LAS VEGAS BOWL
NO. 19 FRESNO STATE 31, ARIZONA STATE 20
LAS VEGAS -- Ronnie Rivers rushed for 212 yards and two touchdowns, Anthoula
"Tank" Kelly had a 70-yard interception return for a touchdown and
No. 19 Fresno State beat Arizona State 31-20 in the Las Vegas Bowl on Saturday.
Marcus McMaryion rushed for a touchdown and was 15-of-29
passing for 176 yards to help the Bulldogs (12-2) set a school record for wins
in a season. He also threw two interceptions.
Eno Benjamin rushed for 118 yards a one touchdown for the
Sun Devils (7-6) in their third straight bowl loss. Manny Wilkins threw for 129 yards, with a 3-yard scoring
pass to Kyle Williams and two interceptions.
Rivers put Fresno State back in
front 24-20 with a 68-yard touchdown run up the middle in the third quarter and
had a 5-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter to seal Fresno State's second
win over a Pac-12 opponent this season.
Wilkins sustained an apparent
knee injury on the final pass of his college career, which was intercepted
by Juju Hughes.
NEW MEXICO BOWL
UTAH STATE 52, NORTH TEXAS 13
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Jordan Love threw for 359 yards and four touchdowns
and Jalen Greene had six catches for 151 yards and a score to
help Utah State rout North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl.
Interim coach Frank Maile
directed the Aggies (11-2) after Matt Wells left to take the Texas Tech job.
Love completed 21 of 43 passes
with one interception. D.J. William had two interceptions, helping Utah State
ground high-flying North Texas (9-4).
Aaren Vaughns caught two passes for 109 yards and two
scores for the Aggies, Gerold Brightran for 103 yards and two touchdowns on 16
carries, and Darwin Thompson added 93 yards on 21 carries.
North Texas quarterback Mason Fine was injured in the first quarter, and the Mean
Green ended up using four quarterbacks. Jalen Guyton had four catches for 103 yards a score.
CURE BOWL
TULANE 41, LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 24
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Darius Bradwell rushed for a career-best 150 yards and
two touchdowns to lead Tulane to its first postseason victory in 16 years, a
41-24 win over intrastate rival Louisiana-Lafayette in the Cure Bowl.
Justin McMillan improved to 5-1 as the Green Wave's
starting quarterback, tossing a first-quarter TD pass to Terren Encalade and running for a late score while
accounting for 217 yards total offense -- 145 passing and 72 rushing.
Bradwell scored on runs of 15 and
4 yards while setting bowl records for rushing attempts (35) and yards for
Tulane (7-6), which won a bowl game for the first time since the 2002 Hawaii
Bowl.
The Green Wave also got a rushing
TD from Amare Jones and outgained the Ragin' Cajuns 337 yards to
84 on the ground.
Lousiana-Lafayette (7-7) rallied
from a 24-7 deficit to pull within three points on Jarrod Jackson's 15-yard TD reception with just over 10
minutes remaining.
McMillan put the game away,
leading a 75-yard drive Bradwell finished with his second TD and later scoring
himself on a 16-yard run that put Tulane up 41-24.
CAMELLIA BOWL
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 23, EASTERN MICHIGAN 21
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Tyler Bass kicked a 40-yard field goal as time expired to
lift Georgia Southern past Eastern Michigan in the Camellia Bowl.
Shai Werts kept the winning drive alive with a 29-yard
scramble on fourth-and-10. Bass came on for his third field goal after Wesley Fields' two runs pushed Georgia Southern (10-3) 7 yards
closer.
Bass also made a 50-yarder on the
final play of the first half.
Eastern Michigan (7-6) had
delivered its own big fourth-down play to take the lead for the first time.
Mike Glass threw a 5-yard
touchdown pass to Arthur Jackson with 3:33 left on fourth-and-4, followed
by Chad Ryland's extra point.
Georgia Southern took over at its
own 25 with a triple-option offense that attempted fewer passes than every FBS
team but Army. Werts completed a 15-yard pass to tight end Ellis Richardson, but Georgia Southern fittingly covered most
of the 52 yards with runs.
NEW ORLEANS BOWL
APPALACHIAN STATE 45, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 13
NEW ORLEANS -- Appalachian State
receiver Malik Williams passed for two touchdowns on trick plays,
quarterback Zac Thomas caught a scoring pass and threw for three
more, and the Mountaineers routed Middle Tennessee in the New Orleans Bowl.
Camerun Peoples had a 63-yard touchdown run for the
Mountaineers (11-2), which gave Appalachian State alum and former player Mark
Ivey a victory in what might have been his only chance to coach his alma mater.
Ivey took over on an interim basis after Scott Satterfield left for Louisville.
Middle Tennessee finished 8-6.
CELEBRATION BOWL
NORTH CAROLINA A&T 24, ALCORN STATE 22
ATLANTA -- Lamar Raynard passed for 292 yards and two touchdowns
and Malik Wilson returned a kickoff for the game-sealing touchdown
for North Carolina A&T in the Celebration Bowl.
The Mid-Eastern Athletic
conference champion Aggies (10-2) won their second straight HBCU national
championship and third in four years. Alcorn State finished 9-4.
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