Month: November 2021

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Travis Dye rushed for a career-high 211 yards and one touchdown, Anthony Brown ran for one score and passed for another and No. 7 Oregon overcame a sluggish start to beat Washington 26-16. A year after the border rivals didn’t play due to a COVID-19 outbreak

MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — Blake Watson ran for 158 yards and two touchdowns and Hayden Wolff threw a pair of touchdown passes as Old Dominion handed Florida International its eighth straight loss, 47-24. Wolff opened the scoring with a 20—yard pass to Zack Kuntz and Elijah Davis ran 61 yards for a touchdown as the

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Running back Breece Hall ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns as the Cyclones  improved to 6-3, 4-2 Big 12 and earned their third straight win over the Longhorn. Iowa State also became bowl eligible for the fifth consecutive season. Xavier Hutchinson caught eight passes for

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Isaiah Johnson and Ikaika Ragsdale combined for over 200 yards rushing and three touchdowns and North Texas beat Southern Mississippi 38-14. Johnson ran the ball 17 times for 119 yards and Ragsdale added 112 yards on 15 carries. Johnson’s 8-yard touchdown run pulled North Texas (2-6, 1-3) to 14-7 at halftime.

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Hendon Hooker threw a career-high four touchdown passes, including a 6-yard insurance score to Cedric Tillman early in the fourth quarter, and Tennessee held off No. 18 Kentucky 45-42 to halt a two-game losing streak. The Volunteers emerged from a bye to strike quickly

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic hit a high-arching 3-pointer at the buzzer, another magical moment for the All-Star to give the Dallas Mavericks a 107-104 victory over the Boston Celtics. Doncic took the inbound with 11 seconds remaining, dribbled past midcourt toward the left wing and lifted the shot

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Hassan Haskins ran for a career-high 168 yards and a touchdown, helping No. 9 Michigan bounce back from its first defeat with a 29-7 win over Indiana on Saturday night. The Wolverines were coming off a deflating defeat, blowing a 16-point, third-quarter lead in

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rasean McKay threw a pair of touchdown passes and Florida A&M scored the final 16 points to earn its sixth straight win, a 29-17 victory over Southern. The Jaguars scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and Luke Jackson connected on a 40-yard field goal to build a 17-10 lead

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Cameron Friel threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns, Charles Williams became UNLV’s all-time leading rusher, and the Rebels beat New Mexico 31-17 for coach Marcus Arroyo’s first victory with the program. Williams needed 45 yards to pass Tim Cornett (2010-13) for the program record, and he finished with 74 and

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Alex Padilla took over for the banged-up Spencer Petras and led three scoring drives, Tyler Goodson ran for 141 yards and a touchdown and No. 19 Iowa beat Northwestern 17-12 to stop a two-game losing streak. The Hawkeyes got the bounce-back win they were seeking

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jason Brown threw for 175 yards and two touchdowns in his FBS starting debut and South Carolina’s defense shut down Florida’s potent attack to hand the Gators their first three-game losing three since 2017 in a 40-17 rout Saturday night. Kevin Harris and ZaQuandre White

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Bryce Young passed for 302 yards and No. 3 Alabama’s defense came up with enough big plays for a 20-14 victory over heavy underdog LSU Saturday night.The Crimson Tide preserved their national championship hopes in a game that was as tight as some meetings when

CHICAGO (AP) — Joel Embiid had 30 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to their sixth straight victory, 114-105 over the Chicago Bulls. Furkan Korkmaz matched his career best with seven 3-pointers and added 25 points for the Sixers, who topped Chicago for the second time in four nights. Zach LaVine had

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Anders Lee and Brock Nelson scored, Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves and the New York Islanders ended the Winnipeg Jets’ undefeated string at home with a 2-0 victory. Sorokin, playing his ninth consecutive game to start the season, stopped 24 shots for his third shutout. Backup goalie Eric Comrie stopped 29