The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday's College Football: Bears pop Princeton; Tech wins on last-minute big play; Beck’s career high; FVSU entertains on homecoming; Mount de Sales’ Williams stars for GSU; Classics & thrillers

Area/state boxscores linked in scoreline when available

 

Fort Valley State 49, Allen 40

Big second half lifts FVSU on homecoming

Mercer 34, Princeton 7

Balanced Bears force 6 turnovers, roll to fifth straight win

State

Georgia Tech 41, North Carolina 34

Haynes scampers 68 yards in final minute, lifting Georgia Tech over North Carolina

Tech-UNC notes

North Carolina football player Tylee Craft dies from rare lung cancer at 23

Old Dominion 21, Georgia State 14

Joseph’s 239 yards of offense lead Old Dominion’s win over Georgia State

Monarchs hold on

Late-Game Heroics Not Enough for Panthers

Georgia 41, Mississippi State 31

Beck passes for 459 yards and 3 TDs as No. 5 Georgia holds off Van Buren, Mississippi State

Beck has career high

Smart, Mississippi State quarterback explain what happened on fourth quarter shove

Despite win, Bulldog defense not happy

Lebby happy with MSU’s effort, fight

News and Notes

Central Arkansas 34, West Georgia 33

Central Arkansas holds on to beat West Georgia

Georgia Southern 24, Marshall 23

Mount de Sales grad Williams II comes on late an sparks 21-point rally, Georgia Southern beats Marshall

Watch the game-winning pass from Williams

And watch it here, too

 

SEC

Ewers returns as No. 1 Texas beats No. 18 Oklahoma in 1st Red River Rivalry game as SEC members

No. 7 Alabama overcomes botched onside recovery to beat South Carolina

Sampson has 1-yard TD run in OT to lift No. 8 Tennessee past Florida

Nussmeier throws late TD passes, No. 13 LSU rallies to beat No. 9 Ol’ Miss in overtime

Luther Burden’s long TD run gets No. 21 Missouri started in rout of Minutemen

Pavia throws 2 touchdown passes, Vanderbilt tops error-prone Kentucky for 2nd straight SEC win

ACC

Klubnik and Mafah spark No. 10 Clemson in a blowout win at Wake Forest

Leonard throws 3 TD passes and runs for another score as No. 11 Notre Dame beats Stanford 

Desmond Reid scores twice and No. 22 Pitt remains unbeaten by fending off Cal

Shough’s late TD pass lifts Louisville over Virginia

McCord steers Syracuse to road win at NC State

South

Cincinnati quiets Big 12 rival UCF offense

Memphis beats South Florida in a game moved from Tampa to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium

Armenta helps UL Monroe pull away in 4th quarter over Southern Miss

Wooldridge and Louisiana-Lafayette defense come up big in win over Appalachian State

Jaylen King, AJ Johnson rally East Tennessee State past  Samford

Artopoeus throws, runs for scores, Mocs capitalize on 5 Furman turnovers

Western Carolina welcomes back spectators with win over The Citadel

Seeley, Shaw connect for longest TD in school history to send Wofford past VMI

Cravens, Morehead State defense stands tall closing out Presbyterian

Dent throws 2 touchdown passes, runs for 2 scores as UT Martin thumps Western Illinois

Smith throws for 4 TDs, runs for 2 more as North Alabama rallies past Abilene Christian

Ellis throws 4 TD passes to help Tennessee State beat Eastern Illinois

Two big plays, late Kiani FG gives Alcorn State win over Grambling

North Carolina Central runs over Virginia Lynchburg

Keye ignites Alabama State rally over Mississippi Valley St.

Lankford propels Alabama A&M to romp over winless Bethune-Cookman

Siebert kicks 5 field goals, sets Lindenwood career record in  win over Charleston Southern

DeLaurent throws 4 TD passes, becomes SEMO’s career leader in win over Tennessee Tech

Gabriel rallies No. 3 Oregon past No. 2 Ohio State

No. 4 Penn State rallies back to beat USC 33-30 in overtime on TE Tyler Warren’s record day

Becht, Hansen lead No. 11 Iowa State over West Virginia 28-16 for first 6-0 start since 1938

No. 14 BYU forces 4 turnovers and beats Arizona 41-19 for its best start to a season since 2020

Jeanty goes for 217, Boise State pulls away late from Hawaii

Johnson rebounds from late interception, throws TD pass as No. 18 Kansas State beats Colorado

No. 23 Illinois outlasts Purdue 50-49 in overtime on sack on 2-point conversion

Johnson scores 3 TDs as Iowa tops Washington 40-16 for Kirk Ferentz’s 200th Hawkeyes’ win

Taylor’s touchdown with 27 seconds remaining rallies Minnesota to 21-17 victory over UCLA

Daily’s has 5 total TDs and Army extends nation’s longest active winning streak to 10

Savion Red runs for 4 TDs as Nevada wins wild finish with Oregon State

Morrow scores twice, Winfield has long clincher as Colorado State tops San Jose State

Walker runs for 198 yards and 3 touchdowns as Wisconsin embarrasses Rutgers

Gabbert throws 4 TD passes, Miami of Ohio finishes strong in 38-14 win over Eastern Michigan

Northern Illinois wins second straight after 17-7 win over Bowling Green

Western Michigan holds on after a 5-hour weather delay to beat Akron

Buffalo tops Toledo 30-15, moves to 3-0 at home for first time in three seasons

FCS top-ranked South Dakota State cruises to 63-13 win over Youngstown State