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Louisville uses five second-half turnovers to beat Wake Forest, 20-19

Louisville defensive back Shaq Wiggins gets an escort from teammate Chucky Williams on an interception return in the second half Friday night against Wake Forest.

Louisville defensive back Shaq Wiggins gets an escort from teammate Chucky Williams on an interception return in the second half Friday night against Wake Forest.

(Chuck Burton / Associated Press)
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Lamar Jackson threw two touchdown passes and Louisville forced five turnovers in the second half in a 20-19 victory over Wake Forest on Friday night.

Jackson was 19 of 26 for 207 yards with scoring throws covering 14 and 22 yards to Jamari Staples for the Cardinals (4-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).

John Wolford was 6 of 19 for 131 yards with a 58-yard touchdown pass to Tabari Hines for the Demon Deacons (3-6, 1-5), but he threw three of his team’s four second-half interceptions.

John Wallace kicked field goals of 37 and 39 yards, the latter coming after Chucky Williams’ serpentining interception return and giving Louisville a one-point lead with 1:25 left in the third.

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UConn rolls

Arkeel Newsome’s 90-yard touchdown run in the third quarter helped break open a close game and UConn beat East Carolina, 31-13, in an American Athletic Conference game at East Hartford, Conn. Newsome, who also had a two-yard touchdown run, had 244 all-purpose yards, including 179 yards rushing, as Connecticut moved to 4-5 overall, 2-3 in the AAC. East Carolina is 4-5, 2-3.

Etc.

Jeff Driskel threw for 320 yards and four touchdowns, Kenneth Dixon ran for two scores, and Louisiana Tech scored 28 unanswered points in a 42-17 victory over Rice at Houston. Louisiana Tech is 6-3 overall, 4-1 in Conference USA. Rice is 4-4, 2-2. . . . Scott Hosch rallied Harvard with two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, and the Crimson blocked a last-second field-goal attempt to preserve a 14-13 over Dartmouth at Cambridge, Mass. Harvard (7-0 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) has won 21 straight. Dartmouth is 6-1, 3-1. . . .

A dental student, Neil MacInnes, won the campus tryout for No. 11 Florida’s open kicker spot. He’ll back up Austin Hardin, who has been dealing with a leg injury but is expected to play Saturday when the Gators face Georgia in Jacksonville, Fla.

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