The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday's Peach State college football (and South, Southeast, and National coverage)

Mississippi 73, Mercer 7

Harris’ record-breaking day leads Rebels

Peevy’s big run ties it, and then …

Box score

 

Georgia Southern 34, The Citadel 0

Brin, White lead Georgia Southern to shutout

Eagles near 500 yards in offense

Box score

 

Georgia 48, Tennessee-Martin 7

Beck throws and runs for TDs to launch new era

Some rough edges for Beck and Bobo

Beck evaluates Beck

D delivers

What’d Kirby think?

UGA grades

Things we learned

Box score

 

Iowa Western 26, GMC 10

Box score

 

Around the Southeast

Milton throws 2 TD passes and runs for 2 other scores as No. 12 Tennessee routs Virginia

Milroe has 5 TDs -- 3 passing, 2 rushing -- to lead No. 4 Alabama past Middle Tennessee, 56-7

North dooms South with Maye and 9 sacks in Carolina Bowl

Brown makes history for North Carolina

Davis, Devin Leary and opportunistic defense help Kentucky blow out Ball State 44-14 in opener

Michael Pratt near perfect in No. 24 Tulane’s 31-17 victory over South Alabama

Watson, Vidal power Troy past Stephen F. Austin in opener, 48-30

Wells propels Virginia Tech past Old Dominion 36-17

Swann throws 2 TD passes to Sheppard, Vanderbilt beats Alabama A&M 47-13

Thompson throws five TD passes for Florida Atlantic in reunion with coach Tom Herman

Walters, Daniels spark North Alabama’s comeback in 41-27 win over Chattanooga

 

Around the South

Davis throws 2 TD passes to Johnson to help Alabama State beat Southern 14-10

Weigman has career-best 5 TDs, No. 23 A&M rolls past New Mexico 52-10 in Petrino’s debut 

Texas State gets 1st win over a Power Five team, winning Kinne’s debut 42-31 at Baylor

Longhorns dominate with defense

ULM scores two late touchdowns to rally past Army 17-13 in season opener

 

Around the nation

Scores

McCarthy leads No. 2 Michigan over East Carolina 30-3 without Jim Harbaugh on the sideline

Ohio State grinds past Indiana

Heisman winner Williams throws 5 TD passes and No. 6 USC routs Nevada 66-14

Allar shines in No. 7 Penn State’s opening 38-15 victory over West Virginia

Good defense paces No. 13 Notre Dame

Colorado surprises No. 17 TCU in back-and-forth shootout

Oregon rolls to record with 81 points

Gabriel passes for over 300 yards in 1st half, No. 20 Oklahoma tops Arkansas State 

Wisconsin endures rough patches in win

Keene celebrates Fresno State debut with 4 TD passes in 39-35 win over Purdue

Northern Illinois beats Boston College 27-24 in overtime

Wyoming converts on 4th down and 2-point conversion to upset visiting Texas Tech 35-33 in 2OT

Griffin kicks 29-yard FG in closing seconds to give Illinois 30-28 win over Toledo