Around the nation: A.J. Reed kicks game-winning field goal as Duke beats Notre Dame

AJ Reed kicked a 19-yard field goal with 84 seconds left and Duke rallied back from an early two-touchdown deficit to beat Notre Dame 38-35 in South Bend, Indiana, on Saturday.

Reed had missed all three of his field goal attempts this season before kicking the game winner. Duke coach David Cutcliffe, who opted to go for it on fourth-and-1 from the 19 early in the fourth quarter and failed, said he didn’t hesitate to let Reed attempt the field goal, saying the team had confidence in him.

“That unit there, they believe in him and he’s got a lot of talent. I know when it came down there at the end – the field goal – there was no doubt in my mind he was going to make it,” he said.

North Carolina 37, Pittsburgh 36: Mitch Trubisky kept scanning the field, delivering the ball on target with a cool composure for the Tar Heels – down to when he made the game’s biggest play in the frantic final seconds.

The junior threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Bug Howard with 2 seconds left to help UNC rally past the Panthers in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for two teams that finished 1-2 atop the Coastal Division last season.

West Virginia 35, BYU 32: Skyler Howard passed for 332 yards and accounted for two touchdowns and Rasul Douglas returned an interception 54 yards for a score as the Mountaineers beat the Cougars in Landover, Maryland, to head into Big 12 play unbeaten.

Howard went 31 for 40 with an interception and Rushel Shell had two short TD runs for the Mountaineers (3-0). West Virginia grabbed a 35-19 lead with 11:27 left in the fourth quarter when Howard hit Daikiel Shorts for a 9-yard score.

Kentucky 17, South Carolina 10: Benny Snell Jr. scored the go-ahead touchdown from 1 yard midway through the fourth quarter, Boom Williams broke a 43-yard TD and the Wildcats held off the Gamecocks in Lexington, Kentucky.

Tulsa 48, Fresno State 41 (2OT): Dane Evans threw four touchdown passes and ran in the game-winning 18-yard touchdown in the second overtime as the Golden Hurricane rallied from 31 points down to beat the Bulldogs in Fresno, California, for the program’s largest comeback victory.

Wake Forest 33, Indiana 28: John Wolford ran for two TDs and threw for another, and Jessie Bates returned an interception for a third score to lead the Demon Deacons (4-0, 1-0 ACC) past the Hoosiers in Bloomington, Indiana.

Buffalo 23, Army 20: Tyree Jackson passed for 178 yards and a touchdown and ran for 34 yards and two more touchdowns to lead the Bulls in a comeback win over the Black Knights in overtime in Amherst, New York.

Syracuse 31, UConn 24: Amba Etta-Tawo caught 12 passes for a school-record 270 yards and two touchdowns and the Orange beat the Huskies in East Hartford, Connecticut, to snap a two-game losing skid.

Central Washington 40, Dixie State 18: Tevin Gray returned a blocked punt 11 yards for a touchdown just 2 minutes into the game and the Wildcats rolled past the Trailblazers in Ellensburg.

Southern Oregon 31, Carroll 17: Ray Vega had 244 all-purpose yards, including a 94-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter and Jack Singler threw for 286 yards in the ninth-ranked Raiders’ victory over the Saints in Helena, Montana.