Gators have Tennessee's number

Frost leads Nebraska past Washington; Auburn nips Louisiana State

The Gators beat the Volunteers for the fifth straight time and improved their record at ''The Swamp'' to 44-2 under coach Steve Spurrier.

AP PHOTO Florida beat Tennessee for the fifth consecutive time and ran its record to 44-2 at home since Steve Spurrier took over in Gainesville, Fla.

Johnson, making his third start, handled the pressure of a big-game situation just like his predecessor, Danny Wuerffel. Johnson completed 14-of-32 passes for 261 yards, with two of his touchdowns coming in the first half as the Gators built a 20-7 lead.

He led them on two second-half drives that resulted in field goals of 37 and 42 yards by Collins Cooper before hooking up with Taras Ross on a 30-yard scoring pass with 6:23 left that put the Gators ahead 33-14.

In the first half, Johnson had touchdown passes of 11 yards to Jamie Richardson and 19 yards to Jacquez Green, who had eight catches for 185 yards. Fred Taylor chipped in with 134 yards, including 111 in the third quarter.

No. 7 Nebraska 27, No. 2 Washington 14

Nebraska's fans booed Scott Frost in Lincoln last week. On Saturday, the few thousand fans wearing red in the sellout crowd of 74,023 wildly cheered the Cornhuskers' quarterback at Husky Stadium.

Frost scored on runs of 34 and 30 yards in the first quarter as the No. 7 Huskers, underdogs for the first time in four years, beat No. 2 Washington 27-14.

Washington lost its starting quarterback, sophomore Brock Huard, with a sprained left ankle in the first quarter and replaced him with freshman Marques Tuiasosopo, son of former NFL defensive lineman Manu Tuiasosopo.

No. 12 Auburn 31, No. 10 LSU 28

Rusty Williams scored two touchdowns, including a 1-yard dive with 30 seconds left that gave No. 12 Auburn a 31-28 victory over No. 10 LSU on Saturday night.

The winning touchdown came after the LSU defense, which had stopped two previous fourth-quarter Auburn drives, was penalized for having 12 men on the field, giving Auburn a 2nd-and-goal from the 1.

LSU had a final chance to tie and force overtime after driving to the Auburn 48, but Wade Richey's 64-yard field goal attempt was blocked as the game ended.

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