Central Florida’s Blake Bortles connected on a game-winning touchdown pass with 23 seconds left to give the Golden Knights the upset win over then eighth-ranked Louisville on Friday night.
UCF scored 24 straight points to take a fourth quarter lead. But the Knights gave the lead back with three minutes remaining. Running back Dominique Brown scored his second touchdown for the Cardinals to give them the temporary lead.
Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater outdueled Bortles in the loss. Bridgewater passed for 341 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Bortles threw for 250 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
The Cardinals’s top rusher Senorise Perry was held to only 18 yards rushing on eight carries. Brown picked up the slack rushing for 88 yards in the loss.
The loss was the Cardinals’ first of the season. Louisville will visit Tampa next week to play the Bulls at Raymond James Stadium. The game will start at noon.
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SMU survived to a 19-point surge by Memphis to hang on for a 34-29 victory.
Quarterback Garrett Gilbert and running back Traylon Shead lead the way for the Mustangs with two touchdowns each.
Cincinnati blew out UConn for their second straight win since their upset loss to USF.
The Bearcats’ Brendon Kay threw four touchdowns and zero interceptions on the way to the rout. For UConn, freshman quarterback Tim Boyle was held without a touchdown and was intercepted three times.
The Huskies remain winless on the season as they fall to 0-6.
Two American Athletic Conference teams had non-conference games over the weekend.
Temple finally got into the win column with a 33-14 win over Army in Philadelphia on Saturday.
Houston lost a shootout to BYU at home. The Cougars held a 40-34 lead heading into the fourth quarter but BYU scored 13 points in the final frame to take the 47-46 win.
