Michigan tight end Luke Schoonmaker is knocked off his feet by Indiana defensive back Bryant Fitzgerald in the first half of their game Saturday in Bloomington, Indiana. Doug McSchooler/Associated Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Cornelius Johnson’s 29-yard touchdown catch midway through the third quarter Saturday gave No. 4 Michigan the lead and the jolt it needed to pull away from Indiana 31-10 in an emotional game in which a Wolverines’ coach was taken to a hospital.
Michigan improved to 6-0 for the second straight season, the first time they’ve achieved that feat since 1976-77.
Johnson’s big play came after assistant coach Mike Hart was carted off the field in the first quarter for an undisclosed medical issue.
Hart went down after Indiana tied the score at 7. Many Wolverines players dropped to one knee while Coach Jim Harbaugh and other assistants watched trainers tend to Michigan’s running game coordinator.
The emotional toll appeared to hurt the defending Big Ten champs, who went into the locker room tied at 10 with the Hoosiers (3-3, 1-2).
But after hearing Hart talk to the team at halftime, the Wolverines (3-0 Big Ten) promised to win the game for their coach — and they didn’t disappoint.
The first of Johnson’s two TD receptions capped Michigan’s 98-yard drive to open the second-half and the defense only allowed 29 total yards over the final two quarters until Indiana’s final drive.
Luke Schoonmaker and Johnson caught fourth-quarter TD passes to seal it.
(2) GEORGIA 41, AUBURN 10: Stetson Bennett scrambled 64 yards for a touchdown, Daijun Edwards scored three times on the ground and the Bulldogs (6-0, 3-0 SEC) ran over the Tigers (3-3, 1-2) in Athens, Georgia.
Bennett’s career-long run on the first play of the fourth quarter was the biggest of the day for a Bulldogs offense that mostly plodded along for the first three.
The Bulldogs got two short touchdown runs by Edwards and one from Kenny McIntosh to build a 21-3 in the third quarter.
Then Bennett found a huge swath of empty green grass and managed to beat a chasing pack of Tigers to the goal line to make it 28-3 on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Georgia ran its winning streak to six in the series, has not lost the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry at home since 2005 and leads overall 63-56.
(3) OHIO STATE 49, MICHIGAN STATE 20: C.J. Stroud tied a school record with six touchdown passes and the Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) coasted to a win over the Spartans (2-4, 0-3) in East Lansing, Michigan.
The Buckeyes scored on their opening drive for the fifth straight game when Marvin Harrison Jr. caught his first of three touchdowns. TreVeyon Henderson ran for 118 yards and a touchdown before limping off the field with an apparent right leg injury in the third quarter.
The Spartans have lost four straight after winning their first two games this season.
Stroud was 21 of 26 for 361 yards. He became the first player in program history to throw six touchdowns in three games, a feat he pulled off in consecutive contests against Michigan State. Stroud threw an interception for the third straight game and the latest was returned 32 yards to pull the Spartans into a 7-all tie.
(7) OKLAHOMA STATE 41, TEXAS TECH 31: Spencer Sanders ran for two touchdowns and passed for another and the Cowboys (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) beat the Red Raiders (3-3, 1-2) in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Sanders passed for 297 yards and ran for 56, and Bryson Green had five catches for a career-high 115 yards for the Cowboys.
Texas Tech redshirt freshman Behren Morton got his first career start in place of Donovan Smith. He completed 39 of 62 passes for 379 yards and two touchdowns for the Red Raiders.
(8) TENNESSEE 40, (25) LSU 13: Hendon Hooker passed for two touchdowns, Jabari Small ran for 127 yards and two scores, and the Volunteers (5-0, 2-0 SEC) punished the Tigers (4-2, 2-1) for its mistakes and risk-taking in a resounding win in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Volunteers matched their best start to a season since 2016 with balance on offense, sound defense that corralled dual-threat LSU QB Jayden Daniels, and opportunistic special teams play.
Hooker passed for 239 yards, with scoring passes of 45 and 14 yards to Jalin Hyatt. The fleet-footed QB also accounted for 56 of Tennessee’s 264 yards on the ground. Bru McCoy caught seven passes for 140 yards, drawing howls of “Bruuuuuuu!” from a sizeable contingent of fans in Volunteer orange.
(9) MISSISSIPPI 52, VANDERBILT 28: Jaxson Dart threw for a career-high 448 yards and three touchdowns, and the Rebels (6-0, 2-0 SEC) rallied from a 10-point deficit to rout the Commodores (3-3, 0-2) in Nashville, Tennessee for their first 6-0 start since 2014.
The Rebels won their fourth straight in the series after trailing 20-10 in the second quarter. Quinshon Judkins ran for the first of his two TDs just before halftime, then the Rebels added three more in the third quarter as part of 35 straight points.
Senior Jonathan Mingo caught nine passes for a career-high and national season-high 247 yards and two TDs, the last a short pass he caught at the line of scrimmage and took 71 yards to the end zone. The Rebels padded the lead with a 1-yard TD run by Matt Jones with 18 seconds left for the final margin.
(18) UCLA 42, (11) UTAH 32: Dorian Thompson-Robinson passed for 299 yards and four TDs to become UCLA’s career leader in passing touchdowns, Zach Charbonnet rushed for a career high 198 yards and the 18th-ranked Bruins (6-0, 3-0 Pac-12) defeated the Utes (4-2, 2-1) in Pasadena, California.
Thompson-Robinson also had a rushing score for the Bruins, who picked up the biggest victory in coach Chip Kelly’s five years in Westwood. They have won nine straight dating back to last season, which is their longest streak since running off 20 straight victories in 1997-98.
Thompson-Robinson’s only mistake came late in the fourth quarter when he was picked off by Clark Phillips III and returned 80 yards for a touchdown.
Cameron Rising passed for 287 yards and ran for a pair of scores for the Utes, who had won five straight in the series by an average of 27 points.
(17) TCU 38, (19) KANSAS 31: Max Duggan passed for three touchdowns in the second half, including the game-winning 27-yarder to Quinton Johnston with 1:36 left, and the Horned Frogs (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) beat the Jayhawks (5-1, 2-1) in Lawrence, Kansas.
The Horned Frogs are out to their best start since 2017 after winning the matchup of surprise unbeatens.
Duggan was 23 of 33 for 308 yards and outdueled Kansas backup quarterback Jason Bean in a wild second half. Jalon Daniels, who led the Jayhawks to five straight wins for their best start since 2009, suffered an apparent injury to his right (throwing) shoulder late in the first half.
(23) MISSISSIPPI 40, ARKANSAS 17: Dillon Johnson rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns, Will Rogers broke the Southeastern Conference record for career completions, and the Bulldogs (5-1, 2-1 SEC) beat the Razorbacks (3-3, 1-3) in Starkville, Mississippi.
Rogers was 31-of-48 passing for 395 yards and notched the record in the first quarter with the 922nd completion of his career, eclipsing the mark set by Georgia’s Aaron Murray in 52 games, Rogers has played in 28 games.
The Bulldogs rushed for over 100 yards for the second straight week for the first time in the Mike Leach era, and the 173 yards were a new high. Johnson is the first player under Leach in Starkville to hit the century mark.
(24) CINCINNATI 28, SOUTH FLORIDA 24: Charles McClelland rushed for a career-high 179 yards and two touchdowns including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter as the Bearcats (5-1, 1-0 AAC) held off the Bulls (1-5, 0-2) in Cincinnati.
McClelland’s 35-yard touchdown run with 9:24 remaining put the Bearcats ahead to stay, helping them extend the nation’s second-longest home winning streak to 30 games. Only Clemson’s 37-game streak is longer.
The Bearcats, who will move to the Big 12 Conference next season, have won 18 consecutive games against American Athletic Conference opponents. They haven’t lost at home since Temple beat them 35-24 on Nov. 10, 2017.
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