Ecu Rides Harley Past N.C. State

Scott Harley rushed for 351 yards and scored three touchdowns as East Carolina celebrated the resumption of its series with North Carolina State with a 50-29 victory Saturday at Charlotte, N.C.

Harley carried 42 times and scored on runs of 75, 60 and 3 yards. The sophomore fullback broke his own school single-game record of 291 yards rushing, set earlier this year against South Carolina. Harley wound up with 1,745 yards this season, also a school record.

The Pirates concluded their schedule with an 8-3 mark but are unlikely to receive a bowl bid.

(9) Tennessee 14, Vanderbilt 7: At Nashville, Tenn., Jay Graham scored a touchdown and rushed for 99 yards and linebacker Tyrone Hines returned a fumble 61 yards for a touchdown as the Volunteers held off the Commodores.

Vanderbilt (2-9, 0-8 Southeastern Conference) pulled within 14-7 27 seconds into the fourth quarter and had several chances to tie the game. But Tennessee (9-2, 7-1) intercepted two passes and ended Vandy’s final drive with two sacks.

(23) Miami 38, (16) Syracuse 31: At Syracuse, N.Y., Ryan Clement threw for three touchdowns and Tremain Mack scored on a 95-yard kickoff return in the first half as the Hurricanes knocked the Orangemen out of a major bowl game.

The victory gave the Hurricanes (8-3, 6-1 Big East) a share of the league title with Syracuse (8-3, 6-1) and Virginia Tech. The Hokies likely will go to either the Fiesta Bowl or Orange Bowl instead of Syracuse, which has never won a Big East championship outright.

Syracuse, outscored 69-0 by Miami in the second half of the last three meetings, stormed back from a 28-10 halftime deficit. Donovan McNabb, ineffective in the first half (3 for 9 for 38 yards), combined with Darryl Daniel on a 70-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter. He hit Kevin Johnson with a 15-yard scoring pass with 9:55 left to make it 35-24.

Trailing 38-24, McNabb hit Daniel with a 5-yard scoring pass with 54 seconds left, but Miami recovered the onside kick.

Georgia 19, Georgia Tech 10: At Athens, Ga., Mike Bobo threw a 47-yard scoring pass to Juan Daniels and the Georgia defense didn’t allow a touchdown as the Bulldogs (5-6) defeated the Yellow Jackets (5-6) for the sixth consecutive time.

Mississippi St. 17, Mississippi 0: At Oxford, Miss., Eric Brown and Kevin Sluder returned turnovers for touchdowns and the defense also added a safety as the Bulldogs (5-6) defeated the Rebels (5-6) to win the Golden Egg Trophy for the third time in four years.

Pittsburgh 24, Rutgers 9: At Pittsburgh, Johnny Majors went out a winner in the final game of his 29-year career as Dwayne Schulters’ two second-quarter touchdown runs led the Panthers (4-7, 3-4 Big East) over the Scarlet Knights (2-9, 1-6) in front of only a few thousand spectators.

Southern U. 17, Grambling St. 12: At New Orleans, Marcus Jacoby and Steve Wofford each threw touchdown passes in the second half to rally the Jaguars (7-4) past the Tigers (3-8) in their annual Bayou Classic game.