DURHAM, North Carolina: Miami’s Corn Elder took the eighth lateral pass on a wild final kickoff return and brought the ball back 75 yards for a touchdown to give the Hurricanes an extraordinary 30-27 victory over Duke in college football on Saturday.

The barely believable finale capped a tumultuous week for the Hurricanes. Coach Al Golden was fired after the team suffered its worst loss in history; a 58-0 embarrassment against Clemson.

Thomas Sirk seemingly had given the Blue Devils the win by scoring on a sneak with 6 seconds left.

But in a remarkable final sequence, Elder caught the last of eight laterals, and zigged and zagged through the Duke coverage team for the score, which was upheld after a replay review dismissed a penalty flag.

Elsewhere, DeShaun Watson led No.3-ranked Clemson over North Carolina State, a late field goal made and another missed gave Stanford a narrow victory against Washington State, and Notre Dame took a tight win against Temple.

Clemson quarterback Watson threw five touchdown passes and ran for another score as the Tigers improved to 8-0 with a 56-41 victory over North Carolina State.

Watson threw for 383 yards and ran for 54 yards for the Tigers, who are closing in on the ACC championship game and chasing a College Football Playoff berth. The Tigers host No. 17 Florida State next week with a chance to wrap up the Atlantic Division title.

Stanford’s Conrad Ukropina kicked a 19-yard field goal with 1:54 left to lift the Cardinal past Washington State 30-28.

Washington State’s Erik Powell hooked a 43-yard attempt wide right as time expired to give Stanford its seventh consecutive victory.

Powell tied a school record with five field goals in the game despite rainy, windy conditions.

Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer hit Will Fuller with a 17-yard touchdown pass with 2:09 left as the Fighting Irish defeated Temple 24-20.

KeiVarae Russell then picked off a pass to end the last threat from the Owls, who had led with 4:45 left after before Kizer led Notre Dame on a long scoring drive.

Iowa’s Desmond King had an 88-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as the Hawkeyes beat Maryland 31-15 to improve to 8-0 overall.

Akrum Wadley, LeShun Daniels and Derrick Mitchell had touchdown runs for Iowa.

Florida’s Kelvin Taylor ran for 121 yards and two touchdowns as the Gators beat rival Georgia 27-3 to move a step closer to the Southeastern Conference championship game.

Oklahoma State rallied to beat Texas Tech 70-53 in a scoring fest, with Mason Rudolph and J.W. Walsh each throwing two touchdown passes for the Cowboys.

Utah’s Devontae Booker ran for 121 yards and a touchdown as the Utes beat Oregon State 27-12.

Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield completed 27 of 32 passes for 383 yards and four touchdowns as the Sooners routed Kansas 62-7.

Michigan’s Wilton Speight came off the bench and threw a 12-yard touchdown to Jehu Chesson with under 5 minutes to play and the defense then stopped Minnesota’s Mitch Leidner on a sneak as time expired, securing a 29-26 win.

Memphis made it 15 straight wins by beating Tulane 41-13, with Paxton Lynch throwing for 343 yards and a touchdown and running for 43 more yards.

Florida State’s Sean Maguire completed 23 of 35 passes for 348 yards and three touchdowns as the Seminoles downed Syracuse 45-21.

Houston moved to an 8-0 record for the first time in team history by beating Vanderbilt 34-0.

Mississippi’s Laquon Treadwell caught a 21-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and the Rebels beat Auburn 27-19 to keep alive their Southeastern Conference title hopes.

UCLA’s Soso Jamabo rushed for the go-ahead touchdown with 8:28 to play and the Bruins recovered after blowing an 18-point lead and defeated Colorado 35-31.