MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2015 SPORTS ARLINGTON: Alabama running back Derrick Henry (2) carries against Wisconsin defenders TJ Edwards (53) and Leon Jacobs (bottom) during the first half of an NCAA college football game. — AP Alabama wins season opener ARLINGTON: Alabama running back Derrick enced quarterbacks, led the Cardinals to a NOTRE DAME 38, TEXAS 3 GEORGIA 51, LOUISIANA MONROE 14 CLEMSON 49, WOFFORD 10 Henry ran for 147 yards and three touchdowns couple of late touchdowns that made it inter- Notre Dame’s Malik Zaire passed for 313 Georgia beat Louisiana-Monroe in game Clemson’s Deshaun Watson threw for 194 as the No. 3-ranked Crimson Tide beat No. 20- esting. yards in his first home start, and Notre Dame that was called off with just under 10 minutes yards and two touchdowns, and Clemson ranked Wisconsin 35-17 on Saturday in the col- USC 55, ARKANSAS ST. 6 held Texas to 163 yards of total offense. Zaire left because of lightning in the area. A few overcame star receiver Mike Williams scary lege season opener for both teams. In other USC’s Cody Kessler passed for 236 yards was 19-of-22 passing with three touchdowns, minutes after the Bulldogs scored their final injury when hitting the goalpost support and key results, Oregon beat Eastern Washington and four touchdowns to lead the Trojans to a including a 66-yard scoring strike to Will Fuller. touchdown, coach Mark Richt walked over to spraining his neck. in a high-scoring encounter, Auburn had a big win over Arkansas State. Tre Madden the officials to discuss game conditions, and tighter-than-expected win against Louisville rushed for 106 yards and a score. Madden, TEXAS A&M 38, ARIZONA ST. 17 the decision was made to end it. UCLA 34, VIRGINIA 16 and University of Southern California cruised JuJu Smith-Schuster, Steven Mitchell Jr. and Texas A&M’s Kyle Allen threw for a score UCLA’s Josh Rosen passed for 351 yards and past Arkansas State. Oklahoma transfer Taylor McNamara caught early and sealed the game by running for a FLORIDA STATE 59, TEXAS STATE 16 three touchdowns in a stellar debut, leading Alabama played Wisconsin at the Dallas TD passes from Kessler in the Trojans’ first touchdown and throwing for another in the Everett Golson threw four touchdown pass- the Bruins past Virginia. Cowboys stadium, and used Jake Coker at game since the official end of scholarship fourth quarter after having being temporarily es in his Florida State debut. The graduate quarterback. He was 15-of-21 passing for 213 restrictions on the perennial power. benched. Allen won the starting job in presea- transfer from Notre Dame was 19 for 25 for MCNEESE STATE AT LSU, CANCELED yards and a touchdown while playing until Kessler went 19 for 26 with no turnovers. son camp, but spent most of the third quarter 302 yards. Persistent lightning strikes forced officials late in the third quarter. Although he was sacked five times, he steadily on the bench before returning early in the He matched his career high for touchdown to cancel Louisiana State’s season opener with In former offensive coordinator Paul led the Trojans to a 36-point lead before tak- fourth and capping a long drive with a 12-yard passes set last year in Notre Dame’s victory McNeese State following a delay of nearly four Chryst’s first game as Wisconsin’s coach, the ing the fourth quarter off. touchdown run that made it 24-14. over Syracuse. hours. Badgers were held to 40 yards rushing. They had averaged 264 yards per game on the MISSISSIPPI 76, UT MARTIN 3 ground over the previous five seasons. Mississippi’s Chad Kelly threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns and scored on a 20-yard run OREGON 61, EASTERN WASHINGTON 42 in a giant win against University of Texas Martin. Oregon’s Vernon Adams threw for two touchdowns but left his much-anticipated ARKANSAS 48, UTEP 13 debut after a scary fourth-quarter hit and the Arkansas’ Brandon Allen threw for a career- Ducks beat his former team Eastern high 308 yards and matched his best with four Washington to open the season. touchdown passes in victory over University of Royce Freeman ran for a career-high 180 Texas El Paso. yards and three scores for the Ducks. Adams, who transferred to the Ducks for his final year OKLAHOMA 41, AKRON 3 of college eligibility, was ushered to the locker Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield passed for 388 room after he staggered getting up from a late yards and three touchdowns as the Sooners hit by Eastern Washington’s John Kreifels, who beat Akron. was ejected. NORTHWESTERN 16, STANFORD 6 AUBURN 31, LOUISVILLE 24 Northwestern’s Clayton Thorson ran 42 Auburn’s defense made a couple of huge yards for a touchdown while playing turnover- plays early to offset three interceptions thrown free ball at quarterback in a surprise victory by Jeremy Johnson, and the Tigers held off against Stanford. Louisville. The Tigers’ first touchdown in the opener MISSOURI 34, SE MISSOURI 3 was set up by an interception, and Justin Missouri’s Kentrell Brothers had a career- Garrett returned a fumble 82 yards to make it best 16 tackles and blocked a punt that was 14-0. That’s just what Auburn wanted out of returned for a touchdown as Missouri beat Will Muschamp, who took over as defensive state rival Southeast Missouri. coordinator after being fired as coach at Southeastern Conference rival Florida. TENNESSEE 59, BOWLING GREEN 30 Auburn led 31-10 after a touchdown with Tennessee’s Jalen Hurd had three first-half just over 10 minutes remaining but Louisville touchdown runs to lead the Volunteers past quarterback Lamar Jackson, who got the bulk BATON ROUGE: McNeese State defensive back Dominique Hill (7) defends a pass against LSU wide receiver Malachi Dupre (15) during the Bowling Green in a game delayed 80 minutes of the playing time over three more experi- first half of an NCAA college football game. — AP by lightning in the third quarter. —AP Slattery bags Hoffman leads as Russian Open Spieth misses cut MOSCOW: Lee Slattery bounced back 2011. Goya was second after a 68, with NORTON: Former winner Charley Hoffman few days before getting back to work. from an erratic start to shoot a 2-under defending champion David Horsey of earned a three-shot lead after the second “I’m going to take some time away, proba- 69 yesterday that was enough for a one- England (68) another shot back in third round at the Deutsche Bank Championship bly it’s going to be good for me to take four shot victory at the Russian Open. following a bogey-free round. Northern on Saturday, while fellow American Jordan days and not touch a club,” he told reporters, The Englishman entered the final Ireland’s Michael Hoey was one of four Spieth missed consecutive cuts for the first largely blaming his putting for the six-over time in his career. 148 total. “I don’t feel it’s far off, even though round with the lead but two bogeys on players to share fourth place on 12 under. Hoffman took advantage of his early tee my scores have been far off. It’s almost been the front nine left him temporarily two South African Jake Roos set a course time to gather nine birdies for an eight- like a bad dream, like I have to wake up and shots behind Argentina’s Estanislao Goya. record with an eight-under 63, hauling under-par 63 at the Boston TPC where he get the putts to go in again.” However, Slattery birdied three of his last him up the leaderboard from 34th won in 2010. He posted a 12-under 130 Hoffman, a three-time PGA Tour winner eight holes, including a chip in from the overnight to joint eighth. In damp con- halfway total, with Brendon de Jonge of who was on the leaderboard for a long time rough on the 17th, while Goya bogeyed ditions at the Skolkovo Golf Club, the Zimbabwe (68) the closest pursuer on nine- at the Masters this year before finishing equal the 13th and 15th. start of play was delayed by two hours under. Australian Jason Day, who has won ninth, started well with eight birdies on his “That chip in was massive,” said due to fog. three times in his last four events, including opening 14 holes, including a near hole-in- Slattery, who narrowly missed out on a Golf has become increasingly popular the PGA Championship, sat six shots back in a one on the par-three 11th, his second hole. European Tour card for this season. in recent years with the Russian elite, and tie for 10th after successive 68s. “This is one of those courses that when “Having to ask a lot of promoters for the tournament attracted a small but Masters and US Open champion Spieth you get up on the tees it sets up well visually invites, it’s been a difficult year. I forgot well-heeled crowd, some with body- missed his second straight cut with a 73 for for me,” American Hoffman said. “I also tend to what it was like to write letters. I’ve writ- guards in tow. Andrei Pavlov pleased the his fourth above-par round in a row. It is the make a few more putts on these greens. ten a lot this year and it’s just nice to be spectators by becoming the first Russian first time in his pro career that the 22-year-old “I’m in a nice position after two days, but able to finish the year off like this with a ever to make the cut at a European Tour Spieth has missed successive cuts.