Panthers rally past Huskies

Dan Hutchins kicked an 18-yard field goal on the final play and the Pittsburgh Panthers pulled off the biggest comeback in coach Dave Wannstedt’s five seasons, rallying from 15 points down to beat the visiting Connecticut Huskies.

Connecticut (3-2, 0-1 Big East) led 21-6 after Andre Dixon scored on a 2-yard run to end a 61-yard drive with 3:56 left in the third quarter. But Pitt quarterback Bill Stull, who made several major mistakes in the first half, found Jonathan Baldwin on a 26-yard scoring pass play set up by Dion Lewis’ 32-yard run to cut it to 21-13.

Pitt (5-1, 2-0) tied it midway through the fourth quarter when Stull and his roommate, tight end Dorin Dickerson, hooked up on a 27-yard pass play for Dickerson’s seventh touchdown of the season.

Stull then hit Cedric McGee for the 2-point conversion. Stull went 21 of 31 for 268 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions, and Lewis, a freshman who is the nation’s No. 6 rusher, ran for 158 yards on 24 carries.

Tennessee 45, Georgia 19: Jonathan Crompton threw four TD passes and finished with a career-high 310 yards to lead the Volunteers to a win over the Bulldogs (3-3, 2-2 SEC) in Knoxville, Tenn.

It was new coach Lane Kiffin’s first Southeastern Conference win and kept the Volunteers (3-3, 1-2) from going 0-3 in the league for a second season in a row.

Houston 31, Mississippi State 24: Case Keenum threw four touchdown passes, two to James Cleveland and two to Tyron Carrier, as the Cougars (4-1) defeated the Bulldogs in Starkville, Miss.