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R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL | ||||
Hunter Stover hit his third field goal of the game -- a 35-yarder with 4:46 left to play -- to give Louisiana-Lafayette a nine-point lead it would never surrender. | Terrance Broadway. The Louisiana-Lafayette QB was nearly flawless in the first half, as the Ragin' Cajuns took control early. He finished 26-of-31 for 227 yards and 1 TD. | 4. Apparently Louisiana-Lafayette never gets tired of making the two-hour drive, as the Ragin' Cajuns have now won four straight New Orleans Bowls. |
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GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL | ||||
Joe Hill sealed the deal for Utah State with an 11-yard run with 1:33 left to play to make it 21-6. That capped a four-play, 65-yard drive. | Utah State defense. The Aggies held UTEP to 275 total yards and 3.9 yards per play and did their best work on third down. They held UTEP to 5-of-20 on third-down attempts. | 3. The number of QBs Utah State lost to season-ending injuries this season. Kent Myers even exited briefly before returning to help the Aggies from winning their third straight bowl game. |
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ROYAL PURPLE LAS VEGAS BOWL | ||||
Colorado State didn’t score after the first quarter, and Utah had an 11-point lead by then. Game over. | Utah QB Travis Wilson, who finished with 3 rushing TDs and 158 passing yards and another score. | 347: That was the difference in rushing yards between the Utes (359) and the Rams (12). CSU did have 266 passing yards. |
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FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL | ||||
Western Michigan cut Air Force’s lead to six points in the fourth quarter, but a 60-yard fumble return for a TD by Dexter Walker helped end the rally. | Shayne Davern provide a spark for Air Force in the absence of injured leading rusher Jacobi Owens. Davern scored on back-to-back carries. | 284: How dominant was the Air Force ground game? The Falcons had 284 yards to 79 for Western Michigan, which had more total yards. |
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RAYCOM MEDIA CAMELLIA BOWL | ||||
South Alabama took its first lead with 1:20 remaining, but Bowling Green’s Roger Lewis got past safeties Terrell Brigham and Roman Buchanan for a 78-yard score with 1:04 left. | Bowling Green QB James Knapke, who threw for 368 yards and 2 TDs. He kept the offense together after losing one of his best receivers -- Ronnie Moore -- to a targeting ejection. | 915: Most of the stats were close, like the score. The teams combined for an eye-popping 915 yards of offense, with Bowling Green gaining 500 yards on the night. |
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MIAMI BEACH BOWL | ||||
Memphis defensive back DaShaughn Terry intercepted BYU quarterback Christian Stewart in the game's second overtime. | Paxton Lynch. The Tigers' redshirt sophomore quarterback passed for four touchdowns and ran for three more scores in the victory. | 4: Memphis' Keiwone Malone had two fourth-down catches on the Tigers' final regulation drive, including a TD to send the game to overtime. |
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BOCA RATON BOWL | ||||
Marshall was consistent on offense, and Northern Illinois struggled to score early. | Marshall WR Tommy Shuler, who had season bests in both catches (18) and yards (185). | 40: Marshall scored at least 40 points for the 11th time this season. Talk about consistent. |
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION POINSETTIA BOWL | ||||
San Diego State kicker Donny Hageman missed the potential go-ahead field goal from 34 yards out with only 20 seconds left. | Chris Swain. He rushed only eight times but rumbled for 13 yards on a fourth-down conversion on the game-winning drive. | 7 turnovers. The game was played in perfect, dry San Diego weather, but the teams couldn't seem to hold onto the football. |
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POPEYES BAHAMAS BOWL | ||||
Central Michigan failed on a two-point conversion attempt to try to win the game, as QB Cooper Rush's pass fell incomplete. | Rush and his counterpart, Western Kentucky's Brandon Doughty, who combined for 12 TD passes and 979 passing yards. | 34. Trailing 49-14, CMU scored 34 unanswered points -- including a 75-yard, three-lateral TD on the final play. |
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HAWAI'I BOWL | ||||
Rice tailback Darik Dillard scored on a 1-yard TD run in the fourth quarter to give the Owls a 30-6 lead. | Rice QB Driphus Jackson, who passed for 318 yards and 3 touchdowns and no interceptions. He also added 41 rushing yards. | 93. Fresno State had just 93 passing yards from its two QBs -- on 38 attempts. The Bulldogs managed only 256 total yards. |
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ZAXBY'S HEART OF DALLAS BOWL | ||||
Louisiana Tech's Blake Martin ran for a 28-yard TD to put the Bulldogs up by three scores with 3:43 remaining in the game. | RB Kenneth Dixon, who had 142 yards from scrimmage and two TDs, including an 80-yard catch-and-run in the first quarter. | 6-of-28. The two offenses combined to go 6-of-28 on third downs in the game, with both teams converting three. |
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QUICK LANE BOWL | ||||
Robert Martin sprinted 28 yards for a touchdown to give the Scarlet Knights a 37-7 lead with 14:11 left to play. | Freshman running back Josh Hicks, who finished the day with 202 rushing yards and a touchdown. | 100: Hicks and Robert Martin (100 rushing yards) each reached the century mark in rushing yards. |
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BITCOIN ST. PETERSBURG BOWL | ||||
Tyler Purvis recovered the onside kick with 1:42 to go after UCF cut the lead to 34-27. | NC State QB Jacoby Brissett. He had 262 yards passing and 31 yards on the ground. | 187. NC State dominated the line of scrimmage and gained 187 yards rushing. |
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MILITARY BOWL PRESENTED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN | ||||
Virginia Tech forced a Gunner Kiel fumble and recovered for a touchdown in the third quarter. The momentum was in the Hokies' favor the rest of the way. | Greg Stroman scored a defensive touchdown, handled the ball three times on offense and ran back two punt returns that went for 30-plus yards. | 100. J.C. Coleman became the first Virginia Tech player with 100 yards rushing in back-to-back games since David Wilson in 2011. |
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HYUNDAI SUN BOWL | ||||
Arizona State's Kweishi Brown intercepted an Anthony Boone pass with less than a minute left in the game. Duke was at the Sun Devils' 14-yard line. | Demario Richard. The Sun Devils' freshman playmaker had all four of his team's touchdowns -- two rushing and two receiving. | 2. The Sun Devils had just two penalties -- for 10 yards -- and no turnovers, while the Blue Devils had four penalties and two turnovers. |
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DUCK COMMANDER INDEPENDENCE BOWL | ||||
QB Dylan Thompson scored on a 2-yard run to put the Gamecocks up by two scores with 4:13 left in the game. | Pharoh Cooper. The South Carolina wideout had nine catches for 170 yards, including a 78-yard score in the second quarter. | 2.3 The Gamecocks won, despite averaging just 2.3 yards per carry. They rushed for 70 yards on 30 carries. |
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NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL | ||||
Sam Ficken kicked an extra point through the uprights to give Penn State a walk-off win in overtime. | Christian Hackenberg. Penn State's QB was 34-of-50 passing for 371 yards and four touchdowns. | 285. Boston College, which ranks No. 16 in the country in rushing offense, rushed for 285 yards on 46 attempts in the loss. |
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY BOWL | ||||
Nebraska QB Tommy Armstrong Jr.'s Hail Mary throw was knocked down near the goal line as time expired. | Adoree' Jackson. The USC freshman had two long TDs, one on a 98-yard kick return and the other on a 71-yard catch-and-run. | 3.3. USC held Nebraska stud RB Ameer Abdullah to just 89 rushing yards on 27 carries for an average of 3.3 yards per rush. |
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