Saturday, January 3, 2009 6:01 AM CST
Football
College
Bowl Glance
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Cotton Bowl
At Dallas
Mississippi 47, Texas Tech 34
Liberty Bowl
At Memphis, Tenn.
Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
Utah 31, Utah 17
GAME TODAY
International Bowl
At Toronto
Payout: $750,000
Connecticut (7-5) vs. Buffalo (8-5), Noon (ESPN2)
GAME MONDAY
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Payout: $17 million
Texas (11-1) vs. Ohio State (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (FOX)
Bowl summaries
Cotton Bowl
No. 20 OLE MISS 47, No. 8 TEXAS TECH 34
Mississippi7 17 14 9—47
Texas Tech14 7 0 13—34
First Quarter
TT—Britton 35 pass from Harrell (Mat.Williams kick), 6:31.
TT—McBath 45 interception return (Mat.Williams kick), 5:22.
Miss—G.Harris 8 pass from Snead (Shene kick), 1:49.
Second Quarter
Miss—Wallace 41 pass from Snead (Shene kick), 11:57.
TT—Crabtree 2 pass from Harrell (Mat.Williams kick), 7:44.
Miss—G.Harris 21 pass from Snead (Shene kick), 4:09.
Miss—FG Shene 27, 1:08.
Third Quarter
Miss—M.Green 65 interception return (Shene kick), 12:12.
Miss—Bolden 17 run (Shene kick), 6:55.
Fourth Quarter
TT—Britton 12 pass from Harrell (Mat.Williams kick), 12:13.
Miss—Trahan Safety, 10:02.
Miss—McCluster 4 run (Shene kick), 4:34.
TT—Morris 17 pass from Harrell (kick failed), 1:37.
A—88,175.
TEAM STATISTICS
Miss TT
First downs26 24
Rushes-yards45-223 14-105
Passing292 364
Comp-Att-Int18-29-1 36-58-2
Return Yards157 45
Punts-Avg.2-37.5 4-41.0
Fumbles-Lost2-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards2-15 8-62
Time of Possession35:14 24:46
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Mississippi, Bolden 11-101, McCluster 14-97, E.Davis 5-22, Hartmann 1-10, Eason 3-3, Wallace 1-(minus 2), Snead 7-(minus 2), Team 3-(minus 6). Texas Tech, Woods 6-46, Harrell 6-43, Batch 2-16.
PASSING—Mississippi, Snead 18-29-1-292. Texas Tech, Harrell 36-58-2-364.
RECEIVING—Mississippi, McCluster 6-83, Wallace 4-80, Hodge 2-49, G.Harris 2-29, Bolden 2-13, Summers 1-29, Eason 1-9. Texas Tech, Morris 10-89, Britton 5-87, Woods 5-67, Lewis 5-44, Swindall 4-33, Crabtree 4-30, Batch 2-7, Leong 1-7.
Liberty Bowl
KENTUCKY 25, EAST CAROLINA 19
Kentucky0 3 13 9—25
East Carolina3 13 3 0—19
First Quarter
ECU—FG Hartman 22, 5:24.
Second Quarter
ECU—B.Simmons 28 run (Hartman kick), 14:14.
Ky—FG Seiber 21, 8:59.
ECU—Freeney 80 pass from Pinkney (kick blocked), 8:47.
Third Quarter
Ky—D.Jones 99 kickoff return (kick blocked), 14:48.
Ky—Lanxter 19 pass from Hartline (Seiber kick), 8:13.
ECU—FG Hartman 43, :06.
Fourth Quarter
Ky—FG Seiber 34, 14:07.
Ky—Jenkins 56 fumble return (kick blocked), 3:02.
A—56,125.
Ky ECU
First downs16 17
Rushes-yards37-106 31-101
Passing204 296
Comp-Att-Int19-31-1 18-36-0
Return Yards19 16
Punts-Avg.6-41.8 8-47.8
Fumbles-Lost1-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards4-35 4-17
Time of Possession30:43 29:17
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Kentucky, Dixon 28-89, A.Smith 5-28, Conner 1-1, Hartline 3-(minus 12). East Carolina, B.Simmons 10-44, Whitley 7-31, Rogers 3-23, Bowman 1-3, Pinkney 10-0.
PASSING—Kentucky, Hartline 19-31-1-204. East Carolina, Pinkney 18-36-0-296.
RECEIVING—Kentucky, Lanxter 5-46, McCaskill 3-64, Dixon 3-17, A.Smith 3-11, Adeyemi 2-31, Grinter 1-16, Drake 1-15, Conner 1-4. East Carolina, Drew 5-120, Freeney 5-112, B.Simmons 3-23, Bowman 2-20, Womack 1-15, Gidrey 1-4, Rogers 1-2.
Sugar Bowl
UTAH 31, ALABAMA 17
No stats available as of press time
Unrewarded undefeateds
Teams that finished with perfect records but did not win the national championship:
2008 — Utah 13-0.
2004 — Auburn 13-0; Utah 12-0.
1999 — Marshall 13-0
1998 — Tulane 12-0
1997 — Nebraska 13-0
1994 — Penn State 12-0
1993 — x-Auburn, 11-0
1991 — Washington, 12-0
1976 — Rutgers, 11-0
1975 — Arizona State, 12-0; Arkansas State, 11-0
1973 — Miami (OH) 11-0; PSU, 12-0
1971 — Toledo, 12-0
1970 — Arizona State 11-0; Dartmouth, 9-0; Toledo, 12-0
1969 — Penn State, 11-0; San Diego State, 11-0; Toledo, 11-0
1968 — Penn State, 11-0
1966 — Alabama, 11-0
1965 — Dartmouth, 9-0
1964 — Arkansas, 11-0; Princeton, 9-0
1962 — Dartmouth, 9-0; Ole Miss, 10-0
1961 — Rutgers, 9-0
1960 — New Mexico St, 11-0; Yale, 9-0
1957 — Arizona State, 10-0
1956 — Wyoming, 10-0
1954 — Oklahoma, 10-0; UCLA, 9-0
1952 — Georgia Tech, 12-0
1951 — Maryland, 10-0; Michigan State 9-0; Princeton, 9-0; San Francisco, 9-0
1950 — Princeton, 9-0; Wyoming, 10-0
1949 — Army 9-0; Oklahoma, 11-0
1948 — Clemson, 11-0
1947 — Michigan, 10-0
1946 — Georgia, 11-0; Hardin-Simmons, 11-0
1945 — Alabama, 10-0; Ok. State, 9-0
1944 — Ohio State, 9-0
1943 — Purdue, 9-0
1941 — Duquesne, 8-0
1940 — Boston College, 11-0; Lafayette, 9-0; Stanford, 9-0
1939 — Cornell, 8-0
1938 — Tennessee 11-0; Georgetown, 8-0
1937 — Santa Clara, 9-0
x-On NCAA probattion and not eligible to attend postseason bowl game.
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