PLAYERS OF THE WEEKEND
National: Tajh Boyd tied a Clemson record with five touchdown passes in a 59-38 win over North Carolina.
Local: Nick Giarratano had three TD catches, including his Urinus career record 20th, in a 49-19 win at Susquehanna.
AROUND TOWN
BOWLING GREEN 13, TEMPLE 10
Coming off two blowout shutouts, the Owls are now one of four teams in the MAC East with two league losses.
It was only their second game that was decided by less than 23 points. They've lost both.
The host Falcons (4-4, 2-2), who'd lost three straight, were averaging nearly 30 points a game and giving up the same.
The Owls (5-3, 3-2), who didn't have a turnover for the third straight week, took a 10-6 lead, their first of the game, on a short TD run by Bernard Pierce with 11 minutes left. But the Falcons scored less than 3 1/2 minutes later, on a fourth-and-9 pass. Temple could do nothing on the 10 plays of its final three possessions. And a dozen penalties for 97 yards never helps.
For the third straight week, Pierce (17 carries, 107 yards) and Matt Brown (22-119) each rushed for triple digits. Chester Stewart passed for 66 yards. Pierce, who apparently wasn't at full strength, broke Paul Palmer's quarter-century old school record for career points. He now has 270.
Next up is a trip to Ohio (5-3, 2-2), which broke a two-game losing streak at Akron (1-6, 0-3), on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The Bobcats have beaten Temple in the final month each of the last 2 years.
PENN 37, YALE 25
The two-time defending Ivy champs trailed by 10 after three periods. The Quakers (4-2, 3-0) then scored four TDs in less than 8 minutes. They took the lead for keeps with 6 minutes to go.
The visiting Bulldogs (3-3, 2-1) were up 7-3 at intermission.
It was the Quakers' 18th consecutive victory in the league, the longest active FCS streak and two short of the Ivy record that Penn set from 2001-04. It was Al Bagnoli's 100th Ivy win in two decades in West Philly, in his 100th game at Franklin Field.
They'd won their first two Ivy games, on the road, in the closing seconds.
Billy Ragone threw for 236 yards and ran for 94. He passed for three TDs and ran for another. Brandon Colavita had 156 yards and a score on 18 carries.
The Elis' Alex Thomas (30-204) became the first back to run for 200 yards against Penn since 1997.
Now the Quakers head to Brown (5-1, 2-1), whose loss was to Harvard (5-1, 3-0) on Sept. 23. Penn goes to Harvard on Nov. 12.
OLD DOMINION 37, VILLANOVA 14
