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Connecticut 8-1 For First Time

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The Associated Press

Published: November 4, 2007

STORRS, Conn. - Donald Brown ran for 154 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 16 Connecticut past Rutgers 38-19 Saturday, giving the Huskies an 8-1 record for the first time in the program's 109-year history.

Brown, who had lost his starting job to the faster Andre Dixon, came off the bench and had a 33-yard TD run in the third and a 70-yard run to set up a fourth-quarter field goal that put the game out of reach. He carried the ball 24 times, 22 in the second half when UConn (8-1, 4-0) controlled the clock.
Tyler Lorenzen threw for 140 yards and two TDs and ran for 67 yards, and the Huskies' special teams accounted for nine points, with a safety and a 97-yard kickoff return by Tyvon Branch.
Ray Rice ran 21 times for 116 yards, 97 of those in the first half for Rutgers (5-4, 1-3). Mike Teel was 32 of 52 for 343 yards and an interception.

PITTSBURGH 20, SYRACUSE 17: Thanks to star-in-the-making LeSean McCoy, Pitt finally solved its season-long problems with its short game.

McCoy, the third freshman in Pittsburgh's 118-season football history to run for at least 1,000 yards in a season, scored the go-ahead touchdown from the 1 early in the fourth quarter and the host Panthers (4-5, 2-2) overcame another slow start to beat Syracuse (2-7, 1-3).

McCoy ran for 140 yards on 31 carries in his sixth 100-yard game, the most by any Pitt freshman since Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett in 1973. McCoy has 1,065 yards with three games to play, putting him behind only Dorsett (1,686) and Curvin Richards (1,228 in 1988) among Pitt freshmen.

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