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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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