Freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels threw three touchdown passes, the last a 13-yarder to David Leonard in the second overtime, and Wyoming rallied past Fresno State 35-28 in the 2009 New Mexico Bowl. MORE
Freshman QB Tom Savage completed 14 of 27 passes for 294 yards and two touchdowns as Rutgers rolled over Central Florida 45-24 in the 2009 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg. The Scarlet Knights held UCF to just 32 yards rushing on 30 carries. MORE
BYU’s Max Hall threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Cougars past Oregon State 44-20 in the 2009 MAACO Las Vegas Bowl. Oregon State's loss snaps a five-game bowl winning streak. MORE
Freshman quarterback Kyle Padron threw for an SMU-record 460 yards, leading the Mustangs to a 45-10 victory over Nevada in the 2009 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, SMU’s first postseason appearance in 25 years. MORE
Asher Clark and Jared Tew each ran for more than 100 yards with two touchdowns and Air Force's top-ranked pass defense had six interceptions against Case Keenum, leading the Falcons to a 47-20 victory over Houston in the 2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. MORE
Navy QB Ricky Dobbs had the game of his life in the 2009 Texas Bowl—running for 166 yards and three touchdowns as the Midshipmen manhandled Missouri with their triple-option offense in a 35-13 victory. Dobbs joined Craig Candeto (2003) and Chris McCoy (1997) as the only Midshipmen to run and pass for over 1,000 yards in a season. MORE
Andre Dixon rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown and resilient Connecticut ended a trying season with a 20-7 victory over South Carolina in the 2009 Papajohns.com Bowl. Dixon was the Most Valuable Player and joined teammate Jordan Todman as 1,000-yard rushers, the first time two UConn backs have surpassed that mark in the same season. MORE
The matchup for the sixth annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge will be … Delaware State of the MEAC vs. Southern of the SWAC. The MEAC holds a convincing 4-1 lead in this HBCU series, writes Donald Hunt, but the goal for both schools is to start the season out on a winning note. MORE
