College Bowl Briefs
Ga. Tech Beats So. Cal In Sun Bowl
Quarterback Tevin Washington threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score to lead the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech to a 21-7 victory over the Trojans of USC on Dec. 31 in front of a crowd of 47,922 at Sun Bowl Stadium.
Washington’s 1-yard touchdown run in the third made it 14-7, and he found Orwin Smith for a 17-yard touchdown pass in the fourth.
UGA Caps Season With 45-31 Win Over Nebraska
Aaron Murray threw for 428 yards and five touchdowns as the Georgia Bulldogs set a Capital One Bowl record with 589 total yards in beating the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 45-31, on New Years Day in Orlando, Fla.
The Bulldogs recorded the biggest play of the game when Murray hit Chris Conley on a slip screen as he sprinted for an 87-yard touchdown. The score was UGA’s longest pass play of the season and gave them the game-winning margin.
New Mexico Bowl – Albuquerque, N.M. – Dec. 15
Arizona 49, Nevada 48
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl – Boise, Idaho — Dec. 15
Utah State 41, Toledo 15
Poinsettia Bowl – San Diego – Dec. 20
BYU 23, San Diego State 6
St. Petersburg Bowl – St. Petersburg, Fla. – Dec. 21
UCF 38, Ball State 17
New Orleans Bowl – New Orleans – Dec. 22
Louisiana-Lafayette 43, East Carolina 34
Las Vegas Bowl – Las Vegas – Dec. 22
Boise State 28, Washington 26
Hawaii Bowl – Honolulu – Dec. 24
Southern Methodist 43, Fresno State 10
Chick-fil-A Bowl — Atlanta – Dec. 31
Clemson 25, LSU 24
Military Bowl — Washington, D.C. – Dec. 27
San Jose State 29, Bowling Green 20
Belk Bowl — Charlotte, N.C. – Dec. 27
Cincinnati 48, Duke 34
Holiday Bowl — San Diego – Dec. 27
Baylor 49, UCLA 26
Independence Bowl — Shreveport, La. – Dec. 28
Ohio 45, Louisiana-Monroe 14
Russell Athletic Bowl — Orlando – Dec. 28
Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10
Meineke Car Care Bowl — Houston – Dec. 28
Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31
Armed Forces Bowl — Fort Worth, Texas – Dec. 29
Rice 33, Air Force 14
Pinstripe Bowl — Bronx, N.Y. – Dec. 29
Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14
Fight Hunger Bowl — San Francisco — Dec. 29
Arizona State 62, Navy 28
Alamo Bowl — San Antonio – Dec. 29
Texas 31, Oregon State 27
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl — Tempe, Ariz. – Dec. 29
Michigan State 17, TCU 16
Music City Bowl — Nashville, Tenn. – Dec. 31
Vanderbilt 38, North Carolina State 24
Liberty Bowl — Memphis, Tenn. – Dec. 31
Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17
Outback Bowl — Tampa, Fla. – Jan. 1
South Carolina 33, Michigan 28
Rose Bowl — Pasadena, Calif. – Jan. 1
Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14
Orange Bowl — Miami – Jan. 1
Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10
UPCOMING:
Sugar Bowl — New Orleans – Jan. 2
Florida vs. Louisville — 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Fiesta Bowl — Glendale, Ariz. – Jan. 3
Kansas State vs. Oregon — 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Cotton Bowl — Arlington, Texas – Jan. 4
Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma — 8 p.m. ET, FOX
Compass Bowl — Birmingham, Ala. – Jan. 5
Mississippi vs. Pittsburgh — 1 p.m. ET, ESPN
GoDaddy.com Bowl — Mobile, Ala. – Jan. 6
Arkansas State vs. Kent State — 9 p.m. ET, ESPN
BCS Championship Game – Miami – Jan. 7
Notre Dame vs. Alabama — 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
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