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Goodbye to Romance College Football
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Early games - to - late games
Virginia O was shot out of a cannon to start, went up 14-0 5min into the game and UVA missed FG on their 3rd drive and later would miss a second FG in 1st H. Was "only" 21-7 HT despite total domination, 338 to 121 1st H yards! UVA would finish with 556-337 (7.6-4.7). ILL got as close as 7 points til UVA scored the games final 21 pts. Armstrong passed 27-36-405-5-1 and added 31y rushing.
Army ran for 339, WKU passed for 435. Teams combined to convert 16-of-23 3rd down. WKU's first two drives were INT at A36 and SOD at A38. Army fumbled at W10. Scoreless 1st Q and still combined for 73 pts. Army maintained a 14 point lead off -and-on until WKU cut it to 7 under 5min left. Army kicked a 31y FG to go up 10 under 2min. WKU backdoored with :22 left. WKU onside kicked 3x in the 4th Q recovering none.
Kent St rushed for 494 vs VMI (most in a game for Flashes since 1954). 698 TY, third most program history in their 60-10 win, led 39-0 HT.
Wake Forest wins 41-16, WF scored on their first 7 possessions including a short field following a blk'd punt in the 3rd Q. Norfolk St got 153 of their 336 TY on final 3 possessions.
Georgia Tech led 24-3 HT vs Kennesaw in the 45-17 win. Yates started at QB and went 17-23-254-4-0 although was sacked 3x. GT D had 10 TFLs vs the option O.
Northwestern scored 14 1st Q pts vs Indiana St, but would only score 10 more the rest of the game, 24-6 F (garbage score for IndSt in final minutes). TY were just 275-169 (4.4-3.0). 75 of IndSt's yards were on final drive. Teams struggled equally on 3rd down combining for 9-of-28. Johnson 9-16-66-1-1. Ind St got 9 TFLs!
Tennessee went up 7-0 after a blk'd punt at the P02. UT would lead 10-0, but Pitt slowly but surely took control of the game and held on late. Pitt led 34-20 3rd Q. UT was inside the P05 late 4th Q, but were SOD. TY were 397-374 (4.8-5.7) for Pitt. Pitt D 5 sacks Milton got hurt finished 7-12-50-0-0, leading rusher 5x 54y. Milton overthrew several deep balls. Hooker 15-21-188-2-1, 49y rushing. Pickett 24-36-285-2-0. Pitt only ran for 2.1ypc as a team, leading RB only avg 3.6ypc.
Oregon never trailed. Ohio State did have 612-505 TY edge (7.2-6.9). Ducks ran for 269 (7.1) to OSU's 128 (4.1). Ohio St was SOD at the O31 (4th-7 incomplete), O39 (4th-2 run no gain), O08 (4th-2 incomplete). OSU was forced into going for five 4th downs and only converted 2. Stroud attempted 54 passes and had no impact running, just a single rush for 15y and no other gains. Brown rushed 10x for 65y while passing 17-35-236-2-0. As a team Ducks ran for 7.1ypc to OSU's 4.1ypc.
East Carolina scored on the first play of the game and led 14-0. South Carolina got a 63y pick-six before HT and would tie 3rd Q 14-14. ECU had to kick a 26y FG after having FD at the SC12. SC ret'd the KO 63y setting them up for a tying 39y FG. ECU went 3-and-out and SC went 52y on the final possession and nailed a 36y FG as time expired. These teams combined to convert just 4-of-28 3rd downs! SC lost 3 turnovers, including fumbling into the EZ. ECU lost 2.
Early games - to - late games
Virginia O was shot out of a cannon to start, went up 14-0 5min into the game and UVA missed FG on their 3rd drive and later would miss a second FG in 1st H. Was "only" 21-7 HT despite total domination, 338 to 121 1st H yards! UVA would finish with 556-337 (7.6-4.7). ILL got as close as 7 points til UVA scored the games final 21 pts. Armstrong passed 27-36-405-5-1 and added 31y rushing.
Army ran for 339, WKU passed for 435. Teams combined to convert 16-of-23 3rd down. WKU's first two drives were INT at A36 and SOD at A38. Army fumbled at W10. Scoreless 1st Q and still combined for 73 pts. Army maintained a 14 point lead off -and-on until WKU cut it to 7 under 5min left. Army kicked a 31y FG to go up 10 under 2min. WKU backdoored with :22 left. WKU onside kicked 3x in the 4th Q recovering none.
Kent St rushed for 494 vs VMI (most in a game for Flashes since 1954). 698 TY, third most program history in their 60-10 win, led 39-0 HT.
Wake Forest wins 41-16, WF scored on their first 7 possessions including a short field following a blk'd punt in the 3rd Q. Norfolk St got 153 of their 336 TY on final 3 possessions.
Georgia Tech led 24-3 HT vs Kennesaw in the 45-17 win. Yates started at QB and went 17-23-254-4-0 although was sacked 3x. GT D had 10 TFLs vs the option O.
Northwestern scored 14 1st Q pts vs Indiana St, but would only score 10 more the rest of the game, 24-6 F (garbage score for IndSt in final minutes). TY were just 275-169 (4.4-3.0). 75 of IndSt's yards were on final drive. Teams struggled equally on 3rd down combining for 9-of-28. Johnson 9-16-66-1-1. Ind St got 9 TFLs!
Tennessee went up 7-0 after a blk'd punt at the P02. UT would lead 10-0, but Pitt slowly but surely took control of the game and held on late. Pitt led 34-20 3rd Q. UT was inside the P05 late 4th Q, but were SOD. TY were 397-374 (4.8-5.7) for Pitt. Pitt D 5 sacks Milton got hurt finished 7-12-50-0-0, leading rusher 5x 54y. Milton overthrew several deep balls. Hooker 15-21-188-2-1, 49y rushing. Pickett 24-36-285-2-0. Pitt only ran for 2.1ypc as a team, leading RB only avg 3.6ypc.
Oregon never trailed. Ohio State did have 612-505 TY edge (7.2-6.9). Ducks ran for 269 (7.1) to OSU's 128 (4.1). Ohio St was SOD at the O31 (4th-7 incomplete), O39 (4th-2 run no gain), O08 (4th-2 incomplete). OSU was forced into going for five 4th downs and only converted 2. Stroud attempted 54 passes and had no impact running, just a single rush for 15y and no other gains. Brown rushed 10x for 65y while passing 17-35-236-2-0. As a team Ducks ran for 7.1ypc to OSU's 4.1ypc.
East Carolina scored on the first play of the game and led 14-0. South Carolina got a 63y pick-six before HT and would tie 3rd Q 14-14. ECU had to kick a 26y FG after having FD at the SC12. SC ret'd the KO 63y setting them up for a tying 39y FG. ECU went 3-and-out and SC went 52y on the final possession and nailed a 36y FG as time expired. These teams combined to convert just 4-of-28 3rd downs! SC lost 3 turnovers, including fumbling into the EZ. ECU lost 2.