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Week 5 College Football Recap
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Wyoming QB Austyn Carta-Samuels was named MWC player of the week.
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MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho free safety Shiloh Keo picked off Colorado State quarterback Grant Stucker with 1:14 left in the game to seal Idaho's 31-29 win Saturday night.

Moments before Keo's pick, with 1:41 to go, Colorado State's Lou Greenwood caught a 39-yard touchdown pass, narrowing Idaho's lead to 31-29.

The Rams went for the 2-point conversion, but Keo stopped John Mosure just short of the goal line.

CSU got the ball back with 1:23 left in the game.

Stucker dropped back to pass, but Keo intercepted the pass at the 45, allowing the Vandals to run out the clock.

Idaho (4-1) was led by quarterback Nate Enderle, who finished the night 25-of-38 passing with three touchdowns for 333 yards. CSU held the Vandals to 139 yards on the ground.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Alvester Alexander scored three touchdowns to lead Wyoming to a 30-28 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday.
Trailing 28-24, Alexander, who rushed for 50 yards, scored on a 15-yard run with 4:29 left in the game. The Cowboys missed the extra point.

Florida Atlantic had a final possession, but on fourth-and-3 at the Wyoming 47-yard line, Rusty Smith's pass was batted down by Mike Neuhaus to seal the win.

Austyn Carta-Samuels was 29-for-38 for 223 yards for Wyoming (3-2). Brandon Stewart also scored a touchdown for the Cowboys.

Rusty Smith was 17-for-28 for 235 yards for Florida Atlantic (0-4) and tossed a touchdown pass to Darian Williams. Chris Bonner and Alfred Morris had rushing touchdowns for the Owls.

Alexander's 3-yard run in the third quarter gave Wyoming a 24-14 lead.

Morris' 1-yard touchdown run for Florida Atlantic closed the gap to 24-21.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Navy got a leg up on winning another Commander-In-Chief's Trophy, holding Air Force without an offensive touchdown and using a field goal in overtime by Joe Buckley to pull out a 16-13 victory Saturday.

After Buckley kicked a 38-yarder to end Navy's first possession in the extra period, Erik Soderberg was wide left from 31 yards for Air Force (3-2).

With its seventh straight win over Air Force, Navy (3-2) put itself in excellent position to win the coveted trophy awarded annually to the service academy with the best record in games between Air Force, Navy and Army.

Navy has won a combined 14 straight over the two other academies; of its seven consecutive wins over Air Force, six have been by seven points or fewer.

The Falcons forced overtime when Soderberg kicked a 39-yard field goal as time expired. The frantic 54-yard drive was extended when Navy's Tony Haberer was called for roughing the passer after Wyatt Middleton intercepted a pass by Tim Jefferson.

Jefferson injured his right ankle late in the third quarter and missed several plays while receiving treatment. He returned in the fourth quarter with the Falcons trailing 13-10 and promptly took Air Force to the Navy 44 before a botched handoff on fourth down was recovered by the Midshipmen.

But Navy gave it right back on a fumble at midfield by quarterback Ricky Dobbs with 7:15 left.

Down 10-7 in the third quarter, Air Force got the ball at the Navy 37 following a 27-yard punt. Three plays later, Jefferson hurt his ankle on a 6-yard run. Although the Falcons converted a fourth-and-1 from the 16, they ultimately settled for a field goal.

Navy answered with a 14-play, 52-yard march that consumed nearly 8 minutes and ended with a 37-yard field goal by Buckley. During the drive, Dobbs threw for 21 yards on a third-and-10 and ran for 5 yards on fourth-and-3.

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - For the second straight season it came down to the final play of the game, and for the second year, Northern Arizona football pulled off the victory over Northern Colorado, winning 35-27. With the loss, the Bears fall to 1-4 on the season and 0-3 in Big Sky Conference action while the Lumberjacks move to 2-2 on the year and 1-1 in league play.

Senior wide receiver Alex Thompson had a career-day, catching 12 passes for 164 yards and three touchdowns. His 12 catches ties for the second-most in school history, while his three touchdowns ties for third most and is the second highest total. Senior quarterback Bryan Waggener completed 28-for-48 for 292 yards and two touchdowns. Freshman running back John Burnley led the team with 48 rushing yards on 16 attempts.

Defensively, senior safety Stephen Michon had a team-best eight tackles and junior linebacker John Eddy, in his first game back, forced two fumbles and had the team's lone quarterback hurry. Senior Michael York made two field goals, one for 19 yards and one for 34 yards.

"Obviously, I'm disappointed we lost the game," said Head Coach Scott Downing. "We had some opportunities to win it. I thought we came in and played very, very well. We gave up a couple of big plays to some pretty good players at NAU, make no doubt about it, they played hard to come back and really get after us in the second half. I thought our players executed well on both offense and defense for the most part. I was really proud of our offense. After last week against Montana State and Eastern Washington, they came in and put up quite a few points and had our opportunities to score more."

Northern Arizona was led by Alex Henderson who had 160 rushing yards and one touchdown on 19 carries, while Ed Berry caught five passes for 140 yards and one touchdown. Quarterback Michael Herrick completed 19-of-30 passes for 277 yards and four scores.

Northern Colorado struck first, scoring on its opening possession, a 6-play 67-yard drive. Thompson had a 36-yard touchdown reception from Waggener for the 7-0 lead. On the following drive, Northern Arizona missed on a 47-yard field goal attempt. The ‘Jacks scored with a touchdown of their own with 13:03 on the clock in the second quarter, knotting the score at 7-7.

Orms found the favorite target of the afternoon, Thompson for a touchdown with 4:18 on the clock in the second quarter. Thompson's reception was for 37 yards, giving the Bears a 14-7 advantage. Thompson added his third touchdown, a 10-yard pass from Waggener with 1:37 remaining in the half to take a 21-7 lead. With 11.5 seconds on the clock before the halftime break, Northern Arizona scored another touchdown to make the score 21-14.

Northern Arizona scored on its opening possession of the third quarter, tying the score on a 69-yard scamper by Alex Henderson. The Lumberjacks scored on another big play, an 81-yard touchdown reception from Herrick to Ed Berry to give them a 28-21 advantage with 4:20 remaining in the third quarter.

The Bears missed an opportunity to cut into the lead early in the fourth quarter as Michael York missed a 32-yard field goal to the right. The defense again stepped up, as senior Logan Zabel recovered a fumble two plays later on the 21-yard line. York redeemed himself, adding three points on a 19-yard field goal with 11:35 to play for the 28-24 score.

On the very next possession for Northern Arizona, the Bears defense again forced and recovered another fumble. York made his second field goal of the game, a 34-yarder to pull the Bears within one, 28-27 with 8:10 remaining.

The Lumberjacks scored with 6:55 left to make the score 35-27 and the Bears had an 18-play drive to end the game, but couldn't find the endzone.

 
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