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Upset Win Has Cajuns Ragin’

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Southwestern Louisiana managed only one long drive against No. 25 Texas A&M on Saturday night. Thanks to the defense, that was all that was needed.

Britt Jackson had one of two Southwestern Louisiana interception returns for touchdowns, a 30-yarder for the deciding touchdown, and the Ragin’ Cajuns took advantage of eight turnovers in a 29-22 victory over the Aggies at Lafayette, La.

“As many turnovers as we had tonight, I don’t think there’s a team in college football we could have beat,” Texas A&M coach R.C. Slocum said.

Damon Mason’s interception of Branndon Stewart’s pass at the Southwestern 13 with 31 seconds left finally finished Texas A&M (0-2) and touched off a massive celebration. Fans flooded the field, hugging players and ripping down a goal post. Police surrounded the other before fans could tear it down.

It was Southwestern Louisiana’s first victory over a ranked team.

SOUTH

(13) Alabama 36, Vanderbilt 26: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., fans booed the home team in a close game against the Commodores. The Tide (3-0) scored 21 points in a 3-minute span of the third quarter and then held off Vandy (0-2).

(15) Auburn 45, Mississippi 28: At Oxford, Miss., Dameyune Craig threw three TD passes and Fred Beasley ran for two in the fourth quarter for the Tigers (3-0).

Craig, 13 of 25 for a career-high 249 yards, had scoring passes of 67 and 23 yards to Robert Baker and 22 yards to Karsten Bailey.

(22) Virginia 21, Maryland 3: At Charlottesville, Va., Tony Dingle returned an interception 10 yards for a TD and recovered a fumble to set up Tiki Barber’s 6-yard score for the Cavaliers (2-0). Barber finished with 123 yards on 29 carries.

Baylor 14, Louisville 13: At Louisville, Ky., Kalief Muhammad caught two touchdown passes for the Bears and the Cardinals squandered several scoring opportunities.

Louisville (1-2) drove the ball within Baylor’s 13-yard line on three separate possessions and scored just six points on those possessions.

Baylor (2-0) took the lead for good late in the third quarter on a 5-yard pass from Jeff Watson to Muhammad. The play ended an eight-play, 75-yard drive that was keyed by a 32-yard pass from Watson to Dexter Ford.

Northwestern 38, Duke 13: At Durham, N.C., Steve Schnur threw two touchdown passes and Darnell Autry ran his streak of 100-yard games to 15 consecutive as the Wildcats rebounded from last week’s loss.

The Wildcats (1-1), who wasted several scoring chances and botched three extra points, broke open an 18-10 halftime lead with third-quarter scores 58 seconds apart.

Autry, who gained 173 yards in last Saturday’s season-opening loss at Wake Forest, scored on a 30-yard run on the game’s opening drive.

Georgia Tech 30, Wake Forest 10: At Atlanta, C.J. Williams scored on two 1-yard runs as Tech improved to 2-0 for the first time since 1990, when the Yellow Jackets were unbeaten.

South Carolina 23, Georgia 14: At Columbia, S.C., Duce Staley ran for 170 yards and South Carolina (2-0) made Georgia (0-1) pay for a game of mistakes.

Bulldogs quarterback Mike Bobo had a fumble and two interceptions.

Rice 21, Tulane 14: At New Orleans, Chad Nelson threw for one touchdown and rushed for another to lead the Owls (1-1).

Tulane is 1-1.

EAST

(6) Penn St. 49, N. Illinois 0: At State College, Pa., Chafie Fields, replacing Curtis Enis who was out with strep throat, ran for two TDs during a 21-point burst in 2:17 of the second period for the Nittany Lions (3-0).

Tight end Joe Jurevicius caught two scoring passes, including a 51-yarder from Mike McQueary.

(19) Virginia Tech 45, Boston College 7: At Chestnut Hill, Mass., the Hokies won their 12th straight game - a school record - as Brian Edmonds and Shyrone Stith each had two scoring runs.

Virginia Tech (2-0) scored on its first three possessions as Edmonds ran 19 and 21 yards for TDs and Stith added TDs of eight and 11 yards.

Boston College is 1-1.

West Virginia 10, East Carolina 9: Marcus Crandell’s extra-point pass to Mitchell Galloway was out of bounds with 22 seconds to play, preserving the Mountaineers’ victory at Morgantown, W.Va.

The Pirates (1-1), who had a seven-game winning streak snapped, pulled within one when Crandell hit Lamont Chappell for a 20-yard score. But Crandell was pressured on the ensuing 2-point conversion play and had to throw on the run. Galloway caught the ball but couldn’t keep his feet inbounds at the corner of the end zone.

West Virginia is 3-0.

Houston 42, Pittsburgh 35 (OT): At Pittsburgh, Chuck Clements lobbed a 9-yard scoring pass to Robbie Wheeler in the corner of the end zone in overtime as the Cougars (2-1) rallied to defeat the Panthers (1-2) after blowing a big second-half lead.

Army 37, Ohio U. 20: At West Point, N.Y., Joe Hewitt scored twice in the first half as the Cadets, the last of the nation’s 111 major colleges to open the season, overcame a two-touchdown deficit.

MIDWEST

(9) Notre Dame 35, Purdue 0: At South Bend, Ind., Autry Denson ran for two TDs and caught a scoring pass from Ron Powlus to pace the Irish (2-0).

Allen Rossum returned the opening kickoff 99 yards for a TD. Denson had 66 yards on 15 carries, caught three passes for 61 yards and returned two punts for six yards. Powlus was 19 of 32 for 238 yards.

(17) Kansas St. 35, Cincinnati 0: At Manhattan, Kan., Marlon Charles and Mike Lawrence each scored two TDs as the Wildcats (3-0) overcame their own sloppy play. The Bearcats fell to 1-2.

(21) Iowa 38, Iowa St. 13: At Iowa City, Iowa, Tavian Banks ran for a career-best 182 yards and three TDs, including an 89-yarder as Iowa (2-0) beat Iowa State for the 14th consecutive time.

Iowa State’s Troy Davis had 152 yards and a TD, but Iowa built a 24-0 halftime lead and finished with 526 total yards.

(24) Kansas 52, Texas Christian 17: At Fort Worth, Texas, June Henley sloshed through intermittent rain for 201 yards and four touchdowns.

Indiana 21, Miami, Ohio 14: Alex Smith rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown to lead the Hoosiers (2-0) over the Redskins (2-1), at Bloomington, Ind.

Bowling Green 20, Temple 16: At Bowling Green, Ohio, Courtney Davis ran for a career-best 119 yards and a touchdown as the Falcons (1-1) held off the Owls (1-2) after leading 20-3.

Memphis 19, Missouri 16: At Columbia, Mo., Qadry Anderson’s 14-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter proved to be the winning points as Memphis (1-2) defeated Missouri (0-2).

Minnesota 26, Ball St. 23: At Minneapolis, Cory Sauter’s 18-yard touchdown pass to Tutu Atwell with 15 seconds left gave the Golden Gophers (2-0) a come-from-behind victory over the Cardinals (0-3).

SOUTHWEST

Utah 21, Southern Methodist 17: At Dallas, Mike Fouts threw three touchdown passes as the Utes (2-1) rallied after trailing the Mustangs (2-1) 17-14.

Oklahoma St. 30, Tulsa 9: At Stillwater, Okla., David Thompson ran for a career-best 252 yards and scored twice as the Cowboys (2-1) continued their homefield domination of the Golden Hurricanes (0-2).

Tulsa has lost 17 straight in Stillwater, with its last victory on Lewis Field coming in 1951.

WEST

Wyoming 66, Hawaii 0: At Laramie, Wyo., Josh Wallwork, the nation’s second-ranked passer, threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns in less than a half for the Cowboys.

The point total was the highest since Wyoming set a national record with a 103-0 victory at Northern Colorado in 1949. It was the most points in a Wyoming home game since a 71-0 victory over Western State in 1926.

Marcus Harris, the national receiving-yardage leader at 204 yards a game, got half that figure on seven catches before taking most of the second half off.

Wyoming is 3-0, 1-0 in the WAC. Hawaii is 0-3, 0-1.

Texas-El Paso 14, New Mexico St. 7: At El Paso, Texas, Leonard Lilja passed for two touchdowns and the Miners’ defense held tight in the second half.

New Mexico 17, Central Florida 7: At Albuquerque, N.M., QB Donald Sellers atoned for a rare interception by leading the Lobos on two fourth-quarter scoring drives.