Final: Oregon 37, Boise State 34
Atticus Sappington hits the walk-off 25-yard field goal to give the Ducks a big non-conference win in a wild back-and-forth game.
The first top-10 matchup of the season was a lopsided blowout, but we got our first major upset of the season Saturday.
No. 5 Notre Dame was stunned at home by Northern Illinois, 16-14. The Huskies drove down for a 35-yard field goal by Kanon Woodill with just over 30 seconds left in the game and then blocked the Irish's own attempt to win it as time expired.
In the marquee showdown Saturday, No. 3 Texas left no doubt as to which team is the contender against No. 10 Michigan, blowing out the Wolverines 31-12 at the Big House.
Elsewhere, No. 17 Kansas State survived against Tulane after a controversial finish and No. 16 Oklahoma State rallied back to beat Arkansas in double overtime.
In the evening window, Colorado was blitzed by Nebraska in the first half before settling for a 28-10 loss, No. 4 Alabama struggled through three quarters before turning on the jets late against USF and No. 14 Tennessee hammered No. 24 NC State in a blowout. Then Oregon eked out a win in the nightcap with a last-second field goal.
Atticus Sappington hits the walk-off 25-yard field goal to give the Ducks a big non-conference win in a wild back-and-forth game.
The lights turned back on and they played out the last few minutes of the game.
Complete domination for USC. And how about a shutout for that defense?
Trojans looking tough thru two weeks.
USC is leading Utah State 41-0 and the action is paused because half the lights are out in the LA Coliseum with 10:12 left in the game.
Maybe we just call this one?
WSU wins the Mike Leach Bowl in a very non-Mike Leach way: by running for 301 (!) yards.
Cougars only have two power four teams on the schedule and they just beat one of them.
His name is Atticus Sappington and he just won the game for Oregon!
GAME WINNER 🤝
Atticus Sappington secures the dub for @Oregonfootball 👏#B1GFootball on Peacock 💻 pic.twitter.com/kW2nB7215G— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) September 8, 2024
Oregon's got the ball inside the Boise State 10 thanks partly to a PI call on a deep pass into the end zone.
Ducks will have a shot to run the clock down and kick the winning FG at the buzzer.
After the team trades punts, Oregon is on the move and at midfield with under 3 minutes to play.
Who's gonna score last in this one?
Oregon's Noah Whittington returns the kickoff 100 yards to the house. Second kick return score of the game for the Ducks.
It's 34-34. This game is WILD!
100 YARD KICKOFF RETURN TOUCHDOWN 🤯
Noah Whittington takes it the WHOLE field for an @Oregonfootball TD 💪#B1GFootball on Peacock 💻 pic.twitter.com/xFUCt9wjJ6— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) September 8, 2024
Ashton Jeanty scores his 3rd TD of the night to give the Broncos a 34-27 lead.
Broncos cash in on ANOTHER Oregon lost fumble.
It's a HAT TRICK for Ashton Jeanty and Boise State has the LEAD!
📺 Peacock | @BroncoSportsFB pic.twitter.com/4pvWOG78RN— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) September 8, 2024
Who else? Ashton Jeanty breaks free for a 70-yard touchdown run right after Boise State recovered an Oregon fumble.
It's 27-27 with 13:09 to play.
ASHTON JEANTY CAN FLY. 💨
70 yards to tie the game!
📺 Peacock | @BroncoSportsFB pic.twitter.com/8MoQOoJaro— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) September 8, 2024
Trojans are picking up right where they left off after last week's big win over LSU.
USC leads Utah State 27-0 at the half.
Add it to the tally! TOUCHDOWN TROJANS! ✌️ @getabagkai works his way to the endzone for @uscfb pic.twitter.com/5g7opw4ALS
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 8, 2024
No. 20 Arizona has been in a surprising battle with FCS Northern Arizona.
But this will give them some breathing room:
Now you see him... now you don't 🏃♂️💨 First career TD for Kedrick Reescano!
📺 ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/zg0TLlD22J— Arizona Football (@ArizonaFBall) September 8, 2024
Southern Utah hits its field goal and UTEP misses its try.
SUU wins 27-24
Oregon.takes the lead, 27-20 on Tez Johnson's 85-yard punt return touchdown!
Big plays galore in this game.
Tez Johnson is ELECTRIC. ⚡️
📺 Peacock | @OregonFootball pic.twitter.com/LqmprryI5x— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) September 8, 2024
UTEP scores on the final play of regulation to send the game to overtime vs. Southern Utah. Why not some late night extra football?
THE MINER SPECIAL ⛏️@jadoejumpman hits @locklear_skyler for the game-tying touchdown as the clock expires❗️
🖥️- @ESPNPlus #NoLimitsOnUs | @UTEPFB pic.twitter.com/s9u1BdQ5sq— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) September 8, 2024
Arizona State defensive lineman C.J. Fite (295 pounds) shows some serious athleticism to reach around the pylon for this touchdown. ASU leads Mississippi State 27-3 at the half.
Unbelievably agile big man TD for ASU pic.twitter.com/u32RwbDAO7
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) September 8, 2024
Traeshon Holden gets a 59-yard TD catch and run! But a missed PAT means it's tied 20-20.
TRAESHON HOLDEN.
SEE YOU LATER. ✌️
📺 Peacock | @OregonFootball pic.twitter.com/NTDCt7nebD— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) September 8, 2024
Red Raiders reach into the bag for their first TD of the game.
WHAT A DRAW UP! 😤 TOUCHDOWN @TexasTechFB pic.twitter.com/IE7KD1Z5XN
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 8, 2024
Quinten Joyner's TD run gives USC a 10-0 lead over Utah State.
TROJAN TD! ✌️🔥 @USCFB Quinten Joyner running it! pic.twitter.com/Y83VmWTi08
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 8, 2024
Broncos add a chip-shot field goal right before halftime to extend the lead to 20-14
Wazzu is dominating Texas Tech early, and it's doing it with the run game (no, really).
Cougars lead 21-3 midway thru the 2nd quarter.
🗣️ Another one! @WayshawnParker hit the jets to the endzone! Touchdown @WSUCougarFB pic.twitter.com/WiC9nH7KfV
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 8, 2024
It's a shootout early in Eugene. Broncos have the lead and they're already moving the ball again.
Boise State CAME TO PLAY. 😤
📺 Peacock | @BroncoSportsFB pic.twitter.com/41MO10AeUi— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) September 8, 2024
Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel is 6 for 6 with 115 yards and a TD passing + a rushing TD so far.
8+7 = 6 🔥
Dillon Gabriel and Evan Stewart are COOKING.
📺 Peacock | @OregonFootball pic.twitter.com/iGCtdZasiB— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) September 8, 2024
Nebraska didn't score in the 2nd half, but it didn't matter. Huskers ride a dominant first half to a lopsided victory.
The Sooners struggled throughout in this one. To be fair, both teams did offensively. The Cougars outgained the Sooners 319-249 in total yards.
The Colorado QB was seen leaving the field near the end of the game. No word on his status.
Shedeur Sanders is heading back to the locker room pic.twitter.com/7VAjYmUW4Y
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 8, 2024
The Crimson Tide were threatened into the second half before blitzing the Bulls for 28 fourth-quarter points.
Colorado has waved the white flag. Shedeur Sanders' night is done as backup Ryan Staub steps in at QB for the final minutes of this one.
Sanders took a lot of punishment, including 5 sacks
The biggest game of the late night window is well underway in Eugene.
Boise State has grabbed an early 10-7 lead after Ashton Jeanty's TD run.
Ashton Jeanty keeps on adding to his TD tally!
He scores his 7th of the year and gives Boise State the lead.
📺 Peacock | @BroncoSportsFB pic.twitter.com/BqwExHzbMh— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) September 8, 2024
Houston got the ball at its own 5 but was immediately tackled for a big loss in its own end zone. Safety for OU, and it's a 16-12 lead and Sooners ball with 1:42 to play.
Jam Miller just sprinted through the USF defense for a 56-yard touchdown. It's over.
That'll all but end things in Tuscaloosa with 3:20 left.
The Buffaloes finally find the end zone as Shedeur Sanders tosses to LaJohntay Wester for a 5-yard score.
Nebraska's lead is cut to 28-10 with 8:45 to play.
Shedeur Sanders finds LaJohntay Wester for Colorado's first touchdown of the night. @CUBuffsFootball
📺 NBC & Peacock pic.twitter.com/f8PFFSbAkT— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) September 8, 2024
That'll probably do it for South Florida. The Crimson Tide have found their rhythm and up their lead to 12 points after a 43-yard pass from Jalen Milroe to Ryan Williams.
4️⃣➕2️⃣ 🟰6️⃣@Jalenmilroe @Ryanwms1
📺: ESPN pic.twitter.com/nI3SmoiOm2— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) September 8, 2024
Meanwhile, Illinois picked up a big 23-17 win over No. 19 Kansas. Party time in Champaign.
AND IT'S (FIELD) STORMING IN CHAMPAIGN 🔹🔸 @ILLINIFOOTBALL pic.twitter.com/lV0nmxR1m4
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 8, 2024
The Tide got the ball right back and drove in for a quick score, capped off by a 16-yard pass from Jalen Milroe to Kobe Prentice.
4️⃣✌️6️⃣🙌@Jalenmilroe @showtime1kp
📺: ESPN pic.twitter.com/9HZ4E1eX0B— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) September 8, 2024
The action has slowed considerably in Nebraska-Colorado. Only 3 total points scored in the 3rd quarter.
The Buffs have a huge uphill battle, trailing by 25 in the 4th.
And they were just stuffed in 4th and 1.
STOPPED
On 4th & Inches the @HuskerFootball defense shuts down Colorado 🔒 pic.twitter.com/HPXQebfNxC— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 8, 2024
Oh no, Alabama! A fumbled exchange between Jalen Milroe and the center results in a turnover just as the Crimson Tide are about to score.
WOW!!! SOUTH FLORIDA BALL!!! pic.twitter.com/kpWWmLRJzM
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthew_CFB) September 8, 2024
Nico Iamaleava tosses a 15-yard TD pass to Miles Kitselman to open the 2nd half for the Vols.
It's now a 27-3 Tennessee lead over NC State.
We're back in action for the second half of Nebraska-Colorado, and Nebraska went 3-and-out to start the 3rd quarter.
Colorado moved the ball into the red zone and Alejandro Mata knocked thru a 27-yard field goal.
Positive start to the half for the Buffs.
We have a situation brewing in Tuscaloosa. USF just recovered a Alabama fumble and then converted it into a touchdown. Alabama's lead is cut to 14-13 in the 3rd quarter.
HOW 'BOUT THESE SOUTH FLORIDA BULLS?!?
📺: @ESPNCFB pic.twitter.com/9DeiPBvE1T— USF Football (@USFFootball) September 8, 2024
The Vols have dominated the first half and go into the break up 20-3 after a 45-yard field goal from Max Gilbert ends the half.
To make things worse for Colorado, coach Deion Sanders said safety Shilo Sanders is out for the game with a forearm injury.
Colorado coach Deion Sanders just announced that Shilo Sanders will not return to the game because of a forearm injury pic.twitter.com/HUBFyDCxON
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) September 8, 2024
Colorado tries a 61-yard field goal but came up short as the halftime clock runs out. Huskers are dominating in every facet. Can the Buffs get something going in the 2nd half?
On a play that probably should have been a Colorado interception, Nebraska QB Dylan Raiola connects with Rahmir Johnson for an 18-yard touchdown after the ball was tipped off the hands of a Buffs defender.
Hot Potato Touchdown 😆@Huskerfootball is up B1G heading into the half 👀#B1GFootball on NBC 📺 pic.twitter.com/t5K0h8b9AL
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) September 8, 2024
NC State was putting together a great drive before UT's Will Brooks jumped a pass by Grayson McCall and took it 85 yards to the house! That's a gamebreaker for the Vols.
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! TENNESSEE PICK SIX!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/nfQBQ8YQMo
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthew_CFB) September 8, 2024
The Vols are moving the ball with ease, but are struggling to finish off drives. They've outgained NC State 199 to 12 in total yards and only lead by a touchdown with 6:36 left in the second quarter.
Colorado's most promising drive of the day stalls out inside the 15 and then a short field goal attempt is blocked by DeShon Singleton! Everything is coming up Nebraska today.
BLOCKED! ❌
Nebraska keeps Colorado scoreless in the first half. @HuskerFootball
📺 NBC & Peacock pic.twitter.com/Rn8Z7YuDOH— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) September 8, 2024
The Wolfpack had momentum after the turnover but couldn't make it to the end zone. It's now 7-3 with just over nine minutes left in the first half.
First signs of life for this Colorado offense, and it's been a heavy dose of Travis Hunter targets.
Buffs have the ball in the red zone.