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Army streaking; C-USA, Carolinas scoreboard

One week after snapping the nation's longest losing streak, Army has its first winning streak in seven years.

Carlton Jones ran for 225 yards and five touchdowns and Army rallied to beat South Florida 42-35 Saturday night to win consecutive games for the first time since 1997.

Army (2-4, 2-3 Conference USA) snapped a school-record 19-game losing streak with a 48-29 win over Cincinnati on Oct. 9. The Black Knights last won consecutive games in 1997, when they beat Rutgers and Colgate.

``We're starting on a streak,'' Jones said. ``That's all we're doing. This feels good.''

Army also snapped a nine-game road losing streak and ended a 12-game losing streak in night road games that dated to a 41-14 victory at Kansas State in 1987.

``I don't know how long it's been, but I'm just glad we got two in a row,'' Army coach Bobby Ross said. ``We're a team, we've got to take them one at a time. We've got to take it almost a minute at a time. That's the way we're going to continue to do it.''

Army's Zac Dahman was 16-for-27 for 202 yards and one touchdown.

South Florida quarterback Pat Julmiste scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter to give the Bulls a 21-7 lead. He completed 10 of 23 passes for 116 yards and rushed for 90 yards on 20 carries.

USF's second-largest home crowd of 36,549 was in attendance for a disappointing homecoming game. The Bulls have lost two straight home games after winning 24 of 26.

``There are a lot of guys hurting in the locker room,'' South Florida coach Jim Leavitt said. ``It's one of the toughest losses we've had ... not because it's Army. I want to tell you right now, Army is a good football team. We were two touchdowns up and usually when we are in that position we do a pretty good job. But we didn't. That's why it makes it tough.''

Jones scored on a 59-yard run and Army closed within 21-14 midway through the third. After Julmiste scored on a 19-yard run, Jones ran 74 yards for another score and Army trailed 28-20. Austin Miller had his extra-point attempt blocked.

Army tied the game at 28-all with 12:21 left in the fourth quarter when Jones scored on a 6-yard run and added the two-point conversion.

Jones gave Army a 35-28 lead on a 13-yard scoring run and added the eventual winning TD from 1 yard with 2:24 left, giving Army a 42-28 lead.

``We got our mind-set the second half,'' Jones said. ``We were determined not to let them stop us, no matter what they did.''

Joe Bain caught a 43-yard scoring pass from Julmiste to pull South Florida within 42-35 with just over a minute left. Army recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock.

``It was a nice win,'' Ross said. ``It was a nice way to get it ... we came back.''

Andre Hall had 200 yards on 19 carries and two touchdowns for South Florida (2-3, 1-2).

College football weekend: stars & storylines

SATURDAY'S STARS

 —  Dwayne Jarrett, Southern California, caught five passes for 139 yards and three touchdowns in the top-ranked Trojans' 45-7 rout of No. 15 Arizona State. Jarrett, a freshman, was filling in for the injured Steve Smith.

 —  J.J. Arrington, California, ran for a career-best 205 yards and two touchdowns for the Golden Bears, who rebounded from last week's heartbreaking loss to top-ranked Southern California with a 45-28 win over UCLA.

 —  Drew Stanton, Michigan State, passed for 308 yards and ran for 102 to lead the Spartans to a 51-17 victory over No. 19 Minnesota. Stanton's 410 yards of total offense set a school record.

 —  Reggie McNeal, Texas A&M, threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more scores to help No. 23 Texas A&M beat No. 16 Oklahoma State 36-20.

 —  Carlton Jones, Army, ran for 225 yards and five touchdowns to help Army beat South Florida 42-35.

 —  Mason Crosby, Colorado, kicked four field goals  —  one a school record 60-yarder and another from 54 yards  —  to lead the Buffaloes to a 19-14 victory over Iowa State.

 —  Michael Hart, Michigan, rushed for 234 yards to help the No. 14 Wolverines rally to defeat Illinois 30-19.

 —  Jason White, Oklahoma, threw four touchdown passes to rally the second-ranked Sooners to a 31-21 win over Kansas State.

 —  Kenneth Darby, Alabama, ran for 197 yards and scored two touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving, to lead Alabama past No. 24 Southern Mississippi 27-3 in the Crimson Tide's first win against a ranked opponent in nearly two years.

 —  John Taylor, Elon, rushed for 190 yards and four touchdowns, three of them in the fourth quarter, to rally his team to a 35-26 victory over Chattanooga.

 —  Doug Jones, Dayton, returned an interception for a touchdown and blocked a punt for a safety to help the Flyers beat Robert Morris 29-12.

 —  Garrett Wolfe, Northern Illinois, ran for 226 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Huskies past Central Michigan 42-10.

BUCKEYED

Iowa sent No. 25 Ohio State to its third straight loss with a 33-7 rout. Iowa held Ohio State's offense to 27 yards rushing and 177 total yards in beating the Buckeyes for just the fourth time in 42 years. Ohio State is 0-3 in the Big Ten for the first time since 1988. Only a touchdown with 2:19 remaining kept the Buckeyes from being shut out for the first time since 1993.

BULLDOG TWINS

Georgia's freshmen running backs Danny Ware and Thomas Brown both went over 100 yards in the 12th-ranked Bulldogs' 33-3 rout of Vanderbilt. Ware rushed for 127 yards and Brown had 122, including a touchdown, to become the first Bulldog pair to accomplish the feat in 12 years. Garrison Hearst and Mack Strong were the last 100-yard duo in a 1992 victory over South Carolina.

HOT BADGERS

Scott Starks returned a fumble 40 yards for a touchdown in the closing minutes to lift 10th-ranked Wisconsin to a 20-17 win over No. 5 Purdue. Wisconsin has started the season with seven straight wins for just the second time since 1912.

MOUNT UNION 100

Mount Union beat Marietta 57-0 for its 100th consecutive regular-season victory. It also was the 90th Ohio Conference win in a row for the Purple Raiders, who have captured seven Division III national championships since 1993. The Purple Raiders' last regular-season loss was on Oct. 15, 1994, at home against Baldwin-Wallace. Since then, they have gone 126-4, with six perfect 14-0 seasons. The only losses came in the NCAA quarterfinals in 1994, the semifinals in 1995 and 1999 and the championship game last season.

FEROCIOUS

North Carolina State yielded only five first downs and 24 yards passing in the Wolfpack's 13-3 victory over Maryland. N.C. State permitted only 91 yards of offense, 31 after the Terrapins' first drive.

NAVY BLUE

Notre Dame earned its 41st consecutive victory over Navy, extending its NCAA record run with a 27-9 win. Roger Staubach directed the last Navy win over Notre Dame in 1963, his Heisman Trophy year. During the streak, Notre Dame has won 34 times by double digits. The next longest active winning streak between two teams is Nebraska's 36 in a row over Kansas.

ARMY STREAK

Army rallied to beat South Florida 42-35 to start its first winning streak in seven years. Army snapped a school-record 19-game losing streak with a win over Cincinnati on Oct. 9. The Black Knights last won consecutive games in 1997, when they beat Rutgers and Colgate. Army also snapped a nine-game road losing streak and ended a 12-game losing streak in night road games that dated to a victory at Kansas State in 1987.

SAFETY DANCE

Ohio scored two safeties against Toledo in a 31-13 loss. The first safety came less than 3 minutes into the game, when Toledo quarterback Bruce Gradkowski was sacked in the end zone. Gradkowski was sacked behind the goal line again early in the fourth quarter.

RECORDS

Joe Dailey became the first Nebraska quarterback to throw for more than 300 yards and tied a school record with five touchdown passes in the Cornhuskers' 59-27 win over Baylor. Dailey was 13-for-20 for 342 yards, breaking the previous record of 297 yards set by Dave Humm in 1973. ... David Greene passed for two TDs and ran for another in No. 12 Georgia's 33-3 win over Vanderbilt. Greene picked up the 37th victory of his career, breaking a tie with College Football Hall of Famer Johnny Rauch to become the winningest quarterback in Georgia history. ... Oklahoma freshman Adrian Peterson ran for 130 yards in the second-ranked Sooners' 31-21 win over Kansas State. He is the only Oklahoma freshman to go over 100 yards in each of his first six games. ... Jason Campbell completed 17 of 19 passes to set an Auburn record for completion percentage in a game in the fourth-ranked Tigers' 38-20 rout of Arkansas. Campbell finished with a career-high 297 yards and three touchdowns.

SLOPPY IN VICTORY

Rutgers beat Temple 16-6, despite turning the ball over five times and failing to score a touchdown against the Big East's worst defense until the final 3 minutes. ... William & Mary beat Rhode Island 31-24, despite being outgained 409-289. ... Cedric Benson fumbled three times, but shook off his mistakes and rushed for 150 yards and two TDs to help No. 9 Texas beat Missouri 28-20. Texas quarterbacks Vince Young and Chance Mock threw for just 58 yards and two interceptions. ... South Carolina committed five turnovers, one more than Kentucky, but managed to win when fourth-string quarterback Michael Rathe threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Troy Williamson with 1:28 left to give the Gamecocks a 12-7 win.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

Todd Harris ran for 239 yards for St. Francis, Pa., in a 29-21 loss to Stony Brook.

CLUTCH KICKS

Tyler Jones kicked a 46-yard field goal with 3 seconds left, rallying No. 21 Boise State to a 45-42 win over Tulsa. Boise State has won 17 straight game  —  the longest winning streak in the nation. ... Josh Cummings kicked a 27-yard field goal to give Pittsburgh the lead on the first possession of overtime in the Panthers' 20-17 win over Boston College. ... Steve Andriola kicked a 23-yard field goal as time expired to lift Monmouth over Albany 25-24. ... Nathan Keever kicked a field goal for Morgan State with 5 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game, but Howard University quarterback Marcos Moreno ran six yards for a touchdown to secure a win for the Bison. ... Alexis Serna kicked five field goals for Oregon State in a 29-14 win over Washington. ... Brian Wingert made a 31-yard field goal as time expired to give Northern Iowa a 22-20 victory over Youngstown State. ... Jon Scifres kicked a 38-yard field goal with 3 seconds remaining, lifting Southwest Missouri State to a 31-28 victory over Indiana State.

GOING BACKWARD

Clemson's defense had 11 sacks and held Utah State to minus-20 yards rushing in a 35-6 rout. ... In the first half of a 33-14 loss to Furman, The Citadel had no first downs, punted the ball seven times and gained just 42 yards. ... No. 7 Florida State held No. 6 Virginia to 20 yards rushing in a 36-3 rout.

EFFICIENT

Bryan Randall threw four touchdowns, despite attempting only 14 passes in Virginia Tech's 62-0 rout of Florida A&M.

STREAKING

Penn won its 17th straight Ivy League game, beating Columbia 14-3. The Quakers tied their own league record for consecutive wins, set in the early 1990s. ... Baylor is 0-34 all-time in Big 12 road games after losing at Nebraska 59-27. ... Duquesne beat St. Peter's 34-8. It was the 31st straight win in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play for the Dukes, the longest active league winning streak in Division I-AA. ... Louisiana-Monroe rallied to beat Florida International 28-20 and earn back-to-back wins for the first time since 1999.

SNAPPED

Trinity, Texas, had its 43-game regular-season home winning streak snapped in a 30-14 loss to Azusa Pacific. Trinity, a Division III school, had not lost at home in the regular season since 1995. ... Holy Cross beat Dartmouth 24-0 to halt a 15-game losing streak, which was the longest active streak in Division I entering the game.

BEATING A MENTOR

Mississippi Valley State defeated Paul Quinn 48-7 to give coach Willie Totten the win over his former coach, Archie Cooley. Cooley left Mississippi Valley 18 years ago and took over at Paul Quinn, an NAIA school, five season ago. Totten played quarterback at MVSU under Cooley, who led the Delta Devils to 40 wins in six seasons.

SPEAKING

``It was a great day for Dwayne. He's over the hump  —  he's not a pup anymore.''  —  Pete Carroll, coach of No. 1 Southern California, on the play of freshman receiver Dwayne Jarrett, who caught five passes for 139 yards and three TDs.

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