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COLLEGE FOOTBALL The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Sunday, November 11,2018 3B Kennesaw State rolls to another Big South title Darnell Holland and Chandler Burks each ran for three touch downs and Kennesaw State rolled past Monmouth 51-14 on Saturday as the Owls won their second con secutive outright Big South Con ference title. The Owls, ranked No. 2 in the FCS coaches poll, won their ninth straight game and extended their streak of regular-season victories over FCS opponents to 17, a Big South record. They also snapped the Hawks’ 10-game home win ning streak. Monmouth’s previous home loss was also to Kennesaw State in 2016. Holland rushed for a program- high 195 yards on just nine carries in surpassing 2,000 career yards rushing with scoring runs of 9, 46 and 59 yards. Burks’ three scores left him one shy of tying the FCS record of 27 in a season by a quar terback set by Georgia Southern’s Chaz Williams in 2002. The Owls (9-1,5-0), which came in with the No. 1 scoring offense at 41.1 points per game, had 412 yards rushing against the Hawks (7-3, 3-1) and outgained Mon mouth 502-192. Kennesaw State led 17-14 at halftime before scoring two touchdowns in the third quarter and three in the fourth. Louisiana-Lafayette rushes past Georgia State in 2nd half Raymond Calais and Elijah Mitchell each rushed for 100-plus yards, with Calais scoring three times, and Louisiana-Lafayette used a big fourth quarter to beat Georgia State 36-22 on Saturday. Calais broke a 47-year old pro gram record in the first quarter with a 92-yard touchdown run. The long run opened the scoring and Andre Nunez connected with Ryheem Malone from 32-yards out on their next possession for a 13-0 lead. ULL opened the second half with four straight scoring drives, including three touchdowns. Cal ais had a 26-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to make it 23-14 and Mitchell scored from a yard out on their next drive. Michael Jacquet III intercepted a pass and five plays later, Calais made it 36-14 on a 5-yard run. Nunez passed for 141 yards and a touchdown for Louisiana-Lafay ette (5-5,3-3 Sun Belt Conference). ULL coaches wore camouflage for military appreciation. Aaron Winchester was 10 of 21 for 121 yards and a touchdown for Georgia State (2-8,1-5). The Pan thers scored on Winchester’s pass to Devin Gentry for 13 yards and Demarcus Kirk’s 21-yard touch down run. ISU’s Montgomery, Baylor’s Roberts ejected for fighting Iowa State star David Mont gomery and Baylor linebacker Greg Roberts were ejected after throwing punches at each other in the third quarter Saturday. The Cyclones and Bears nearly came to blows when a previous play ended up spilling over onto Iowa State’s bench. The bad blood hung around, and the teams nearly staged a full-on brawl during a wild incident that saw Roberts slap Montgomery on the helmet, prompting Montgomery to swing back. Referees initially blamed Iowa State lineman Josh Knipfel and tossed him from the game, which Iowa State led 17-0 at the time. They later corrected it to Mont gomery, and Knipfel ran back from the locker room to cheers from the home crowd. Montgomery finished with 11 rushes for 53 yards. Associated Press TOP 25 SCOREBOARD Tide flexes muscles BUTCH DILL I Associated Press Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (13) scrambles for yardage during the first half against Mississippi State on Saturday, Nov. 10, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Defense powers No. 1 ’Bama past MSU, 24-0 Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Josh Jacobs ran for a touchdown and caught a scoring pass and No. 1 Alabama had its second straight shutout in a 24-0 vic tory over No. 18 Mississippi State on Saturday. With quarterback Tua Tago vailoa still battling a gimpy right knee, the Crimson Tide (10-0, 7-0 Southeastern Con ference, No. 1 CFP) turned to defense for another vintage performance. The offense raced to a fast start but mostly stalled from there against the Bulldogs (6-4, 2-4) and the nation’s No. 2 scor ing defense. “I think in this day and age, you not only get judged on whether you win but you get judged on how you win,” Tide coach Nick Saban said. “I never thought I’d ever be in position to say that you get style points but the way our system is, that may be the way it is. “We knew this was going to be a tough game.” Tagovailoa started the fourth quarter on a station ary bike after getting his right knee checked out in the medi cal tent following a hard hit. He didn’t return and wasn’t needed, mainly because of a defense that was overshad owed by an offense that had led the nation in scoring much of the season. Saban said Tagovailoa could have returned if needed. “He got hit low a few times out there today,” Saban said. “He got hit in the front of the knee and not the back, which is where his problem was. I think he’s OK.” Fresh from a 29-0 victory over No. 9 LSU, the Tide defense hasn’t allowed a point in nine-plus quarters. Alabama had five sacks and Mississippi State had four in a rough day for both quarterbacks. Tagovailoa was 14 of 21 for 164 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He also lost a fumble on a botched exchange with Damien Harris. Backup Jalen Hurts missed his second straight game with an ankle injury. Jacobs ran for 97 yards on 20 carries as Alabama. He scored on a 1-yard run and a 14-yard catch. The Bulldogs stuffed Har ris on the goal line on a late fourth-down attempt. Nick Fitzgerald was 11 of 20 for 125 yards for Mississippi State, which gained 44 just yards on 30 rushes. Alabama scored touch downs on its first two drives, consuming more than 10 min utes combined with 156 yards. The Bulldogs mostly held the Tide’s prolific offense in check after that. Alabama outgained Mis sissippi State 305-169 in total yards. The Tide’s third TD was set up by a fumbled punt return at Mississippi State’s 27 in the sec ond quarter. NO. 4 MICHIGAN 42, RUT GERS 7: Shea Patterson threw for 260 yards and three touch downs, Karan Higdon had two 1-yard scoriung runs and Mich igan kept its national champi onship hopes intact. The Wolverines (9-1,7-0 Big Ten, No. 4 CFP) have won nine straight and remain in first place in the conference’s East Division. They have a final tuneup against Indiana next week at the Big House before closing the regular season at No. 8 Ohio State. Rutgers (1-9,0-7) didn’t have a yard passing until the third quarter. NO. 7 WEST VIRGINIA 47, TCU10: Will Grier threw three touchdown passes for West Virginia. Chasing a berth in the Big 12 championship game, West Vir ginia (8-1, 6-1, No. 9 CFP) had no trouble against the injury- riddled Horned Frogs (4-6,2-5). Grier was 25 of 39 for 343 yards. TCU was held to a sea- son-low 222 yards of offense, the third time in four games it has had fewer than 300. NO. 8 OHIO STATE 26, NO. 24 MICHIGAN STATE 6: Drue Chrisman kept Michigan State pinned back with a sensational second half of punting, and Ohio State eventually pulled away. The Buckeyes (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten, No. 10 CFP) enjoyed a huge advantage in field posi tion during the second half. Chrisman’s punts forced Mich igan State (6-4, 4-3, No. 18) to start its first five drives after halftime from its own 5, 6,3,1 and 2-yard line. On the fourth of those pos sessions, the Spartans had to punt from their own end zone. They took a safety that appeared intentional, giv ing Ohio State a 9-6 lead. The ensuing free kick went out of bounds, giving the Buckeyes the ball at the 50, and then Chrisman pinned Michigan State back again. Ohio State capitalized on that punt when a shotgun snap by Michigan State hit the man in motion. Dre’Mont Jones recovered the fumble in the end zone, giving Ohio State a 16-6 advantage. NO. 10 WASHINGTON STATE 31, COLORADO: Gardner Minshew II overcame a slow start and three fourth- down failures to lead Wash ington State past nose-diving Colorado. The Cougars (9-1, 6-1 Pac- 12, No. 8 CFP) won their sixth straight, but it wasn’t as easy as expected against the Buffaloes (5-5, 2-5), who lost their fifth straight despite the return of star receiver Laviska Shenault Jr. Minshew was 35 of 58 for 335 yards and two TDs. He had a 10-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter. Shenault was rusty in his return from a right turf toe injury. He caught 10 passes for 102 yards but cost his team dearly with back-to-back drops and a lost fumble in the second half. NO. 11 UCF 35, NAVY 24: McKenzie Milton threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, helping UCF extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 22 games. Milton completed 17 of 21 passes without an interception, and the Knights (9-0,6-0 Amer ican Athletic Conference, No. 12 CFP) remained one of four unbeaten teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision, along with Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame. UCF stayed atop the AAC East Division standings and on course to be part of the discussion about which teams are worthy of berths in the Col lege Football Playoff. Navy (2-8,1-5) has lost seven straight. TENNESSEE 24, NO. 12 KENTUCKY 7: Jarrett Guarantano threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Marquez Callaway on the final play of the first half and Darrell Taylor had four sacks for Tennessee. Taylor also forced and recovered a fumble to help Tennessee (5-5, 2-4 Southeast ern Conference) beat Ken tucky (7-3, 5-3, No. 11 CFP) at Neyland Stadium for a 17th straight time. Guarantano was 12 of 20 for 197 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown pass to Dominick Wood-Anderson that extended Tennessee’s advantage to 24-0 in the third quarter. NO. 19 FLORIDA 35, SOUTH CAROLINA 31: Feleipe Franks silenced the home crowd twice after touch down runs, seemingly send ing a message after getting benched last week and booed earlier in the game, and Flor ida rallied to beat South Caro lina to end a two-game losing streak. Franks dived across the goal line on a fourth-down play from inside the 1 with 4:09 to play, putting the Gators (7-3, 5-3 Southeastern Conference, No. 15 CFP) ahead for the first time. Florida overcame a 17-point deficit in the second half to beat the Gamecocks (5-4, 4-4). NO. 21 PENN STATE 21, WISCONSIN 10: Trace McSor- ley tied the Penn State record for victories by a quarterback with 29, leading the Nittany Lions past Wisconsin. Miles Sanders ran for 159 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries, and McSorley com pleted 19 of 25 passes for 160 yards and a TD while match ing Todd Blackledge’s victory total from 1980-82. Conference Glance SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE East Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA Georgia 7 1 276 151 9 1 370 158 Florida 5 3 209 205 7 3 310 221 Kentucky 5 3 146 132 7 3 229 162 South Carolina 4 4 230 243 5 4 279 258 Missouri 2 4 159 179 6 4 355 276 Tennessee 2 4 132 201 5 5 243 247 Vanderbilt 1 5 134 193 4 6 258 259 West Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA Alabama 7 0 322 92 10 0 486 127 LSU 4 2 141 112 7 2 243 150 Texas A&M 4 3 168 179 6 4 301 224 Auburn 3 4 157 145 6 4 265 183 Mississippi St 2 4 67 106 6 4 262 135 Mississippi 1 5 144 257 5 5 375 363 Arkansas 0 5 115 205 2 7 237 303 Saturday’s Games Missouri 33, Vanderbilt 28 Florida 35, South Carolina 31 Texas A&M 38, Mississippi 24 Tennessee 24, Kentucky 7 Alabama 24, Mississippi St. 0 Georgia 27, Auburn 10 LSU at Arkansas, late Saturday, Nov. 17 Liberty at Auburn, TBA Rice at LSU, TBA UMass at Georgia, TBA Idaho at Florida, TBA UAB at Texas A&M, TBA The Citadel at Alabama, TBA Missouri at Tennessee, TBA Chattanooga at South Carolina, TBA Mississippi at Vanderbilt, TBA Middle Tennessee at Kentucky, TBA Arkansas at Mississippi St., TBA 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 1 160 117 7 2 335 217 Syracuse 5 2 276 203 8 2 444 276 NC State 3 3 181 191 6 3 283 231 Wake Forest 2 4 161 241 5 5 318 358 Florida St. 2 5 141 229 4 5 214 274 Louisville 0 7 152 346 2 8 217 421 Coastal Division Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA Pittsburgh 5 1 232 174 6 4 299 296 Virginia 4 2 136 109 7 3 284 197 Georgia Tech 4 3 234 209 6 4 376 275 Duke 3 3 163 174 7 3 313 235 Virginia Tech 3 3 148 168 4 5 268 279 Miami 2 4 135 127 5 5 309 201 North Carolina 1 6 188 255 1 8 224 320 Thursday’s Games Wake Forest 27, NC State 23 Friday’s Games Syracuse 54, Louisville 23 Saturday’s Games Duke 42, North Carolina 35 Virginia 45, Liberty 24 Pittsburgh 52, Virginia Tech 22 Georgia Tech 27, Miami 21 Florida St. at Notre Dame, late Clemson at Boston College, late Saturday, Nov. 17 Duke at Clemson, TBA W. Carolina at North Carolina, TBA Miami at Virginia Tech, TBA Virginia at Georgia Tech, TBA NC State at Louisville, TBA Pittsburgh at Wake Forest, TBA Boston College at Florida St., TBA Notre Dame vs. Syracuse at Bronx, N.Y., 2:30 p.m. Scores FAR WEST Air Force 42, New Mexico 24 Arizona St. 31, UCLA 28 Azusa Pacific 42, Cent. Washington 35 CSU-Pueblo 41, Western St. (Col.) 3 Cal Poly 37, Idaho St. 14 Chapman 55, La Verne 34 Coll, of Idaho 59, Montana St.-Northern 28 Colorado Mines 49, Chadron St. 20 Dixie St. 52, Adams St. 10 E. New Mexico 19, W. Oregon 14 E. Oregon 8, Carroll (Mont.) 7 E. Washington 59, UC Davis 20 George Fox 62, Puget Sound 48 Humboldt St. 23, Simon Fraser 16 Mesa St. 45, NM Highlands 17 Montana 46, Idaho 27 Montana St. 35, N. Colorado 7 Montana Tech 31, Rocky Mountain 27 N. Arizona at Sacramento St., ppd. Pomona-Pitzer 24, Claremont-Mudd 19 Redlands 52, Occidental 20 S. Oregon 37, Montana Western 10 San Diego 56, Davidson 52 Utah 32, Oregon 25 Utah St. 62, San Jose St. 24 Washington St. 31, Colorado 7 Weber St. 31, S. Utah 18 Whitworth 52, Willamette 0 Georgia Tech 27, Miami 21 Miami 7 7 0 7—21 Georgia Tech 14 3 10 0—27 First Quarter MFL—Dallas 1 run (Baxa kick), 9:25 GT—T.Marshall 28 run (Wells kick), 3:00 GT—T.Marshall 8 run (Wells kick), 1:24 Second Quarter GT—FG Wells 38, 3:46 MFL—C.Davis 22 run (Baxa kick), :40 Third Quarter GT—FG Wells 23,11:08 GT—Stewart 31 pass from T.Marshall (Wells kick), 5:27 Fourth Quarter MFL—Homer 2 run (Baxa kick), 6:53 MFL First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession GT 14 15 30-134 53-231 165 73 14-23-0 3-4-0 138 65 4-31.0 3-49.33 3-3 3-1 7-49 3-35 25:15 34:45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Miami, C.Davis 6-48, N.Perry 6-38, Homer 11-30, Dallas 6-15, Gray 1-3. Georgia Tech, T.Marshall 24-92, Howard 12-56, Cottrell 6-51, Mason 5-24, Lynch 3-9,T.0liver 1-1, Searcy 2-(minus 2). PASSING—Miami, N.Perry 14-23-0-165. Georgia Tech, T.Marshall 3-4-0-73. RECEIVING—Miami, Je.Thomas 6-84, Homer 3-26, Wiggins 2-31, Cager 1-14, Mallory 1-7, C.Davis 1-3. Georgia Tech, Camp 2-42, Stewart 1-31. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. GEORGIA ■ Continued from 1B the clinching score to cap another big game, darting through a hole up the middle, cutting back to his left and find ing a clear running lane down the sideline. After dealing with nagging injuries much of the year, the sophomore back is clearly back to full health, eclipsing his 156-yard effort the previous week in a victory over Kentucky. Auburn’s only touchdown came off a bit of trickery. Out of the wildcat formation, running back JaTarvious Whitlow took a direct snap and threw a 9-yard scoring pass to tight end John Shenker late in the first quarter. THE TAKEAWAY Auburn: The Tigers failed to follow up on their come back victory over Texas A&M, doomed once again by a slug gish offense. Jarrett Stidham struggled with his accuracy, missing several open receiv ers and throwing for just 163 yards. The running game showed improvement, finishing with 102 yards, but this perfor mance is sure to keep the heat on offensive-minded coach Gus Malzahn. Georgia: This wasn’t an overly impressive victory by the Bulldogs, but it was enough to keep them on track to at least having a shot at getting back to the College Football Playoff. The offense still looks a bit out of sync, settling for a couple of field goals instead of touch downs. They’ll need to get that sorted out to have any chance against No. 1 Alabama in the SEC championship game. But Swift’s emergence is big news for the Bulldogs. No. 5 Georgia 27, Auburn 10 Auburn 7 3 0 0—10 Georgia 3 17 0 7—27 First Quarter UGA—FG Blankenship 25,7:01 AUB—Shenker 9 pass from Whitlow (Carlson kick), 4:28 Second Quarter UGA—FG Blankenship 20,11:13 AUB—FG Carlson 27,7:46 UGA—Simmons 14 pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick), 2:47 UGA—Godwin 38 pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick), :21 Fourth Quarter UGA—Swift 77 run (Blankenship kick), 13:53 AUB UGA First downs 19 24 Rushes-yards 20-102 46-303 Passing 172 213 Comp-Att-Int 25-37-0 15-23-1 Return Yards 30 41 Punts-Avg. 6-37.0 2-31.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-52 12-85 Time of Possession 21:45 38:15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Auburn, Shivers 4-43, Stidham 6-36, Whitlow 9-26, R.Davis 1-(minus 3). Georgia, Swift 17-186, Holyfield 15-93, Herrien 5-37, Fromm 2-5, (Team) 2-(minus 6), Fields 5-(minus 12). PASSING—Auburn, Whitlow 1-1-0-9, Stidham 24-36-0-163. Georgia, Fromm 13-20-1-193, Fields 2-2-0-20, Blankenship 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING—Auburn, R.Davis 13-72, S.Williams 3-38, Schwartz 2-27, M.Miller 2-13, Whitlow 2-(minus 4), S. Jackson 1 -9, Shenker 1- 9, Slayton 1-8. Georgia, Swift 4-43, Godwin 3-84, Hardman 2- 39, Simmons 2-15, Ridley 1-19, Crumpton 1-7, Holyfield 1-3, Nauta 1-3. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. TECH ■ Continued from 1B Miami’s second turnover again led to points for the Yellow Jack ets. N’Kosi Perry’s fumbled snap was recovered by Charlie Thomas at the Miami 39, setting up Wesley Wells’ 38-yard field goal for a 17-7 lead. A bizarre turnover helped Miami narrow the deficit late in the half. A low line-drive punt by Miami’s Jack Spicer hit Geor gia Tech’s Nathan Cottrell from behind. Miami’s Shaq Quarter- man recovered at the Georgia Tech 30. Freshman Cam’ron Davis scored his first career touchdown on a 22-yard run with 50 seconds remaining in the half. Miami’s hopes of keeping the momentum to start the second half ended when Jeff Thomas called for a fair catch on a punt before fumbling the ball in front of the Hurricanes’ end zone. Juanyeh Thomas recovered for Georgia Tech at the 10, leading to Walls’ second field goal of the game, a 23-yarder. The forced turnovers were the continuation of a trend for Geor gia Tech’s defense. Entering the night, the Yellow Jackets had forced 20 turnovers, tied for the eighth-highest total in the nation. Marshall, a senior, kept the starting job even though redshirt freshman Tobias Oliver saw more playing time in last week’s 38-28 win at North Carolina. The Hurricanes also have been alternating quarterbacks, but Richt stuck with Perry as senior Malik Rosier watched from the sideline. A strong start for Perry and the Hurricanes provided a misleading indication on how the game would unfold.
