SATURDAY’S STARS
SATURDAY’S STARS
c Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, threw four touchdown passes and ran for two more scores in less than three quarters to lead the No. 12 Aggies past UTEP, 57-7. Manziel had 273 yards passing and 67 yards rushing. He threw touchdown passes of 44, 15, 17 and 26 yards and had TD runs of 10 and 49 yards.
c Tajh Boyd, Clemson, threw for 377 yards and three TDs and ran for another score in the No. 9 Tigers’ 59-10 victory over Virginia.
c Jameis Winston, Florida State, threw for 325 yards and a touchdown in the No. 3 Seminoles’ 41-14 victory over No. 7 Miami.
c Braxton Miller, Ohio State, threw for 233 yards and four TDs as the No. 4 Buckeyes routed Purdue 56-0.
c Johnathan Williams, Grambling State, accounted for seven TDs to lead the Tigers to their first win of the season, 47-40 over Mississippi Valley State.
c Adam Muema, San Diego State, ran for a season-high 233 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-30 victory over New Mexico.
c Grant Hedrick, Boise State, threw for 305 yards and five TDs in a 42-30 victory over Colorado State.
c Tre Mason, Auburn, ran for 168 yards and four touchdowns to help the No. 8 Tigers give first-year coach Gus Malzahn a 35-17 win in his return to Arkansas.
c Taylor Heinicke, Old Dominion, passed for 293 yards and six TDs in a 66-14 blowout win over Rhode Island.
c B.J. Denker, Arizona, ran for three TDs
and passed for a fourth in a 33-28 win over California.
c Quinn Epperly, Princeton, set an NCAA record by opening with 29 straight completions, and accounted for 401 total yards and six TDs in a 53-20 win over Cornell.
c Anthony LaCoste, Air Force, rushed for a career-high 263 yards and scored three TDs to help the Falcons beat Army 42-28.
c Bill Belton, Penn State, rushed for 201 yards and a touchdown in the Nittany Lions’ 24-17 win over Illinois.
c Maty Mauk, Missouri, threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in the No. 10 Tigers’ 31-3 victory over Tennessee.
c Connor Shaw, South Carolina, passed for four TDs and the 14th-ranked Gamecocks got five turnovers to defeat Mississippi State 34-16.
c DaMarcus James, Jacksonville State, set a school record with five rushing touchdowns in a 42-10 victory over Austin Peay. James ran for 102 yards on 19 carries.
c Richard Cue, South Carolina State, threw four TD passes and ran for 128 yards and two more scores in a 45-9 win over Savannah State.
c Malcolm Brown, Texas, ran for 119 yards and four TDs to help the Longhorns beat Kansas 35-13.
c Mike Nebrich, Fordham, threw for a school-record 524 yards in a 32-30 comeback win over Holy Cross.
c Vernon Adams, Eastern Washington, threw for 432 yards and five touchdowns in a 55-34 win at Idaho State.
c John Spooney, Brown, ran for 232 yards and two TDs in a 27-0 win over Penn.
c Rakeem Cato, Marshall, tied a career high with five TD passes as the Thundering Herd rolled Southern Miss 61-13.
c DaMarcus James, Jacksonville State, rushed for five TDs in a 42-10 victory over Austin Peay.
c Chuckie Looney, Marist, threw for 362 yards and five TDs in a 42-35 win over Jacksonville.
c Andy Rice, Drake, threw a career-high five TD passes and ran for another score in a 56-14 rout over Morehead State.
c Jimmy Garoppolo, Eastern Illinois, threw for 399 yards and four TDs in a 56-21 win over Tennessee Tech.
c Zach Bauman, Northern Arizona, ran for 162 yards and a touchdown in a 48-27 win over North Dakota.
c Pitt defensive lineman Aaron Donald made 11 tackles, six for losses, including a sack, and forced two fumbles in the Panthers’ 21-10 loss to Georgia Tech.
NUMBERS
c Negative 48: Rushing yards by Michigan against rival Michigan State, worst in school history.
c 15: Straight home wins by No. 14 South Carolina to match a school record.
c 116:Career touchdowns by Clemson Tajh Boyd, breaking the ACC record of 112 set by North Carolina State’s Philip Rivers.