Ahmad Hardy rushed for 250 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries Saturday as No. 25 Missouri hammered visiting Louisiana 52-10 in Columbia.

Hardy scored on runs of 7, 71 and 7 yards for the Tigers (3-0), while quarterback Beau Pribula threw for 174 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, two through the air. Backup running back Marquise Davis added 113 yards and a score on 20 carries as Missouri outgained the Ragin’ Cajuns 606-121.

Pribula completed 15 of 22 passes with an interception before leaving in the third quarter. Kevin Coleman was his favorite target, hauling in eight passes for 84 yards. The Tigers finished with 32 first downs, converting 9 of 13 third downs.

Most of Louisiana’s offense came on one play, an 84-yard touchdown run in the second quarter by Zylan Perry with 3:27 left. The Ragin’ Cajuns (1-2) used two quarterbacks and neither was effective. Starter Daniel Beale hit 1 of 8 passes for 5 yards and backup Lunch Winfield was 1 of 6 for minus 1 yard.

Hardy’s first 7-yard touchdown run initiated the scoring with 8:26 left in the first quarter, capping a 10-play drive that lasted more than five minutes. Pribula hit Marquis Johnson for an 11-yard scoring strike on the next possession.

Pribula hit paydirt on a 14-yard run 42 seconds into the second quarter, followed by his 39-yard touchdown pass to running back Jamal Roberts. After Tony Sterner got Louisiana on the board with a 34-yard field goal, Hardy made it 35-3 with 5:41 left in the half on his 71-yard scoring jaunt.

Following Perry’s touchdown run, Missouri mounted a late drive and Robert Meyer converted a 21-yard field goal with five seconds remaining for a 38-10 halftime lead.

Hardy tacked on his third score on a 7-yard run at with 10:02 left in the third quarter and Davis barged in on a 2-yard run with 7:02 left in the game.

The game was moved up three hours due to forecast high temperatures in the mid 90s. Temperature at the 12:02 p.m. kickoff was 89 degrees.

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Auburn quarterback Jackson Arnold produced three touchdowns, Jeremiah Cobb rushed for over 100 yards and scored, and the No. 24 Tigers earned a 31-15 homecoming win over the South Alabama Jaguars on Saturday afternoon in Auburn, Ala.

Arnold rushed for 50 yards on 10 attempts and scored twice in the first half. He completed 13 of 24 passes for 142 yards and a score. Cobb carried 19 times for 119 yards to eclipse the century mark for the second straight week.

The Tigers (3-0), who entered tied atop the SEC in rushing touchdowns with seven, added to their total with three more and will look ahead to their conference opener next week at No. 13 Oklahoma, where Arnold transferred from.

Cam Coleman caught a TD pass, and Keyron Crawford recorded an interception that set up a touchdown.

For the Jaguars (1-2), Bishop Davenport completed 18 of 26 passes for 170 yards and two TDs, one to Jeremy Scott and the other to Devin Voisin.

Nearly a four-touchdown favorite over the Sun Belt Conference visitors, Auburn converted on fourth down at midfield early on. One play later, Arnold found Coleman on a deep ball for a 32-yard score at 9:09.

The Jaguars answered with a 12-play, 64-yard drive that ended with Hamilton DiBoyan’s 29-yard kick.

Crawford’s interception, the defensive end’s first career and first for Auburn this season, set up Arnold’s 6-yard dash around the right side for a 14-3 edge less than a minute into the second quarter.

With his linemen giving him a shove, the quarterback made it 21-3 by rushing for a second score at 9:48, capping a 54-yard drive.

On his squad’s best drive of the half, Davenport hit Scott for a quick 20-yard strike to cap a 75-yard drive, but Cobb’s short run in the half’s final minute built the lead to 28-9.

Ending another 75-yard scoring drive to open the second half, Davenport connected with Voisin for 12 yards to trim it to 28-15. Auburn kicker Alex McPherson booted a 34-yard field goal after the home side’s next drive stalled to give them a full two-score lead that it held to the end.

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Baylor rode a 35-point first half to an easy 42-7 victory over visiting Samford on Saturday at Waco, Texas.

Bryson Washington led Baylor (2-1) with 135 rushing yards and two touchdowns, despite leaving the game for a short time in the first quarter with an injury. Washington broke away for early runs of 31 and 23 yards.

Bears quarterback Sawyer Robertson was 23 of 37 for 211 yards and three touchdowns, with two interceptions.

Samford quarterback Quincy Crittendon was 7 of 13 for 59 yards, while the Bulldogs had 100 yards passing in the game. Samford running back CJ Evans had 13 carries for 53 yards.

Baylor head coach Dave Aranda kept Washington, Robertson and the Bears’ offense on the field well into the second half and the Bears dominated in total yards 468-195.

In the third quarter, the Baylor offense stalled with 81 yards on offense and one interception by Robertson. But Samford (0-3) was held to just 55 yards of offense in the quarter as the Baylor defense made its presence known.

Robertson responded in the fourth quarter on the quarterback’s final offensive drive with a 14-play, 88-yard scoring push, which culminated in an 11-yard touchdown reception by Louis Brown IV with 11:40 remaining.

When Washington was out with an early injury, freshman running back Caden Knighten moved into the backfield and scored on a 1-yard run with 1:09 remaining in the first half to give Baylor a 35-7 lead.

Samford’s lone touchdown came on a trick play from the 12-yard line with 1:07 remaining in the first quarter. On what looked like a screen play, Crittendon passed to Evans who caught the ball, stopped and threw a wobbling pass to Torrey Ward. After the catch, Ward pushed into the end zone from the 1-yard line.

Crittendon played only one half for Samford, while Brady Stober was 4 of 10 with 30 yards in the air for the Bulldogs.

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Harrison Waylee rushed for 151 yards and three touchdowns as host Virginia seized control early, pulled away in the second quarter and set a school record with 700 total yards in a 55-16 rout of William & Mary on Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville, Va.

The Cavaliers (2-1) scored on six of their first seven drives and rolled to their seventh straight victory in the series, spoiling the return of Mike London, who coached them to a 27-46 mark from 2010-15. Virginia eclipsed its previous record of 691 total yards set in 1968 against Davidson and held a 42-7 lead by halftime

Waylee scored three touchdowns for the second time in his career and first time since a double overtime win at Ball State when he was at Northern Illinois on Oct. 1, 2022. He scored on runs of 2 and 8 yards in the second quarter before ripping off a 97-yard TD run about 3 1/2 minutes into the third on the first play of Virginia’s opening drive of the second half.

Chandler Morris completed 13 of 19 passes for 149 yards before sitting the rest of the way after Virginia’s fifth scoring drive.

Noah Vaughn added 101 yards, including a career-best 54-yard run on a third down that set up Virginia’s fourth TD.

Kameron Courtney, J’Mari Taylor and Xavier Brown also had rushing TDs as the Cavaliers gained 379 yards on the ground.

William & Mary (1-2) was held to 263 yards and Carter Boyd punted nine times after the FCS program earned a one-point win over Maine last week. Tyler Hughes started and completed 5 of 8 passes for 93 yards in the first half before backup Noah Brannock finished up and scored on a short TD run in the third quarter.

Deven Thompson finished with five receptions for 108 yards, including a 79-yard catch for William & Mary’s lone TD of the opening half

After Courtney scored on a reverse and Taylor scored on a direct snap in a span of about 5 1/2 minutes in the opening quarter, Brown scored for a 21-0 lead early in the second.

Virginia gave up the Tribe’s lone TD on a blown coverage in the secondary with 13:01 left but Waylee scored his first TD with 9:27 remaining and Rogers hauled in a short pass from Morris with 6:01 left.

The Cavaliers held a 42-7 lead by halftime after Harrison scored from eight yards out with 1:59 remaining to cap a drive set up by Suderian Harrison’s 56-yard reception.

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Maryland true freshman Malik Washington carved up Towson’s defense by throwing for 261 yards and a touchdown in a 44-17 victory Saturday in College Park, Md.

Before retiring to the bench in the third quarter, Washington completed 16 of 22 passes and ran for the first touchdown of his college career as Maryland (3-0) extended its FBS-best nonconference winning streak to 18 games.

Washington was intercepted for the first time in his career on a tipped pass in the third quarter. But three plays later, the Terrapins’ La’Khi Roland answered with an interception in the end zone and raced 100 yards to give Maryland a 41-0 lead early in the second half.

The last Maryland defensive player to score on a 100-yard interception return was Tom Brown in 1962.

Also rushing for Maryland touchdowns were DeJuan Williams, who carried 12 times for 47 yards, and Nolan Ray, who added nine rushes for 23 yards.

Andrew Indorf, also a true freshman, completed 12 of 25 passes for 145 yards and one touchdown for Towson (2-1), which gained 220 of its 281 yards in the second half.

Maryland gained 324 of its 428 yards in the first half.

The Terrapins improved to 4-0 against their in-state foe in the series, outscoring the Tigers 173-43 in those games. They also improved to 23-0 against FCS-level teams since 1978.

Maryland cashed in on all six of its possessions in the first half. Field goals by Sean O’Haire of 37 and 39 yards bookended four touchdowns as the Terrapins held a 34-0 lead at the half.

Washington set up Maryland’s first touchdown with a 53-yard strike to Octavian Smith Jr. On the next play, Williams scored on a 2-yard run for a 10-0 lead. Smith finished with four receptions for 103 yards.

The next time the Terrapins got the ball, Washington highlighted a 78-yard drive with a 33-yard pass to Shaleak Knotts. On the next play, Washington scored on a 2-yard run.

Early in the second quarter, Washington and Knotts teamed up again on a 32-yard touchdown play which boosted Maryland’s lead to 24-0. Knotts finished with four receptions for 79 yards.

Towson avoided a shutout late in the third quarter when Indorf threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Lukkas Londono.

The Tigers’ Nathan Kent came off the bench in the fourth quarter and completed an 84-yard touchdown pass down the middle to Jaceon Doss.

– Field Level Media