Jeff Hart

Ben Tate ran for 115 yards on 13 carries and No. 10 Auburn scored touchdowns on defense and special teams in a 34-0 opening win over Louisiana-Monroe Saturday night.

Casey Dick scored on a 4-yard run with 1:49 remaining, and Arkansas avoided disaster in Bobby Petrino's first game as coach, rallying to beat Western Illinois 28-24 Saturday night.

Jevan Snead hit Shay Hodge with touchdown passes of 64 and 15 yards and Mississippi beat Memphis 41-24 Saturday night in Houston Nutt 's debut as Rebels coach.

Hawaii started this season the same way it ended the last one - getting blown out by a Southeastern Conference power. Fifth-ranked Florida scored on offense, defense and special teams and routed the Warriors 56-10 in the season opener for both teams Saturday.

With a running game like LSU's, maybe it doesn't matter who plays quarterback. Charles Scott rushed for a career-high 160 yards on 16 carries, including touchdowns of 8 and 29 yards, and No. 7 LSU rolled to 41-13 victory over Appalachian State on Saturday.

Cedar Shoals scored 16 second half points and held Habersham Central scoreless over the final 30 minutes of the game en route to a 23-14 region 8-AAAA win Friday night at home.

It didn't take long for West Forsyth to get its first-ever varsity football win. The Wolverines scored the final 14 points and held on in the fourth quarter to shock Class AAAAA North Forsyth 21-14 Friday night.

Here are the prep football scores from around the state for friday Aug. 29th

Shunquez Stephens connected with Rodney Gibson on a 31-yard touchdown pass with 1:29 left in the game to propel West Hall to a thrilling 28-27 come-from-behind win over East Jackson Friday night.

Darius Minor passed for 128 yards and ran for another 106 to lead Jefferson to a 35-14 win over arch-rival Commerce friday night in both teams' 2008 football openers.