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Friday 29 December 2017
Purdue rallies to beat Arizona
38-35 in Foster Farms Bowl
By The Associated Press and using an innovative end was down at the 1. No Purdue wide receiver Anthony Mahoungou, top, catches the go-
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) trick play to set up a field worries. Kulick got the call
— Elijah Sindelar threw a goal at the end of the first over 1,000-yard rusher Ak- ahead touchdown over Arizona cornerback Lorenzo Burns (2)
38-yard touchdown pass half that made it 31-14. rum Wadley and barged
to Anthony Mahoungou The Boilermakers took over through for the go-ahead during the fourth quarter of the Foster Farms Bowl NCAA college
with 1:44 remaining and at their 32 with 56 seconds score. The smattering of
Purdue capped coach Jeff left after Tate lost a fum- Iowa fans went wild and football game Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, in Santa Clara, Calif.
Brohm’s first season in dra- ble. Purdue appeared to Josh Jackson gave them
matic style with a 38-35 vic- be taking a knee on the reason to stay on their feet Purdue won 38-35.
tory over Arizona in the Fos- paly to run out the clock, when he sealed the win
ter Farms Bowl on Wednes- but running back D.J. Knox with an interception. Associated Press
day night. was crouching hidden be- Boston College (7-6) had
The Boilermakers (7-6) had hind a guard. Sindelar then nothing on its final drive the third quarter. Cam Ak- The Longhorns (7-6), in a
squandered a 17-point handed the ball to Knox, and that ended an other-
halftime lead when Khalil who waited an instant and wise miserable day at Yan- ers led Florida State with 94 bowl for the first time since
Tate threw his fifth TD pass then ran around left end for kee Stadium. The Yankees’
with 3:21 remaining to give a 30-yard gain that helped postseason games in Oc- yards rushing, and Jacques 2014, bounced back from
the Wildcats (7-6) the lead. set up the field goal. tober seemed downright
But Sindelar responded PINSTRIPE BOWL balmy compared to the Patrick added 61 yards. a loss to Texas Tech in their
with a 75-yard drive that IOWA 27, BOSTON COLLEGE kickoff temperature of 23
ended with the deep throw 20 degrees and a wind chill Blackman completed 18 of regular-season finale to fin-
into the end zone to Ma- NEW YORK (AP) — Drake that made it feel like 12 de-
houngou, giving the Boil- Kulick fought for a 1-yard grees. 26 passes for 233 yards. ish with their first winning
ermakers their first winning touchdown run late in the INDEPENDENCE BOWL
record since 2011 and first fourth quarter on his only FLORIDA STATE 42, SOUTH- Southern Miss (8-5) was led record since going 8-5 in
bowl win over a major con- carry of the game and ERN MISS 13
ference team since beat- Iowa beat Boston College SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — by Ito Smith, who ran for 92 coach Mack Brown’s final
ing Washington in the 2002 in the frigid Pinstripe Bowl James Blackman threw
Sun Bowl. at Yankee Stadium to snap three of his Independence yards. Kwadra Griggs com- season in 2013.
Sindelar threw for 396 yards a five-game bowl losing Bowl-record four touch-
and four touchdowns, with streak. down passes to Auden pleted 13 of 25 passes for Shane Buechele and Sam
Mahoungou (118 yards) The Hawkeyes (8-5) had Tate and Florida State beat
and Gregory Phillips (149) been the only team in the Southern Mississippi. just 86 yards and a touch- Ehlinger split time at quar-
each topping the 100-yard nation to lose a bowl game Florida State (7-6) avoided
mark and catching two TD in each of the last four sea- its first losing season since down. terback for Texas, and both
passes. sons. Iowa had last won a 1976.
Tate was just as good, bowl game in 2010 and Southern Miss took a 6-0 TEXAS BOWL players threw a touchdown
showing he can win with started the losing streak the lead in the first quarter after
his arm as well as he can next season. a 63-yard touchdown drive TEXAS 33, MISSOURI 16 pass. The defense helped
with his legs that carried The Hawkeyes used their that was aided by two 15-
him to 1,353 yards rush- first sack of the game late yard Florida State penalties, HOUSTON (AP) — Freshman out, too, with Anthony
ing in the regular season. in the fourth to spark the one for unsportsmanlike
Tate threw for 302 yards winning drive. Iowa defen- conduct and the other for running back Daniel Young Wheeler scoring a TD on a
and five touchdowns but sive end Anthony Nelson hit roughing the kicker. Black-
his late interception to Ja- Darius Wade, and Parker man matched an Indepen- had 64 yards receiving with fumble return in the first half
cob Thieneman ended the Hesse recovered a fumble dence Bowl record with
comeback attempt. at the BC 45. three touchdown passes in a touchdown and added and Davante Davis grab-
Brohm pulled out all the Nate Stanley’s pass to Nate the first half to help Florida
stops, going for it three Wieting on a rollout was State take a 23-6 lead. 48 yards on the ground to bing an interception with
times on fourth down, call- ruled a touchdown until a The Seminoles pushed the
ing a couple of flea-flickers review showed the tight advantage to 33-6 late in help Texas beat Missouri in about three minutes left in
the Texas Bowl. the fourth quarter.q
