Barkley, Penn State run over Washington

Trace McSorley threw for 342 yards and two touchdowns, Saquon Barkley ran for two more scores and No. 9 Penn State outlasted No. 11 Washington 35-28 in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday in Glendale, Ariz.

Penn State (11-2) had its way with Washington’s defense early, building a 28-7 lead by the second quarter. Washington (10-3) woke up with two touchdowns and pulled to 35-28 on Myles Gaskins’ 69-yard TD run in the fourth quarter, but the game ended on an interception in a series of laterals.

Washington had the nation’s top run defense during the regular season, allowing 92 yards per game, but Barkley matched that on one run in the second quarter. Barkley had 137 of the Nittany Lions’ 203 yards rushing. The Huskies gave up a seasonhigh 545 total yards.

Penn State also was 13 for 17 on third downs, including touchdown passes by McSorley and three conversions on its final drive.

The Nittany Lions lost a chance at the College Football Playoff with consecutive losses to Ohio State and No. 24 Michigan State, but ended up in a familiar place: the Fiesta Bowl, where they had not lost in six trips.

Orange Bowl

Alex Hornibrook threw four touchdown passes, three of them to Danny Davis, and No. 6 Wisconsin capped the winningest season in school history by topping No. 11 Miami 34-24.

Jonathan Taylor capped his record-setting freshman season with 130 rushing yards for the Badgers (13-1), who rallied from an early 14-3 deficit. Taylor finished the year with 1,977 yards.

Hornibrook completed 23 of 34 passes for 258 yards, going 20 for 25 in the final three quarters.

Miami (10-3), which lost on its home field for the first time, had a chance to get within a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, but Michael Badgley’s chipshot field goal hit the uprights. Malik Rosier was picked off for the third time in the final two minutes.

TaxSlayer Bowl

Keytaon Thompson, a freshman making his first start for injured quarterback Nick Fitzgerald, ran for 147 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 24 Mississippi State beat Lamar Jackson and Louisville 31-27.

Thompson completed 11 of 20 passes for 127 yards but was more effective as a runner, carrying on 27 of the Bulldogs’ 55 running plays. He scored twice in the fourth quarter, including a oneyard plunge with 3:39 left that put the Bulldogs (9-4) ahead for good.

Jackson, the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner, had different emotions after probably ending his college career with a loss.

He ran 24 times for 158 yards and a touchdown, breaking the TaxSlayer Bowl record for rushing yards by a quarterback. He also broke his own school records for rushing yards and yards from scrimmage and had the longest run of his career, a 75-yarder.

But Jackson completed just 13 of 31 passes for 171 yards with two touchdowns, four interceptions and six sacks. He threw just six picks in the regular season.

Still, he became the third player in FBS history with at least 50 touchdown passes and 50 touchdown runs, joining Florida’s Tim Tebow and Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick.

Liberty Bowl

Allen Lazard tied a Liberty Bowl record with 10 catches and put Iowa State ahead with a five-yard touchdown in the third quarter, and the Cyclones beat No. 19 Memphis 21-20 on the Tigers’ home field.

Lazard had 142 yards receiving in his final college game and was named most valuable player. The Cyclones held the nation’s No. 2 scoring offense to its secondlowest point total despite missing two key players, with defensive back Evrett Edwards ruled ineligible and safety Kamari CottonMoya suspended for a violation of team rules. Iowa State’s six sacks tied a Liberty Bowl record and the Cyclones benefited from the absence of injured Memphis running back Darrell Henderson, who rushed for 1,154 yards this season.

The bowl victory was the first for Iowa State (8-5) since 2009 and its third win over a Top 25 team this year.