Georgia Tech Rallies Late on Clemson

Reggie Ball threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson with 11 seconds left to give Georgia Tech a 28-24 win over No. 20 Clemson in an Atlantic Coast Conference game on Saturday night at Clemson, S.C.

Johnson, a freshman, reached high over the Tigers’ Justin Miller just inside the goal line near the left sideline for his third touchdown of the game.

The winning score came a play after Geoff Rigsby’s fourth-down snap skipped passed Clemson punter Cole Chason, who had to fall on the loose ball deep in his own territory.

Clemson, 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the conference, still had one more chance. Airese Currie returned the kickoff to the Georgia Tech 31 with three seconds left. But Charlie Whitehurst’s pass to Kelvin Grant fell incomplete as three Yellow Jackets swarmed the receiver in the end zone.

The wild game saw five touchdowns in the last 8 1/2 minutes, including three scores by Georgia Tech (2-0, 1-0) in the final 4:36.

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In another Atlantic Coast Conference game: Wali Lundy scored three touchdowns and Marquis Weeks returned a kickoff 100 yards against North Carolina (1-1, 0-1) for the second time in three years to give No. 15 Virginia (2-0, 1-0) a 56-24 victory at Charlottesville, Va.

EAST

Joel Statham completed 18 of 25 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 23 Maryland (2-0) to a 45-22 victory over Temple (0-2) at College Park, Md.... Bryan Randall threw for 253 yards and two touchdowns and Virginia Tech (1-1) ended a four-game losing streak with a 63-0 win over Western Michigan (1-1) at Blacksburg, Va.... Pittsburgh (1-0) blocked a punt to set up a touchdown and returned an interception for a score in a 24-3 victory over Ohio (1-1) at Pittsburgh.... Paul Peterson threw for 199 yards and three touchdowns to lead Boston College (2-0) to a 21-7 victory over Penn State (1-1) at Boston.

Redshirt freshman Ricky Santos threw for 385 yards and a school-record five touchdowns to help Division I-AA New Hampshire (2-0) to a 35-24 upset of Rutgers (1-1) at Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers was coming off a 19-14 upset of Michigan State.... Anthony Smith blocked two punts in the second quarter that led to touchdowns to lead Syracuse (1-1) to a 37-17 victory over Buffalo (0-2) at Amherst, N.Y.... Connecticut (2-0) scored 16 points in the fourth quarter and kicker Matt Brooks missed a 36-yard field-goal attempt with six seconds left as the Huskies held on for a 22-20 victory over Duke (0-2) at East Hartford, Conn.... Quarterback Aaron Polanco scored three touchdowns and rushed for 143 yards to lead Navy (2-0) to a 28-24 win over Northeastern (1-1) at Annapolis, Md.... Stefan LeFors threw for 270 yards to lead Louisville (2-0, 1-0) to a 52-21 win over Army (0-1) in a Conference USA game at West Point, N.Y.

WEST

Jeff Rowe passed for 234 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more to lead Nevada (1-1) to a 59-7 victory over Sacramento State (0-1) at Reno, Nev.... Freshman Shaun Carney threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another, and Air Force (1-1) rolled to a 42-20 victory over Eastern Washington (0-2) at Air Force Academy, Colo.... Travis Cox threw two touchdown passes to lead Utah State (1-1, 1-0) to a 14-7 win over Idaho (0-2, 0-1) in a Sun Belt game at Logan, Utah.

MIDWEST

Richard Hall rushed for 238 yards and three touchdowns to lead Cincinnati (1-1) to a 45-26 victory over Miami of Ohio (1-2) at Cincinnati.... Sophomore quarterback Phil Horvath passed for 148 yards and a touchdown to lead Northern Illinois (1-1) to a 23-22 victory over Southern Illinois (1-1) at Dekalb, Ill.

SOUTH

Cory Randolph became the first player for Wake Forest (1-1) to total more than 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in a 31-17 victory over East Carolina (0-2) at Greenville, N.C. Randolph had 344 yards passing and 107 yards rushing.... Rasheed Marshall completed 14 of 18 passes for 225 yards and four touchdowns, and ran for another score to lead No. 10 West Virginia (2-0) to a 45-20 win over Central Florida (0-2) at Orlando, Fla. West Virginia lost running back Kay-Jay Harris to a leg injury.... Jovon Jackson rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns to lead Tulane (1-1) to a 39-19 victory over Florida A&M; (0-2) at New Orleans.... DeAngelo Williams rushed for 136 yards and matched a school record with four touchdowns to lead Memphis (2-0) to a 52-21 victory over Chattanooga (0-1) at Memphis, Tenn.... Quarterback Donald Allen’s three-yard touchdown run in opening minutes of the fourth quarter lifted Louisiana Tech (2-0) to a 24-20 win over Louisiana Lafayette (1-1) at Ruston, La.

SOUTHWEST

Howard Jackson rushed for 162 yards to lead Texas El Paso (1-1) to a 32-0 victory over visiting Weber State (0-2) and give Coach Mike Price his first victory at the school.... Lonta Hobbs ran for two touchdowns and backup quarterback Brandon Hassell had two touchdown passes to lead Texas Christian (2-0) to a 44-0 victory over Southern Methodist (0-2) at Fort Worth.... Doug Parker scored a one-yard touchdown with 29 seconds left to give Florida Atlantic (2-0) a 20-13 win over North Texas (0-2) at Denton, Texas.

SOUTHLAND

Ben Buys rushed for 111 yards and Mike Betancourth kicked three field goals to lead Azusa Pacific (2-0) to a 22-6 victory over Olivet Nazarene (1-1) at Bourbonnais, Ill.... Spencer Schomer scored four touchdowns, including an 88-yard kickoff return, to lead Claremont-Mudd (1-0) to a 27-14 victory over Kings Point (N.Y.) (0-2).... Les Simon rushed for three touchdowns and 129 yards, but it wasn’t enough for visiting Redlands (0-1) in a 52-49 loss to Whitworth (0-1).... Cody Peterson threw for 136 yards and a touchdown, but Pomona-Pitzer (0-2) suffered a 10-7 loss at Puget Sound (1-0).... Alex Gonzales caught a 69-yard touchdown pass with 1:56 left, but Cal Lutheran (0-1) failed on a two-point conversion in a 14-12 loss to Pacific Lutheran (1-0) at Puyallup, Wash.... Todd Mortensen threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Langdon with two seconds to play to give San Diego (1-1) a 37-31 win over Holy Cross (0-2) at Worcester, Mass., and hand former NFL quarterback Jim Harbaugh his first win as coach.... Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (2-0) scored three defensive touchdowns in a 35-20 win over Idaho State (0-2) at Pocatello, Idaho.