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January 1, 2008 at 5:56AM

ARMED FORCES BOWL

CALIFORNIA 42, AIR FORCE 36 California 0141414--42 Air Force 71469--36 First quarter AFA--Carney 1 run (Harrison kick), 8:27. Second quarter AFA--Dekker 7 pass from Carney (Harrison kick), 14:10. AFA--Ollis 8 run (Harrison kick), 12:08. Cal--Jackson 40 pass from Riley (Kay kick), 10:31. Cal--Hawkins 5 pass from Riley (Kay kick), 4:09. Third quarter AFA--FG Harrison 29, 10:29. Cal--R.Jordan 18 pass from Riley (Kay kick), 7:49. AFA--FG Harrison 19, 2:50. Cal--Forsett 1 run (Kay kick), 1:33. Fourth quarter Cal--Forsett 21 run (Kay kick), 10:59. AFA--FG Harrison 47, 7:25. Cal--Riley 1 run (Kay kick), 6:13. AFA--Hall 4 run (run failed), 2:23. A--40,905. TEAM STATISTICS Cal AFA First downs 26 24 Rushes-yards 34-202 61-312 Passing 305 113 Comp-att-int 21-27-0 9-20-0 Return yards 0 0 Punts-avg. 1-43.0 3-41.7 Fumbles-lost 2-2 0-0 Penalties-yards 3-25 5-44 Time of possession 24:53 35:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: California--Forsett 23-140, Montgomery 4-41, Riley 4-17, Hawkins 1-7, Team 2-(-3). Air Force--Carney 15-108, Ollis 16-101, Hall 19-63, S.Smith 4-33, McCarthy 2-6, R.Williams 3-3, Newell 1-1, Paffett 1-(-3). PASSING: California--Riley 16-19-0, 269, Longshore 5-8-0, 36. Air Force--S.Smith 4-12-0, 45, Carney 5-8-0, 68. RECEIVING: California--R.Jordan 6-148, Jackson 5-81, Forsett 3-21, Hawkins 3-17, Cunningham 2-15, Ta'ufo'ou 1-12, C.Morrah 1-11. Air Force-- Dekker 4-63, Hall 4-36, Root 1-14. Humanitarian Bowl

FRESNO ST. 40, GEORGIA TECH 28 Georgia Tech 70147--28 Fresno St. 317146--40 First quarter GaT--Thomas 35 pass from Bennett (Bell kick), 12:47. Fre--FG Stitser 21, 4:02. Second quarter Fre--Moore 6 run (Stitser kick), 10:55. Fre--Lubinsky 3 pass from Brandstater (Stitser kick), 1:54. Fre--FG Stitser 39, :00. Third quarter Fre--C.Smith 43 run (Stitser kick), 13:29. GaT--Dwyer 36 run (Bell kick), 9:59. Fre--Brandstater 24 run (Stitser kick), 6:29. GaT--Dwyer 2 run (Bell kick), 2:11. Fourth quarter GaT--Donley 20 pass from Booker (Bell kick), 13:06. Fre--C.Smith 32 run (pass failed), 1:50. A--27,062. TEAM STATISTICS GaT Fre First downs 23 29 Rushes-yards 40-161 42-286 Passing 218 285 Comp-att-int 17-32-1 23-31-0 Return yards 10 0 Punts-avg. 4-37.8 2-12.0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-yards 8-62 10-80 Time of possession 26:31 33:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Georgia Tech--Choice 12-69, Dwyer 12-62, Nesbitt 6-37, J.Evans 2-7, Cox 1-3, Booker 3-(-6), Bennett 4-(-11). Fresno St.--C.Smith 18-152, Jenkins 11-46, Brandstater 3-40, Miller 7-38, Moore 2-11, Team 1-(-1). PASSING: Georgia Tech--Bennett 9-15-0, 91, Booker 7-15-1, 116, Nesbitt 1-2-0, 11. Fresno St.--Brandstater 23-30-0, 285, C.Smith 0-1-0, 0. RECEIVING: Georgia Tech--Thomas 4-69, J.Johnson 4-61, G.Smith 3-45, Donley 3-33, Choice 2-6, Cox 1-4. Fresno St.-- Moore 7-80, B.Pascoe 6-72, C.Smith 4-57, Ajirotutu 2-39, Crawley 1-15, Tapia 1-10, Hamler 1-9, Lubinsky 1-3. SUN Bowl

OREGON 56, #23 SOUTH FLORIDA 21 South Florida 01407--21 Oregon 8102810--56 First quarter Ore--Strong 7 pass from Roper (Evensen run), 6:28. Second quarter USF--FG Alvarado 29, 14:49. Ore--FG Evensen 39, 12:08. USF--Johnson 21 pass from Grothe (Ce.Hill pass from Grothe), 7:04. Ore--Stewart 71 run (Evensen kick), 3:17. USF--FG Alvarado 35, :00. Third quarter Ore--Williams 14 pass from Roper (Evensen kick), 10:17. Ore--Dickson 15 pass from Roper (Evensen kick), 7:35. Ore--Thurmond 25 interception return (Evensen kick), 7:25. Ore--Stewart 8 pass from Roper (Evensen kick), 4:05. Fourth quarter Ore--FG Evensen 30, 12:14. USF--Allen 11 pass from Gregory (Alvarado kick), 6:34. Ore--M.DiVincenzo 15 interception return (Padilla kick), 3:23. A--49,867. TEAM STATISTICS USF Ore First downs 25 25 Rushes-yards 34-88 43-353 Passing 236 180 Comp-att-int 24-47-4 17-30-0 Return yards 24 75 Punts-avg. 6-44.2 4-47.5 Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-1 Penalties-yards 8-64 13-138 Time of possession 34:43 25:17 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: South Florida--Gregory 4-42, Grothe 14-40, Ford 6-8, Taylor 1-7, Johnson 1-2, B.Williams 4-2, Samuels 3-0, Team 1-(-13). Oregon--Stewart 23-253, Crenshaw 8-52, Kempt 2-23, Maehl 1-20, Roper 3-10, Brown 2-2, Dickson 1-0, Alston 2-0, Team 1-(-7). PASSING: South Florida--Grothe 18-35-2, 197, Gregory 6-11-2, 39, Severino 0-1-0, 0. Oregon--Roper 17-30-0, 180. RECEIVING: South Florida--Johnson 4-51, Hester 4-41, Edwards 3-30, Ce.Hill 3-28, Love 2-12, B.Williams 2-(-1), Bogan 1-27, Okolie 1-19, Allen 1-11, Jackson 1-9, Denson 1-6, Samuels 1-3. Oregon-- Williams 4-40, Strong 3-36, Maehl 3-2, Stewart 2-29, Dickson 2-16, Jones 1-29, Pflugrad 1-23, Crenshaw 1-5. music city Bowl

KENTUCKY 35, FLORIDA STATE 28 Kentucky 7714 7--35 Florida St. 77 014--28 First quarter Ky--Tamme 14 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 10:39. FSU--Weatherford 6 run (Cismesia kick), 1:49. Second quarter Ky--S.Johnson 13 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 8:28. FSU--Carter 24 interception return (Cismesia kick), 3:28. Third quarter Ky--Little 2 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 6:49. Ky--Dixon 4 run (Seiber kick), :04. Fourth quarter FSU--Weatherford 1 run (Cismesia kick), 8:02. Ky--S.Johnson 38 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 5:19. FSU--Carr 7 pass from Weatherford (Cismesia kick), 2:14. A--68,661. TEAM STATISTICS Ky FSU First downs 29 22 Rushes-yards 36-143 33-204 Passing 358 276 Comp-att-int 32-50-1 22-50-2 Return yards 70 40 Punts-avg. 5-39.8 6-41.7 Fumbles-lost 5-3 1-0 Penalties-yards 7-45 10-102 Time of possession 30:25 29:35 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Kentucky--Little 28-152, Dixon 4-17, Woodson 4-(minus 26). Florida St.--A.Smith 17-156, Weatherford 12-48, Parker 2-1, Holloway 1-0, team 1-(-1). PASSING: Kentucky--Woodson 32-50-1, 358. Florida St.--Weatherford 22-48-2, 276, Parker 0-1-0, 0, team 0-1-0, 0. RECEIVING: Kentucky. Little 8-50, S.Johnson 7-124, Burton 7-56, Lyons 5-78, Tamme 3-35, Dixon 1-8, Grinter 1-7. Florida St.-- Parker 8-105, Carr 6-99, Fagg 5-51, Owens 2-10, A.Smith 1-11. INSIGHT Bowl

oklahoma st. 49, indiana 33 Indiana 37716--33 Oklahoma St. 211477--49 First quarter Ind--FG Starr 43, 10:41. OkSt--Savage 3 run (D.Bailey kick), 8:18. OkSt--Bryant 24 pass from Robinson (D.Bailey kick), 4:38. OkSt--Robinson 7 run (D.Bailey kick), 1:41. Second quarter OkSt--Bowman 14 pass from Robinson (D.Bailey kick), 10:11. Ind--Thigpen 4 pass from Lewis (Starr kick), 5:36. OkSt--Robinson 1 run (D.Bailey kick), 2:18. Third quarter Ind--Lewis 1 run (Starr kick), 10:29. OkSt--Bryant 11 pass from Robinson (D.Bailey kick), 6:16. Fourth quarter Ind--Sears 5 run (Starr kick), 7:02. Ind--FG Starr 37, 3:08. OkSt--Crosslin 1 run (D.Bailey kick), :50. Ind--Bailey 30 pass from Lewis (pass failed), :01. A--48,892. TEAM STATISTICS Ind OkSt First downs 21 29 Rushes-yards 33-179 49-211 Passing 220 302 Comp-att-int 23-44-0 24-34-1 Return yards 0 15 Punts-avg. 5-36.4 3-35.3 Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-1 Penalties-yards 10-80 10-103 Time of possession 28:08 31:52 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Indiana--Lewis 10-83, Thigpen 11-56, Payton 8-43, Sears 1-5, Team 1-(-2), Fisher 2-(-6). Oklahoma St.-- Savage 23-100, Robinson 15-70, Hunter 8-33, Bryant 1-7, Crosslin 2-1. PASSING: Indiana--Lewis 22-43-0, 204, Means 1-1-0, 16. Oklahoma St.-- Robinson 24-34-1, 302. RECEIVING: Indiana--Hardy 5-50, Means 5-41, Bailey 3-70, Fisher 3-20, Thigpen 2-4, Payton 2-3, Lewis 1-16, Starr 1-9, Sexton 1-7. Oklahoma St.-- Bryant 9-117, Bowman 6-74, Pettigrew 3-39, Newton 2-24, Savage 2-1, Hunter 1-24, Waller 1-23. Chick-fil-A Bowl

AUBURN 23, CLEMSON 20 (ot) Clemson 070103--20 Auburn 30776--23 First quarter Aub--FG Byrum 36, 8:54. Second quarter Clem--Spiller 83 run (Buchholz kick), 13:14. Third quarter Aub--Fannin 22 pass from Burns (Byrum kick), 11:33. Fourth quarter Clem--FG Buchholz 22, 14:58. Aub--Tate 1 run (Byrum kick), 8:27. Clem--Davis 1 run (Buchholz kick), 1:24. Overtime Clem--FG Buchholz 25. Aub--Burns 7 run. A--74,413. TEAM STATISTICS Clem Aub First downs 12 24 Rushes-yards 40-189 47-190 Passing 104 233 Comp-att-int 14-33-0 26-43-1 Return yards 8 25 Punts-avg. 8-43.1 8-38.6 Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-yards 1-5 6-40 Time of possession 29:14 30:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Clemson--Spiller 8-112, Davis 23-72, Grisham 1-8, Harper 8-(-3). Auburn--Burns 13-69, Lester 14-57, Tate 14-47, Fannin 3-18, Cox 3-(-1). PASSING: Clemson--Harper 14-33-0, 104. Auburn--Cox 25-39-1, 211, Burns 1-4-0, 22. RECEIVING: Clemson--Kelly 4-36, Taylor 3-32, Grisham 2-24, Harris 2-12, Spiller 2-(-5), Palmer 1-5. Auburn-- Fannin 5-53, Dunn 5-39, R.Smith 4-45, Lester 3-24, Tate 3-19, Bennett 2-16, Billings 1-13, Hawthorne 1-12, Rodriguez 1-8, Trott 1-4.

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