The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday's CFB: Bulldogs, Beck rebound; Rough day for GSUs, Bama handles Mercer; Florida stuns LSU; Oregon holds on, BYU upset; SoCon, HBCUs, nation

Area/state boxscores linked in scoreline when available

Central Georgia

1 p.m.: Birmingham Lizards at Central Georgia Tech 

 

Alabama 52, Mercer 7

Milroe, Williams lead No. 9 Alabama to 52-7 win over Mercer

3 takeaways from Alabama win over Mercer

State

Sam Houston 23, Kennesaw State 17, OT

Watson’s TD run gives Sam Houston overtime win against Kennesaw State

Bohannon greets former players before game

 

Troy 28, Georgia Southern 20

Caldwell accounts for 4 TDs, Troy uses 3 long drives to beat Georgia Southern

Troy stuns first-place Georgia Southern for 2nd straight win

 

Arkansas State 27, Georgia State 20

Wallace, Cross run for three TDs to lead Arkansas State’s run past Georgia State,

Hurst breaks single-season touchdown record

Georgia 31, Tennessee 17

Beck throws for 2 TDs, runs for another to lead No. 11 Georgia past No. 6 Tennessee 

Defense key, limits explosives amid ‘best atmosphere’

‘Composed’ Georgia, Beck comes through in clutch

Kirby talks

Josh talks

Georgia-Tennessee news and notes

Heupel has a subtle but strong response to question about controversial flag in loss to Georgia

Iamaleava talks

Smart rips CFP committee after Georgia's thrashing of Tennessee

 

West Georgia 34, Utah Tech 31

West Georgia rallies past Utah Tech 34-31 for its first United Athletic Conference victory

SEC

Ewers’ two touchdowns, Texas’ defense lead No. 3 Longhorns past Arkansas

Reed accounts for three TDs as No. 15 Texas A&M rolls over New Mexico State

Lagway returns and Florida upsets No. 21 LSU 27-16 for 1st series win since 2018

Sellers throws career-high 5 TD passes, No. 23 South Carolina beats No. 24 Missouri 

Thorne throws for career-high 5TDs and Auburn dismantles UL Monroe

Vandagriff, Cutter Boley each throw 2 TD passes, Kentucky blows out FCS Murray State

 

ACC

No. 14 SMU moves closer to ACC title game by beating Boston College for 7th win in a row

Klubnick’s late touchdown run helps No. 17 Clemson escape Pitt

Stanford beats No. 22 Louisville on walk-off field goal

Hampton’s huge day helps North Carolina hold off Wake Forest to reach bowl eligibility

Passing leader McCord keeps Syracuse on the ground as Orange grinds out a win over Cal

 

South

Crittendon accounts for 2 TDs, Rias adds 100-yard KOR; Samford beats Chattanooga

Furman intercepts 3 passes, 2 in the second half, and the Paladins beat East Tennessee State 

Western Carolina scores 35 second-quarter points, beats VMI 

The Citadel rallies in second half to beat Wofford

Henderson’s 65-yard return of a blocked FG sparks Marshall over Coastal Carolina

Karhu makes a game-winning PAT in overtime and Liberty edges Massachusetts

Baker rushes for 156 yards, 3 touchdowns in Elon victory over Maine

Barbie propels McNeese to romp over winless Northwestern State

Texas State routs Southern Miss behind McCloud’s 4 TD passes, 704 yards of offense

South Alabama defends two-point try to escape Louisiana-Lafayette

Tennessee State takes early lead and holds off Gardner-Webb

Mitchell, Tennessee Tech beat UT Martin, move into 4-way tie atop Big South-OVC

Carter runs for 106 yards, walk-off 23-yard TD as E. Kentucky beats Austin Peay in OT

Stewart breaks loose for 56-yard TD run in 4th to lift Jacksonville State over FIU

Barnett III accounts for 3 TDs, James Madison beats Old Dominion

Joiner runs for 140 yards, 2 TDs as South Florida runs roughshod past Charlotte

Minicucci accounts for 6 TDs and Delaware tops Campbell in final FCS home game

Richmond hangs on to beat Hampton, clinches at least share of CAA title

Woods makes a game-saving tackle on fourth down and Louisiana Tech beats Western Kentucky

SC State blasts Morgan State to clinch MEAC and advance to Celebration Bowl to face SWAC champ

Daniels passes for 2 TD and runs for another score as Norfolk State beats Delaware State

Jacobian Morgan leads Jackson State past Alabama State for SWAC’s East Division title

Southern beats UAPB to clinch spot in SWAC championship game

Renfro runs for 2 TDs, 129 yards to lead Texas Southern over Bethune-Cookman

Alcorn State tops Prairie View A&M

Mississippi Valley St. ends 15-game skid beating FAMU

National

No. 1 Oregon rallies in 4th quarter to beat Wisconsin

Howard helps No. 2 Ohio State rout Northwestern at Wrigley Field

Allar leads No. 4 Penn State to rout of Purdue

Leonard passes for 3 TDs and No. 8 Notre Dame forces 5 turnovers in win over Virginia

Kansas upsets No. 7 BYU, handing the Cougars their first loss of the season

Jeanty runs for 159 yards and 3 TDs as No. 13 Boise State beats San Jose State

Shedeur Sanders shrugs off shaky start, throws 3 TD passes to lead No. 18 Colorado

Arizona State holds on to beat No. 20 Kansas State and remain in the Big 12 title picture

Dampier leads New Mexico past No. 19 Washington State

No. 25 Tulane routs Navy to clinch a spot in the AAC championship game

Baylor wins fourth straight, beating West Virginia

McCray runs for three TDs to lead Illinois to a win over slumping Michigan State

Becht throws for a score and runs for a score in Iowa State’s win over Cincinnati

Maiava passes for 3 TDs, runs for another in debut start to lead USC past Nebraska

Rutgers gets bowl eligibility with a 31-17 win over Maryland