Not exact matches
Their offense was decent, and aside
from a late glitch against MTSU (the Blue Raiders only gained 368 yards against Illinois, but 153 came in two late
touchdowns drives), the defense was impenetrable.
A deep
touchdown pass
from Brady to Brandon Lloyd capped off a six - play, 82 - yard
drive and gave New England a 14 - 0 lead.
All Mariota did was rally the Titans back
from an 18 - point deficit, throw an inadvertent
touchdown pass to himself (we'll never see that again), and throw a crucial block for Derrick Henry on the
drive that clinched the game.
LSU had loaded up on big plays — a 100 - yard kickoff return by Leonard Fournette, a 75 - yard pass
from Anthony Jennings to John Diarse, an 89 - yard rush by Fournette * — while Notre Dame had ground out long
touchdown drives: 15 plays and 66 yards, 11 plays and 75 yards, 10 plays and 59 yards.
The
drive chart
from the Texans second quarter
touchdown says it for you: 18 - yard pass to Kevin Walter, 7 - yard pass to James Casey, 8 - yard rush by Foster, 21 - yard rush by Foster and...
The game was suddenly close when the Steelers scored on the opening
drive of the second half with a 19 - yard
touchdown by Le'Veon Bell on another great pass
from Roethlisberger into tight coverage.
The Jets got the football first and made it last,
driving piercingly downfield for the winning 6 - yard
touchdown pass
from Fitzpatrick to receiver Eric Decker.
But just as BCS talk was picking up, BSU's Ryan Dinwiddie threw for 297 yards and four
touchdowns, and the Broncos cut short the Bulldogs» winning
drive with a fourth - down, final - minute sack 10 yards
from the BSU goal line.
Tim Hightower finished off the Saints»
drive by running it in for the
touchdown from the goal line, and it appeared that Mark Ingram may have been upset about it on the Saints» sideline.
Not only did that help to prevent the Cowboys
from being able to score a
touchdown on that
drive, Dallas also ultimately missed their field goal attempt as it doinked off the right upright, no good.
Liberty led 21 - 7 midway through the third quarter on a 41 - yard
touchdown strike
from Jordan Love to Quincy Jountti that felt like a
driving force for the Patriots.
He pulled USC back
from the abyss with two
touchdown drives to tie the game in the fourth quarter, then stewarded a short field goal
drive after an interception to seal the game.
Lamar Jackson just didn't have enough against an aggressive Clemson defense, though he threw for over 300 yards with help
from some productive
drives after the Cardinals were already down by three
touchdowns.
At that point the Bills offense hadn't done much all day, aside
from the preceding
drive where Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor had broken off long runs of 25 and 22 yards, the latter being an incredible, highlight - reel
touchdown run.
Georgia was able to recover
from a 20 - point fourth - quarter deficit thanks to three straight Aaron Murray
touchdown drives, but Auburn was able to convert a fourth - and - 18 Hail Mary
from 73 yards away on a near - impossible play that resulted in an incredible Tiger victory:
Greene's backup Bilal Powell is inactive, and Joe McKnight has been playing more defense than offense, though he appeared in the backfield later in the
drive, which resulted in a
touchdown from Mark Sanchez to Dustin Keller.
But «Bama responded on the next series with a five - minute, 12 - play
drive that ended with Lassic gliding into the end zone
from four yards out for the
touchdown that broke Miami's back.
Vandy benefited
from a pair of questionable targeting calls that sustained
touchdown drives and ultimately made the difference in the «Dores win Nashville.
About coming back
from the fumble... «Made a
touchdown the next
drive.
Auburn fell victim to a drop
from Sal Cannella and a bad reversed spot on its first
drive out of halftime, but it wrapped up this four -
drive set with another
touchdown on the following possession.
Obviously it was the Panthers final game - winning
touchdown drive, capped off by a 14 - yard
touchdown pass
from Cam Newton to Domenik Hixon.
Down 14 - 7, ASU went 3 - for - 3 in converting passing downs on their third
drive; they completed an eight - yard pass on second - and - nine, an 11 - yard pass on third - and - six, and a nine - yard
touchdown pass on second - and - goal
from the nine.
After a few successful running plays on the next
drive — aided by the increasing threat of the pass — the determination to keep drawing up deep - ball chances finally paid off when Slayton caught a 53 - yard
touchdown from Stidham.
Aside
from a
touchdown drive that started with good field position thanks to Kyle Fuller, the Bears offense had trouble staying on the field with the predictable and conservative play - calling Bears fans have become all too accustomed to.
The Titans traveled 84 yards in 10 plays, finishing off the
drive with a two - yard
touchdown from Murray.
The Jaguars responded accordingly with a 11 - play, 65 yard
drive which included three third down conversions, including a 20 yard
touchdown pass
from Bortles to Marqise Lee.