Hunter Duplessis drilled a 42-yard field goal as time expired to lead UTSA to a 31-28 win at Memphis, the largest comeback in program history, on Saturday afternoon at the Liberty Bowl.

The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly football honors for the third week of the 2021 season.

This is the type of win that can save a season.

Down 17 points and appearing on their way to an 0-3 start, a never-say-die East Carolina team staged a remarkable rally Saturday night to stun Marshall 42-38 at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. The Pirates (1-2) reeled off the final 21 points in the last 7:31, scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 55 seconds to go then sealing it on Ja'Quan McMillan's ninth career interception at the 1 with just 6 seconds to play. ECU's victory snapped a Marshall streak of winning 21 consecutive games when scoring at least 30 points.

It was all there for the taking against No. 8 Cincinnati on a spectacular sun-splashed Saturday afternoon at sold-out Memorial Stadium (52,656 strong) -- a defining victory, validation that this would be a spectacular Cream & Crimson run, that the season-opening Iowa disappointment was an aberration.

The UCF football team dropped a wild, 42-35, back-and-forth affair Friday night at Cardinal Stadium, falling to 2-1 on the season.

The University of Cincinnati men's basketball program has announced its 13-game non-conference slate, the official start of the Wes Miller era.

Mississippi State hits the road looking for its third straight win to start the 2021 season on Saturday as the Bulldogs square off against Memphis at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The game will be televised at 3 p.m. CT on ESPN2, with Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (reporter) on the call.

The No. 8/8 University of Cincinnati football team is set for its first road challenge of the season, a Saturday 12 p.m. contest at Indiana.

Houston Football redshirt freshman Mannie Nunnery has been named The American's Special Teams Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday.

Defense was the story of the first three quarters for both teams. Entering the fourth quarter, the two squads combined for only 21 points with Oklahoma State limiting Tulsa to 187 yards of total offense and the Golden Hurricane holding the Cowboys to 213. Things changed drastically in the fourth quarter, with the two squads combining for 30 points. The largest lead for either team during the game was 11 points.

The USF football team returned to a sold-out Raymond James Stadium on Saturday, but the No. 13-ranked Florida Gators jumped to an early first-half lead to put a damper on the day as they left their first meeting with the Bulls in Tampa with a 42-20 victory.

After starting the season with a 36-31 home win over Boise State, the UCF football team (1-0) is set to get back in action this weekend, hosting Bethune-Cookman (0-1). The Knights and the Wildcats are scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday from the Bounce House with coverage on ESPN+ and FM 96.9 The Game

The UCF football team opened the Gus Malzahn era with a 36-31 defeat of visiting Boise State Thursday night in a delayed start at the Bounce House. Junior quarterback Dillon Gabriel threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns, as the Knights won their season opener for the sixth straight season.

The UCF football team (0-0) is set to open up its first season under head coach Gus Malzahn on Thursday. The Knights will take on Boise State (0-0) at 7 p.m. from the Bounce House with coverage on ESPN and FM 96.9 The Game.

After a disappointing 2020 season, the Owls start this year's campaign with a trip across the Delaware River to take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

Texas Tech will look to open the 2021 season on a positive note Saturday when the Red Raiders face Houston in the Texas Kickoff from NRG Stadium in Houston. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. with television coverage on ESPN.

Tanner Mordecai, the former four-star recruit for the Oklahoma Sooners, has been named the starting quarterback for SMU as the Mustangs head into Week 1 of the college football season.

Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway has added Emoni Bates (F, 6-9, Ypsilanti, Mich.) to the Tigers' 2021-22 roster after Bates reclassified to the Class of 2021 and signed a financial aid agreement.

University of Cincinnati cornerback Ahmad Gardner (Detroit, Michigan/Martin Luther King) earned Associated Press preseason First-Team All-America Honors.