Jarrett Stidham threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns in his final college game as Auburn used a 56-point first half to rout Purdue 63-14 in the Music City Bowl on Friday in Nashville.
Auburn (8-5) rolled in the finale of a season that opened with a Top 10 ranking, stumbled a bit in the middle and concluded with a record-setting performance. It was the Tigers' first postseason victory since beating Memphis in the 2015 Birmingham Bowl.
Auburn scored the most points by a Southeastern Conference team in a bowl, topping Alabama's 61-6 win over Syracuse in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1, 1953. The Tigers had a chance to match the most points ever scored in a bowl at 70, most recently by Army in the Armed Forces Bowl last week, but they took a knee at the Purdue 1 with 61 seconds left.
The 63 points were the most ever given up by a Purdue team.
Freshman Rondale Moore had 11 catches for the Boilermakers (6-7) to finish the season with 114.
Camping World Bowl
No. 17 Syracuse 34, No. 15 West Virginia 18: Abdul Adams and Trishton Jackson made their Syracuse debuts memorable, combining to score three touchdowns in Orlando and helping the Orange secure their first 10-win season since 2001.
Adams rushed for two first-half scores, and Jackson hauled in a TD pass from Eric Dungey on the first play of the fourth quarter for Syracuse (10-3). Adams and Jackson were both transfers who had to sit out a year, which by NCAA rule was satisfied at the end of the first semester.
Alamo Bowl
Washington State 28, Iowa State 26: The Cougars stopped the Cyclones' game-tying two-point conversion attempt late in the game. Gardner Minshew completed 35 of 49 passes for 299 yards and two touchdowns for Washington State, which gained only 28 yards rushing in the game. Hakeem Butler caught nine passes for 192 yards for Iowa State.
