BIG EAST \ Saturday’s other games

Akron 42, Syracuse 28

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Chris Jacquemain threw three touchdown passes, including a 12-yarder to Andre Jones midway through the fourth quarter to break a tie. For the Zips (1-1), coming off a 38-17 loss at No. 11 Wisconsin, it was only their second win over a BCS conference team. They upset North Carolina State two years ago. It was the first of four straight home games for the Orange (0-2), who dropped to 7-30 under coach Greg Robinson, in his fourth year and under intense pressure to turn around a program that has not had a winning season since 2001. Jacquemain was 20-for-26 for 260 yards, Alex Allen gained 103 yards on 21 carries and scored twice, and Dennis Kennedy had 89 yards rushing and scored once for Akron.

Pittsburgh 27, Buffalo 16

PITTSBURGH — LeSean McCoy scored on three short runs and Pittsburgh managed to avoid losing at home to a Mid-American Conference school for the second week in a row, driving for two touchdowns in the second half. McCoy, limited to 71 yards in a loss to Bowling Green last week, scored on runs of 3, 1 and 2 yards while rushing for 93 yards — still off his pace of last season, when he ran for 1,328 yards as a freshman. Bill Stull was 22-of-33 for 241 yards and his throwing set up all three McCoy scores as Pitt (1-1) won despite trailing 6-0 at the end of the first quarter, leading 10-9 at halftime and 17-16 at the end of the third quarter.

East Carolina 24, No. 8 West Virginia 3

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Skip Holtz followed his biggest coaching victory at East Carolina with an even more im •pressive one. Jonathan Williams had two short touchdown runs, quarterback Patrick Pinkney was nearly perfect and the Pirates routed West Virginia for their third straight win over a ranked team.

Louisville 51, Tennessee Tech 10

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hunter Cantwell threw for 203 yards and two touchdowns and Victor Anderson ran for 114 yards and a score as Louisville routed Tennessee Tech.

Associated Press