— Florida State 31, Alabama 17
Seminoles ran ball for 230 yards, posted a big upset.
Kalen Deboer is 6-4 vs unranked teams at Alabama; Nick Saban was 124-4.
FSU’s offensive coordinator is Gus Malzahn (Auburn’s coach for 8 years)
— LSU 17, Clemson 10
Clemson led 10-3 at halftime, didn’t score in second half.
LSU stopped Clemson on the 15-yard line with 0:59 left.
Clemson ran the ball 20 times for only 31 yards.
— Ohio State 14, Texas 7
Longhorns lost despite outgaining Ohio State, 336-203.
Texas didn’t score until they got a TD with 3:28 left in the game.
Longhorns were stopped on two 4th downs inside the OSU 10-yard line.
— Tennessee 45, Syracuse 26
Vols’ new QB Joey Aguilar threw for 247 yards, three TD’s.
Aguilar transferred from Appalachian State to UCLA to Tennessee this year.
Tennessee had good balance; they ran for 246 yards, threw for 247 more.
— Tulane 23, Northwestern 3
Tulane’s QB last year got paid $4M to bolt to Duke.
BYU booted its QB Jake Retzlaff this spring, for off-field issues.
Retzlaff is now Tulane’s QB; he passed for 152, ran for 113 more.
— Kentucky 24, Toledo 16
Rockets threw a 20-yard TD pass with 1:55 left for the backdoor cover.
Toledo had 11 penalties for 93 yards, Kentucky 3 for 30.
Kentucky has 55 new players this year, 27 of them transfers.
— Texas A&M 42, Texas-San Antonio 24
Marcel Reed threw for 289 yards, four TD’s.
KC Conception ran a punt back 80 yards for a TD.
UTSA’s Robert Henry ran ball 16 times for 177 yards, two TD’s.
— Famous birthdays, August 31st:
Richard Gere, 76
Tom Candiotti, 69
Von Hayes, 67
Hideo Nomo, 57
Larry Fitzgerald, 42
Jalen Brunson, 29
Desmond Ridder, 26
Ahmad (Sauce) Gardner, 25
— Marlins 11, Mets 8
Marlins scored 5 runs in 1st inning, later blew an 8-2 lead.
Connor Norby knocked in three runs in the last three innings.
Mets are now six games behind the Phillies in NL East.
— Guardians 4, Mariners 3
Kyle Manzardo hit a 2-run HR for Cleveland.
Guardians are within three games of Seattle for last AL Wild Card spot.
Seattle has lost 7 in a row on the road, is 5-11 in last 16 games overall.
— Angels 4, Astros 1
Oswald Peraza had the game-winning hit in the 9th inning.
Game was tied 1-1 after eight innings.
Kenley Jansen got his 24th save for the Halos.
— Brewers 4, Blue Jays 1
Jackson Chourio/Christian Yelich hit back/back HR’s in 9th inning.
Game was scoreless after five innings.
Toronto’s lead in AL East is down to two games.
— Padres 12, Twins 3
Minnesota led 3-1 after five innings.
9th-place hitter Elias Diaz homered twice for San Diego.
Manny Machado got his 1,000th hit as a Padre.
— Royals 3, Tigers 1
Bobby Witt hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 8th.
Witt’s 20th home run extended his hitting streak to 18 games.
Kansas City moved within two games of the AL’s last Wild Card spot.
— Arizona 6, Dodgers 1
Game was scoreless after six innings.
Eduardo Rodriguez allowed four hits in 6 shutout IP.
Dodgers’ lead in NL West is down to a game over San Diego.
— If the playoffs started today (they do not):
NL: Phillies, Brewers, Dodgers Wild Cards: Cubs, Mets, Padres
AL: Blue Jays, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Mariners
