W&J gets 4th straight home shutout
College football
Washington & Jefferson College rolled up 665 yards of total offense offense and collected its fourth-straight home shutout in a 56-0 victory over Bethany in the homecoming game Saturday at Cameron Stadium.
Freshman quarterback Braylon Wagner totaled five touchdowns in the first half. He passed for four touchdowns and added a rushing score. Running back Andrew Sharp had 168 yards and two touchdowns on 16 touches. Wide receiver Szyair Dungee had a pair of receiving touchdowns on 50 yards.
Defensively, Alex Boyce, Roclen Bettura and Da’Jahn Telfair each had an intrerception.
W&J (3-0, 4-1) scored four touchdowns during the second quarter. A 12-yard run by Sharp capped a an 88-yard drive. Wagner and Dungee connected for a nine-yard touchdown pass to extend the lead to 28-0. Wagner found a wide-open Drew Mahle for an 18-yard touchdown pass. After forcing a quick punt, Wagner passed to Joey DeSabato, who made a one-handed juggling grab that resulted in a 41-yard gain. That set up a 32-yard touchdown run by Wagner on the next play. His fifth score of the half made it 42-0 at halftime.
California 30, Edinboro 20
Senior quarterback Eric Gibson Jr. completed 32 of 45 passes for 316 yards and three touchdowns as California defeated Edinboro 30-20 in a PSAC West Game at Adamson Stadium.
California (3-3, 1-2) extended its home winning streak in the series to 11 games.
Lloyd Penn and Amire Spencer each led the Vulcans with seven receptions, including a touchdown.
Cal led 24-6 at halftime before Edinboro closed to within 24-20 in the third quarter. Harry Radcliffe sealed the win for the Vulcans by booting field goals of 27 and 36 yards.
North Carolina 21, Pitt 17
Billy Edwards Jr. threw a 75-yard touchdown pass in the second half and North Carolina knocked off No. 25 Pitt 21-17.
Pitt had just taken a 17-14 lead when the Tar Heels immediately responded. Edwards hit Shamar Easter for a 75-yard score down the seam for the go-ahead touchdown, giving coach Bill Belichick his first win against a ranked opponent at North Carolina.
It was North Carolina’s (1-1, 3-2) first win against a ranked opponent since defeating No. 25 Miami in 2023 and the Tar Heels’ first ranked road win since taking down No. 9 Miami in 2020.
Holden Geriner, a fifth-year senior, completed 27-of-44 passes for 219 yards with two interceptions for Pitt (2-1, 5-1).
Geriner, a 23-year-old transfer from Auburn, made his first collegiate start with sophomore quarterback Mason Heintschel out for the rest of the season after tearing the ACL in his right knee during a victory against Virginia Tech last week.
USC 31, Penn State 23
Jayden Maiava completed 21 of 33 passes for 301 yards with three touchdowns and No. 19 USC outlasted Penn State, 31- 23.
Trent Mosley, Tanook Hines and Kayden Dixon-Wyatt caught touchdown passes, King Miller ran for a score and Caden Chittenden kicked a field goal for the Trojans (3-1 Big Ten, 6-1), who overcame a boisterous crowd that was the largest in Beaver Stadium history.
The vast majority of the announced 114,419 were clad in white for the annual White Out game, desperate to see the first Big Ten win of the Matt Campbell era.
They were repeatedly shushed instead as the Nittany Lions (0-3, 3-3) fell to 13-10 in their marquee event after failing to keep pace with a USC offense that averaged nearly eight yards per play through the first three quarters.
They were quieted for good in the fourth when Christian Pierce punched the ball away from Brett Eskildsen with 3:59 to go in regulation.
Penn State never got the ball back and USC’s offense was able to kill the rest of the clock and improve to 7-5 in the series.
Arizona 52, West Virginia 31
Noah Fifita threw two of his three touchdown passes to Isaiah Mizell, Lee Molette III returned a fumble for a score and Arizona beat West Virginia, 52-31.
Antwan Roberts, Quincy Craig and Kedrick Reescano each had scoring runs for the Wildcats (2-1, 5-1), who won their fourth straight despite missing their top three wide receivers.
It didn’t matter. Fifita and Mizell took advantage of a West Virginia secondary that has struggled all season, committed several interference penalties and got burned in one-on-one coverage.
“It’s really frustrating,” West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez said. “We didn’t get it fixed today, defensively especially. And then offensively, when we had a couple of turnovers, it really cost us and we couldn’t get the momentum we needed.”