We have ten Saturday games on the schedule for the third week of the season including Navy's first conference game as a member of The American.
UConn - USF - Tulsa - Temple - Memphis
East Carolina - Navy - Cincinnati - UCF - Tulane - SMU
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UCONN (2-0) at 22/20 MISSOURI (2-0)
Memorial Stadium (71,168/FieldTurf)
Columbia, Mo.
Saturday, Sept. 19 • Noon • ESPN
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Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer and Olivia Harlan
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Saturday’s game will be the first meeting on the gridiron between UConn and Missouri … The Huskies have won two of their last three matchups against SEC opponents, defeating South Carolina in the 2009 PapaJohns.com Bowl and Vanderbilt in the 2010 regular season … The Huskies fell 24-21 to Vanderbilt in the 2011 regular season. UConn is off to its first 2-0 start since the 2008 season, when the Huskies won their first five games of the year and finished 8-5 … UConn was a 20-15 winner against Villanova, which is ranked No. 3 in this week’s FCS poll, and took a 22-17 decision against Army last Saturday … The game at Missouri is the Huskies’ first road date of the season … Through two games, UConn ranks third in The American in both scoring defense (16.0 ppg) and total defense (284.0 ypg) … The top defensive player has been S Andrew Adams, who is second on the team with 11 tackles and has registered an interception in each of the first two games … Adams has an interception in four of UConn’s last five games, dating to last season … DE Folorunso Fatuksai has a team-high two sacks, while DE Junior Joseph leads the team with 14 tackles … UConn has received an offensive spark from QB Bryant Shirreffs, who has completed 68.9 percent of his passes (31 of 45) for 472 yards and two touchdowns and one interception … RB Ron Johnson has rushed for 108 yards and two TDs on 41 carries, while WR Noel Thomas has seven receptions for 122 yards.
USF (1-1) at MARYLAND (1-1)
Byrd Stadium (51,802/FieldTurf)
College Park, Md.
Saturday, Sept. 19 • Noon • ESPNU
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Clay Matvick and John Congemi
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Saturday’s game will be the second meeting between USF and Maryland … The Terrapins scored the final 10 points of the game to take a 24-17 decision in Tampa last season … Maryland overcame a 17-10 halftime deficit without scoring an offensive touchdown in the second half as a blocked punt return and a field goal provided the winning margin. USF fell to 1-1 with a 34-14 loss to then No. 11/8 Florida State last Saturday in Tallahassee … The Bulls went into halftime tied at 7-7 with the Seminoles, who took control in the second half … USF opened the season with a 51-3 win against Florida A&M … USF averaged 304.7 yards of total offense per game last season, but has averaged 415.0 yards in its first two games of 2015 … The Bulls have gone with sophomore QB Quinton Flowers, who has completed 24 of 40 passes for 266 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions … RB D’Ernest Johnson is the leading receiver with eight catches for 166 yards and four TDs … RB Marlon Mack is second on the squad with seven receptions and is averaging 107.0 rushing yards per game … Mack, the 2014 American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, has rushed for 214 yards and a touchdown on 41 carries … The defense has registered seven sacks and two interceptions through two games … DT Bruce Hector has a team-high two sacks and four tackles for loss … LB Nate Godwin leads the team with 13 tackles.
TULSA (2-0) at 16/17 OKLAHOMA (2-0)
Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (82,112/Grass)
Norman, Okla.
Saturday, Sept. 19 • Noon • FS1
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Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman and Bruce Feldman
The Game
Tulsa and Oklahoma will meet for the 28th time Saturday … Oklahoma leads the all-time series 19-7-1 and has taken the last eight games … The last Tulsa win was a 31-24 decision in Norman in 1996 … Oklahoma holds a 12-3-1 record in games played in Norman … The Sooners were 52-7 winners last year behind two touchdown passes from QB Trevor Knight. Tulsa is enjoying its first 2-0 start since 2009 as the Golden Hurricane has opened the season with wins against Florida Atlantic (47-44 in overtime) and New Mexico (40-21) … Tulsa has turned in eye-popping offensive numbers in its first two games as the Golden Hurricane ranks fifth nationally in total offense (609.0 ypg) and 10th in passing in offense (372.5 ypg) … Tulsa has scored at least 40 points and gained at least 600 yards of offense in each of its first two games … The win at New Mexico last Saturday saw the Golden Hurricane finish with two 100-yard rushers and two 100-yard receivers … The tandem of WR Keyarris Garrett and WR Keevan Lucas is among the best in college football … Garrett ranks sixth nationally in receiving (132.5 ypg) and Lucas is seventh (129.0 ypg) … QB Dane Evans has completed 37 of 63 passes for 745 yards and two touchdowns and is ranked fourth in passing yards (372.5 ypg) … RB Zack Langer has rushed for 228 yards and four TDs, while RB D’Angelo Brewer has 225 yards and one touchdown … S Michael Mudoh is sixth nationally in tackles (12.0 tpg) … K Redford Jones is The American’s leading scorer (13.5 ppg).
r/v TEMPLE (2-0) at MASSACHUSETTS (0-1)
Gillette Stadium (68,756/FieldTurf)
Foxborough, Mass.
Saturday, Sept. 19 • 3 p.m. • ESPN3
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Bob Picozzi and Matt Chatham
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Saturday’s game will be the first meeting in football between Temple and Massachusetts … Temple had a strong rivalry with the Minutemen in most other sports while the Owls competed in the Atlantic-10 Confernece … UMass replaced Temple as a football member in the Mid-American Conference when the Owls rejoined the Big East in 2012. Temple has looked impressive in its first two games as the Owls opened the 2015 season with a 27-10 win against Penn State followed by a 34-26 win against Cincinnati, which was the preseason favorite in the American Athletic Conference … Temple has won its first two games for the first time since the 2011 season, when the Owls finished 9-4 … The game against Massachusetts is the second of three straight road contests for Temple, which travels to Charlotte Oct. 2 … Temple has been led offensively by RB Jahad Thomas, who leads the nation in all-purpose yards (256.5 ypg) … Thomas leads The American in rushing with 328 yards and three touchdowns on 55 carries … QB P.J. Walker has completed 28 of 40 passes (70.0 percent) for 224 yards and two touchdowns … WR Robby Anderson has a team-high 10 catches for 43 yards and a TD … The defense is led by LB Tyler Matakevich, who is staking a legitimate claim for the Butkus Award with his play this season … Matakevich has 20 tackles, three sacks, two interceptions and two pass breakups in two games and is the active career leader in total tackles (374).
-/rv MEMPHIS (2-0) at BOWLING GREEN (1-1)
Doyt Perry Stadium (24,000/FieldTurf)
Bowling Green, Ohio
Saturday, Sept. 19 • 3 p.m. • ESPN3
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Dave Armstrong and Rich Baldinger
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Saturday’s game will be the second meeting between Memphis and Bowling Green … The only previous matchup was in the 2004 GMAC Bowl when Bowling Green took a 52-35 win … Bowling Green QB Omar Jacobs threw for 365 yards and five TDs, while Memphis RB DeAngelo Williams rushed for 120 yards and a TD. Memphis extended its winning streak to nine games with a 55-23 decision at Kansas in Week 2 … The Tigers opened the season with a 63-7 win against Missouri State … Memphis is receiving votes in the USA Today coaches’ poll for the second straight week … The Tigers rank fifth nationally in scoring offense (59.0 ppg) and are ninth nationally in total offense (585.0 ypg) through two weeks … Memphis’ nine-game winning streak ranks third among FBS programs, behind only Ohio State (15 straight) and TCU (10 straight) … The Tigers have been led offensively by QB Paxton Lynch, who has completed 81.1 percent of his passes (30 of 37) for 432 yards and three touchdowns without an interception … RB Jarvis Cooper has rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns, while RB Jamarius Henderson has 150 yards and two TDs … WR Mose Frazier has emerged as the No. 1 receiver with 10 catches for 166 yards and two touchdowns … LB Jackson Dillon leads a deep defense with 10 tackles … DT Donald Pennington has a team-high 3.5 tackles for loss … K Jake Elliott is one of the top kickers in the nation and has a team-high 22 points (2-2 FG, 16-16 PAT).
EAST CAROLINA (1-1) at NAVY (1-0)
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000/FieldTurf)
Annapolis, Md.
Saturday, Sept. 19 • 3:30 p.m. • CBSSN
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John Sadak, Randy Cross and Sheehan Burch
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Though Saturday’s game will be the first conference matchup between East Carolina and Navy, the schools have met four times previously as Navy holds a 3-1 series lead … The last meeting was in 2012, when the Midshipmen scored a 56-28 win in Greenville, North Carolina … The schools have split a pair of meetings in Annapolis.
East Carolina
East Carolina suffered its first loss of the season with a 31-24 setback at Florida last week … The Pirates opened the season with a 28-20 win against Towson … East Carolina held a 14-10 lead against Florida late into the third quarter before the Gators scored back-to-back touchdowns to take the lead for good ….The Pirates drove to the Gator 13-yard line in the final minute, bidding for the tying score, but a late turnover preserved Florida’s win … QB Blake Kemp has started both games and has thrown for 568 yards and three touchdowns with one interception … RB Chris Hairston has rushed for 169 yards and four TDs, while WR Isaiah Jones ranks fourth nationally in receptions (10.0 per game) and has 212 yards on 20 catches … LB Zeek Bigger paces the defense with 17 tackles, while LB Jordan Williams has team highs with two sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss … The Pirates have won five consecutive conference openers, all under head coach Ruffin McNeill … The game at Navy is part of a stretch in which East Carolina plays four road games in a five-game stretch.
Navy
Navy will play its first conference game in program history with the matchup against East Carolina … Navy played as an independent in football for the past 134 seasons … The Midshipmen opened their 2015 season with a 48-10 win against Colgate Sept. 5 … Navy rushed for 371 yards against the Raiders and had 438 yards of total offense … Navy ranked second nationally in rushing last year, averaging 325.4 rushing yards per game … The Midshipmen led the nation in fewest penalties per game in 2014 (2.54) and were flagged three times against Colgate … The offensive leader is QB Keenan Reynolds, who already holds the NCAA career record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (65) … Reynolds needs 12 rushing TDs to tie the NCAA mark for all players, held by former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball (77) … Reynolds rushed for 1,191 yards and 23 TDs last year, while he threw for 843 yards and six touchdowns … FB Chris Swain rushed for a game-high 126 yards and a touchdown against Colgate, while FB Quentin Ezell had 44 yards and two rushing TDs against the Raiders … Navy’s three primary fullbacks — Swain, Ezell and FB Shawn White weigh in at a combined 729 pounds.
CINCINNATI (1-1) at MIAMI (OHIO) (1-1)
Yager Stadium (24,286/FieldTurf)
Oxford, Ohio
Saturday, Sept. 19 • 3:30 p.m. • ESPN3
#CINvsMOH
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Jim Barbar and Dustin Fox
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Saturday’s game will be the 120th meeting between Cincinnati and Miami (Ohio) in a series that dates to 1888 … It is the second-oldest rivalry in FBS football, behind only Michigan-Notre Dame (1887) … The RedHawks lead the series, 59-53-7, but Cincinnati has won the last nine meetings, including a 31-24 decision last year at Paul Brown Stadium.
Cincinnati fell to 1-1 on the young season after the Bearcats dropped a 34-26 decision to Temple in their American Athletic Conference opener … Cincinnati was chosen as the overwhelming favorite in the American Athletic Conference East Division, with 29 of a possible 30 first-place votes … The Bearcats opened the season with a 52-10 win against Alabama A&M … Cincinnati plays on the road for the first time this season with the short trip to Oxford … It will begin a string in which Cincinnati plays three of its next four games away from home … Cincinnati ranks sixth nationally in total offense (596.5 yards per game) … The Bearcats are led offensively by QB Gunner Kiel, who has completed 48 of 74 passes for 660 yards and four touchdowns with four interceptions … Five players have at least 100 receiving yards through two games as WR Shaq Washington leads the way with 122 yards on 13 catches … RB Tion Green leads a deep group of running backs with 186 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries … DE Silverberry Mouhon has registered 12 tackles and one sack.
FURMAN (0-2) at UCF (0-2)
Bright House Networks Stadium (43,323/Grass)
Orlando, Fla.
Saturday, Sept. 19 • 6 p.m. • ESPN3
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Drew Fellios and Forrest Conoly
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UCF and Furman have one prior meeting on the gridiron prior to Saturday’s game … UCF faced the Paladins as an NCAA Division II member in 1984 and fell, 42-6, in Greenville, South Carolina … The game will be the first of back-to-back games for UCF against teams from the state of South Carolina. UCF is off to an 0-2 start to the 2015 season, but recent history suggests that the Knights are more than capable of recovering … UCF dropped its first two games last season — to Penn State and Missouri — but rebounded to finish 9-4 and grab a share of the American Athletic Conference title … In 2005, UCF won the Conference USA East Division crown after an 0-2 start … In fact, UCF has started 0-2 five times, but finished with a winning record in four of those seasons … UCF has won 15 of its last 17 home games, but dropped a 15-14 decision to Florida International in its 2015 home opener … The Knights fell to Stanford, 31-7, this past Saturday … UCF used three quarterbacks agianst the Cardinal as QB Justin Holman left the game in the first quarter with a hand injury … QB Bo Schneider was the first man off the bench and completed 7 of 19 passes for 46 yards, while QB Tyler Harris completed 7 of 15 passes for 105 yards and a touchdown … WR Jordan Akins has a team-high 14 receptions for 152 yards and two touchdowns … RB Taj McGowan rushed for 67 yards on 20 carries against Stanford in his collegiate debut.
SMU (1-1) at 3/3 TCU (2-0)
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000/FieldTurf)
Dallas, Texas
Saturday, Sept. 19 • 8 p.m. • FSN
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Mark Followill, Brian Baldinger and Lesley McCaslin
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Saturday’s game will be the 95th meeting between SMU and TCU … The Horned Frogs hold a 47-40-7 series lead … The schools have met every year since 1925, with the exception of 1987-88, when SMU did not field a team … The schools competed together in the Southwest Conference from 1923-96 … The game is an advance sellout. SMU picked up its first win under first-year head coach Chad Morris with a 31-13 victory against North Texas … The Mustangs opened the season with a 56-21 loss to Baylor in a game that was a seven-point contest at halftime … Against North Texas, SMU trailed 13-10 after three quarters, but scored 21 unanswered points in the final 15 minutes … SMU can stake an easy claim as one of the nation’s most improved teams … The Mustangs, who dropped their first 11 games last year, have won two of their last three, dating to the end of last season … QB Matt Davis has been the catalyst on offense … Davis is ranked third in the American Athletic Conference, and 25th nationally, in rushing with 120 yards per game … Davis has rushed for 240 yards and two touchdowns and has completed 70.2 percent of his passes (33 of 47) for 337 yards and four TDs … Davis’ two rushing touchdowns came in the fourth quarter against North Texas … Freshman RB Xavier Jones has rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown, while freshman WR Courtland Sutton has team highs with eight receptions, 147 yards and three touchdown catches … The defense is led by S Darrion Richardson, who has 12 tackles, an interception and four passes defended.
Maine (0-1) at Tulane (0-2)
Yulman Stadium (30,000/UBU Speed Series 5M)
New Orleans, La.
Saturday, Sept. 19 • 8 p.m. • ESPN3
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Roy Philpott and Vonnie Holiday
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Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between Tulane and Maine … The Green Wave has a 3-3 record against first-time opponents under head coach Curtis Johnson …
It is Tulane’s fifth meeting against a current member of the Colonial Athletic Association … The Green Wave is 3-1 alltime against current CAA members, with a 2-1 mark against
William & Mary and a 1-0 showing against Richmond. Tulane looks for its first win of the 2015 season as the Green Wave came away from back-to-back games against teams
from the Atlantic Coast Conference without a victory …Tulane fell 37-7 to Duke in the season-opener before falling 65-10 to Georgia Tech … Tulane has not started 0-3 since the 2012 season … The Green Wave is 12-0 all-time against Football Championship Subdivision opponents, including a 2-0 mark under coach Curtis Johnson … LB Nico Marley enters
Saturday’s game ranked 26th nationally, and second in the American Athletic Conference, with 21 tackles … Marley, the grandson of music legend Bob Marley, has 19 solo stops, which ranks third nationally … QB Tanner Lee has started both games this season and has completed 52.8 percent of his passes (38 of 72) for 411 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions … RB Lazedrick Thompson has rushed for 86 yards on 19 carries … WR Devon Breaux has eight receptions for 179 yards and two TDs and is averaging 22.4 yards per reception … The Green Wave has not scored a rushing touchdown this season … Tulane will have a bye in Week 4 and will be back in action Oct. 3 against UCF.