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Independents weekend roundups
Independents Game of the Week
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Michigan State 23, No. 24 Notre Dame 13 |
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Michigan State didn't need a last-minute stand this time to beat Notre Dame. Bill Burke hit Gari Scott for an 80-yard fourth-quarter touchdown, as the Spartans dropped the Irish to their second 1-3 start in the last three seasons.
After entering the final period tied 7-7, the Irish and Spartans traded field goals, and the Irish seemed poised for yet another last-minute finish after dropping games to Michigan and Purdue in the final moments. But Burke ended any hope of last-minute heroics when he hit Scott near the first-down marker on the left sideline. Scott eluded Notre Dame free safety Deke Cooper and broke free for the score.
Michigan State (3-0) opens league play next week against Illinois, and has become a nice dark horse in the wild Big Ten. |
Other Independent action
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Boston College 14, Navy 10 |
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Carlton Rowe scored on a 6-yard run midway through the fourth quarter as the Eagles (2-0) rallied to beat Navy, which had taken the lead moments earlier. Rowe's touchdown capped a six-play, 73-yard drive for the Eagles, answering a 68-yard touchdown drive that had given Navy (1-2) its first lead of the day. |
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Louisiana Tech 29, No. 18 Alabama 28 |
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Sean Cangelosi caught a 28-yard scoring pass from Brian Stallworth with 2 seconds left to play to give the Bulldogs the stunning victory over the Crimson Tide. Tech quarterback Tim Rattay completed 27 of 50 passes for 368 yards.
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Middle Tennessee State 52, Wofford 42 |
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Andy McCollum got his first win as a head coach as the Blue Raiders survived a shootout with the Division I-AA Terriers. |
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No. 12 Georgia Tech 41, Central Florida 10 |
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Joe Hamilton rushed for a career-best 100 yards and two touchdowns, passed for 161 yards and a score and guided the No. 12 Yellow Jackets to a 41-10 rout of Central Florida. Sean Gregory, Tech's third-string tailback a week ago, made his first college start because of injuries and rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns.
The Yellow Jackets (2-1) piled up 318 yards on the ground against Central Florida (0-3), the second time this season they have surpassed 300 yards. |
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No. 15 Arkansas 44, Louisiana-Monroe 6 | |
Clint Stoerner completed 10-of-18 passes for 193 yards as Arkansas (2-0) opened the season with two straight wins for only the third time this decade. The Razorbacks won their first eight games last season before losses to Tennessee and Mississippi State kept them out of the Southeastern Conference championship game.
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Houston 45, Louisiana-Lafayette 0 |
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Houston's defense kept the Ragin' Cajuns deep in an offensive coma and the Cougars offense had no trouble bouncing back from last week's loss to Alabama. ULL kept the score respectable at the half, 17-0, but was snowed under a 28-point Houston barrage in the third quarter and went quietly to its third loss to open the season. The Cajuns, under first-year coach Jerry Baldwin, have yet to score an offensive TD. |
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