College football today
• Landry Jones, Oklahoma, threw for 367 yards and three TDs to power the No. 3 Sooners to a 55-17 victory over No. 11 Texas.
• Geno Smith, West Virginia, threw for 450 yards and four TDs to help the No. 16 Mountaineers beat Connecticut 43-16 in their Big East opener.
• Connor Shaw, South Carolina, threw for 311 yards and four TDs in his first start in place of Stephen Garcia to lead the No. 18 Gamecocks to a 54-3 win over Kentucky.
• Tommy Rees, Notre Dame, threw for 261 yards and had four TD passes in the first half as the Irish rolled over Air Force 59-33.
• Mike Glennon, N.C. State, passed for 244 yards and four TDs to help the Wolfpack beat Central Michigan 38-24.
• Collin Klein, Kansas State, had 157 total yards and three TDs to help the No. 20 Wildcats hold on for a 24-17 victory over Missouri.
• Brock Osweiler, Arizona State, passed for 325 yards and three TDs as the No. 22 Sun Devils turned a close game into a 35-14 victory over Utah.
• Brandon Weeden, Oklahoma State, threw for 288 yards and five TDs before being pulled before halftime as the No. 6 Cowboys matched their highest scoring total in 94 years with a 70-28 rout of Kansas.
• Zac Dysert, Miami of Ohio, threw for 342 yards and had three of his four touchdown passes in the second half in a 35-28 victory over Army.
• Tanner Price, Wake Forest, threw for 233 yards and three TDs to help the Demon Deacons upset No. 23 Florida State 35-30.
• Colton Chapple, Harvard, threw for 414 yards and four TDs in a 41-31 win over Cornell.
Numbers
40–Career rushing touchdowns by Temple’s Bernard Pierce, breaking the school record of 39 set by Paul Palmer from 1983-86.
92–Combined points between Notre Dame and Air Force, most ever for a game at Notre Dame Stadium.
Vandalized
Texas A&M’s team buses were vandalized before the Aggies played Texas Tech, with drivers finding manure inside and outside the four vehicles.
Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne said that manure went “from one end to the other” inside one bus that couldn’t be locked. The others had manure along the exterior.
It wasn’t immediately clear why vandals targeted Texas A&M, though the Aggies are planning to leave the Big 12 after this school year for the SEC.
Incredible comeback
Howard scored all its points in the fourth quarter, including 16 in the final 1:27 to beat 29-28 Florida A&M.
Greg McGhee threw a 10-yard TD pass to Brandon Drayton with less than two minutes to go, and Andra Williams ran in for a 1-yard score with 26 seconds left to pull Howard within 28-26.
Parker Munoz capped the improbable comeback by hitting a 21-yard field goal with 4 seconds left after FAMU’s Damien Fleming fumbled on the 28-yard line.