SEC Week 9 Roundup: Kentucky stuns Mizzou on final play

Missouri defensive back DeMarkus Acy (2) stands in the end zone while Kentucky players celebrate after they scored a touchdown with no time left on the clock to win an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NO. 12 KENTUCKY 15, MISSOURI 14

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Terry Wilson threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to C.J. Conrad on the final play to lift Kentucky past Missouri.

Kentucky took over on its own 19 with 1:24 left. With 4 seconds left, Wilson threw toward Ahmad Wagner in the back left corner of the end zone. Wagner caught the ball out of bounds, but Missouri cornerback DeMarkus Acy was called for pass interference, giving Kentucky an untimed down that it turned into the winning score.

Lynn Bowden Jr. returned a punt 67 yards for a touchdown with 5:18 left to pull the Wildcats (7-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) to 14-9. Kentucky held Missouri (4-4, 0-4) without a first down on eight second-half possessions.

Wilson, who was replaced by backup Gunnar Hoak for part of the second half, completed 22 of 31 passes for 267 yards. Bowden had 13 catches for 166 yards. Benny Snell, who entered the game as the nation's fourth-leading rusher, gained just 67 yards on 19 carries.

NO. 7 GEORGIA 36, NO. 9 FLORIDA 17

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jake Fromm threw three touchdown passes, ending speculation about freshman Justin Fields supplanting him, and Georgia beat Florida.

The Bulldogs took advantage of Florida's three turnovers and an injury to cornerback C.J. Henderson to win the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" for the second straight year.

Fromm completed 17 of 24 passes for 240 yards, none bigger than the three for scores — all on third down. The first two went to Jeremiah Holloman, who beat C.J. McWilliams both times.

The Bulldogs (7-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) clearly were picking on McWilliams after he replaced Henderson (back) on the first series. Florida (6-2, 4-2) took a one-point lead early in the third quarter — Feleipe Franks threw a perfect, 36-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Swain — but Georgia answered with another Fromm-to-Holloman connection and then pulled away late.

MISSISSIPPI STATE 28, NO. 16 TEXAS A&M 13

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Nick Fitzgerald threw for 241 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores to lead Mississippi State over Texas A&M.

Mississippi State (5-3, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) won thanks to an unexpected boost from its passing game, which was among the least productive in the SEC coming into the night. One week after throwing four interceptions in a miserable loss to LSU, Fitzgerald completed 14 of 22 passes, including several big gains that swung the game in favor of the Bulldogs.

The biggest might have been a 84-yard strike to Stephen Guidry on third-and-21 that set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Fitzgerald and gave the Bulldogs a 21-13 lead early in the fourth quarter.

Mississippi State's defense was able to take it from there, and Erroll Thompson's interception in the end zone with 2:36 remaining — along with Fitzgerald's 76-yard touchdown run on the ensuing drive — sealed the victory. Texas A&M (5-3, 3-2) had its three-game winning streak snapped.

SOUTH CAROLINA 27, TENNESSEE 24

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley threw for 152 yards and a touchdown and the Gamecocks stopped Tennessee on downs twice in the final quarter to rally from 12 points down to beat the Vols 27-24 on Saturday.

Parker White's 25-yard field goal with 5:52 remaining proved the difference, the second time in South Carolina's past three games he's gotten the game-winning kick.

South Carolina defensive end D.J. Wonnum, back after missing five games with an ankle injury, sacked Vols quarterback Jarrett Guarantano on fourth down with 1:08 to go to seal the win.

The Vols (3-5, 1-4 Southeastern Conference) looked like they had gained control when they went up 21-9 on Carlin Fils-aime's 14-yard TD run early in the third quarter.

But with the previous six meetings in the series decided by 20 points, there was little chance this one wouldn't tighten up.

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES

No. 1 Alabama at No. 4 LSU

No. 7 Georgia at No. 12 Kentucky

Missouri at No. 9 Florida

No. 16 Texas A&M at Auburn

South Carolina at Ole Miss

Charlotte at Tennessee

Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State