College Football: Review

Sept. 17 -- Here’s a recap of college football action this weekend:

Florida vs. Tennessee

Jesse Palmer threw a questionable 3-yardtouchdown pass to Jabar Gaffney with 14 seconds left as No. 6Florida rallied to beat No. 11 Tennessee 27-23 Saturday.

In watching their 23-game home winning streak come to an endbefore a Neyland Stadium-record crowd of 108,768, the Vols lost ona play that will debated for a long time.

On first-and-goal from the Tennessee 3, Palmer threw a quickstrike to Gaffney just over the goal line. Gaffney had the ball foran instant and then dropped it as he was surrounded by twodefenders. But line judge Al Matthews ruled Gaffney made the catch,and stuck with the call after conferring with referee Al Ford.

Florida (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), which has beatenTennessee (1-1, 0-1) in seven of their last eight meetings, marched91 yards on 10 plays for the winning score.

Trailing 23-17 after Alex Walls kicked a school-record tyingfifth goal — a 42-yarder early in the fourth quarter — the Gatorsclosed to 23-20 on Jeff Chandler’s 32-yarder with 7:35 left.

The loss offset a magnificent performance by Tennessee’s TravisHenry, who carried 37 times for 175 yards and a touchdown. Palmerwas 20-of-43 for 290 yards and had at least a half dozen passesdropped in the first half.

UCLA 23, Michigan 20

Ryan McCann passed for 236 yards and twotouchdowns as UCLA beat the country’s third-ranked team for thesecond time in three games.

The Bruins (3-0), who opened the season with a 35-24 victoryover then-No. 3 Alabama, took the lead on McCann’s 2-yard TD passto Ed Ieremia-Stansbury with 6:30 left,

But holder Drew Bennett bobbled a low snap from center on theextra-point try, opening the door for the Wolverines (2-1) to tiewith a field goal. However, Hayden Epstein, was wide left on a24-yarder with 3:27 left.

Michigan’s Anthony Thomas gained 182 yards on 24 carries to topthe 100-yard mark for the 11th time in 12 games.

Wisconsin 28, Cincinnati 25 (OT)

Eddie Faulkner scored on a 16-yard run inovertime as Wisconsin avoided a second straight loss to Cincinnati.

A loss to the Bearcats would have been devastating to theBadgers (3-0), but not as stunning as last year’s 17-12 stumble.