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By Times wires
Published November 4, 2007

Rout allows UCF to stay in C-USA race

ORLANDO - Kevin Smith rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns as UCF beat Marshall 47-13 Saturday.

With the victory, the Knights kept pace with East Carolina, which defeated Memphis 56-40. At 4-1, UCF is a half-game behind the Pirates in Conference USA's East Division. However, East Carolina holds the tiebreaker because of its 52-38 win over UCF on Oct. 6.

Smith, who entered as the second-leading rusher in the nation, scored on an 87-yard run on a trap play up the middle to put the Knights up 20-0 in the second quarter. The junior is the only I-A running back to score two touchdowns on runs of 80-plus yards. An 80-yarder came in the season-opening 25-23 win over N.C. State.

Smith put UCF up 7-0 in the first quarter with a 2-yard run.

Arkansas St. 27, FIU 24: Josh Arauco's 31-yard field goal with two seconds left sent visiting Florida International to its nation-high 21st straight loss. Greg Ellingson's 29-yard catch with 48 seconds left brought the Panthers to 24-22. And Wayne Younger scrambled and hit Moses Hinton for the two-point conversion. But Darren Toney returned the ensuing kickoff 60 yards.

Hampton 31, Bethune-Cookman 24: Henti Baird returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown with 26 seconds left to cap a wild win for the visiting Pirates. The winning score came 14 seconds after Hampton tied it at 24 on Jeremy Gilchrist's 10-yard catch. Hampton had tied it earlier at 17 on Van Morgan's 2-yard run with 2:40 left. But Corey Council returned the ensuing kickoff 90 yards to put the Wildcats ahead.

FAMU 24, N.C. A&T 21: Wesley Taylor's 33-yard field goal with 45 seconds left ended the host Rattlers' four-game losing skid. The Aggies rallied from 18-0 down to take a lead. But Taylor tied it with a 43-yard field goal in the third.

Valparaiso 29, Jacksonville 27: Mozale McHenry's 2-yard run with 1:45 left won it for the visiting Crusaders. Valparaiso started the winning drive at the Jacksonville 31 with 2:48 left after recovering a fumble.

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