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A walk-off 59-yard pass to Damond Philyaw-Johnson from Zerrick Cooper lifted Jacksonville State to a 20-17 upset of Florida State on Saturday night. A seemingly unprepared FSU defense allowed the receiver to get behind the coverage as Philyaw-Johnson caught the ball at the 20 and eluded two poor tackling attempts to hit paydirt.
Merrimack was a 35-21 upset winner at Holy Cross, giving the Warriors their first-ever win against a ranked FCS opponent.
Meanwhile, the top-ranked teams all picked up victories at home as No. 1 James Madison plastered Maine 55-7, Sam Houston State brushed off SEMO 52-14, Montana romped 42-7 over Western Illinois, North Dakota State bullied Valparaiso 64-0, Delaware downed St. Francis 27-10, and South Dakota State crushed D2 Lindenwood 52-7.
Jackson State won the Southern Heritage Classic as Deion Sanders and Company downed Eddie George and Tennessee State 38-16.
In some other games of note, Bryant upset Sacred Heart 17-6, UC Davis destroyed San Diego 53-7, Charleston Southern upset at The Citadel 38-21, and Dayton scored a 17-10 mild upset win over Eastern Illinois.
Elsewhere, Monmouth got a hard-fought 26-23 win at Fordham, Incarnate Word buried Prairie View A&M 40-9, and Northern Colorado blasted Houston Baptist 45-13.
South Dakota's 34-7 home win over Northern Arizona was easier than many expected, as was Northern Iowa's 34-16 rout at Sacramento State.
Presbyterian, under new head coach Kevin Kelley, as outscored its first two opponents 152-46. The Blue Hose won their opener 84-43 over St. Andrews (NAIA) and then knocked off D2 school Fort Lauderdale 68-3 on Saturday.
2 teams will play 2 FCS teams this fall (UConn and UMass), and 115 teams will play 1 FCS school for a total of 117 such matchups.
There were 37 FBS-FCS games over the weekend and FBS schools went 35-2. Since we began tracking this in 2003, the FBS teams are now 1,536-136 (.919). Of the two losses, Florida State's 20-17 setback to Jacksonville State was the least expected as the 'Noles nearly won their opener over Notre Dame while the Gamecocks were blanked 31-0 by UAB in their opener. None of that mattered as JSU scored the winning touchdown on a 59-yard walk-off TD pass.
Duquesne delivered the other blow, edging Ohio 28-26.
Last year, 30 FBS teams played a total of just 34 games against FCS schools and the FCS won just 1 game (1-33). That honor also went to Jacksonville State with its 19-10 victory over FIU.
Here are the FCS wins in 2021:
September 2: UC Davis 19, Tusa 17
September 2: Eastern Washington 35, UNLV 33 (2 OT)
September 3: South Dakota State 42, Colorado State 23
September 4: Holy Cross 38, UConn 28
September 4: Montana 13, Washington 7
September 4: ETSU 23, Vanderbilt 3
September 11: Duquesne 28, Ohio 26
September 11: Jacksonville State 20, Florida State 17.
This was the only FCS win vs. the FBS in 2020:
October 23: Jacksonville State 19, FIU 10
In 2019, FBS teams were 111-3 (.974) in such games. These were the only FCS wins that season:
August 29: Central Arkansas 35, Western Kentucky 28
September 7: Southern Illinois 45, Massachusetts 20
September 14: The Citadel 27, Georgia Tech 24 (OT)
SAM HOUSTON STATE - Won 13 straight games overall (FCS longest).
Last: Won 52-14 at home over SEMO on Saturday, Sept. 11.
Next: Visits Central Arkansas on Saturday, Sept. 25.
BETHUNE-COOKMAN - Won 16 straight conference games (FCS longest).
Last: Lost 63-14 at UCF (FBS) on Saturday, Sept. 11.
Next: Hosts Alabama A&M on Saturday, Sept. 18.
JAMES MADISON - Won 19 straight home games for FCS longest. (Eastern Washington has won 18 in-a-row at home).
Last: Won 55-7 at home over Maine on Saturday, Sept. 11.
Next: Visits Weber State on Saturday, Sept. 18.
PRINCETON - Won 8 straight road games (FCS longest).
Last: Won 28-7 at Penn on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019.
Next: Visits Lehigh on Saturday, Sept. 18.
TEXAS SOUTHERN - Lost 18 straight overall (FCS longest), and 13 straight conference games (FCS longest).
Last: Lost 66-7 at Baylor (FBS) on Saturday, Sept. 11.
Next: Visits Rice on Saturday, Sept. 25.
MVSU - Lost 17 straight road games (FCS longest).
Last: Lost 35-0 at Murray State on Thursday, Sept. 2.
NEXT: Visits Stephen F. Austin on Saturday, Sept. 18.