Bowl roundup: Baylor rushes for 645 yards in win over North Carolina

When it was at full strength this season, Baylor had the most productive offense in college football.

Even without several of their key pieces, the Bears proved they could be just as impressive.

Johnny Jefferson rushed for three touchdowns and a record 299 yards, and No. 18 Baylor ran past No. 10 North Carolina 49-38 in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Tuesday night in Orlando, Fla.

Despite missing two quarterbacks, an award-winning receiver, and a 1,000-yard running back, the Bears' No. 1-ranked scoring offense stayed creative, pounding out 645 yards rushing and 756 total yards — both records for this bowl.

"It just says we're tough. Baylor's whole identity is 'physicality travels.' That's all we preach. That's all we teach," said Jefferson, whose rushing performance was a Russell Athletic Bowl record. "So being physical today, we won the game."

Devin Chafin added 161 yards and a touchdown, and Terence Williams rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns for the Bears (10-3).

North Carolina (11-3) tried to match Baylor's scoring output but had a key fumble in the third quarter that stifled its comeback efforts.

No. 20 LSU 56, Texas Tech 27: Leonard Fournette scored five touchdowns and ran for 212 yards as the Tigers used a big third quarter to pull away for a victory over the Red Raiders in Houston.

Texas Tech (7-6) cut the lead to 21-20 early in the third quarter before LSU (9-3) scored 21 consecutive points, with two touchdowns by Fournette, to make it 42-20 entering the fourth.

Fournette had two rushing touchdowns of 2 yards, ran for scores of 43 and 4 yards and took a screen pass 44 yards for another TD.

Patrick Mahomes passed for 370 yards and four touchdowns for Texas Tech but was under heavy pressure all night and was sacked six times and scrambled away from probably 10 more. Jakeem Grant set a Texas Tech bowl record with three touchdown catches.

California 55, Air Force 26: Jared Goff passed for 467 yards and six touchdowns and the Golden Bears won in the postseason for the first time in seven years, beating the Falcons in Fort Worth, Texas.

Goff, who was Cal's first freshman starting quarterback in 2013, broke Aaron Rodgers' school record for passing yards in a bowl game in possibly his last game if he enters the NFL draft as a junior. Rodgers had 394 yards in a 52-49 victory over Virginia Tech in the 2003 Insight Bowl.

Goff said he will discuss the NFL decision with the parents and "should know soon." Cal fans were chanting "One more year!" while celebrating the victory.

"I was chanting that, too," coach Sonny Dykes said, drawing laughter from reporters in the postgame news conference.

Nevada 28, Colorado State 23: James Butler scored on a 4-yard run with 1:06 left and the Wolf Pack (7-6) benefited from a late gaffe by Colorado State to beat the Rams (7-6) in the inaugural Arizona Bowl in Tucson.

Colorado State's Nick Stevens orchestrated a quick-hitting drive in the final minute with no timeouts, but receiver Jordon Vaden was unable to get out of bounds at Nevada's 12-yard line and time ran out on the Rams.