ORLANDO, Fla. (OrlandoSportsFoundation.com) – South Florida and Troy were tabbed as the Cure Bowl Teams of the Week following the third week of the college football season on Wednesday. South Florida posted a 25-19 victory at Illinois, while Troy notched a 24-19 win on the road at Nebraska.

Around The American, Temple also registered a Power-6 road victory at Maryland, 35-14, while Memphis, Navy, UConn and Cincinnati also picked up wins.

In the Sun Belt, Arkansas State topped Tulsa, 29-20, on the road, and South Alabama defeated Texas State, 41-31, in the first league matchup of the campaign.

The AutoNation Cure Bowl featuring teams from the American Athletic Conference and Sun Belt Conference is set for Dec. 15 at 2:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network. The bowl’s mission is to bring teams together to find a cure for cancer.

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MEMPHIS DEFEATED GEORGIA STATE, 59-22

Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis (2-1, 0-1 The American)

• RB Darrell Henderson became the first Memphis player since D’Angelo Williams to register back-to-back 200-yard games.
• QB Brady White was 19-of-26 for 269 yards and five touchdowns.
• Memphis improved to 15-0 in non-Saturday regular-season games since the start of the 2014 season.

Georgia State (1-2)

• Cornelius McCoy was the Panthers’ leading receiver with five catches for 43 yards.
• QB Dan Ellington passed for 107 yards and scored his first rushing touchdown.
• True freshmen running backs Destin Coates and Seth Paige combined for 103 yards on 19 carries.

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ARKANSAS STATE DEFEATED TULSA, 29-20

Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma

Arkansas State (2-1)

• The Red Wolves put up 415 yards of offense on the road.
• QB Justice Hansen completed 20 of 33 passes for 191 yards and ran for another 80 yards
• Red Wolves won their first non-conference road victory since defeating Texas A&M in 2008.

Tulsa (0-2)

• Tulsa brought Arkansas Sates’ 27-7 lead late in the third quarter within a touchdown in the fourth period.
• Tulsa has outscored its three opponents by a 38-16 margin in the fourth quarter.
• Tulsa has not allowed an opposing player to hit 100 rushing yards in its last four games.

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SOUTH FLORIDA DEFEATED ILLINOIS, 25-19

Soldier Field • Chicago, Illinois

SOUTH FLORIDA (3-0)

• USF registered its second straight fourth quarter comeback win as the Bulls scored the final 18 points.
• QB Blake Barnett threw for 411 yards and two touchdowns.
• USF has gained at least 400 yards of offense in 12 consecutive games.

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TEMPLE DEFEATED MARYLAND, 35-14

Maryland Stadium • College Park, Maryland

Temple (1-2)

• The Owls limited Maryland to 1-for-12 on third down.
• Temple’s defense held Maryland to 195 yards of offense and 11 first downs.
• QB Anthony Russo made his first career start and threw for 228 yards and a touchdown with one interception.

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NAVY DEFEATED LEHIGH, 51-21

Navy Marine-Crops Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland

Navy (2-1)

• QB Malcolm Perry rushed for 223 yards and three touchdowns.
• Navy finished with 629 yards of total offense against Lehigh, good for 10th in program history.
• WR Zach Abey has scored 11 rushing touchdowns in Navy’s last four games.

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UCONN DEFEATED RHODE ISLAND, 56-49

Pratt & Whitney Stadium • East Hartford, Connecticut

UConn (1-2, 0-1 The American)

• QB David Pindell threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 137 yards and two TDs.
• The win against Rhode Island snapped a seven-game losing streak.
• UConn finished with two 100-yard rushers in the same game for the first time since 2010.

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CINCINNATI DEFEATED ALABAMA A&M, 63-7

Cincinnati (3-0)

• Cincinnati set a program record by gaining 741 yards of offense.
• QB Desmond Ridder completed 9 of 10 passes for 199 yards and three touchdowns.
• Cincinnati has allowed one touchdown in its last nine quarters.

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SMU DEFEATS MICHIGAN, 45-20

Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan

SMU (0-3)

• QB Ben Hicks holds SMU’s career record with 55 touchdown passes.
• WR James Proche had a career-high 11 receptions for 166 yards and two touchdowns.
• QB William Brown started the second half and completed 11 of 17 passes for 82 yards and two touchdowns.

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UAB DEFEATED TULANE, 31-24

Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama

Tulane (1-2)

• WR Darnell Mooney had four receptions for 123 yards and two touchdowns.
• Tulane has rushed for at least 100 yards in 30 consecutive games.
• Tulane erased a 21-7 halftime deficit to tie the score in the fourth quarter.

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TEXAS TECH DEFEATS HOUSTON, 63-49

Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas

Houston (2-1)

• QB D’Eriq King threw for a career-high 431 yards and five touchdowns and added a rushing touchdown.
• King has thrown 122 passes without an interception.
• Houston has scored at least 40 points in three straight games to open the season, a first in program history.

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TROY DEFEATED NEBRASKA, 24-19

Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska

Troy (2-1)

• The Trojans took down a Power Five conference opponent for the second straight year.
• Troy won its sixth straight road game which is the fourth-longest active streak in the country.
• Tyler Murray recorded his second career sack and added his second-career interception.

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CLEMSON DEFEATED GEORGIA SOUTHERN, 38-7

Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina

Georgia Southern (2-1)

• Quarterback Shai Werts has already rushed for five touchdowns this season after rushing for all of three last year.
• The Eagles are +5 in the turnover margin this year, recovering three fumbles and picking off four passes while losing just two fumbles.
• The Eagles have lost their previous two contests coming off a full bye week.

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SOUTH ALABAMA DEFEATED TEXAS STATE, 41-31

Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, Alabama

Texas State (1-2, 0-1 Sun Belt)

• Texas State recovered three fumbles against South Alabama, the highest single-game total in the Sun Belt Conference this season.
• The most fumble recoveries by the Bobcats since they recovered three at Georgia State in 2016.

South Alabama (1-2, 1-0 Sun Belt)

• The Jaguars earned not only their initial victory of the year, but their first under first-year head coach Steve Campbell.
• Recorded the third-largest deficit overcome in a win in the program’s first nine-plus seasons of competition.
• the first time USA has had 10 or more tackles for loss in back-to-back contests since December 2016.

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MISSISSIPPI STATE DEFEATS LOUISIANA, 56-10

Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi

Louisiana (1-1)

• Senior quarterback Andre Nunez finished 21 for 29, with 224 yards and one touchdown in the game.
• Nunez sits at 78.4 completion percentage which puts him at number two in the FBS in completion percentage.
• The Cajuns are one of four teams in the Sun Belt Conference that are 100 percent in the red zone.

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TEXAS A&M DEFEATS ULM, 48-10

ULM (2-1)

• QB Caleb Evans recorded his second 200-yard passing game of the season and ninth of his career, completing 15-of-28 passes for 225 yards.
• Evans currently ranks second in the Sun Belt in passing yards (255.3 ypg.) and total offense (296.7 ypg.).
• ULM ranks among the Sun Belt leaders in sacks, rushing defense, and interceptions.

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