CFB Week 4 Recap
-Pittsburgh RB Dion Lewis ended up with 41 yards on 12 carries and has been held to 143 yards in three games.
-With Pitt’s loss, the Big East moved to 1-7 so far this season against non-conference opponents. Pitt is 1-11 against ranked non-conference teams since 1996, while Miami has won 33 in a row against unranked non-conference teams.
-Miami has won 33 in a row against unranked non-conference teams.
-TCU trailed in the second half for the first time this season, but then scored 21 straight points and are 4-0 for the third straight year.
-The Horned Frogs ran its regular-season win streak to 18 and have won 30 of 33 games overall.
-SMU is 1-30-1 in its last 32 games against ranked teams, its only win came in 2005 against TCU.
-The Horned Frogs’ defense allowed their most points, most yards (361), most yards rushing (192) and had their fewest sacks (1).
-SMU QB Kyle Padron was 14 of 35 for 169 yards and two touchdowns.
-UConn has now won 10 of the last 11 meetings with the Bulls, including a 38-20 victory the last time the two programs met.
-NC State QB Russell Wilson passed for a career-high 368 yards and three touchdowns. The Wolfpack gained 527 yards and scored its most points in the series with Georgia Tech.
-Northwestern QB Dan Persa went 23 of 30 for 280 yards and two touchdowns, while the team totaled 429 yards of total offense.
-Virginia Tech QB Tyrod Taylor completed 16 of 21 passes for 237 yards in a 19-0 road victory over Boston College.
-Michigan’s three quarterbacks combined to complete 23 of 26 passes, the second-highest completion percentage in school history.
-The Wolverines gained 466 yards rushing and 721 yards of total offense.
-Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns in a 45-0 win over Ball State.
-The Hawkeyes bounced back from last week’s loss at Arizona and are 15-2 at home since the start of the 2008 season. The team had been 0-3 over the previous three season in the game after their first loss.
-Ball State is 1-21 against the Big Ten.
-Toledo QB Austin Dantin rushed for two touchdowns and passed for two more to lead the Rockets to a 31-20 victory at Purdue. The Rockets registered 378 yards, 157 more than their season average.
-Purdue rushed for more than 200 yards for the third straight game. Backup QB Rob Henry took over in place of injured Robert Mavre.
-UAB dominated its game against Tennessee in almost every category, picking up 544 yards compared to the Vols’ 287 yards.
-Kansas State RB Daniel Thomas came in as the nation’s second-leading rusher, totaled only 76 yards on 22 carries.
-Army ran for 333 yards and controlled the clock for nearly 40 minutes in a 35-21 road win over Duke. The Black Knights converted four turnovers into touchdowns to beat the Blue Devils.
-Washington State lost its 12th straight game to an FBS opponent and lost to USC for the eighth straight time. The last three have been by an overall margin of 193-36.
-USC QB Matt Barkley completed 16 of 25 passes for 290 yards and three touchdowns, but he threw two first-half interceptions.
-Washington State QB Jeff Tuel completed 24 of 37 passes for 222 yards and a touchdown. The Cougars had 323 yards of total offense, but have yet to score more than 23 points in a game.
-Arkansas Ryan Mallett was 25 of 38 for 357 yards in a 24-20 loss to top-ranked Alabama.
-Alabama RB Mark Ingram had only two rushes of 45+ yards all of last season during his Heisman-winning campaign. He had three this season in his first 12 rushes.
-Wake Forest came into its 31-0 loss to Florida State averaging 43.7 points per game, but also giving up 43 points.
-Florida State leads the nation with 19 sacks and held an opponent to fewer than 200 yards of offense for the first time this season.
-Stanford QB Andrew Luck passes for 238 yards and a TD in the Cardinal’s first win in South Bend since 1992.
-Notre Dame has lost 11 straight games versus opponents ranked in the Top 25 and five straight at home.
-At 1-3, Notre Dame is off to its worst start since 2007 when it began 0-5.
-Stanford has beaten Notre Dame two times in a row for the first time in the history of the series.
-North Carolina avoided its first 0-3 start since the 2003 season, with a 17-13 victory over Rutgers on Saturday. The Tarheels still played without 12 players, including seven starters because of NCAA violations.
-Temple has been outscored 154-9 in its previous four games with Penn State, but took a 13-6 leads in the first quarter last week.
-Penn State RB Evan Royster ran for 187 yards on 26 carries, after having just 110 yards on 31 carries in his first three games this season.
-Houston RB Bryce Beall rushed for 123 yards and a career-high four touchdowns.
-Cougars freshman QB Terrance Broadway, who was making his first career start, finished 19 of 28 for 174 yards and one interception.
-After an 0-2 start, UCLA has put up consecutive wins over Top 25 teams. Saturday’s win was the Bruins first on the road against a ranked opponent since 2001.
-Texas lost its first home game since 2007 against Kansas State and scored its fewest points at home since a 12-7 loss to Texas A&M in 2006.
-In the last five years, Texas had been 4-1 in the game prior to Oklahoma. The one year they loss, they went on to lose to Oklahoma.
-Colorado State QB Pete Thomas was 29 of 37 for 386 yards in a 36-34 win over Idaho, ending a 12-game losing streak for the team.
-Idaho QB Nathan Enderle threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns for the Vandals, who accumulated 459 total yards.
-Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick threw for 196 yards and a touchdown and ran for 82 yards and another score Saturday as the Wolf Pack beat BYU 27-13. He led five scoring drives of nine plays or more.
-BYU freshman QB Jake Heaps completed 24 of 45 passes for 229 yards in his first college start.
-Oklahoma trailed for the first time all season but forced four turnovers to move to 4-0 for the third time in four years.
-This season, the Sooners topped Florida State by 30 points, but only beat their other three opponents by 12 points combined. Oklahoma has been outscored 41-10 in the fourth quarter this season.
-Oklahoma QB Landry Jones had his fifth career 300-yard game and his 36 completions were a career high.
-The Sooners won their first road game of the season last year, but went 2-5 overall away from Norman.
-Cincinnati QB Zach Collaros finished 23 of 38 for 305 yards, also throwing his first interception of the season and fumbling as part of a four-turnover game.
-Indiana QB Ben Chappell threw a career-high four touchdown passes in a 35-20 victory over Akron on Saturday night. He finished 23 of 33 for 342 yards.
-Akron came in averaging 242 yards per game, finished with 335 against the Hoosiers, including 160 yards rushing.
-Ohio lost for the sixth straight time against Marshall.
-Mississippi State QB Chris Reif rushed for 97 yards and threw for 135 yards and a touchdown as they beat Georgia 24-12 on Saturday night.
-Georgia has lost three games in a row for the first time since 1990 and starts 0-3 in the SEC for the first time since 1993.
-Georgia outgained Mississippi State 387 yards to 314, but lost two first-half fumbles.
-Ole Miss rolled up 578 yards of total offense, including 425 on the ground against a Fresno State unit that ranked among the nation’s leaders entering the game.
-Auburn QB Cameron Newton rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns and passed for two more scores, as the Tigers won 35-27 over South Carolina.
-The Tigers overcame a double-digit halftime deficit for the second straight week. The offense racked up 334 yards rushing against a defense that came in giving up a league-low 60 yards on the ground.
-South Carolina freshman RB Marcus Lattimore finished with 33 yards on 14 carries, with 11 of those attempts coming in the first half.
-The Gamecocks had no turnovers in the first three quarters and four in the final 15 minutes to end its bid for their first 4-0 start since 2001.
-San Diego State QB Ryan Lindley threw for 362 yards and three touchdowns as they handed Utah State a 41-7 loss. The Aztecs have won eight straight in the series.
-Boise State QB Kellen Moore completed 19 of 27 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-24 home win over Oregon State.
-Boise State improved to 64-2 at home since 2000. The Broncos are 6-1 versus BCS conference teams over the last four seasons.
-Oregon State is 1-2 with both losses coming away from home against teams that are currently ranked in the Top 5.
-The Broncos outgained Oregon State 469-237.
-Baylor QB Robert Griffin passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns to lead Baylor to a 30-13 win over Rice. The Bears outgained Rice 456 to 296.
-Utah QB Jordan Wynn has recovered from a thumb sprain that made him miss two games, completing 14 of 18 passes for 124 yards.
-Utah didn’t turn the ball over for the first time in a game this season and only had one penalty.
-Northern Ilinois RB Chad Spann ran for a career-high 223 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead the Huskies to a 34-23 win over Minnesota.
-Minnesota QB Adam Weber threw for a season-high 373 yards and a touchdown, as the team lost its third striaght at home.
-LSU rank its regular season non-conference win streak to 31 straight, the longest active streak in the nation. Moved to 4-0 for the fourth straight season, facing two ranked non-conference teams in the regular season for the first time since 1991.
-LSU QB Jordan Jefferson had his first career multi-interception game for LSU. He’s thrown for less than 100 yards and no TDs in three straight games.
-The Tigers finished with 230 total yards of offense, but the Tigers’ defense bailed them out by holding West Virginia to 177.
-Oregon extended its win streak over Arizona State to six games. The Ducks have scored 40 or more points in all four games this season.
-Arizona State lost for the second consecutive week, both to ranked opponents. The Sun Devils turned the ball over seven times.
-Pittsburgh RB Dion Lewis ended up with 41 yards on 12 carries and has been held to 143 yards in three games.
-With Pitt’s loss, the Big East moved to 1-7 so far this season against non-conference opponents. Pitt is 1-11 against ranked non-conference teams since 1996, while Miami has won 33 in a row against unranked non-conference teams.
-Miami has won 33 in a row against unranked non-conference teams.
-TCU trailed in the second half for the first time this season, but then scored 21 straight points and are 4-0 for the third straight year.
-The Horned Frogs ran its regular-season win streak to 18 and have won 30 of 33 games overall.
-SMU is 1-30-1 in its last 32 games against ranked teams, its only win came in 2005 against TCU.
-The Horned Frogs’ defense allowed their most points, most yards (361), most yards rushing (192) and had their fewest sacks (1).
-SMU QB Kyle Padron was 14 of 35 for 169 yards and two touchdowns.
-UConn has now won 10 of the last 11 meetings with the Bulls, including a 38-20 victory the last time the two programs met.
-NC State QB Russell Wilson passed for a career-high 368 yards and three touchdowns. The Wolfpack gained 527 yards and scored its most points in the series with Georgia Tech.
-Northwestern QB Dan Persa went 23 of 30 for 280 yards and two touchdowns, while the team totaled 429 yards of total offense.
-Virginia Tech QB Tyrod Taylor completed 16 of 21 passes for 237 yards in a 19-0 road victory over Boston College.
-Michigan’s three quarterbacks combined to complete 23 of 26 passes, the second-highest completion percentage in school history.
-The Wolverines gained 466 yards rushing and 721 yards of total offense.
-Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns in a 45-0 win over Ball State.
-The Hawkeyes bounced back from last week’s loss at Arizona and are 15-2 at home since the start of the 2008 season. The team had been 0-3 over the previous three season in the game after their first loss.
-Ball State is 1-21 against the Big Ten.
-Toledo QB Austin Dantin rushed for two touchdowns and passed for two more to lead the Rockets to a 31-20 victory at Purdue. The Rockets registered 378 yards, 157 more than their season average.
-Purdue rushed for more than 200 yards for the third straight game. Backup QB Rob Henry took over in place of injured Robert Mavre.
-UAB dominated its game against Tennessee in almost every category, picking up 544 yards compared to the Vols’ 287 yards.
-Kansas State RB Daniel Thomas came in as the nation’s second-leading rusher, totaled only 76 yards on 22 carries.
-Army ran for 333 yards and controlled the clock for nearly 40 minutes in a 35-21 road win over Duke. The Black Knights converted four turnovers into touchdowns to beat the Blue Devils.
-Washington State lost its 12th straight game to an FBS opponent and lost to USC for the eighth straight time. The last three have been by an overall margin of 193-36.
-USC QB Matt Barkley completed 16 of 25 passes for 290 yards and three touchdowns, but he threw two first-half interceptions.
-Washington State QB Jeff Tuel completed 24 of 37 passes for 222 yards and a touchdown. The Cougars had 323 yards of total offense, but have yet to score more than 23 points in a game.
-Arkansas Ryan Mallett was 25 of 38 for 357 yards in a 24-20 loss to top-ranked Alabama.
-Alabama RB Mark Ingram had only two rushes of 45+ yards all of last season during his Heisman-winning campaign. He had three this season in his first 12 rushes.
-Wake Forest came into its 31-0 loss to Florida State averaging 43.7 points per game, but also giving up 43 points.
-Florida State leads the nation with 19 sacks and held an opponent to fewer than 200 yards of offense for the first time this season.
-Stanford QB Andrew Luck passes for 238 yards and a TD in the Cardinal’s first win in South Bend since 1992.
-Notre Dame has lost 11 straight games versus opponents ranked in the Top 25 and five straight at home.
-At 1-3, Notre Dame is off to its worst start since 2007 when it began 0-5.
-Stanford has beaten Notre Dame two times in a row for the first time in the history of the series.
-North Carolina avoided its first 0-3 start since the 2003 season, with a 17-13 victory over Rutgers on Saturday. The Tarheels still played without 12 players, including seven starters because of NCAA violations.
-Temple has been outscored 154-9 in its previous four games with Penn State, but took a 13-6 leads in the first quarter last week.
-Penn State RB Evan Royster ran for 187 yards on 26 carries, after having just 110 yards on 31 carries in his first three games this season.
-Houston RB Bryce Beall rushed for 123 yards and a career-high four touchdowns.
-Cougars freshman QB Terrance Broadway, who was making his first career start, finished 19 of 28 for 174 yards and one interception.
-After an 0-2 start, UCLA has put up consecutive wins over Top 25 teams. Saturday’s win was the Bruins first on the road against a ranked opponent since 2001.
-Texas lost its first home game since 2007 against Kansas State and scored its fewest points at home since a 12-7 loss to Texas A&M in 2006.
-In the last five years, Texas had been 4-1 in the game prior to Oklahoma. The one year they loss, they went on to lose to Oklahoma.
-Colorado State QB Pete Thomas was 29 of 37 for 386 yards in a 36-34 win over Idaho, ending a 12-game losing streak for the team.
-Idaho QB Nathan Enderle threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns for the Vandals, who accumulated 459 total yards.
-Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick threw for 196 yards and a touchdown and ran for 82 yards and another score Saturday as the Wolf Pack beat BYU 27-13. He led five scoring drives of nine plays or more.
-BYU freshman QB Jake Heaps completed 24 of 45 passes for 229 yards in his first college start.
-Oklahoma trailed for the first time all season but forced four turnovers to move to 4-0 for the third time in four years.
-This season, the Sooners topped Florida State by 30 points, but only beat their other three opponents by 12 points combined. Oklahoma has been outscored 41-10 in the fourth quarter this season.
-Oklahoma QB Landry Jones had his fifth career 300-yard game and his 36 completions were a career high.
-The Sooners won their first road game of the season last year, but went 2-5 overall away from Norman.
-Cincinnati QB Zach Collaros finished 23 of 38 for 305 yards, also throwing his first interception of the season and fumbling as part of a four-turnover game.
-Indiana QB Ben Chappell threw a career-high four touchdown passes in a 35-20 victory over Akron on Saturday night. He finished 23 of 33 for 342 yards.
-Akron came in averaging 242 yards per game, finished with 335 against the Hoosiers, including 160 yards rushing.
-Ohio lost for the sixth straight time against Marshall.
-Mississippi State QB Chris Reif rushed for 97 yards and threw for 135 yards and a touchdown as they beat Georgia 24-12 on Saturday night.
-Georgia has lost three games in a row for the first time since 1990 and starts 0-3 in the SEC for the first time since 1993.
-Georgia outgained Mississippi State 387 yards to 314, but lost two first-half fumbles.
-Ole Miss rolled up 578 yards of total offense, including 425 on the ground against a Fresno State unit that ranked among the nation’s leaders entering the game.
-Auburn QB Cameron Newton rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns and passed for two more scores, as the Tigers won 35-27 over South Carolina.
-The Tigers overcame a double-digit halftime deficit for the second straight week. The offense racked up 334 yards rushing against a defense that came in giving up a league-low 60 yards on the ground.
-South Carolina freshman RB Marcus Lattimore finished with 33 yards on 14 carries, with 11 of those attempts coming in the first half.
-The Gamecocks had no turnovers in the first three quarters and four in the final 15 minutes to end its bid for their first 4-0 start since 2001.
-San Diego State QB Ryan Lindley threw for 362 yards and three touchdowns as they handed Utah State a 41-7 loss. The Aztecs have won eight straight in the series.
-Boise State QB Kellen Moore completed 19 of 27 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-24 home win over Oregon State.
-Boise State improved to 64-2 at home since 2000. The Broncos are 6-1 versus BCS conference teams over the last four seasons.
-Oregon State is 1-2 with both losses coming away from home against teams that are currently ranked in the Top 5.
-The Broncos outgained Oregon State 469-237.
-Baylor QB Robert Griffin passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns to lead Baylor to a 30-13 win over Rice. The Bears outgained Rice 456 to 296.
-Utah QB Jordan Wynn has recovered from a thumb sprain that made him miss two games, completing 14 of 18 passes for 124 yards.
-Utah didn’t turn the ball over for the first time in a game this season and only had one penalty.
-Northern Ilinois RB Chad Spann ran for a career-high 223 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead the Huskies to a 34-23 win over Minnesota.
-Minnesota QB Adam Weber threw for a season-high 373 yards and a touchdown, as the team lost its third striaght at home.
-LSU rank its regular season non-conference win streak to 31 straight, the longest active streak in the nation. Moved to 4-0 for the fourth straight season, facing two ranked non-conference teams in the regular season for the first time since 1991.
-LSU QB Jordan Jefferson had his first career multi-interception game for LSU. He’s thrown for less than 100 yards and no TDs in three straight games.
-The Tigers finished with 230 total yards of offense, but the Tigers’ defense bailed them out by holding West Virginia to 177.
-Oregon extended its win streak over Arizona State to six games. The Ducks have scored 40 or more points in all four games this season.
-Arizona State lost for the second consecutive week, both to ranked opponents. The Sun Devils turned the ball over seven times.
