kick), 9:01
UGA—FG Blankenship 38,3:32
A—63,543.
UGA
First downs
Rushes-yards
Passing
Comp-Att-Int
Return Yards
Punts-Avg.
Fumbles-Lost
Penalties-Yards
Time of Possession
KEN
25 21
50-331 35-84
113 226
14-20-0 23-29-0
109 36
1-55.0 4-32.25
1-1 2-2
4-45 6-64
31:25 28:35
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Georgia, Swift 16-156, Holyfield 18-115, Stanley 1-34, Fields
6-26, Herrien 2-7, Fromm 4-2, (Team) 3-(minus 9). Kentucky, Snell 20-73,
T.Wilson 12-12, Bowden 1-0, Rose 2-(minus 1).
PASSING—Georgia, Fromm 14-20-0-113. Kentucky, T.Wilson 23-29-0-226.
RECEIVING—Georgia, Holloman 4-39, Ridley 3-37, Swift 3-18, Godwin
2- 12, Nauta 1-4, Simmons 1-3. Kentucky, Bowden 6-52, Rose 4-59, Conrad
3- 22, Bouvier 3-15, Epps 2-29, T.Richardson 2-26, Hughes 1-14, Snell 1-5,
Do. Baker 1-4.
MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.
TECH
■ Continued from 1B
fourth offensive
series and played
the rest of the game.
He threw an 86-yard
touchdown pass
to Qua Searcy, the
team’s longest since
2009.
The performance
came nine days after
Oliver rushed for
215 yards and three
touchdowns in the
Yellow Jackets’ 49-28
win at Virginia Tech.
“I feel like it’s
pretty evident that I
can get in and play,”
Oliver said. “But at
the same time, we’re
at the point in the
season where I don’t
want to get too much
that I should be the
starter. As of right
now, I just want to
win.”
After trailing 28-10
in the third quar
ter, North Carolina
scored on three con
secutive possessions,
tying the game on a
1-yard touchdown
run by Antonio Wil
liams and a 2-point
conversion.
Cole Holcomb had
a career-high 22 tack
les and three forced
fumbles for the Tar
Heels.
Elliott was
replaced in the sec
ond quarter by fresh
man Jace Ruder, who
led North Carolina
to a field goal and a
touchdown on two
drives before leaving
with an injury. Elliott
re-entered the game
and finished with no
touchdowns and three
interceptions.
THE TAKEAWAY
Georgia Tech:
The Yellow Jackets
moved above .500 for
the first time since the
season opener, but
it wasn’t easy. They
survived a series of
self-inflicted wounds
in the second half,
sandwiching a pair of
lost fumbles around
a botched play on
fourth and inches
that resulted in a
turnover on downs.
“It got a little crazy
there,” Johnson said.
“To their credit, they
kept playing and they
fought back.”
North Carolina: It
was another heart-
breaker for the Tar
Heels, who lost their
fifth consecutive
game. North Caro
lina dropped to 5-19
in its last 24 games, a
stretch that includes a
2-14 record in confer
ence games and a 2-9
mark at home. “It’s a
challenge when you
don’t have success,”
North Carolina coach
Larry Fedora said.
“But I don’t worry
about the guys in that
room getting back up
off the mat.”
QB OR NOT QB?
Johnson stuck to his
promise to play both
of his quarterbacks.
Marshall rushed for
61 yards on eight
carries, including
a 44-yard scamper,
before departing.
Johnson said he stuck
with Oliver because
he thought the fresh
man gave the Yel
low Jackets the best
chance to win.
Georgia Tech 38, North Carolina 28
Georgia Tech 7 14 7 10—38
North Carolina 7 3 10 8—28
First Quarter
NC—Carney 20 fumble return (F.Jones kick), 10:36
GT—Cottrell 11 run (Wells kick), 8:23
Second Quarter
GT—T.Oliver 2 run (Wells kick), 12:03
GT—Searcy 86 pass from T.Oliver (Wells kick), 10:00
NC—FG F.Jones 23,4:14
Third Quarter
GT—Lynch 4 run (Wells kick), 8:43
NC—C.Tucker 9 pass from Ruder (F.Jones kick), 5:37
NC—FGF. Jones 25,1:13
Fourth Quarter
NC—A.Williams 1 run (Ratliff-Williams pass from Elliott), 12:35
GT—T.Oliver 1 run (Wells kick), 3:00
GT—FG Wells 22, :46
A—40,782.
GT
First downs
Rushes-yards
Passing
Comp-Att-Int
Return Yards
Punts-Avg.
Fumbles-Lost
Penalties-Yards
Time of Possession
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
NC
27 19
74-461 36-166
104 208
2- 2-0 18-31-3
36 118
1-45.0 3-36.0
4-3 0-0
3- 20 1-10
36:12 23:48
RUSHING—Georgia Tech, T.Oliver 28-120, Cottrell 9-90, Howard 10-90,
T.Marshall 8-61, Mason 12-40, Searcy 2-38, Lynch 5-22. North Carolina,
Mi.Carter 10-68, J.Brown 6-34, A.Williams 13-33, Ruder 3-21, Ratliff-Williams
2-8, Elliott 2-2.
PASSING—Georgia Tech, T.Oliver 2-2-0-104. North Carolina, Ruder 4-5-0-80,
Elliott 14-26-3-128.
RECEIVING—Georgia Tech, Searcy 1-86, Howard 1-18. North Carolina, Ratliff-
Williams 4-103, Newsome 3-17, Corrales 2-29, D.Brown 2-20, C.Tucker 2-17,
Mi.Carter 2-9, Groves 1-15, Th.Jackson 1-0, Bargas 1-(minus 2).
MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.
Top 25 results
No. 1 Alabama (8-0) beat No. 4 LSU 29-0. Next: vs.
No. 21 Mississippi State, Saturday.
No. 2 Clemson (9-0) beat Louisville 77-16. Next: at
No. 24 Boston College, Saturday.
No. 3 Notre Dame (9-0) beat Northwestern 31 -21.
Next: vs. Florida State, Saturday.
No. 4 LSU (7-1) lost to No. 1 Alabama 29-0. Next:
at Arkansas, Saturday.
No. 5 Michigan (8-1) beat No. 14 Penn State 42-7.
Next: at Rutgers, Saturday.
No. 6 Georgia (8-1) beat No. 11 Kentucky 34-17.
Next: vs. Auburn, Saturday.
No. 7 Oklahoma (7-1) at Texas Tech. Next: vs.
Oklahoma State, Saturday.
No. 8 Ohio State (8-1) beat Nebraska 36-31. Next:
at Michigan State, Saturday.
No. 9 UCF (8-0) beat Temple 52-40, Thursday. Next:
vs. Navy, Saturday.
No. 10 Washington State (7-1) vs. California. Next:
at Colorado, Saturday.
No. 11 Kentucky (7-2) lost to No. 6 Georgia 34-17.
Next: at Tennessee, Saturday.
No. 12 West Virginia (7-1) beat No. 15 Texas 42-41.
Next: vs. TCU, Saturday.
No. 13 Florida (6-3) lost to Missouri 38-17. Next:
vs. South Carolina, Saturday.
No. 14 Penn State (6-3) lost to No. 5 Michigan
42-7. Next: vs. Wisconsin, Saturday.
No. 15 Texas (6-3) lost to No. 12 West Virginia
42-41. Next: at Texas Tech, Saturday.
No. 16 Utah (6-3) lost to Arizona State 38-20. Next:
vs. Oregon, Saturday.
No. 17 Houston (7-1) at SMU. Next: vs. Temple,
Saturday.
No. 18 Utah State (7-1) at Hawaii. Next: vs. San
Jose State, Saturday.
No. 19 Iowa (6-3) lost to Purdue 38-36. Next: vs.
Northwestern, Saturday.
No. 20 Fresno State (7-1) at UNLV. Next: at Boise
State, Friday, Nov. 9.
No. 21 Mississippi State (6-3) beat Louisiana Tech
45-3. Next: at No. 1 Alabama, Saturday.
No. 22 Syracuse (7-2) beat Wake Forest 41-24.
Next: vs. Louisville, Friday, Nov. 9.
No. 23 Virginia (6-3) lost to Pittsburgh 23-13,
Friday. Next: vs. Liberty, Saturday.
No. 24 Boston College (7-2) beat Virginia Tech
31-21. Next: vs. No. 2 Clemson, Saturday.
No. 25 Texas A&M (5-4) lost to Auburn 28-24. Next:
vs. Mississippi, Saturday.
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Conference Glance
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
East
Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Georgia 6 1 249141 8 1 343 148
Kentucky 5 2 1391087 2 222 138
Florida 4 3 1741746 3 275 190
South Carolina 4 3 199 208 5 3 248 223
Missouri 1 4 126151 5 4 322 248
Tennessee 1 4 1081944 5 219 240
Vanderbilt 1 4 1061604 5 230 226
West
Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Alabama 6 0 298 92 8 0 433 127
LSU 4 2 141 112 7 1 243 121
Auburn 3 3 147118 6 3 255 156
Texas A&M 3 3 1301555 4 263 200
Mississippi St 2 3 67 82 6 3 262 111
Mississippi 1 4 1202195 4 351 325
Arkansas 0 5 115 205 2 7 237 303
Saturday’s Games
Auburn 28, Texas A&M 24
South Carolina 48, Mississippi 44
Georgia 34, Kentucky 17
Missouri 38, Florida 17
Tennessee 14, Charlotte 3
Mississippi St. 45, Louisiana Tech 3
Alabama 29, LSU 0
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Clemson 6 0 316 80 9 0 430 120
Boston College 4 1 160117 7 2 335 217
Syracuse
4
2
222180 7
2
390
253
NC State
3
2
158164 6
2
260
204
Florida St.
2
5
141 229 4
5
214
274
Wake Forest
1
4
134 218 4
5
291
335
Louisville
0
6
129 292 2
7
194
367
Coastal Division
Conference All Games
W
L
PF PA W
L
PF
PA
Pittsburgh
4
1
180152 5
4
247
274
Virginia
4
2
136109 6
3
239
173
Virginia Tech
3
2
1261164
4
246
227
Georgia Tech
3
3
207188 5
4
349
254
Duke
2
3
121 139 6
3
271
200
Miami
2
3
1141005
4
288
174
North Carolina 1
5
153 2131
7
189
278
Friday’s Game
Pittsburgh 23, Virginia 13
Saturday’s Games
Clemson 77, Louisville 16
Syracuse 41, Wake Forest 24
Georgia Tech 38, North Carolina 28
NC State 47, Florida St. 28
Boston College 31, Virginia Tech 21
Duke 20, Miami 12
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Scores
SOUTH
Alabama St. 30, Texas Southern 21
Appalachian St. 23, Coastal Carolina 7
Auburn 28, Texas A&M 24
Bethune-Cookman 30, Morgan St. 28
Boston College 31, Virginia Tech 21
Clemson 77, Louisville 16
Delaware St. 25, Savannah St. 6
E. Kentucky 17, Austin Peay 13
ETSU 21, Mercer 18
Elon 24, Rhode Island 21
Furman 16, Chattanooga 10
Gardner-Webb 38, Presbyterian 20
Georgia 34, Kentucky 17
Georgia Tech 38, North Carolina 28
Grambling St. 24, MVSU 19
Howard 31, Florida A&M 23
Jackson St. 34, Prairie View 28
Jacksonville 48, Butler 44
Jacksonville St. 21, UT Martin 14
Kennesaw St. 49, Campbell 0
Louisiana-Monroe 44, Georgia Southern 25
Memphis 59, East Carolina 41
Michigan St. 24, Maryland 3
Missouri 38, Florida 17
NC A&T 37, Norfolk St. 20
NC Central 52, Edward Waters 12
NC State 47, Florida St. 28
North Alabama 41, Shorter 14
SE Louisiana 23, McNeese St. 6
Samford 35, Wofford 20
South Carolina 48, Mississippi 44
Southern Miss. 26, Marshall 24
Stetson 48, Morehead St. 24
Syracuse 41, Wake Forest 24
Tennessee 14, Charlotte 3
Tennessee Tech 27, Murray St. 24
Texas St. 40, Georgia St. 31
The Citadel 38, W. Carolina 24
Troy 26, Louisiana-Lafayette 16
Tulane 41, South Florida 15
VMI 20,Tusculum 11
Villanova 45, Richmond 21
MIDWEST
Cincinnati 42, Navy 0
E. Michigan 17, Cent. Michigan 7
Illinois 55, Minnesota 31
Indiana St. 51, South Dakota 48,30T
Iowa St. 27, Kansas 3
Michigan 42, Penn St. 7
Missouri St. 49, McKendree 20
N. Dakota St. 17, Youngstown St. 7
N. Iowa 26, Illinois St. 16
Ohio St. 36, Nebraska 31
Purdue 38, Iowa 36
S. Dakota St. 59, Missouri St. 7
SE Missouri 38, Tennessee St. 21
San Diego 27, Drake 10
W. Illinois 34, S. Illinois 31
Wisconsin 31, Rutgers 17
EAST
Army 17, Air Force 14
Colgate 41, Fordham 0
Delaware 21, Albany (NY) 16
Duquesne 47, Wagner 30
Hampton 51, NY Maritime 10
Harvard 52, Columbia 18
Holy Cross 40, Lafayette 14
Lehigh 45, Bucknell 17
Maine 35, Towson 28
Marist 35, Valparaiso 24
Monmouth (NJ) 37, Charleston Southern 3
New Hampshire 35, James Madison 24
Princeton 14, Dartmouth 9
Sacred Heart 38, Robert Morris 7
St. Francis (Pa.) 27, Bryant 14
UMass 62, Liberty 59,30T
Yale 46, Brown 16
SOUTHWEST
Abilene Christian 49, Northwestern St. 47
Alabama A&M 45, Ark.-Pine Bluff 14
Arkansas St. 38, South Alabama 14
Baylor 35, Oklahoma St. 31
Incarnate Word 43, Sam Houston St. 26
Nicholls 41, Houston Baptist 20
TCU 14, Kansas St. 13
UTEP 34, Rice 26
West Virginia 42, Texas 41
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