Josh Hoover threw for 231 yards and four touchdowns, including a 15-yard score on his first pass with No. 6 Indiana, and Turbo Richard rushed for two more scores to help the defending national champs open the season with a 52-16 rout of North Texas on Saturday.
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champs → throw → Saturday
After celebrating last year’s title during a pregame ceremony, Indiana extended the Football Bowl Subdivision’s longest active winning streak to 17 games and the FBS’ longest active home winning streak to 16.
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Indiana → celebrate → 16
Hoover finished 13 of 16 with no turnovers as he steps in for Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza.
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he → finish → Mendoza
Richard, a transfer from Boston College, had 15 carries for 58 yards and one catch for 38.
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Richard → have → 38
Charlie Becker had four catches for 64 yards and two scores while Nick Marsh and Davion Chandler each had TD receptions.
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Marsh → have → receptions
Jahiem White rushed 14 times for 61 yards and one score as well as catching seven passes for 36 yards in his North Texas debut.
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White → rush → debut
NO. 23 HOUSTON 33, OREGON ST. 20
HOUSTON (AP) — Conner Weigman threw for 305 yards and a touchdown and rushed for another score, Re’Shaun Sanford II and Mekhi Hughes added rushing scores and Houston beat Oregon State in the teams’ season opener.
Weigman completed 20 of 30 passes and tossed a 31-yard scoring pass to Amare Thomas in the first quarter.
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Weigman → throw → quarter
Weigman also scored on a 1-yard rush with five minutes left in the fourth, increasing Houston’s lead to 33-20.
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Weigman → score → 33
Sanford had a 56-yard touchdown run with 6 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter to put the Cougars up 16-7.
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Sanford → have → Cougars
Hughes added a 1-yard score with 6:40 remaining in the third to increase the lead to 26-7.
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Hughes → add → 26
Thomas caught eight passes for 133 yards, and Hughes rushed for 98 yards for Houston, which outgained Oregon State 533 yards to 402.
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which → catch → 402
Braden Atkinson finished 29 of 48 for 376 yards and a touchdown, and Jesse Legree caught five passes for 136 yards and a TD for the Beavers.
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Legree → finish → Beavers
Keelon Russell accounted for 335 yards and a touchdown, and Alabama opened the season with a victory over East Carolina.
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Alabama → account → Carolina
Russell, a sophomore making his first career start after beating out Austin Mack during training camp, ran for 86 yards and a score.
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Russell → make → yards
He also threw for 249 yards, including 130 of those to Ryan Coleman-Williams.
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He → throw → Williams
Russell directed five consecutive scoring drives to start the game, and Alabama (1-0) finished with 480 yards and 27 first downs.
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Alabama → direct → yards
The Crimson Tide, who ranked 15th in the Southeastern Conference in rushing last season, totaled 227 yards on the ground.
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who → rank → ground
East Carolina (0-1) managed just 162 yards and five first downs.
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Carolina → manage → yards
The Pirates were 0 for 9 on third down and gained 2 yards on 22 carries.
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Pirates → gain → carries
Mitch Griffis completed 10 of 16 passes for 137 yards, with a touchdown and an interception.
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Griffis → complete → touchdown
NO. 1 OHIO ST. 56, BALL ST. 3
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jeremiah Smith had two highlight reel-worthy touchdown catches, Julian Sayin passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns, and Ohio State tuned up for next week’s matchup against No. 5 Texas with a rout of Ball State.
The Buckeyes (1-0) went three-and-out on their opening drive before finding the end zone on seven of their next nine possessions.
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Buckeyes → have → possessions
Smith had eight receptions for 151 yards, all in the first half.
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Smith → have → half
He started Ohio State’s scoring with a 48-yard, one-handed, over-the-shoulder grab in the end zone off a play-action pass by Sayin.
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He → start → Sayin
He extended the Buckeyes’ advantage to 28-3 with 10 seconds left in the first half with a 3-yard catch in the back of the end zone.
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He → extend → zone
Sayin completed 21 of 25 passes before coming out midway through the third quarter.
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Sayin → complete → quarter
He also had the first rushing score of his career on a 3-yard run up the middle on fourth-and-goal to make it 21-0 three minutes into the second quarter.
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it → have → quarter
Bo Jackson (65 yards) and Ja’Kobi Jackson (49 yards) added long rushing TDs in the third quarter.
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Jackson → add → quarter
Devin McCuin had six catches for 97 yards and a touchdown.
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McCuin → have → yards
NO. 3 GEORGIA 63, TENNESSEE ST. 3
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Gunner Stockton passed for three touchdowns, Nate Frazier ran for three scores and No. 3 Georgia overwhelmed Tennessee State.
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Georgia → pass → State
The temperature was 101 degrees at kickoff and the heat likely was a factor in some fans leaving Sanford Stadium at the end of the first quarter when the Bulldogs already led 28-0.
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Bulldogs → leave → quarter
Georgia (1-0) scored touchdowns on its first five possessions, all with Stockton at quarterback.
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Georgia → score → quarterback
Frazier scored on a 48-yard run on his first carry and added a 14-yard touchdown run on his second carry.
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Frazier → score → carry
Stockton completed 15 of 16 passes for 202 yards and three touchdowns.
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Stockton → complete → yards
Georgia backup quarterback Ryan Puglisi led two touchdown drives, the first capped by Frazier’s 3-yard scoring run, to open the second half.
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Puglisi → lead → half
Frazier ran for 72 yards on only four carries.
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Frazier → run → carries
The Bulldogs’ third quarterback, Ryan Montgomery, threw a 54-yard scoring pass to Jeremy Bell.
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quarterback → throw → Bell
A fourth quarterback, Hezekiah Millender, led a touchdown drive capped by Jae Lamar’s 11-yard run.
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quarterback → lead → run
Arch Manning passed for 305 yards and four touchdowns, including two to Cam Coleman, and No. 5 Texas eased into the season with a 59-7 win over Texas State on Saturday.
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Texas → pass → Saturday
Manning connected with Coleman for Texas’ first touchdown and with Ryan Wingo on the Longhorns’ next possession.
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Manning → connect → possession
Graceson Littleton’s 59-yard fumble return touchdown put Texas ahead 28-0 in the second quarter.
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touchdown → put → quarter
…and 16 more, not listed.
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