University of houston bowl game history

Quotable: "It's very devastating. I've been in this position twice now. It's not very fun. A magical season continued for the No. Tyus Bowser intercepted a pass and Elandon Roberts forced a fumble by the Owls as UH set the tone to take a point lead.

The Bears took a halftime lead before the Nittany Lions exploded in the second half to whip the Southwest Conference champions. Ricky Thompson caught two touchdown passes, and Steve Beaird rushed for 84 yards and a score for Baylor. Baylor managed just yards and got its only points on a safety by Tommy Tabor. The future Big 12 rival Cowboys raced to a lead in the first half and cruised to the victory. Cody Carlson threw touchdown passes to Matt Clark and John Simpson as the Bears dominated the Tigers for the second time in a bowl game.

Derrick McAdoo had two 1-yard touchdown runs for Baylor. Melvin Bonner caught touchdown passes of 61 and 69 yards to help send Grant Teaff out a winner in his final game as coach. Heisman Trophy-winning Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin carries off the Alamo Bowl trophy after a wild win over Washington to complete a season. Making its first bowl trip to California, Baylor did its part to uphold Holiday Bowl tradition by scoring fast and often.

It added up to a tour de force performance by the Bears as they pounded the No. Baylor lost to UCF, After the No. They stayed there most of the night as UCF pulled away for a win before 65, fans at University of Phoenix Stadium. The , pound Bortles also ran for a career-high 93 yards and a touchdown. Despite being named the Cotton Bowl's outstanding offensive player with a record-setting performance, Baylor QB Bryce Petty was in no mood to celebrate. With Bryce Petty setting a Cotton Bowl record for passing yards, it looked like the Bears would win comfortably as they took a lead into the fourth quarter.

But two Michigan State scores cut the lead to six, and following a blocked Baylor field-goal attempt, the Spartans moved 45 yards for the winning touchdown, then intercepted Bryce Petty with two seconds remaining to seal the win. The back-to-back Big 12 champion Bears finished with an record for the second straight season following consecutive major bowl losses.

Setting a FBS bowl record with yards rushing, the No. Coming into the game hammered by major injuries quarterbacks Seth Russell and Jarrett Stidham, Biletnikoff Award-winning receiver Corey Coleman, running back Shock Linwood and lineman Pat Colbert , the Bears dusted off the single wing, one of the oldest and most basic offenses in the books. This is big for our program and Coach Briles and Baylor Nation.

After enduring one of the most difficult seasons imaginable, Baylor could have easily mailed it in for the Cactus Bowl and ended the season with its seventh straight loss. Instead, the Bears played some of their most inspired, daring football of the season as the Bears rocked the Broncos at Chase Field. After a start, Auburn lost its final four games. This will be the 46th bowl game in school history and the second appearance in the Birmingham Bowl Auburn is all-time against the Cougars.

Tank Bigsby is fifth in the SEC in rushing with 1, yards. This will be the 29th bowl appearance for the Cougars, including a current stretch of 14 in the last 17 seasons. Auburn stumbled down the stretch, losing its last four games, including three in a row in which the Tigers held a double-digit lead.

Game MVP Tune completed 26 of 40 passes for yards and two touchdowns with an interception while also rushing for 43 yards. Nathaniel Dell caught 10 passes for yards, while Alton McCaskill ran for 66 yards and caught a touchdown pass. And Herslow, who walked on after playing for Old Dominion from , delivered the biggest catch. Auburn, which fired offensive coordinator Mike Bobo after the regular season, had one more chance but couldn't get a first down.

Tank Bigsby ran for 8 yards on first down and then T. Finley threw three straight incompletions on short passes. Finley completed 19 of 34 passes for yards and a touchdown in his third start since replacing injured Bo Nix. Bigsby had 88 rushing yards and 68 receiving yards. The Cougars had moved across midfield for the go-ahead score after Auburn's second targeting ejection, this time against Jaylin Simpson.