C4 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | KENTUCKY.COM SEC Georgia jolts Vols late in shootout

FRESHMEN BACKS SEC STANDINGS GASH TENNESSEE, 51-44 East Associated Press Conf. All Todd Gurley ran for three Georgia ...... 3-0 5-0 touchdowns and fellow fresh- South Carolina ...... 3-0 5-0 man Keith Marshall added Florida ...... 3-0 4-0 two as No. 5 Georgia recov- Missouri ...... 0-2 3-2 ered after blowing a 17-point Tennessee ...... 0-2 3-2 lead to beat visiting Tennes- Vanderbilt ...... 0-2 1-3 CHRISTOPHER JACKSON | ASSOCIATED PRESS see 51-44 on Saturday in the Kentucky ...... 0-2 1-4 West Virginia’s Geno Smith gestured to fans after passing for highest-scoring game ever be- Western 656 yards and eight touchdowns in a 70-63 win over Baylor. tween the SEC rivals. LSU ...... 2-0 5-0 Georgia (5-0, 3-0 SEC), Alabama ...... 1-0 4-0 which had never scored more Mississippi St...... 1-0 4-0 points against the Volunteers, Mississippi ...... 1-0 3-1 AROUND needed three takeaways in A&M ...... 0-1 2-1 the final six minutes to stay BRANT SANDERLIN | ASSOCIATED PRESS Auburn ...... 0-2 1-3 unbeaten. Twice Sanders Georgia freshman running back Todd Gurley eluded Tennessee’s Arkansas ...... 0-2 1-4 Commings intercepted Tyler THE NATION Byron Moore, center, and Brent Brewer en route to a 51-yard Saturday’s games Bray’s passes and in between touchdown. Gurley scored twice more in a 130-yard day. SATURDAY’S BIG GAMES AND TOP PERFORMANCES the Tennessee quarterback South Carolina 38, Kentucky 17 was stripped from behind and two touchdowns and three 51 straight points. It broke Missouri 21, Central Florida 16 the was recovered by . Rajion Neal a three-game losing streak Texas A&M 58, Arkansas 10 TOP GAMES Georgia’s John Jenkins. had 104 yards rushing with a to the Razorbacks, who beat Georgia 51, Tennessee 44 “You can get into statis- touchdown and also caught a A&M 42-38 last season after LSU 38, Towson 22 West Virginia outslugs Baylor tics, but the bottom line is touchdown pass. trailing 35-17 at halftime. Mississippi at Alabama (n) a lot of games are going to Murray completed 19 of 25 “I’m really, really happy in record-setting scorefest come down to the end where for 278 yards with two touch- for them as a group,” Texas somebody has to make a downs, one . Mur- A&M Coach Kevin Sumlin touchdown for Texas A&M. No. 9 West Virginia 70, No. 25 Baylor 63: Geno Smith and the play,” Georgia Coach Mark ray also lost a fumble. said of his seniors. “It’s some- Ryan Swope had five re- fast-moving, high-scoring Mountaineers (4-0) proved they fit right in Richt said. Texas A&M 58, Arkansas thing that they wanted badly ceptions for 141 yards and with their new conference, outracing visiting Baylor (3-1) in the Big Aaron Murray threw two 10: Johnny Manziel shattered in their college career.” a touchdown, recording his 12’s highest-scoring game ever. Smith tied a conference mark with third-quarter touchdown school records for yards pass- Manziel added 104 yards school-record 10th career eight touchdown passes and narrowly missed another one with 656 passes to Michael Bennett for ing and total offense in Texas rushing to also break the 100-yard game. Thomas John- yards passing. the Bulldogs. A&M’s win over Arkansas in school record for yards of to- son added 108 yards receiving “It did feel like one of those classic Texas shootouts,” said Smith, Georgia led 27-10 early College Station. tal offense with 557. and Mike Evans had 83 yards whose school moved over from the Big East this season. “That’s kind in the second quarter before of what the Big 12 is about.” Manziel threw for 453 “Manziel is awfully good and a score as A&M piled up Smith outdueled Baylor’s Nick Florence, who broke Heisman Tennessee took the lead with yards and three touchdowns and he made a lot of good 716 yards of total offense. Trophy-winning predecessor Robert Griffin III’s school record with 581 20 unanswered points. and ran for another score to plays,” Smith said. “He’s No. 3 LSU 38, Towson 22: yards. Florence threw for five TDs. “It’s nice to have a gut- lead the Aggies to their first something.” Zach Mettenberger connected The game also set a new record for the most points scored in check and come out on top,” Manziel, a freshman, has ac- with Odell Beckham Jr. five a game involving a team ranked in The Associated Press poll. The said Richt. win. counted for 15 touchdowns in times for 128 yards and two previous mark of 124 was set in No. 12 Oklahoma’s 82-42 win over Tennessee (3-2, 0-2 SEC) “There’s a lot of points that the Aggies’ last three games. touchdowns, and host LSU Colorado in 1980. took its third straight loss in he left on the field,” Texas He finished 29-for-38. overcame nagging offensive How wild was it? Smith, the early Heisman front-runner, had more the series under Coach Derek A&M offensive coordinator Arkansas quarterback sloppiness in a victory over TD passes than incompletions (six). He finished 45 of 51 and still Dooley, the son of Georgia’s Kliff Kingsbury said of Man- Tyler Wilson threw for 373 overmatched but feisty Tow- doesn’t have an interception this season. former longtime coach Vince ziel. “So that’s exciting. He’s yards and a touchdown, but son. “Can you please tell me how you can improve on that?” West Dooley. not extremely comfortable in he threw two interceptions as Mettenberger’s scoring Virginia Coach Dana Holgorsen said. “We are better in a lot of the offense yet. Once he gets Arkansas was shut out after strikes to Beckham went for Maybe not on offense, but both defenses have plenty of work to areas, but we have to shore there, the sky’s the limit.” the first quarter. 53 and 27 yards, and LSU’s do. West Virginia amassed a school-record 807 yards and the teams up the run defense,” Derek The Razorbacks were done “Total yards and offense, quarterback finished with 238 combined for 1,507 yards of offense and 67 first downs. Six receivers Dooley said. “Georgia is a in by a porous pass defense we had a bunch,” Wilson said. yards passing. Still, Metten- had at least 100 yards receiving. great running team but we and three turnovers, as their “Unfortunately, those don’t berger missed some open re- The Bears’ Terrance Williams set a Big 12 record with 314 yards are a lot better than what we once-promising season contin- turn into points.” ceivers and his fumble — one receiving. The old mark was set minutes earlier by West Virginia’s showed out there today. It ued to crumble with a fourth Smith was impressed of three LSU turnovers — led Stedman Bailey, who had 303 yards and a school-record five TDs. was frustrating.” straight loss. with the way Wilson fought to the first of two touchdown The combined 19 touchdowns tied an FBS mark, last reached Gurley had 24 carries for It was a defeat that left when Navy beat North Texas 74-62 in 2007. That matchup set the throughout the tough loss. runs by Towson’s Terrance FBS record for most points in a regulation game at 136. 130 yards. Marshall had 164 Coach John L. Smith answer- “I think Tyler hung in West. The Mountaineers now must hope they can generate points on yards on only 10 carries. ing questions about how to there. I’ve got to continue to West’s first TD run gave the road when they head to No. 12 Texas and Texas Tech over the next “We know what we’re ca- keep his team positive. pat him on the back,” Smith Towson, an FCS team, a stun- two weeks. “Not every Big 12 game is like this,” Holgorsen said. pable of,” said Gurley, who “Let them know that you said. “Nothing at all to say ning 9-7 lead in the second has rushed for more than 100 can’t give up on each other,” negative about that young quarter before LSU responded ’Canes QB throws for 566 yards, 5 TDs yards in four of his first five he said. “We haven’t given up man. He took some shots to- with 24 straight points. games. “We did our thing. We on anybody. You have to keep Miami 44, N.C. State 37: Stephen Morris threw for a school-re- day. They came after us and J.C. Copeland, LSU’s cord 566 yards and five touchdowns, the last a 62-yard strike to Phil- executed.” believing. ‘Quit’ isn’t in our came after us, and came after 272-pound fullback, scored his lip Dorsett with 19 seconds left, and host Miami beat North Carolina Bray moved the Vols in- vocabulary, and you can’t al- us. We have to do a better job third touchdown of the season State for the Hurricanes’ first three-game winning streak since 2009. side the Georgia 35 late in the low it to be.” of protecting that kid.” on a 1-yard plunge, but was Dorsett caught seven passes for 192 yards and two scores for Miami game before he fumbled. Arkansas (1-4, 0-2) led Steven Terrell had two in- hurt in the fourth quarter and (4-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which faces unbeaten Notre Bray completed 24-of-45 10-7 after one quarter before terceptions and Tramain Ja- did not put any weight on his Dame in Chicago next weekend. Mike Glennon passed for 440 yards passes for 281 yards with the Aggies (3-1, 1-1) scored cobs returned a fumble for a left leg as he was helped off. and four touchdowns for N.C. State (3-2, 0-1), but his interception with 48 seconds left set up Miami’s winning score. Meyer off to 5-0 start at Ohio State STATE No. 14 Ohio State 17, No. 20 Michigan State 16: Braxton Miller threw for 179 yards and ran for 130, and Ohio State held off host Michigan State, giving Urban Meyer a win in his first Big Ten game as Buckeyes coach. Miller put Ohio State (5-0, 1-0) ahead 17-13 with Cronin gets 150th win at Georgetown a 63-yard touchdown pass to Devin Smith in the third quarter, and the Buckeyes’ maligned defense held Le’Veon Bell and the Michigan Staff, Special, Wire Reports the game with 56 seconds senior Lemeco Miller had 116 yard field goal into the wind. State running game in check. Meyer is the third coach to start 5-0 in Georgetown rolled past left and went on to beat vis- yards rushing and 92 yards re- Cumberlands 61, Lindsey his first season at Ohio State. Carol Widdoes and Earle Bruce did it in visiting Bethel 63-21 Saturday iting Thomas More (1-3) in ceiving to lead Cumberland (4- Wilson 29: Host Cumberlands 1944 and 1979. Michigan State (3-2, 0-1) has lost four home games in to hand Coach Bill Cronin his four overtimes. Thomas More 1) over host Pikeville (3-3). (5-0) scored 54 unanswered a row against Ohio State. 150th victory at the school. had the ball first in the fourth Union 37, Bluefield (Va.) 14: points to rout Lindsey Wilson The Tigers (5-0) opened overtime and scored on fresh- Mike Brinkley passed for two (2-4) and extend its school- Boise State holds on after leading by 25 a 28-7 lead early in the sec- man Jensen Gebhardt’s 25- touchdowns and ran for one, record winning streak to 10 No. 24 Boise State 32, New Mexico 29: Joe Southwick passed ond quarter and never looked yard touchdown pass to fresh- and host Union (3-2) kept dating to last season. for 311 yards and three touchdowns, and Timmy Smith knocked back. Cronin is 150-35 in 16 man Goose Cohorn, but the Bluefield (0-6) winless for the Campbellsville 15, Kentucky down a fourth-down pass with two minutes to help Boise State (3-1) years at Georgetown. mandatory two-point conver- season. Coach Tommy Reid Christian 14: Former Camp- avoid an upset at New Mexico (2-3). Boise State led by 25 points at “We don’t have this record sion failed. became Union’s all-time wins bellsville soccer standout the half. New Mexico turned two Broncos second-half into without all the players that Thomas More senior Zach leader with his 47th in 12 sea- Casey Clarke kicked a school- touchdowns to help close the gap. The Lobos did not throw a pass in have come through this pro- Autenrieb tied the NCAA Di- sons, and senior running back record five field goals — ac- the second half until its final play, but baffled the Broncos with their gram,” Cronin said. vision III career interception Rob Brown eclipsed 4,000 ca- counting for all his team’s triple-option offense. Georgetown scored five record with his 29th. He had reer all-purpose yards. points — in the win at Ken- touchdowns on the ground two interceptions, returning Millsaps 33, Centre 16: Host tucky Christian (2-3). Clarke’s ELSEWHERE and got three TD passes the second 25 yards for a Centre (3-2) lost to Millsaps 52-yarder tied a school record, from Neal Pawsat, including a touchdown. (4-0) in both teams’ first game and his 41-yarder at the end of Penn State wins Big Ten opener 16-yarder to Cory Cronin, the Cumberland 41, Pikeville 23: a members of the Southern the third quarter provided the Penn State 35, Illinois 7: Matt McGloin threw for 211 yards and a coach’s son. Sophomore Reed Gurchiek Athletic Association. Centre go-ahead score for Campells- touchdown and ran for two more scores to lead visiting Penn State Geneva 50, Thomas More completed 17 of 21 passes for senior Jordan Gay broke his ville (1-4). Clarke is a senior (3-2) in both schools’ Big Ten opener. The Nittany Lions forced three 48 (4 OT): Geneva (1-3) tied 245 yards and two scores, and own school record with a 53- from London, England. turnovers and held the Illini (2-3) scoreless for the first 34 minutes. After starting the season amid turmoil with two losses, Penn State has won three straight. State line scores Purdue 51, Marshall 41: Caleb TerBush threw four touchdown passes and host Purdue (3-1) ran back two interceptions for scores in ALBANY ST. 17, KENTUCKY ST. 14 First quarter: LW—Chaz Barnes 15 pass from pass from Pawsat (Kreimer kick). Second quarter: (Benton kick), 13:35. Mur—Berry 25 run (Benton the win over Marshall (2-3). Tommy Shuler set Marshall’s single-game Branden Cresap (Mark Corbett kick). C—Willie Gibson G—Jesse Morrell 4 run (Kreimer kick). B—A. Davis 3 kick), 9:21. TnT—Golden 14 run (Sharp kick), 3:41. record with 19 receptions and finished with 200 yards. Albany St...... 0 7 3 7—17 97 kickoff return (Justin Dyer kick).LW— Barnes 73 run (Phillips kick). G—Logan Osborne 70 run (Cody Mur—Watkins 51 pass from Brockman (Benton kick), Kentucky St...... 0 0 7 7—14 pass from Cresap (Corbett kick). C—D’Angelo Jordan Parker kick). G—Adam Schmitz 3 run (Parker kick). 2:33. TnT—Vanlier 94 kickoff return (Sharp kick), No. 17 Clemson 45, Boston College 31: Tajh Boyd threw for 367 Second quarter: AS—Nathan Hoyte 8 run (Dil- 41 run (Dyer kick). C—Jordan 6 run (kick blocked). Third quarter: G—Posey 1 run (Kreimer kick). B— 2:20. Third quarter: Mur—Whitehead 18 interception yards and three touchdowns and ran in another himself as Clemson lan Fontaine kick). Third quarter: AS—Fontaine 37 C—Gibson 38 pass from Jay Bright (pass failed). Sec- Cordarious Mann 2 run (Phillips kick). G—Osborne 11 return (Benton kick), 12:52. TnT—Wilson 7 pass from (4-1, 1-1 ACC) beat host Boston College (1-3, 0-2). DeAndre Hopkins field goal. KS—Justin Williams 20 run (Cade BEr- ond quarter: C—Terrance Cobb 6 run (Dyer kick). C— pass from Pawsat (Kreimer kick). G—Jake Connor 12 Lamb (Sharp kick), 4:53. Mur—Brady 12 run (Ben- ryman kick). Fourth quarter: AS—Ronnie Tubbs 18 Iquan Deed 35 run (Dyer kick). C—Deed 6 run (Dyer fumble return (Kreimer kick). ton kick), 2:35. Fourth quarter: Mur—Brady 25 run caught 11 passes for 197 yards for the Tigers, who bounced back pass from David Kooi (Fontaine kick). KS—Williams kick). Third quarter: C—Gibson 40 pass from Bright INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (Benton kick), 12:28. TnT—Cates 9 pass from Stone after blowing a two-touchdown lead and losing 49-37 to No. 4 Florida 1 run (Berryman kick). (Dyer kick). C—Cobb 49 run (Dyer kick). Fourth quar- RUSHING — Bethel, Mann 18-118, Smith 6-24, (Sharp kick), :01. State last week. Andre Ellington ran 25 times for 132 yards and a Records: Albany St. 2-3, Kentucky St. 1-3 ter: LW—Dobbins 59 pass from Cresap (Caleb Keeton Davis 2-3, Faulkner 2-1. Georgetown, Osborne 5-97, A—9,794. kick). LW—Powers 4 pass from Cresap (Ben Madon Posey 8-43, Sowder 5-29, Daiker 3-24. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS touchdown for Clemson. CAMPBELLSVILLE 15, KY. CHRISTIAN 14 from Cresap). PASSING — Bethel, Masoud 16-10-0-171, Rob- RUSHING—Tennessee Tech, Golden 9-63, Urbano Records: Cumberlands 5-0, Lindsey Wilson 2-4 ertson 12-6-1-41. Georgetown, Pawsat 37-24-1-312, Cincinnati 27, Virginia Tech 24: Munchie Legaux hit Damon Julian Campbellsville ...... 3 6 6 0—15 9-44, Annoor 10-35, Stone 2-25, Hudson 1-3, Team Daiker 2-1-0-9. 1-(minus 2), Lamb 7-(minus 5). Murray St., Berry 13- for a 39-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds to play, and Cincin- Ky. Christian ...... 0 14 0 0—14 GENEVA 50, THOMAS MORE 48 (OT) RECEIVING — Bethel, Brandy 5-26, Reynolds 3-75, 142, Brady 12-72, Harness 1-7, Harris 5-0, Humphries First quarter: C—Casey Clark 20 field goal. Sec- Thomas 2-21, Delano 1-46. Georgetown, Gohman nati (3-0) beat Virginia Tech (3-2) in Landover, Md. Trailing by four Thomas More ....7 0 8 14 19—48 ond quarter: KC—Caleb Cox 29 pass from Graham 5-80, Naylor 3-23, Madon 2-47, Sowder 2-31. 2-(minus 5), Brockman 7-(minus 5). after a Hokies touchdown, the Bearcats took over at their own 15 with Johnston (Andrew Slikker kick). C—Clarke 34 field Geneva ...... 0 12 3 14 21—50 PASSING—Tennessee Tech, Lamb 19-30-1-278, 1:43 to play and moved downfield in nine plays for the score. Legaux goal. KC—Cox 67 pass from Johnston (Slikker kick). First quarter: TM—Cody Hinkel 6 pass from MILLSAPS 33, CENTRE 16 Stone 2-8-0-20. Murray St., Brockman 32-38-0-381, completed 19 of 42 passes for a career-high 376 yards with three C—Clark 37 field goal. Third quarter: C—Clarke 52 Jensen Gebhardt (Tim Gormly kick). Second quarter: Humphries 2-2-0-7. field goal. C—Clark 41 field goal. G—B. Visingardi 32 field goal. G—Visingardi 31 field Millsaps ...... 0 20 6 7—33 RECEIVING—Tennessee Tech, Rogers 5-58, Van- touchdowns and one interception. Kenbrell Thompkins also set career Records: Campbellsville 1-4, Ky. Christian 2-3 goal. G—Jordan Curry 2 run (kick blocked). Third Centre ...... 0 3 6 7—16 lier 4-24, Matthews 3-119, Plemons 2-21, Wilson 2-19, quarter: TM—Jake Fishburn 6 blocked punt return Second quarter: M—M. Barthelemy 1 run (B. Bra- highs for Cincinnati with seven catches for 134 yards and a score. Cates 2-15, Urbano 1-27, E.Belew 1-11, S.Bush 1-4. (Adam Rauch run). G—Visingardi 27 field goal. Fourth dy kick). C—Jordan Gay 53 field goal. M—D. Fawcett CUMBERLAND (TENN.) 41, PIKEVILLE 23 Murray St., W.Powell 10-162, Griffin 5-55, Watkins Northwestern 44, Indiana 29: Kain Colter ran for 161 yards and quarter: TM—Zach Autenrieb 25 interception return 5 run (Brady kick). M—L. Washington 27 pass from G. 4-92, Robertson 3-24, Brady 3-20, Berry 3-6, Ja.Davis four touchdowns, and host Northwestern set a school record with Cumberland ...... 7 10 7 17—41 (Gormly kick). TM—Ryan Winkler 9 pass from Geb- Pinciotti (kick failed). Third quarter: C—Gay 49 field 2-15, Beauford 2-8, Morrow 2-6. Pikeville ...... 0 13 3 7—23 hardt (Gormly kick). G—R. Colavecchia 4 run (Visin- goal. C—Gay 28 field goal. M—T. Watson 1 run (pass 704 yards of total offense in both teams’ Big Ten opener. Colter also First quarter: C—Debord 10 run (White kick). Sec- gardi kick). G—Colavecchia 4 run (Visingardi kick). failed). Fourth quarter: C—Greyson Janeway 9 pass UNION 37, BLUEFIELD 14 finished with 131 yards receiving on a day when the Wildcats (5-0) ond quarter: P—Adams 31 run (Quick kick). P—Quick OT: TM—Rauch 2 run (Gormly kick). G—Colavecchia from Heath Haden (Gay kick). M—T. Watson 3 run (S. had to hang on after building a 27-0 lead early in the third quarter. 41 field goal. C—White 36 field goal. P—Quick 34 2 run (Visingardi kick). G—Corey O’Patchen 25 pass Gates kick). Bluefield ...... 7 0 0 7—14 Indiana (2-2) got with 37-29 when D’Angelo Roberts scored on a field goal. C—Stewart 47 pass from Gurchiek (White from Zack Hayward (run failed). TM—Rauch 4 run Records: Millsaps 4-0, Centre 3-2 Union ...... 13 10 7 7—37 kick). Third quarter: C—Miller 82 pass from Gurchiek (pass failed). TM—Goose Cohorn 25 pass from Geb- First quarter: U—Rob Brown 17 pass from Mike 2-yard run and Kofi Hughes ran it in on a reverse for the two-point (White kick). P—Quick 34 field goal. Fourth quarter: hardt (pass failed). G—Colavecchia 5 run (Hayward MURRAY ST. 70, TENNESSEE TECH 35 Brinkley (kick failed). U— William McGarvey 12 pass C—White 22 field goal. C—Miller 3 run (White kick). run). conversion. Colter helped to ice the game when he scored on a 22- Tennessee Tech...... 7 14 7 7—35 from Brown (Jared Miller kick). B—Marion Harris 29 P—Amis 95 kickoff return (Quick kick). C—Goodloe Records: Geneva 1-3, Thomas More 1-3 Murray St...... 28 21 14 7—70 pass from Greg Hampton (Mikel Hawks kick). Second yard run to make it 44-29 with just over 5 minutes left. 10 run (White kick). First quarter: Mur—W.Powell 14 pass from Brock- quarter: U—Brinkley 14 run (Miller kick). U—Miller Stony Brook 23, Army 3: In a loss, former Bowling Green stand- Records: Cumberland 4-1, Pikeville 303 GEORGETOWN 63, BETHEL 21 man (Benton kick), 13:05. TnT—Matthews 18 pass 24 field goal. Third quarter: U—Leonard Dixon 2 run out Trent Steelman ran for 89 yards and set host Army’s all-time (Miller kick). Fourth quarter: B—Harris 16 run (Hawks CUMBERLANDS 61, LINDSEY WILSON 29 First quarter: G— Melvin Posey 16 run (Alex Kre- from Lamb (Sharp kick), 11:00. Mur—Brockman 1 running record for quarterbacks (2,362 yards). imer kick). B—Cole Delano 46 pass from Will Masoud run (Benton kick), 8:07. Mur—Harness 7 run (Ben- kick). U—Rob Brown 95 kickoff return (Alex Peebles Lindsey Wilson .....14 0 0 15—29. (Robby Phillips kick). G—Chris Gohman 23 pass ton kick), 3:02. Mur—W.Powell 70 punt return (Ben- kick). HERALD-LEADER WIRE SERVICES Cumberlands ...... 26 21 14 0—61 from Neal Pawsat (Kreimer kick). G—Cory Cronin 16 ton kick), 1:02. Second quarter: Mur—Brady 3 run Records: Union 3-2, Bluefield 0-6