Saturday, November 19

Georgia State 30, Georgia Southern 24
ATLANTA (AP) Connor Manning threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third as Georgia State beat Georgia Southern, 30-24 on Saturday.

It was only the third meeting all-time in the Sun Belt Conference rivalry. Georgia State began playing football in 2010. The win snaps a three-game losing streak by Georgia State and comes a week after coach Trent Miles was fired, replaced by quarterbacks/receivers coach Tim Lappano.

The loss is the sixth in the last seven games for Georgia Southern.

Glenn Smith ran 29 yards for a touchdown, Manning ran in from a yard out two minutes later, then fired 28 yards to Robert Davis to give Georgia State a 20-0 lead in the first quarter. The Eagles battled back to trail 20-17 at halftime.

Manning answered with 15-yard strike to Smith and Brandon Wright tacked on a 27-yard field goal to put the game out of reach.

Appalachian State 42, UL Monroe 17
BOONE, N.C. (AP) Marcus Cox rushed for 153 yards and three touchdowns to become Appalachian State's all-time leading rusher and lead the Mountaineers to a 42-17 win over UL Monroe on Saturday.

Cox has amassed 4,820 rushing yards in his career, surpassing Kevin Richardson's 4,804 yards (2004-08).

Taylor Lamb also got in the record books, throwing for two touchdowns to give him 61 to become only the second player in school history with 60 or more touchdown tosses. Lamb finished with 208 yards on 14-of-22 passing and rushed for an additional 92 yards on just five carries.

Jalin Moore also had a good night, rushing for 135 yards on 13 carries as Appalachian State had 637 total yards.

The Mountaineers (8-3, 6-1 Sun Belt Conference), were ahead 21-10 at the break and pushed that to 34-10 at the end of the third.

Austin Vaughn led UL Monroe, rushing for 110 yards.

South Alabama 31, Presbyterian 7
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) Xavier Johnson had 116 yards rushing, including a 70-yard TD run to open the scoring, and South Alabama beat Presbyterian 31-7 on Saturday night.

The Jaguars (5-5) rushed for 251 yards and three touchdowns on 35 carries.

On the opening possession, Presbyterian (2-9) put together a 14-play, 62-yard drive but came away empty-handed when a 30-yard field-goal attempt missed wide left. Three plays later, Johnson's long run gave South Alabama the lead for good. Tyreis Thomas and Dami Ayoola added short rushing TDs to make it 21-0 at halftime.

Ryan Brown forced a fumble that Rock Ya-Sin returned 61 yards for a score to make it 21-7 with 8:29 left in the third, but the Jaguars added a 30-yard field goal by Gavin Patterson and Jalen Thompson's 30-yard interception return for a score in the fourth.

New Mexico State 50, Texas State 10
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) Tyler Rogers accounted for five touchdowns and Larry Rose III ran for 123 yards as New Mexico State defeated Texas State 50-10 on Saturday.

The game was delayed after Texas State's team was involved in a minor bus accident. There were no serious injuries, but wide receiver Elijah King was sent to the hospital for precautionary reasons, Bobcats spokesman Rick Poulter said.

Rogers had a hand in all four of New Mexico State's (3-7, 2-4 Sun Belt) first quarter touchdowns. He threw scores to Royce Caldwell and Tyrian Taylor, ran for a score himself and caught a touchdown from Jonathan Boone for a 28-0 lead.

The Bobcats' lone touchdown came on Anthony Taylor's 10-yard run with 5:54 left to play.

Tyler Jones passed for 97 yards and was intercepted three times in a game where Texas State (2-8, 0-6) used three quarterbacks.

Georgia 35, UL Lafayette 21
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Nick Chubb said seeing Isaiah McKenzie making big plays early in the game was a great sign that Georgia was headed for a win.

McKenzie scored on big plays the first two times he touched the ball, including a punt return that set a school record, and Georgia beat turnover-prone Louisiana-Lafayette 35-21 on Saturday.

McKenzie scored on a 55-yard run on Georgia's first play and added another touchdown on an 82-yard punt return midway through the first quarter. McKenzie, a junior, set a school record with his fifth career punt return for a touchdown. He set another mark with his sixth touchdown on all kick returns.

It was McKenzie's first return for a touchdown this season. He said he knew he needed one more for the school record but was starting to think time was running out this season.

Chubb ran for 108 yards and a touchdown and caught a 49-yard touchdown pass from Jacob Eason in the fourth quarter.

Georgia (7-4) has won three straight and avoided a letdown after last week's upset of then-No. 8 Auburn.

UL Lafayette (4-6) was hurt by four turnovers. Anthony Jennings threw three interceptions, all in the first half. He ran for 98 yards and three touchdowns.

Georgia led 35-7 after Chubb's scoring catch. The Ragin' Cajuns closed the deficit on Jennings' touchdown runs of 1 and 13 yards late in the game.

Jennings' 64-yard pass to Al Riles set up his 9-yard scoring run late in the first half.

UL Lafayette coach Mark Hudspeth said McKenzie's early touchdowns were too much to overcome.

''We dug ourselves a hole early in the game,'' Hudspeth said. ''... We just gave them a little too much too early.''

Eason's 9-yard scoring pass to tight end Isaac Nauta gave the Bulldogs a 21-0 lead in the second quarter.