South Dakota shocks Minnesota

Dante Warren passed for 352 yards and three touchdowns for South Dakota and scampered for a 25-yard score on fourth and 1 midway through the fourth quarter, sealing a 41-38 victory over Minnesota on Saturday in Minneapolis.

Warren, a junior in his first year as a starter, spurred the Coyotes (1-1) to a program-defining stunner over the Golden Gophers (1-1), who - gulp - host No. 16 Southern Cal next week.

Warren finished with 81 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries and completed 21 of 30 passes, mystifying a Minnesota team that couldn't tackle or cover much at all in this nightmare home opener against a neighbor school in its third year at the FCS level.

Coyotes coach Ed Meierkort had his hands on his head as the game ended, as if to say, "I can't believe we just won."

Elsewhere: Edwin Baker ran for an 80-yard touchdown and had 183 yards rushing to lead Michigan State to a 30-17 win over Florida Atlantic in Detroit. . . . Tino Sunseri threw for two touchdowns in a span of 5 minutes and backup running back Ray Graham ran for 115 yards and two scores to help host Pittsburgh beat New Hampshire, 38-16. . . . Backup quarterback Tanner Price threw three touchdown passes and ran for another, and Wake Forest held off Duke, 54-48, in Winston-Salem, N.C., for its 11th straight victory in the series. . . . Gardner-Webb blocked an extra point and Juanne Blount scored on a 4-yard run in overtime to beat host Akron, 38-37. . . . Miami (Ohio) running back Thomas Merriweather scored three touchdowns, including the game-winning score in the fourth quarter to come from behind to beat Eastern Michigan, 28-21, in the Mid-American Conference opener in Oxford, Ohio. . . . Dave Shinskie returned after being taken out in the first half and threw a pair of third-quarter touchdown passes, and host Boston College took advantage of five Kent State turnovers to win, 26-13. . . . Ricky Dobbs had a 1-yard touchdown run and Joe Buckley added two field goals to lift Navy to a 13-7 win over Georgia Southern in Annapolis, Md.