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✦ OPPONENTS RECAP BY STEVE DOWNEY powered past Texas State 21‑10 … Sophomore fullback Noah Copeland led the way with 17 carries for 110 yards and two touchdowns (15 and 16 yards) … Senior slot back Gee Gee Greene had 14 attempts for 71 yards, including a 10‑yard scoring run, and caught two passes for 38 yards … Freshman safety Kwazel Bertrand compiled seven stops, two tackles for loss and one sack. NAVY (7-4) The Midshipmen amassed 407 yards on the ground and ning back Akeem Shavers ran 21 times for 99 yards and a touchdown, and redshirt junior running back Ralph Bolden chipped in with 93 yards on just seven carries … Sopho‑ more running back Akeem Hunt got only one offensive touch, but made it count by taking a short pass 63 yards for a touchdown … Fifth‑year senior defensive end Robert Maci notched eight tackles, including one for loss, and a fumble recovery. PURDUE (5-6) The Boilermakers edged Illinois 20‑17 … Senior run‑ Big Ten losses have come by a combined 13 points, and all seven of its league games have been decided by four points or less … Redshirt junior quarterback Andrew Max‑ well threw for a career‑high 297 yards and two scores on 22‑of‑46 passing, and junior running back Le'Veon Bell car‑ ried the ball 32 times for 133 yards … Junior safety Isaiah Lewis posted a team‑high nine tackles. MICHIGAN STATE (5-6) The Spartans fell to Northwestern 23‑20 … MSU's five terback Devin Gardner accounted for all six U‑M touch‑ downs, throwing for a career‑best 314 yards and three scores while rushing for 37 yards and three TD … Senior quarterback Denard Robinson, who has an injured elbow, ran plays as a running back and wide receiver, and paced the team with 98 rushing yards on 13 attempts … Freshman linebacker James Ross III tallied a team‑leading 12 tackles (nine solo). MICHIGAN (8-3) The No. 20 Wolverines crushed Iowa 42‑17 … Junior quar‑ is bowl eligible, but has decided to impose a bowl ban on itself for the second straight year due to an ongoing NCAA investigation … Junior quarterback Stephen Morris completed 21 of 32 passes for 413 yards with three scores MIAMI (6-5) The Hurricanes bulled over South Florida 40‑9 … Miami … Redshirt sophomore tight end Clive Walford had three catches for 135 yards, including a 65‑yard score, and fresh‑ man wide receiver Herb Waters hauled in four passes for 130 yards, including an 87‑yard TD. of the polls with a 17‑14 overtime victory … Redshirt fresh‑ man quarterback Kevin Hogan hit redshirt junior tight end Zach Ertz with a 10‑yard scoring pass with 1:35 remaining to send the contest into an extra session … Hogan was 25‑of‑36 passing for for 211 yards and added a one‑yard rushing score, while Ertz finished with 11 receptions for 106 yards … Senior running back Stepfan Taylor contrib‑ uted 161 rushing yards and 33 carries … Senior linebacker Shayne Skov paced a stellar defensive effort with 10 tackles (one for loss). STANFORD (9-2) The No. 11 Cardinal knocked No. 5 Oregon from the top quarterback Riley Nelson connected on 28 of 51 throws for 335 yards with one touchdown, but was sacked four times and turned the ball over on three occasions (one intercep‑ tion and two fumbles) … Redshirt junior wide receiver Cody Hoffman had a career‑best 13 receptions for 155 yards … Junior linebacker Keith Van Noy recorded seven stops, three tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble. BYU (6-5) The Cougars lost 20‑14 at San Jose State … Fifth‑year senior Virginia in a game that featured a combined 1,440 yards of offense … Fifth‑year senior quarterback Landry Jones' five‑yard touchdown pass to junior wideout Kenny Stills with 24 seconds left in the game lifted OU to the win … Jones completed 38 of 51 throws for a school‑record 554 yards with six scores and one pick … Stills finished with 10 receptions for 91 yards and four touchdowns. OKLAHOMA (8-2) The No. 14 Sooners won a 50‑49 barn‑burner at West PITTSBURGH (4-6) The Panthers were off this past weekend. worst record since 1989 with a 30‑23 overtime defeat at the hands of Virginia Tech … Freshman running back David Dudeck's 12‑yard scoring run staked BC to a 23‑20 lead with 4:11 remaining, but the Eagles couldn't hang on … Redshirt junior running back Rolandan Finch accounted for 191 total yards (138 rushing and 53 receiving) … Fifth‑year senior linebacker Nick Clancy compiled 20 tackles (17 solo) and 2.5 stops for loss. BOSTON COLLEGE (2-9) The Eagles moved one step closer to matching their ✦ PAGE 17 38‑28 loss to No. 17 UCLA … Senior quarterback Matt Barkley passed for 301 yards and three touch‑ downs before going down with a shoulder injury that will cause him to miss the showdown with No. 1 Notre Dame … Sophomore wide receiver Marqise Lee had nine receptions for 158 yards and a touchdown, while fifth‑year senior run‑ ning back Curtis McNeal rushed for 161 yards on 21 carries … Redshirt sopho‑ more linebacker Hayes Pul‑ lard made a team‑high 11 tackles (one for loss). USC (7-4) The Trojans suffered a Fifth-year senior running back Curtis McNeal had 21 carries for 161 yards, but the Trojans lost 38-28 at UCLA. No. 20 Michigan 42, Iowa 17 Northwestern 23, Michigan State 20 Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 23 (OT) Miami 40, South Florida 9 No. 15 UCLA 38, USC 28 No. 1 Notre Dame 38, Wake Forest 0 Purdue 20, Illinois 17 Navy 21, Texas State 10 No. 14 Oklahoma 50, West Virginia 49 No. 11 Stanford 17, No. 5 Oregon 14 (OT) San Jose State 20, BYU 14 Open Date: Pittsburgh Results From Nov. 17 No. 21 Rutgers at Pittsburgh, 12 p.m., ESPN2 No. 20 Michigan at No. 4 Ohio State, 12 p.m., ABC Indiana at Purdue, 12 p.m., BTN Miami at Duke, 12:30 p.m. Boston College at North Carolina State, 3 p.m. No. 22 Oklahoma State at No. 14 Oklahoma, 3:30 p.m., ESPN Michigan State at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m., BTN Vanderbilt at Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU BYU at New Mexico State, 3:30 p.m. No. 11 Stanford at No. 15 UCLA, 6:30 p.m., FOX No. 1 Notre Dame at USC, 8 p.m., ABC Open Date: Navy Rankings (Associated Press poll) as of Nov. 19 Schedule For Nov. 24 PHOTO COURTESY USC

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