Colin Simmons tied the program record with five sacks as top-ranked Texas held off No. 14 Tennessee 20-17 Saturday with President Donald Trump on hand in the Longhorns’ first visit to Neyland Stadium.
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Texas → tie → Stadium
Raleek Brown ran for 67 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and his 4-yarder with 5:41 left gave the Longhorns the winning margin in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.
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yarder → run → teams
Giannis Spetic had a pair of field goals.
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Spetic → have → goals
It was a defensive day with Texas (4-0) dominating with 10 sacks, led by Simmons.
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Texas → dominate → Simmons
The linebacker’s day for the record books also will be remembered for his vulgar celebration after one sack.
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day → remember → sack
He was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct with the referee saying Simmons was “simulating” using the restroom.
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Simmons → flag → restroom
Tennessee quarterback Brandon Faizon made it interesting late, capping an 80-yard drive with a 30-yard TD pass to Mike Matthews with 1:22 left.
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1:22 → make → left
Linebacker Arion Carter recovered the onside kick, and Jelani McDonald batted away Brandon’s pass to Travis Smith Jr. on the final play in the end zone.
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McDonald → recover → zone
Chris Cole scored on a 85-yard fumble return as Georgia took advantage of three first-half turnovers by John Mateer and overwhelmed struggling Oklahoma.
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Georgia → score → Oklahoma
Mateer lost two fumbles, each recovered by Cole, and threw an interception in the first half as Oklahoma (2-2, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) fell behind 28-0.
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Oklahoma → lose → half
K.J. Bolden picked off a pass from Mateer in the second quarter.
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Bolden → pick → quarter
While Mateer struggled with turnovers, Gunner Stockton was almost perfect in the first half for Georgia (4-0, 2-0).
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Stockton → struggle → Georgia
Stockton completed his first nine passes, including a 35-yard touchdown throw to Talyn Taylor.
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Stockton → complete → Taylor
The Sooners finished with four turnovers, including a fumble by tight end Rocky Beers in the third quarter.
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Sooners → finish → quarter
Mateer’s second lost fumble, forced by Raylen Wilson, was returned 23 yards by Cole late in the first half to set up Chauncey Bowens’ second touchdown run.
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fumble → lose → run
Georgia rolled despite holding out its top running back, Nate Frazier, due to injured ribs.
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Georgia → roll → ribs
Bowens had touchdown runs of 2 and 6 yards as the fill-in starter.
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Bowens → have → starter
Dwight Phillips added a 54-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter.
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Phillips → add → quarter
NO. 3 NOTRE DAME 49, PURDUE 10
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — CJ Carr threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score, linebacker Drayk Bowen scored his first career TD on a 15-yard fumble return and Notre Dame beat Purdue.
Carr was 14 of 22 for 237 yards and threw his first interception of the season.
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Carr → throw → season
It’s the second straight week Carr has had a TD pass and a TD run in the same game.
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Carr → ’ → game
Aneyas Williams carried 14 times for 80 yards with one TD as the Fighting Irish (4-0) produced a season-high 177 yards rushing.
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Irish → carry → yards
Notre Dame has won 14 straight and will start October with a perfect record for the first time since 2021.
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Dame → win → 2021
It was another miserable day for the struggling Boilermakers (1-3).
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It → struggle → Boilermakers
Ryan Browne was 18 of 28 for 111 yards and lost the fumble that Bowen returned for the touchdown.
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Bowen → lose → touchdown
Purdue had only 12 yards rushing in the first half and finished the game with only 218 total yards as it lost its third straight.
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it → have → straight
Jadan Baugh ran for 142 yards and three touchdowns, Duke Clark added 126 yards and a score on the ground, and Florida manhandled Mississippi to reach 4-0 for the first time since 2019.
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Florida → run → 2019
The Gators (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference), installed as 3 1/2-point favorites, proved Las Vegas oddsmakers right by leading from start to finish.
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oddsmakers → instal → finish
They scored touchdowns on five consecutive drives in the second half.
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They → score → half
The Rebels (3-1, 1-1) insisted that last week’s victory against LSU, the one that spoiled former Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin’s return, was not their “Super Bowl.”
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that → insist → return
But they failed to build off that emotional win.
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they → fail → win
Florida had a lot to do with it.
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Florida → have → it
The Gators jumped on the Rebels early, leading 10-0 before Heisman Trophy front-runner Trinidad Chambliss even threw a pass, and set the pace the rest of the afternoon.
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Chambliss → jump → afternoon
Florida was unstoppable running the ball.
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Florida → run → ball
Jeremiah Smith tied an Ohio State record with four touchdown catches and also had career highs with 12 receptions for 217 yards as the Buckeyes beat Illinois.
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Buckeyes → tie → Illinois
According to Sportradar, it is the 23rd time since 2000 a FBS player has had double-digit catches for at least 200 yards and four scores in a game.
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player → accord → game
The last to do it was Western Michigan’s Sky Moore against Northern Illinois in 2021.
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last → do → 2021
It is the fifth time an Ohio State receiver has had four touchdowns.
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receiver → have → touchdowns
The last time it happened before Saturday was Noah Brown at Oklahoma in 2016.
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it → happen → 2016
It also tied for the sixth-most receiving yards in an OSU game and tied for sixth-most receptions.
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It → tie → receptions
Smith tied the mark with 10:07 remaining in the fourth quarter when he was wide open on a 26-yard touchdown to extend the Buckeyes’ lead to 35-13.
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he → tie → 35
…and 27 more, not listed.
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