- West Virginia became the fifth team in 15 years to score 65 or more points in consecutive games. They put up 70 on Clemson in last year’s Orange Bowl and beat Marshall 69-34 Saturday.
- Missouri’s Marcus Murphy had quite a day in the Tigers’ rout of Southeastern Louisiana. Murphy became the first Tiger ever with two punt returns for score in the same game when he took punts back for 70 and 72 yards. He finished the game with 180 yards on five punt returns, breaking the school record of 156 previously held by NFL Hall of Famer Roger Wehrli set Oct. 21, 1967.
- Missouri scored two defensive touchdowns in the first quarter. The last time Tigers had two defensive scores in a game was 2006 at Texas Tech.
- Notre Dame scored 50 points against Navy on Saturday. it’s the most points the Fighting Irish have scored in a season-opener since scoring 52 against Purdue in 1983. It’s the fourth-most since 1920/
- Tavarres King recorded his sixth career reception of 50+ yards to score for Georgia. Since King’s freshman year in 2009, only two SEC receivers have more catches of 50+ yards: Cobi Hamilton (Arkansas) and Alshon Jeffery (South Carolina), with eight each.
- Ryan Nassib set new Syracuse records for single-game pass yards (470), passes (65) and completions (44) against Northwestern. The previous pass yards record was held by Marvin Graves, set in 1992.
- Northwestern allowed 28 points in the 2nd half at Syracuse, blowing a 35-13 lead before coming back to win in the final minute. In 2011, Northwestern allowed the most 2nd half points in the Big Ten. Syracuse allowed 21 second half points in the game. Last year, Cuse allowed 172 2nd half points, 2nd most in the Big East.
- Urban Meyer led the Buckeyes to 56 points in his Ohio State head coaching debut. It was the 2nd-most points by any Ohio State head coach in their first game on the sidelines in school history. John Wilce’s team put up 58 in 1913 against Ohio Wesleyan.
- Urban Meyer is now 4-0 in his debuts as head coach at a new school, winning by an average of just under 23 points. The 56 points scored and the 46-point margin of victory Saturday against Miami (OH) are also Meyer’s highs in a debut at a new school.
- Penn State hadn’t lost a season-opener since 2001, when they lost to Miami (FL). They haven’t lost a season-opener to a non-BCS AQ conference team (current BCS AQ) since 1967, lost at Navy. Until Saturday, that is, when they lost to Ohio.
- Despite scoring 62 points, North Carolina finished three points shy of tying the school record and had its best output since beating Ohio 62-0 under Mack Brown in September 1995. It was also the Tar Heels’ first shutout since beating Duke 38-0 to close the 1999 season.
- UTSA picked up it’s first FBS victory, with a comeback win against fellow FBS newbie South Alabama.
- Cal Lost to Nevada for only the second time at home in 25 tries and first since 1903.
- Florida won it’s 23rd consecutive opener. That’s second nationally behind Nebraska’s 27 consecutive opening wins.
- With it’s win over Tulsa, Iowa State has won nine of it’s last 10 openers.
- Chase Rettig threw for 441 yards against Miami, the sixth-highest single-game total in school history and most since Glenn Foley threw for 448 yards in 1993.
- Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez had been known for his running. Saturday, he showed America he can also pass. Martinez threw for a career-high 354 yards and rushed for only 10 as the Huskers won their 27th consecutive opener.
- Wisconsin won it’s 17th consecutive home game, tied with LSU for longest streak.
- With his third quarter touchdown run, Montee Ball has now scored a touchdown in each of his last 21 games, dating back to 2010.
- Jim McElwain became the first Colorado State coach to win his debut in 42 years Saturday when the Rams rallied past their arch rival for a 22-17 win over the Colorado Buffaloes.
- New Mexico scored 66 points in its opener against Southern. That puts the Lobos almost halfway to their total of 144 points scored all last season. The Lobos scored 38 points in the second quarter, as many as they totaled in the final six games last season.
- Dustin Hopkins, who is on pace to shatter both the school and Atlantic Coast Conference scoring records, added field goals of 28 and 30 yards and extended his string of successful consecutive point after kicks to 139. Hopkins now has 341 career points, 53 shy of the league and school records.
- Pittsburgh’s loss to Youngstown State was the school’s first in 11 all-time games against FCS opponents. It was the Panthers’ third meeting all-time against the Penguins. In the previous two meetings, Pitt outscored Youngstown State 79-3.
- The Penguins, a Football Championship Subdivision program, beat a Bowl Championship Series team for the first time in school history.
- Andre Ellington ran for 228 yards in Clemson’s win against Auburn. Ellington is the only the third ACC player since 2004 with multiple 200-yard rushing games. Seven ACC _teams_ don’t even have multiple 200-yd rushing games by an individual in that period.
- Clemson wins consecutive meetings with Auburn for the first time since 1950-51. From 1952 until 2010, they played each other 14 times. Auburn was 14-0. Since then, Clemson is 2-0.
- Clemson now has a win against an SEC team in 9 of the last 11 seasons.
- The 84 points that Oklahoma State scored Saturday vs Savannah State is the most by an FBS team since Oct. 1991 when Fresno State dropped 94 on the New Mexico Lobos.
- Oklahoma State’s 84 points were the most by any full-fledged FBS member since 2000. Western Kentucky scored 87 points against West Virginia Tech in 2007, but the Hilltoppers were reclassifying from FCS to FBS.
- Oklahoma State had no problem scoring against Savannah State, becoming the first team since the turn of the century to top 80 points in its opener.
- Oklahoma State’s 84 points are their most in a season-opener… since 19116.
- After being tied with Missouri State at nine in the third quarter, Kansas State scored 42 consecutive points to win 51-9.
- Indiana ended a nine-game losing streak — winning for the first time since beating South Carolina State 38-21 on Sept. 17, 2011.
- Texas State got its first won as an FBS member, when they whalloped a rebuilding Houston squad, 30-13.
- Alabama ran for 232 yards on 42 carries Saturday against Michigan. The Tide are now 40-0 since the start of the 2008 season when they run for at least 150 yards.
- The 27-point loss for the Wolverines is the worst loss in a season-opener in the 133 years of Michigan football.
- With its loss to Rutgers, Tulane lost its 11th consecutive game dating to last year, its longest losing streak since dropping 16 in a row from 1961-63.
- Arizona, which needed overtime to defeat Toledo, amassed 624 yards to Toledo’s 358 but had two touchdowns called back by penalties, turned the ball over three times and missed the two short field goals.
- Washington scored its first defensive touchdown since Quinton Richardson returned an interception for a score against UCLA two seasons ago.
- Ryan Aplin became Arkansas State’s career leader in total offense with 9,075 yards, surpassing Corey Leonard (2006-09) and also became the leader in yards passing with 7,721, to pass Cleo Lemon (1997-2000). Unfortunately, his team lost to Oregon 57-34. The Ducks led 29-0 after the first quarter and 50-3 halfway through the second period.
Michael Wojtychiw 