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NOTABLY Richmond quarterback Eric Ward threw for a career-high 394 yaids and 3 TDs in a 38-28 win over VMI. HI 6D BLIIITIN I piessconnects.com Sunday, September 27, 2009 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cartel .9, slead NOTABLY Maryland (1-3), which lost 34-13 to Rutgers, has more turnovers (13) than TDs (11) this season. uUIdALL SU A. 0. xi i 'V-K 4 7 1 I I I 1 I SATURDAY'S GAMES No.

1 Florida 41, Kentucky 7 Next: Gators at LSU, Oct. 10 Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was knocked out of Florida's victory against at Kentucky after taking a hard shot to the head in the third quarter. The Gators were leading 31-7 and driving deep in Kentucky territory when Tebow was sacked by Kentucky defensive end Taylor Wyndham. As he fell back with Wyndham on top of him, Tebow's head struck teammate Marcus Gilbert's leg, violently bending his neck forward. Tebow lay motionless for several minutes while Commonwealth Stadium fell silent.

He sat up with some help then slowly made his way off the field to a loud ovation. He was eventually carted off the field with concussion-like symptoms, vomiting several times as he was taken to an ambulance to a local hospital for tests. The win extended Florida's winning streak to 14 games, tops in the nation as the Gators (4-0, 2-0 SEC) continued their mastery over the Wildcats (2-1, 0-1). Florida has won 23 straight in the series, the second longest active winning streak by one team over another in the country. Now two Heisman Trophy-winning lr-terbacks have been knocked out of gain in the first month of the season, with Tebow joining Oklahoma's Sarn who injured his shoulder in Week 1 ar, 1 hasn't played since.

Tebow finished with 123 yards rushing and two touchdowns. He added another 103 yards and a score through the air. No. 2 Texas 64, UUP 7 Next: Longhorns host Colorado, Oct. 10 Colt McCoy and Texas (4-0) got the fast start they bad been missing in recent weeks, rolling to a 40-point lead by halftime at home in beating Texas-El Paso (1-3).

McCoy passed for 286 yards and three touchdowns, two to Dan Buckner. The Longhorns also harassed UTEP quarterback Trevor Vittatoe into five turnovers. No. 3 Alabama 35, Arkansas 7 Next: Crimson Tide at Kentucky, Saturday Greg McElroy passed for a career-high 291 yards and three touchdowns and Al By John Kekis The Associated Press SYRACUSE Delone Carter scored four touchdowns and Syracuse overcame Maine's bag of tricks to beat the Black Bears 41-24 on Saturday night. It was the second straight win for the Orange (2-2) and it put them at 500 for the first time in three years, a span of 35 games.

Maine (2-2) made it interesting, though, flawlessly executing two onside kicks and two fake punts, and led 17-13 at halftime. The Black Bears, who were hurt by 17 penalties for 132 yards, failed to score again until the final minute. Carter caught a 2-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and scored three times in the second half on runs of 9, 5 and 3 yards to rally the Orange. Quaterback Greg Paulus finished 21-for-28 for 270 yards and two touchdowns for Syracuse, including a pretty 17-yarder to Marcus Sales to give the Orange a 27-17 lend late in the third. Warren Smi th was 24-for-35 for 305 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions, and Lan-dis Williams had 102 yards receiving, including scoring catches of 56 and 14 yards to lead Maine.

Syracuse began the season with three straight games against the Big Ten, one of the most difficult schedules in the nation, and in this decade, the Orange had played and defeated only two teams from college football's second tier before Maine came to town. The Black Bears are accustomed to moving up in class this is the sixth consecutive season Maine has played a Football Bowl Subdivision team and though the Black Bears had yet to win when they entered the Carrier Dome, they had to create quite a stir in the Syracuse locker room after byilding 17-13 lead and out-' gaining Syracuse 256-149 in the The Associated Press Maine quarterback Warren Smith is tackled by Syracuse's Max Suter in the first quarter of Saturday night's game in the Carrier Dome. first half. Jones returned a short punt to the Maine coach Jack Cosgrove said Maine 31. his team would have to play its best The Orange quickly took advan- and hope Syracuse would struggle, tage as Paulus hit Carter with a He never mentioned trick plays, scoring pass in the right corner of but the Black Bears caught Syra- the end zone.

Carter made a jug- cuse napping twice in the first half gling catch on his knees after Paulus and again early in the third quar- almost ran out of options on a ter- scramble. Maine was shaky at the outset, Union.Endicott Hi duate getting called for four penalties on the first eight plays from scrim- Chandler Jones had three tackles mage. Three infractions on their and Harpursville graduate Jared fust possession pinned the Black Kimmel had one tackle for Syra- Bears at their 8, and Syracuse's Mike cuse. Cornell Ivy road posis victory The Associated Press Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy celebrates with Mike Johnson and tight end Baron Huber. It was after one of three TD passes for McClroy in a 35-7 win Saturday over visiting Arkansas.

Ka. 12 So. Cal vs. Wash. late Next: Trojans (2-1) at California.

Saturday Mo. 13 Ohio St. 30, Illinois 0 Next: Buckeyes at Indiana. Saturday Dan Herron slogged through a downpour for two touchdowns and Ohio Stata (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) bent vbiting IPinois (1-2, 0-1) and a socond shutout far She time in .11 V- 0': u.S.ii. Tcny P3c threw theo touchdown passes inaquick-stiike offense that was hardly on the field, and the Bearcats (4-0) held on against a Fresno State team that ran all over tl lem for most of the game.

One big gamble made the Bulldogs (1-3) come up empty. Facing fourth-and-2 at the Cincinnati 6-yard line to open the fourth quarter, Fresno State chose to throw. Ryan Colburn's pass was picked off, and Pike put the Bearcats in control with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Mardy Gilyard. Mo. 15 TCU 14, Clemson 10 Next: Horned Frogs host SMU, Saturday TCU (3-0) showed off its stellar defense in winning at Clemson (2-2).

Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and the Homed Frogs held Clemson to 125 yards in the second half to take control. Ho. IS Okb. St. 55, Grabbling 6 Next: Cowboys at Te.as Oct.

10 Keith Toston ran for 84 ya; ds and'three first-half touchdowns and Oklahoma State (3-1) overpowered Visiting Gramblittg 5tate. No. 17 Houston vs. Texas Tech, late Next: Cougars at UTEP, Saturday m. IS Ha.

St. lost to Florida, 17-7 Next: Seminoles at Boston College, Sat. Redshirt freshman B.J. Daniels ran for 126 yards and thi two touchdown passes in his first start in i 1 first meeting between the schools. Fioi.ta State is 2-2 and South Florida is 4-0.

Florida State lost four fumbles, including a critical one by quarterback Christian Ponder that allowed USF to ice the game. 11 If 'o St 23 rri'Jay si. Ming Hall parsed for two for another. No. 20 Kansas 33, So.

Miss. 23 Next: Jayhawks host Iowa Sat, Oct. 10 Todd Reesing threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns as Kansas (4-0) beat visiting Southern Mississippi (3-1). Ko. 21 Georgia 23, Arfzona St.

17 Next: Bulldogs LSU. Saturday Blair Walsh kicked a 37 yerri field goal on the linal play and wigia (3-1) escaped an i Vro'ia State (2-1). 22 Car. 3a. Tech, 24-7 Next: Tai Heels hnt 'iiginia, Satuday Quarterback Jun Nesbitt ran for two touchdowns and Georgia Tech's defense made the most of a change to its scheme as the Yellow Jackts (3-1, 2-1 ACC) beat visiting North Carolina (3-1, 0-1).

Georgia Tech opened in a 4-3 scheme instead of the 4-2-5 it ran in last week's 33-17 loss at Miami. The Yellow Jackets held North Carolina to 154 yards. No. 23 Michigan 36, Indiana 33 Next: Wolverines at Michigan Saturday Tate Forcier's 26-yard pass to Martavi-ous Odoms with 2:29 left lifted Michigan 5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) ta another comeback victory, beating visiting Indiana (3-1, 0-1). Donovan Warren's disputed interception on Indiana's next snap sealed the tougher-than-expected victory for the Wolverines, who were outgained by the Hoosiers despite being favored to win by about three touchdowns.

No. 24 Wash, lost to Stanford, 34-14 Next: Huskies at Notre Dame, Saturday Chris Owusu returned the opening kick 91 yards for a touchdown and Toby Gerhart ran for a career-high 200 yards and a score to help host Stanford spoil Washington's first game as a ranked team in six years. Andrew Luck added a 9-yard quarterback keeper for a score and Delano Howell intercepted two passes for the Cardinal (3-1, 2-0 Pac-10). The Huskies are 2-2, 1-1. No.

25 Nebraska 55, 0 Next: Cornhuskers at Missouri, Thursday Zac Lee passed for 238 yards and a touchdown, Roy Helu Jr. scored twice and Nebraska (3-1) celebrated its 300th consecutive sellout with the victory over Louisiana-Lafayette (2-2). on Andrew Bohl wiped out the play. Colgate 20, Fordham 12: Greg Sullivan threw two touchdowns and ran for another score to lead Colgate over visiting Ford-ham. Sullivan, who was 12-for-19 with 189 yards passing, rushed for 109 yards on 21 airries for the Raiders (4-0, 1-0 Patriot League).

Jordan McCoi 1 ad Colgate with 192 yards rushing on 41 attempts. Sidney High graduate Pat Si-monds caught nine passes for 159 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown catch from Sullivan to give Colgate a 13-6 lead in the third quarter. The Rams (0-3, 0-1) cut the lead to 13-12 in the third on Darryl Whiting's 5-yard touchdown run. The extra point was blocked. Sullivan's 7-yard touchdown pass to Nick Cvetic to put the Raiders ahead by eight points in the fourth quarter.

Sullivan also had a 1-yard rushing score in the first half. From staff and news service reports The years of the long, heartbreaking bus rides home, mercifully came to an end as the Cornell football returned from an Ivy League road trip as a winner for the first time since 2005. It wasn't easy as host Yale drove a touchdown on the last play tie game only seeded to nect on a 1 wo-poii it con version i.u'ce Saturday's fry League opt.uer into overtime. However, when Patrick Witt's pass for Jordan Forney fell incomplete on the final play, the Big Red stormed the field to celebrate a 14-12 victory. It was Cornell's first road win in the Ivy League since a 16-7 win at Penn in the 2005 season finale and first win at Yale since 1996.

"It means everything, as a senior class; it is our first road Ivy League win," said senior receiver Bryan Walters. "Just to get that off our back is huge." abama (4-0, 1-0 SEC) beat visiting Arkansas (1-2, 0-2). The Crimson Tide picked on the Razor-backs' beleaguered defense with three huge plays and blocked a punt to win its 18th consecutive league opener dating to its 1992 national championship. Alabama freshman Trent Richardson broke four tackles for a 52-yard touchdown run, Julio Jones caught a 50-yard TD pass on a trick play and McElroy hit Marquis Maze for an 80-yarder. No.

4 Miss, lost S. Carolina, 18-10 0 ,) Next. Rebels (2-1) at Vanderbilt, Saturday No. 5 Penn St. lost to Iowa, 21-10 Next: Nirtany Lions at Illinois, Saturday Story Page 7D.

No. 6 California lost to Oregon, 42-3 Next: Bears hosts Southern Cal. SaturaaY Jeremiah Masoli answered his doir -r? by throwing for 253 yards and thi touchdowns as Oregon (34, 1-0 (': beat visiting California (3-1, 0-1). Masoli went into the game without scoring pass this season. But he 'need by completing 21 of 25 passes for tiie Ducks, who had 524 yards in total offense to Cal's 206 yards.

No. 7 LSU 30, Mississippi St. 26 Next: Tigers at Georgia, Saturday LSU (4-0, 2-0 SEC) stuffed Mississippi State (2-2, 1-2) at the goal line. Brandon LaFell had 101 yards and two touchdown catches and Chad Jones scored on a 93-yard punt return for the Tigers. Anthony Dixon couldn't score on two at tempts from inside the 3 with a minute to go.

LSU then stuffed quarterback Tyson Lee on fourth and inches. No. 8 Boise St. 49, B. Green 14 Next: Broncos host UC Davis, Saturday Kellen Moore was nearly flawless, throwing for 247 yards and two touchdowns leading Boise State (4-0) at Bowling Green (1-3).

Boise State's big play offense needed four plays or less on its first six scoring drives. No. 9 Miami lost to Va. Tech, 31-7 Next: Hurricanes host Oklahoma, Saturday Jacory Harris planned to play it cool at Virginia Tech. The Hokies blew up that plan in about five minutes, harassing the Hurricanes' quarterback and dominating in a downpour.

Miami, ranked in the top 10 for the first since 2005, had a chance to take a commanding lead in the ACC's Coastal Division. Instead, Virginia Tech (3-1, 1-0 ACC), Miami's third consecutive ranked opponent, cooled off the visiting Hurricanes Ryan Williams' 2-yard run 5:14 into the game capped an 11-yard drive for Virginia Tech. Williams ran for 150 yards, and quarterback Tyrod Taylor finished with 75. Harris finished 9-for-25 for 150 yards and was sacked three times. No.

10 Oklahoma, idle Next Sooners (2-1) at Miami, Saturday No. 11 Va. Tech 31, Miami 7 Next: Hokies at Duke, Saturday See No. 9 lergerstock leads Bombers to win Cornell used a trick play to score one touchdown and a converted running back turned one of Witt's three second-half interceptions into what proved to be the winning score. On Cornell's first offensive play, quarterback Ben Ganter threw a screen pass to Stephen Liuzza.

Li-uzza, making sure he stepped back to catch pass so it wou'd not be it -wed as a forward pass Walt ess running ur. covered dow the left sideline. Luizzi. floated a pass to Walters for an 81 -yard touchdown. Cornell managed just 85 yards of offense the rest of the game but it was enough to beat the Bulldogs for a second straight year.

Cornell (2-0, 1-0) appeared to use trickery to return to the red zone late in the first half. Calling a flea flicker, Cornell fooled the Yale defense, which charged in to stop an apparent running play. But Ganter took the pitch and hit an open Li-uzza. However, a holding penalty Grastorf was 21-for-36 passing for 252 yards for Ithaca. Bergerstock's 2-yard touchdown run put Ithaca up 7-0 just over four minutes into the game.

Utica scored 24 of the game's next 31 points, taking a 24-14 lead on Denis A vdic's 31-yard field goal with 1:22 remaining in the second quarter. Ithaca's Andrew Rogowski made field goals of 20 and 29 yards, the 29-yarder with 14:25 remaining cutting Utica's lead to 24-20. Kean 24, Cortland St. 10: Thomas D'Ambri si rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another as visiting Kean ended Cortland's 12 -game New Jersey Athletic Conference winning streak. Cortland (2-L 2-1), ranked seventh nationally in Division III entering the contest, had beaten Kean in their previous 14 meetings.

But the Cougars broke a 10-all tie when D'Ambrisi scored on a 3-yard run with 330 left in the second quarter, the run capping a drive in which D'Ambrisi was 3-for-3 passing for 47 yards. D'Ambrisi's2-yardtouchdownrun Staff report Thomas Bergerstock rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns, including an 8-yard touchdown run with 9:02 remaining as Ithaca rallied to beat host Utica, 27-24, in the Empire 8 football opener for both teams Saturday. had the ball on its 49-yard line with 10:05 remauaing in the fourth quarter after the Bombers' Mike Conti intercepted an Andrew Benkwitt pass. On first down, Ithaca quarterback Brian Grastorf completed a 23-yard pass to Dan Ruffrage, with an additional 15-yard face mask penalty on Utica giving Ithaca the ball at the Utica 14. Two plays later, Bergerstock scored from 8 yards out to give Ithaca a 27-24 lead.

Utica (0-L 2-2) did not threaten to score the rest of the game, getting no closer than the Ithaca 49-yard line. Benkwitt completed 32of51pass-es for 329 yards and two touchdowns but was also picked off four times, mcluding two by Conti. in the third quarter made it 24-10. D'Ambrisi passed for 136 yards and had a team-high 64 yards rushing. Red Dragons quarterback Hudson Woodward completed 20 of39 passes for 183 yards in his first collegiate start.

Woodward had a touchdown pass but also had three passes intercepted. Woodward replaced Dan Pitcher, whose season ended last week when he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in the fourth quarter of Cortland's 24-14 victory over Rowan. Hartwick 55, Becker College 3: The visiting Hawks rolled up 635 yards of total offense in the rout of Becker. Tosh DeMulder, a Unatego High graduate, rushed for 190 yards and three touchdowns for Hartwick. His 10-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter started a run of 48 unanswered points by Hartwick (4-0).

Brian Radley was 8-for-10 passing for 211 yards and two touchdowns, and Noah Koreman caught four passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns. 4-.