Saturday’s Football Results
Western Michigan 14, Toledo 13*
Central Michigan 49, Wagner 10
Ohio 52, Gardner-Webb 35
Akron 51, Duquesne 7
Eastern Michigan 34, Louisiana 31
UNLV 41, Miami 38
Louisville 40, Bowling Green 17
UConn 31, Ball State 25
Troy 21, Buffalo 14
Florida State 66, Kent State 10
Mississippi State 38, Northern Illinois 10

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Stories Courtesy of the Associated Press

Central Michigan 49, Wagner 10
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MOUNT PLEASANT, MI (AP) — Joe Labas threw a career-high three touchdown passes in the first half, Dakota Cochran returned a pick-6 and recovered a fumble and Central Michigan beat FCS-opponent Wagner 49-10 on Saturday.

Angel Flores scored his first career touchdown on a 2-yard run in the first quarter, then threw his first career touchdown in the third — a 22-yarder to Brock Townsend. Flores added a 3-yard rushing touchdown in Central Michigan’s home opener.

Labas finished the game 12 of 14 for the Chippewas (2-2) with 241 yards and three touchdowns.

Labas connected for TDs with Nahree Biggins for 88 yards, Tommy McIntosh for 33 yards and Tyson Davis for 33 yards. Biggins’ score was Central Michigan’s longest play from scrimmage since 2012, while McIntosh’s was his first career touchdown.

Cochran streaked down the right hash for a 30-yard pick-6 just 30 seconds into the game on a muffed Seahawks’ catch for the second career interception. He recovered a fumble on the ensuing drive.

Jack Stevens started for Wagner (0-4) and went 3 of 5 for 20 yards passing with an interception before being replaced by Jordan Barton. Barton went 7 of 12 for 18 yards.

Western Michigan 14, Toledo 13
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Broc Lowry scored on a 2-yard run in the final minute of play and added the two-point conversion, lifting Western Michigan to a dramatic 14-13 victory over Toledo in a Mid-American Conference opener on Saturday.

Lowry scored Western Michigan’s only other points as his 6-yard run late in the third quarter made the score 13-6.

Neither team threatened to score in the fourth quarter until the Broncos drove 67 yards on their next-to-last possession. The drive ended at the Toledo 16-yard line when Lowry threw incomplete on fourth-and-7 with about two minutes remaining.

Western Michigan then forced a three-and-out and the Broncos took possession near midfield. Lowry’s 43-yard pass to Tailique Williams on fourth-and-10 was the key play to set up the winning touchdown.

The Rockets gained 3 yards on their final possession.

Lowry completed 16 of 33 passes for 201 yards for Western Michigan (1-3), with 112 yards going to Williams on four completions.

The game was scoreless until Toledo’s James Roe recovered a fumbled punt at the Western Michigan 12-yard line late in the second quarter. The Rockets managed 1 yard before Dylan Cunanan kicked a 30-yard field goal with 22 seconds left in the half.

Chip Trayanum had a 63-yard touchdown run for Toledo in the first minute of the third quarter and Cunanan added a 27-yard field goal for a 13-0 lead. Western Michigan got on the board with Lowry’s first touchdown, in the final minute of the quarter.

Western Michigan lost its first three games to teams that were all undefeated entering Saturday’s games — Michigan State, North Texas and Illinois.

Trayanum had 153 yards rushing for Toledo (2-2).

Ohio 52, Gardner-Webb 35
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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Sieh Bangura ran for 123 yards and he and Duncan Brune each ran for three touchdowns and Ohio took control in the second quarter for a 52-35 win over FCS-member Gardner-Webb on Saturday.

After the Bulldogs built a 14-3 lead following the first quarter, Ohio responded with a 2-yard scoring plunge from Brune with 12:59 left before halftime. Bangura ran it in from the 8 and the two-point conversion made it 17-14 with 7:55 before halftime.

Gardner-Webb regained the lead with a 68-yard scoring pass from Nate Hampton to Quasean Holmes to make it 21-17 with 6:30 left before the break. But a minute-and-a-half later, Parker Navarro threw a 43-yard touchdown to Chase Hendricks for a 24-21 Ohio lead.

Bangura crashed in from a yard out to end an eight-play, 80-yard drive for a 10-point lead with 28 seconds left before halftime.

Hendricks had eight catches for 144 yards and a touchdown for Ohio (2-2).

Hampton threw for 289 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Holmes had 11 receptions for 47 yards and two touchdowns for Gardner-Webb (2-2).

Eastern Michigan 34, Louisiana 31
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Rudy Kessinger drilled a 41-yard field goal with three seconds left and Eastern Michigan beat Louisiana-Lafayette 34-31 on Saturday for its first win of the season.

The Eagles trailed 24-21 after Courtline Flowers jumped a route and returned an interception 35 yards for a third-quarter touchdown. Tavierre Dunlap answered, though, capping the next drive with a 6-yard score — his second of the day and the first multi-score game of his career.

Kessinger then added a field goal to make it 31-24. Zylan Perry tied it for the Ragin’ Cajuns with a 10-yard run with 47 seconds remaining, setting up Kessinger’s walk-off winner.

Louisiana-Lafayette built an early 14-0 lead on Perry’s 23-yard dash and a short plunge before the Eagles flipped the game to take a 21-17 halftime lead. Bill Davis ripped off a 45-yard touchdown run, and Noah Kim ran three yards for a score and found Joshua Long for a 15-yard strike.

Perry led Louisiana-Lafayette with 110 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries. Davis added 78 yards rushing. Daniel Beale threw for 217 yards but was intercepted twice.

Akron 51, Duquesne 7
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Postgame recap coming soon. 

UNLV 41, Miami 38
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OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Ramon Villela kicked a 23-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to lift UNLV to a 41-38 win over Miami (OH) on Saturday.

A dropped snap on a 58-yard field goal attempt foiled Miami’s attempt to tie and the Rebels intercepted the desperation heave has time ran out.

UNLV (4-0) was down 24-10 at halftime but opened the second half with a pair of long drives to tie the game. Then Keith Reynolds had a 100-yard kickoff return straight up field untouched on the right harshmarks to put the RedHawks (0-3) back on top. Two snaps later Corban Hondru snagged a tipped Anthony Colandrea pass and went 47 yards to make it 38-24. It was the second interception thrown by Colandrea, who threw for 293 yards and two scores, marking the first time UNLV had more than one turnover in 18 games.

Miami had only three offensive snaps in the third quarter. Colandrea then directed a 17-play, 87-yard drive that stretched into the fourth quarter, finishing with a 9-yard pass to Taeshaun Lyons. Following a shanked punt, the Rebels went 49 yards, tying the game on a 1-yard run by Keyvone Lee with 6:50 left.

Miami reached the red zone on a 21-yard run by Kenny Tracy but Jaheem Joseph punched the ball out on the tackle and Marsel McDuffie recovered for the Rebels on their 17 with 2:31 to play. UNLV covered 78 yards on nine plays for the winning field goal.

Aamaris Brown had a 67-yard pick-six for UNLV’s only score in the first half and Miami quarterback Dequan Finn did not return after that turnover early in the second quarter. Finn threw for 131 yards and two touchdowns and Henry Hesson threw for 134 and a score.

Louisville 40, Bowling Green 17
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Keyjuan Brown ran for two touchdowns and Caullin Lacy had his best game in a Louisville uniform as the Cardinals rolled to a 40-17 victory Saturday over Bowling Green.

Brown, a redshirt sophomore listed third on the depth chart, ran 12 times for 84 yards and got the bulk of the workload in the backfield. The team announced at the kickoff that starter Isaac Brown was limited in practice and second-stringer Duke Watson likely would not play.

Lacy returned a punt 75 yards for another score, which atoned for a muffed return that led to a first-quarter field goal for the Falcons (2-2). The senior also caught nine passes for 110 yards, his highest totals since coming to Louisville last season from South Alabama.

The Louisville defense picked off Falcons quarterback Drew Pyne twice inside the 50 in the first half as the hosts led 21-3 at halftime. Pyne finished 12-of-22 passing for 131 yards and a fourth-quarter score.

Quarterback Miller Moss completed 24 of 33 passes for 329 yards.

The Falcons ran for a season-high 190 yards, with backup quarterback Lucian Anderson III getting a 75-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter.

UConn 31, Ball State 25
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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Cam Edwards ran for 194 yards and two touchdowns, Skyler Bell had 14 receptions for 103 yards and one touchdown, and UConn defeated Ball State 31-25 on Saturday.

Edwards set a new career-high in rushing yards, eclipsing his previous best of 149 against USF on Oct. 21, 2023. Bell has had over 90 receiving yards in all four games this season, and over 100 in three of them.

The Huskies start 2-2 for the second straight year, and picked up their first win over an FBS opponent in the 2025 campaign.

Ball State (1-3) pulled within seven points with a field goal late in the third, but UConn answered with a 32-yard rushing score from Edwards.

Lee Molette III picked off Ball State QB Kiael Kelly on the next drive to effectively seal the game for the Huskies (2-2). It was Molette’s first career interception.

Edwards added another long score, this time a 67-yard dash, to extend UConn’s lead with 1:50 to go in regulation. It stood as the winning score after Ball State found the end zone with nine seconds remaining.

UConn’s Joe Fagnano was 20-for-30 passing, with 171 yards and one touchdown pass. Kelly was 17-for-24 with 209 yards for Ball State.

Troy 21, Buffalo 14
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tae Meadows rushed up the middle for a 20-yard touchdown with 45 seconds remaining and Troy scored all its points in the fourth quarter to beat Buffalo 21-17 on Saturday.

Tucker Kilcrease rushed for a 6-yard TD to complete a 14-play, 75-yard drive to get the Trojans (2-2) on the scoreboard then threw a 10-yard scoring pass to RaRa Thomas to trail 17-13 with six minutes to go. Troy went three-and-out on its next possession but got the ball back with 2:33 remaining on the 50. Nine plays later Meadows scored the go-ahead points.

Buffalo (2-2) reached the Troy 28 with eight seconds left but a fourth-and-1 pass into the end zone by Gunnar Gray was batted down. Gray played the rest of the way for starting quarterback Ta’Quan Roberson who left with a lower-leg injury in the third quarter after Al-Jay Henderson had put the Bulls up 14-0 with a 22-yard run.

James McNeil finished a 71-yard drive with a 1-yard score in the first quarter and a 7-0 halftime lead. Jack Howes’ 39-yard field goal made it 17-0 at the start of the fourth quarter.

Kilcrease was 14-of-24 passing for 148 yards and he rushed for 50 more. RaRa Thomas had five catches for 78 yards.

Roberson was 9-of-15 passing for 104 yards and Gray 5 of 13 for 49. Henderson rushed for 76 yards on 22 carries.

Florida State 66, Kent State 10
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Tommy Castellanos passed for 205 yards and had two of No. 7 Florida State’s eight rushing touchdowns in a 66-10 rout of Kent State on Saturday.

Gavin Sawchuk had 11 carries for 97 yards and two touchdowns as the Seminoles (3-0) ran for a single-game school record 498 yards and surpassed last season’s win total.

Florida State had as many touchdowns against Kent State as it did in 12 games in 2024.

Castellanos left in the second quarter with an apparent ankle injury, but he ran down the sideline in the third quarter. With the Seminoles in front 45-7, Castellanos did not play in the second half.

Micahi Danzy had a 64-yard touchdown run and added receptions of 65 yards and 47 yards. The redshirt freshman now has three touchdowns in three games.

The Golden Flashes’ Dru DeShields completed 9 of 18 passes for 129 yards and had a 75-yard touchdown pass to Da’Shawn Martin.

Mississippi State 38, Northern Illinois 10
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