Four games remained live at the first East Coast close of Saturday's college football slate. By the West Coast check, all four were final, and each had produced a different kind of finish: Stanford erased a 10-point halftime deficit, Minnesota held off Washington, Air Force survived two overtimes at Nevada, and Fresno State answered Rice's late charge with one decisive run. The individual recaps below preserve the scoring sequence and player lines behind each result.
Two conference games turn late
Stanford beat Georgia Tech 34-27 after Davis Warren threw three touchdowns in the second half. The Cardinal trailed 20-10 at halftime, then scored 24 unanswered points before the Yellow Jackets' fourth-quarter reply. Warren's 396 passing yards gave Stanford the comeback engine it lacked on the ground, where it gained 86 yards. The win also gave the Cardinal its first ACC victory of the season. Georgia Tech finished with 431 yards but lost two turnovers and accumulated 12 penalties for 106 yards, according to the final box score.
Minnesota won 27-24 at Washington in its Big Ten opener. Drake Lindsey threw three first-half touchdowns to three receivers, building a 21-10 halftime advantage. Washington twice pulled within one score in the fourth quarter, the second time on Demond Williams Jr.'s 13-yard run with 1:53 left. Minnesota had enough of a cushion to withstand it. The Gophers' defense sacked Williams seven times and held the Huskies to one third-down conversion in 10 attempts. That disruption matters more than the narrow final score alone suggests.
