ACC roundup

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Giovani Bernard rushed for 81 yards and dual touchdowns to help North Carolina beat Rutgers 24-22 on Saturday. Bernard scored on runs of 60 and 6 yards for the Tar Heels (2-0), who overcame five turnovers to begin the season with uninterrupted wins for the third time in the last four seasons. The Scarlet Knights (1-1) lost the ball on downs at their 42 with 2:32 remaining, and the Tar Heels ran out the clock. Bryn Renner was 20 of 26 for 273 yards and the touchdown for North Carolina, but he threw three interceptions. Dwight Jones had six catches for 135 yards and the score. Chas Dodd was 25 of 47 for 243 yards and dual touchdowns for the Scarlet Knights, who had no turnovers. Mohamed Sanu, who reeled in an 18-yard score from Dodd, set career highs with 13 catches for 119 yards for Rutgers. Bernard showed his speed to the outside on both of his scoring runs. Midway through the second quarter, the UNC using back took the toss to the right and outran Rutgers' Steve Beauharnais to the corner. Bernard cut back to the middle of the field to elude another tackle by David Rowe, then sprinted away from the pursuit to give the Tar Heels the 14-6 lead. On his scoring run late in the third quarter, Bernard bounced an inside run toward the left sideline. He gave ground to step out of the tackle by Rutgers' Brandon Jones, and beat Beauharnais again this time around the corner to extend North Carolina's lead to 24-15. The Scarlet Knights pulled to 24-22 on the 5-yard touchdown catch by Tim Wright with 10:40 remaining. NO.5 FLORIDA STATE 62, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 10: EJ Manuel threw for the career-best 329 yards and four touchdowns as Florida State (2-0) defeated Charleston Southern (0-2) in the tuneup for next week's showdown against top-ranked Oklahoma.The Buccaneers, who lost 62-0 last week at Central Florida, didn't complete the pass or have the first down in the first half and trailed 34-0.Manuel hit Bert Reed on dual short TD passes, and the Seminoles' ! defense limited Charleston Southern to 84 sum yards.NO.6 STANFORD 44, DUKE 14: Andrew Luck matched the career high by throwing four touchdown passes as Stanford (2-0) routed host Duke (0-2).Luck was 20 of 28 for 290 yards with touchdown passes of 60 and 3 yards to Coby Fleener, 10 yards to Chris Owusu and 3 yards to Zach Ertz. WAKE FOREST 34, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 27: Danny Dembry had dual TDs and Tanner Price threw for 297 yards and the touchdown as Wake Forest (1-1) held off North Carolina State (1-1) in the ACC opener for both teams. Michael Campanaro also had five catches for 93 yards and the TD, adding the 40-yard score on an option pass to Dembry in his only attempt for the Demon Deacons. Price, who went 22 of 35 with one interception, hit Campanaro with the 31-yard TD pass in the first quarter for Wake's first score. Dembry had six receptions for 96 yards and one rush for the 10-yard TD. CLEMSON 35, WOFFORD 27: Tajh Boyd threw three touchdowns and Andre Ellington ran for 165 yards as host Clemson (2-0) held on to defeat Wofford (1-1).

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