Michael Penix Jr. completed 28 of 38 passes for 409 yards and three touchdowns as No. 8 Washington defeated Tulsa 43-10 in a nonconference game Saturday in Seattle.

Wide receivers Ja’Lynn Polk and Rome Odunze rushed for touchdowns for the Huskies (2-0).

Jalen McMillan made eight receptions for 120 yards and a touchdown, and Odunze had seven catches for 107 yards and another score as the Huskies amassed 563 yards of total offense.

Tulsa redshirt freshman quarterback Cardell Williams, making his first start because Braylon Braxton was nursing an ankle injury suffered in the season opener, didn’t make it through the first half. Williams was 6-of-14 passing for 65 yards and an interception before being replaced by Roman Fuller.

Fuller, who was 12 of 18 for 85 yards, guided the Golden Hurricane (1-1) to their lone touchdown drive, hitting tight end Luke McGary for a 15-yard score on a fourth-and-5 play with 11:12 remaining.

Jordan Ford, Bill Jackson and Anthony Watkins all gained more than 50 yards on the ground as the Golden Hurricane rushed 40 times for 168 yards.

The Huskies took a 22-3 halftime lead as Penix threw two touchdown passes. The lead might have been larger if not for some uncharacteristic mistakes by UW’s receiving corps, considered one of the deepest in the country.

Penix capped the opening drive with a 2-yard TD pass to Odunze.

Tulsa responded with a 44-yard field goal by Chase Meyer to make it 7-3.

Polk scored on a 27-yard end around on the Huskies’ second drive.

Washington’s next possession ended with an interception in the end zone as a receiver got turned around. On UW’s next drive, McMillan scored on a 9-yard slant pattern, with a two-point conversion making it 22-3.

The Huskies had their final possession of the half end when McMillan fumbled at Tulsa’s 19-yard line following a catch.

Penix was 16 of 23 for 222 yards in the half despite three dropped passes.

Penix hit Germie Bernard for a 7-yard touchdown pass on the Huskies’ opening drive of the second half to make it 29-3.

Odunze scored on a 14-yard end around on UW’s next possession.

Backup QB Dylan Morris guided Washington to its final score, a 1-yard TD run by Daniyel Ngata.

–Field Level Media

Garrett Shrader threw for 286 yards and one touchdown, ran for another score, and LeQuint Allen tallied on three short runs as host Syracuse demolished Western Michigan 48-7 on Saturday afternoon.

Shrader played just the first half, completing 19 of 30 passes and leading the Orange (2-0) to points on all of their possessions before intermission. Freshman Donovan Brown made three catches for 89 yards, including an 86-yard touchdown, and Isaiah Jones and Umari Hatcher had five receptions apiece, for 86 and 83 yards, respectively.

The Broncos’ Jalen Buckley carried eight times for 87 yards, 75 of them on the second play from scrimmage. He burst through the line and down the right side to give Western Michigan (1-1) a 7-0 lead just 30 seconds into the first quarter.

Buckley ran for 194 yards on 30 carries in Western Michigan’s season-opening 35-17 win over St. Francis (Pa.) on Aug. 31.

Western Michigan’s Jack Salopek was 15 of 22 passing for 110 yards with one interception, which Jason Simmons Jr. brought back 84 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first half, making the score 45-17 at the break.

Allen’s first touchdown, from 1 yard out, gave Syracuse the lead at 10-7 with 8:55 left in the first period.

After Western Michigan’s early strike, it punted five straight times, and the Orange kept scoring quickly. Brown’s touchdown catch was followed by Shrader’s 18-yard scoring rush early in the second quarter, and then TD runs of 1 and 2 yards by Allen.

Brady Denaburg of Syracuse added field goals of 36 and 33 yards in the first and third quarters, respectively.

The Orange, which piled up 677 total yards in whipping Colgate on Sept. 2, amassed 496 more on Saturday — 343 in the air between Shrader and backup Carlos Del Rio-Wilson.

Western Michigan managed 318 total yards but also hurt itself with nine penalties for 99 yards.

Both teams have road games against Big Ten opponents next week. Western Michigan meets Iowa while Syracuse travels to Purdue.

–Field Level Media

Tyler Van Dyke fired a career-high five touchdown passes — three of them to Jacolby George — leading host Miami to a 48-33 win over No. 23 Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon.

Miami All-American safety Kamren Kinchens, who had one interception and a fumble recovery, was carted off the field on a stretcher with 1:58 left in the game after a big hit and airlifted to a nearby hospital.

Van Dyke completed 21 of 30 passes for 374 yards and no interceptions to lead Miami (2-0).

Brashard Smith added a 98-yard kickoff return for Miami, and Xavier Restrepo had six receptions for 126 yards.

The Aggies (1-1) were led by their special teams, quarterback Casey Weigman and running back Amari Daniels.

On specials, Texas A&M blocked a kick and recovered a fumbled punt, leading to two touchdowns. Weigman completed 31 of 53 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns, although he suffered the first two interceptions of his career. Daniels, a Miami native, rushed for 62 yards and one touchdown. But he lost a fumble that led to a Miami touchdown.

Texas A&M led 10-0 early in the first quarter on Weigman’s 3-yard run and Randy Bond’s 24-yard field goal.

But the Hurricanes rallied to take a 21-17 lead at halftime.

One of Miami’s biggest plays of the first half came when Van Dyke floated a deep 52-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Horton down the left sideline, cutting the Hurricanes’ deficit to 17-14.

After two missed field goals — Miami from 54 and Texas A&M from 42 — the Hurricanes got the ball with 53 seconds left in the half and ended up with Van Dyke’s 11-yard TD pass to George. That capped a six-play, 75-yard drive.

Bond’s 28-yard field goal on the first possession of the second half cut Miami’s lead to 21-20. Just before the field goal, the Aggies were going to go for it on fourth-and-1, but a false start changed the plan.

On the ensuing kickoff, Smith went untouched to give Miami a 28-20 lead. Restrepo had the play’s final big block, on Bond.

Weigman got picked off when Ainias Smith slipped, and the throw went right to Kinchens. That ended a no-pick streak of 179 attempts, and it led to Andres Borregales’ 34-yard field goal.

But on third-and-1 from Miami’s 19-yard line, Weigman tossed a play-action TD pass to Earnest Crownover. The Aggies went for two, but a fumbled snap led to an incomplete pass, and the score held at 31-26.

In the fourth quarter, Miami cornerback Jaden Davis forced the fumble on Daniels, recovered by Kinchens. That led to Van Dyke’s 3-yard TD pass to George for a 38-26 lead with 12:37 left.

Andres Borregales gave Miami a 41-26 lead by drilling a 50-yard field goal with 6:28 remaining.

Texas A&M responded with Weigman — who took a big hit on the play — flipping a 9-yard TD pass to Noah Thomas, cutting Miami’s lead to 41-33 with 5:02 left.

Miami put the game away on Van Dyke’s 64-yard TD pass to George for a 48-33 lead with 2:36 left.

–Field Level Media