Finishing Kick Gets Colorado a Victory

The victory brought as much relief as jubilation for Colorado.

The loss brought more anger than heartbreak for Colorado State.

Naturally, the team that scored last won. This time, Colorado prevailed, 31-28, at Boulder, Colo.

“A classic for college football,” Coach Gary Barnett called it after watching his team overcome an 11-point deficit over the last 13 1/2 minutes.

Mason Crosby kicked a 47-yard field goal with four seconds left for the victory -- the last of 20 points the teams put up in the last 2 minutes 32 seconds.

Tight end Quinn Sypniewski left the field carrying the silver trophy awarded to the winner each year. Did he know what the trophy was called?

“Ours,” Sypniewski said, as he worked his way toward a happy locker room with the Centennial Cup.

No. 2 Texas 60, Louisiana Lafayette 3 -- Vince Young threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Longhorns at Austin, Texas.

Jamaal Charles set a Texas freshman debut record with 135 yards rushing and scored a touchdown for the Longhorns, who next travel to Columbus, Ohio, for a matchup with No. 6 Ohio State. The Longhorns have scored at least 60 points in their last three season openers.

Nebraska 25, Maine 7 -- Jordan Congdon kicked four field goals and Nebraska had 11 sacks and scored a defensive touchdown at Lincoln, Neb.

The Division I-AA Black Bears never penetrated deeper than the Nebraska 44 until Ron Whitcomb’s 52-yard touchdown pass to Kevin McMahan cut the deficit to 15-7 with 11:57 left.

Baylor 28, Southern Methodist 23 -- Paul Mosley ran for 105 yards and three touchdowns, including two in the last 7:47 at Dallas, to help Baylor end a 24-game road losing streak.

Southern Methodist scored with 19 seconds left but missed a two-point conversion, a fitting end to a game that also featured a blocked punt, a blocked field-goal try, a fumbled kickoff and two interceptions.

Missouri 44, Arkansas State 17 -- Brad Smith thrived in Missouri’s new spread offense, throwing four touchdown passes and just falling short of 100 yards rushing at Kansas City, Mo. Brad Ekwerekwu caught two touchdown passes for the Tigers, who rolled up 657 yards.

Oklahoma State 15, Montana State 10 -- Donovan Woods threw a touchdown pass and ran for another at Stillwater, Okla., as the Cowboys gave new Coach Mike Gundy his first win.

Woods completed 10 of 20 passes for 117 yards.

Kansas State 35, Florida International 21 -- Thomas Clayton ran for 177 yards and two touchdowns at Manhattan, Kan., to lead the Wildcats.

It was the Golden Panthers’ first game as a full member of Division I-A.

Iowa State 32, Illinois State 21 -- Bret Meyer passed for 314 yards and a touchdown and Stevie Hicks sprinted 17 yards for the tiebreaking score in the third quarter at Ames, Iowa.

Kansas 30, Florida Atlantic 19 -- Backup quarterback Brian Luke directed four scoring drives and Clark Green ran for 107 yards at Lawrence, Kan.