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N.C. State stuns No. 3 Seminoles with late TD

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 3 months AGO
| October 7, 2012 9:00 PM

Mike Glennon found Bryan Underwood for a 2-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 16 seconds left, helping North Carolina State rally to beat third-ranked Florida State 17-16 on Saturday night at Raleigh, N.C.

The Seminoles (5-1, 2-1 ACC) appeared poised to strengthen their grip on their division, leading 16-0 at halftime behind a dominating defensive performance. But the Wolfpack (4-2, 1-1) inched closer after halftime before coming up with a game-turning blocked punt with 2:27 left, giving the ball back to Glennon at the FSU 43 with a chance to complete a stunning comeback.

Glennon marched the Wolfpack down the field and completed a pair of fourth-down passes, the second when he found Underwood alone over the middle to tie the game and take the lead on the ensuing point-after kick.

FSU drove near midfield in the final seconds, but the Wolfpack defense knocked down EJ Manuel's desperation heave near the goal line to end it.

No. 10 Florida 14, No. 4 LSU 6: At Gainesville, Fla., Mike Gillislee ran for a career-high 146 yards and two touchdowns, bringing Florida to life in the second half as the Gators (5-0, 4-0) beat LSU (5-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference).

Led by Gillislee and a dominant defense, Florida's grind-it-out victory provided a signature win for coach Will Muschamp in his second season in Gainesville. It was the program's first win against a ranked team since beating rival Georgia in 2010.

No. 6 South Carolina 35, No. 5 Georgia 7: At Columbia, S.C., Connor Shaw threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, Ace Sanders had a dazzling 70-yard punt return touchdown and South Carolina's defense dominated Georgia.

The Gamecocks (6-0, 4-0 SEC) won their school-record 10th straight game. They also grounded "Gurshall," holding Georgia's stellar freshmen Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall to 76 yards combined. The Bulldogs (5-1, 3-1) finished with 224 yards, less than half their season's average coming in.

No. 7 Kansas State 56, Kansas 16: At Manhattan, Kan., John Hubert ran for 101 yards and four touchdowns on just 10 carries, Collin Klein had two touchdowns running and throwing and Kansas State (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) routed Kansas (1-4, 0-2).

No. 8 West Virginia 48, No. 11 Texas 45: At Austin, Texas, Geno Smith passed for four touchdowns, leading West Virginia past the Longhorns (4-1, 1-1 Big 12).

Smith, who has 24 touchdown passes this season without an interception, hit Tavon Austin with a 6-yard score with 10:50 left to play. Andrew Buie ran for 207 yards and two touchdowns.

West Virginia (5-0, 2-0) didn't seal the win until recovering an onside kick with 14 seconds left after Texas scored a touchdown on a pass from David Ash to Marquise Goodwin.

No. 9 Notre Dame 41, Miami 3: At Chicago, Cierre Wood and George Atkinson III gave Notre Dame its first 100-yard rushing duo in a decade, and Everett Golson came off the bench to lead the Irish past Miami (4-2) in what was a very tame sequel to the famed "Catholics vs. Convicts" rivalry.

Wood rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns, and Atkinson added 123 yards and another score. Golson, who sat the first series as punishment for violating team rules, completed his first six passes and finished 17 of 22 as Notre Dame improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2002.

No. 12 Ohio State 63, No. 21 Nebraska 38: At Columbus, Ohio, Braxton Miller rushed for 186 yards, zig-zagging 72 yards for one score and passing for another, to lead Ohio State past Nebraska before the largest crowd ever at Ohio Stadium.

Miller broke his own QB rushing mark at Ohio State (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten). Corey Brown returned a punt 76 yards for a TD, Bradley Roby brought back an interception 41 yards and Carlos Hyde scored on four runs before a raucous crowd of 106,102 in the Horseshoe's 90th season.

Taylor Martinez ran for two scores but was intercepted three times for defenseless Nebraska (4-2, 1-1). Leading rusher Rex Burkhead injured his left knee early in the third quarter and did not return.

No. 15 Clemson 47, Georgia Tech 31: At Clemson, S.C., Tajh Boyd threw for a career high 397 yards and DeAndre Hopkins had 173 yards receiving as Clemson beat Georgia Tech.

The Tigers (5-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) gained 601 yards, while the Yellow Jackets (2-4, 1-3) gained 483 yards.

Iowa State 37, No. 15 TCU 23: At Fort Worth, Texas, Jared Barnett threw three touchdowns to Josh Lenz, who later had a scoring toss of his own on a trick play, and Iowa State (4-1, 1-1) beat TCU to end the Horned Frogs' FBS-best 12-game winning streak.

It was the first Big 12 home game for conference newcomer TCU (4-1, 1-1), which played without suspended quarterback Casey Pachall.

Dual-threat redshirt freshman Trevone Boykin took over for Pachall, the second-year starter who is suspended indefinitely after his arrest early Thursday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

Pachall wasn't on the sideline after coach Gary Patterson changed his initial decision to have the quarterback in uniform for the game without playing. The coach had indicated this week that he wouldn't decide until at least today the long-term future of Pachall, who eight months earlier admitted to police that he smoked marijuana and failed a team-administered drug test.

No. 17 Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 20: At Lubbock, Texas, Landry Jones passed for two touchdowns, Blake Bell ran for two more and the Sooners (3-1, 1-1 Big 12) beat Texas Tech (4-1, 1-1).

No. 20 Mississippi State 27, Kentucky 14: At Lexington, Ky., Tyler Russell passed for two touchdowns and Mississippi State held Kentucky (1-5, 0-3) to just 228 yards on offense.

LaDarius Perkins carried 25 times for 110 yards, including a 31-yard score, and Devon Bell kicked field goals of 20 and 37 yards as Mississippi State moved to 5-0 for the first time since 1999. The Bulldogs are 2-0 in Southeastern Conference play.

No. 22 Rutgers 19, Connecticut 3: At Piscataway, N.J., Jawan Jamison ran for 110 yards and Wayne Warren returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown as Rutgers (5-0, 2-0 Big East) beat the Huskies (3-3, 0-1).

Penn State 39, No. 24 Northwestern 28: At State College, Pa., quarterback Matt McGloin had the go-ahead score with a 5-yard touchdown run with 2:37 left and Penn State rallied from 11 points down in the fourth quarter to beat Northwestern (5-1, 1-1).

The Nittany Lions (4-2, 2-0 Big Ten) scored three times in the final 9:49, starting with McGloin's 6-yard touchdown pass to Allen Robinson as the receiver dragged along the back line of the end zone. Michael Zordich had a 2-point conversion run to get within 28-25 before McGloin's scramble into the end zone sent the homecoming weekend crowd into a frenzy.

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