Early Final Scores and Recaps From Footballville

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College Station, TX (Sports Network) – Zac Robinson threw two touchdown passes and Beau Johnson ran for a pair of scores, as the 15th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys edged the Texas A&M Aggies, 36-31.

Robinson completed 14-of-24 attempts for 279 yards and one interception for the Cowboys (4-1, 1-0 Big 12), who have won three games in a row since suffering their lone defeat against Houston.

Keith Toston rushed for 130 yards and made two grabs for 74 yards.

Jerrod Johnson threw for 273 yards and three touchdowns on 22-of-42 efficiency for the Aggies (3-2, 0-1), who have lost two straight. Uzoma Nwachukwu led all receivers with 141 yards and a score on eight catches.

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Lawrence, KS (Sports Network) – Todd Reesing passed for 442 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score, as 16th-ranked Kansas escaped with a 41-36 win over Iowa State in a Big 12 matchup at Memorial Stadium.

Reesing completed 37-of-49 throws and was intercepted once, while Dezmon Briscoe had 12 catches for 186 yards and a pair of touchdowns for Kansas (5-0, 1-0 Big 12), which was coming off a 35-28 win over Southern Miss on September 26.

Kerry Meier had a huge game with 16 grabs for 142 yards and a pair of scores, and Toben Opurum added 98 yards rushing on 24 touches with a TD for the Jayhawks, who opened a season with a 5-0 record for just the fourth time since 1921.

Austen Arnaud threw for 293 yards on 25-of-40 efficiency, including two touchdowns, and also ran 14 times for 67 yards and a score for Iowa State (3-3, 0-2), which dropped a heartbreaking 24-23 decision at Kansas State on October 3.

Alexan Robinson led the Cyclones’ rushing attack with 152 yards on 27 carries and two scores. Marquis Hamilton and Darius Darks added a TD catch apiece in defeat.

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Columbia, SC (Sports Network) – Stephen Garcia threw three touchdown passes and scored once on the ground, as 25th-ranked South Carolina held on for a 28-26 victory over Kentucky at Williams-Brice Stadium.

The Gamecocks (5-1, 2-1 SEC) needed to stop a two-point conversion attempt in the fourth quarter to preserve their fourth straight win. South Carolina’s lone loss this season came in a 41-37 shootout at Georgia on September 12.

Garcia completed 16-of-23 passes for 233 yards with an interception. His three TD tosses went to Alshon Jeffery, who finished with seven catches overall for 138 yards as South Carolina won its 10th straight over Kentucky.

Kentucky (2-3, 0-3) has lost three straight games, all to ranked conference opponents, but the Wildcats have been closer in each outing. After a 41-7 loss to top-ranked Florida on September 26, Kentucky dropped a 38-20 decision to No. 3 Alabama last week prior to this week’s two-point setback.

Derrick Locke ran for 89 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries in defeat, while adding four receptions for 20 yards. Randall Cobb also ran for 89 yards and a score on 13 carries and hauled in a touchdown pass for the Wildcats, who lost quarterback Mike Hartline to a sprained knee in the second half.

Hartline completed 9-of-14 passes for 139 yards with a touchdown before leaving. Will Fidler took over, although the Wildcats ran numerous plays with a direct snap to the running backs, and connected on just 2-of-8 throws for 16 yards.

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University Park, PA (Sports Network) – Daryll Clark passed for 234 yards with three touchdowns and ran for another score, as 14th-ranked Penn State destroyed Eastern Illinois, 52-3, at Beaver Stadium.

Clark finished 13-of-19 and also was intercepted once, while Stephfon Green rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown for Penn State (5-1), which has won two straight after dropping a 21-10 decision to Iowa on September 26.

Kevin Newsome came in for mop-up duty in the third quarter and completed 4-of- 5 passes for 34 yards and also rushed seven times for 49 yards and a score for the Nittany Lions, who gave Penn State head coach Joe Paterno his 388th career victory.

Evan Royster chipped in with 94 yards on the ground on eight touches and Navorro Bowman added a 91-yard fumble return for a TD for PSU, which was playing its final non-conference game of the season. Chaz Powell had four grabs for 79 yards, including a 51-yard TD, in the win.

Jake Christensen completed 13-of-25 passes for 137 yards and was picked once, while Mon Williams rushed for 64 yards on 14 carries for Northern Illinois (4-2), which has lost two in a row after winning its first four games to start the season. The Panthers were ranked 25th in the most recent Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 Poll coming in.

PSU opened the scoring on its first offensive possession of the game when Clark banged in from a yard out, capping a 10-play, 85-yard drive. The Nittany Lions signal-caller completed three of his four passes for 39 yards in the set.

Collin Wagner’s 25-yard field goal late in the first quarter put the hosts up by a 10-0 score.

After Austin Signor missed a 46-yard field goal try for Eastern Illinois early in the second, Penn State quickly found the end zone again, marching 71 yards on six plays. Brett Brackett took a two-yard dump pass from Clark and rumbled into the end zone for a Lions a 17-point cushion.

Then following another failed Panthers offensive set, Clark aired it out and hit Powell with a 51-yard TD pass with nearly 4 1/2 minutes left in the second.

Andrew Dailey’s blocked punt led to another PSU score with just over two minutes remaining in the half. On the second play, a Clark-to-Derek Moye 25- yard connection stretched the Lions lead to 31-0.

With the Panthers facing a 3rd-and-goal on the Penn State eight-yard line with 23 ticks remaining, Bowman picked up a Christensen fumble and sprinted 91 yards to paydirt, giving the hosts a commanding 38-point advantage heading into the break.

EIU got on the board on its first offensive set of the second half when Signor connected from 43-yards out, making it a 38-3 game. However, PSU quickly responded when Green ran over left tackle and sprinted 26 yards to the end zone with nearly 6 1/2 minutes left in the third.

Newsome got in on the scoring action with a nine-yard TD run early in the fourth to account for the final margin.

It was the first-ever meeting between the two teams…Penn State will host Minnesota on October 17, while Eastern Illinois entertains Tennessee Tech…The Panthers fell to 4-22 all-time against teams that make up the FBS, with their last win coming over Eastern Michigan in 2004.

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