Northwestern gets rare bowl victory

bust up the previous pass play, to clinch the win for Justin Jackson ran for 226 the Wildcats. yards and three touchdowns Jackson, who led the Big Wednesday and powered Ten with 1,300 yards rushing Northwestern to only its third and became the fifirst Wildcat bowl victory, 31-24 over No. to rush for 1,000-plus yards 23 Pittsburgh in the Pinstripe in three straight seasons, stiffffffffffffBowl at Yankee Stadium in armed one defender, then New York. bowled over a second for

Jackson helped etch this a 16-yard score that helped performance alongside the Northwestern take a 14-10 1948 Rose Bowl and 2012 lead into halftime. Gator Bowl victories in the Peterman, who threw for program’s oft-futile history. 253 yards, gave Pitt a 17-14

He had TD runs of 8 and lead on a 5-yard scamper in 16 yards in the second quarthe third. Peterman’s solid ter, then went deep on a outing ended late in the quar40-yard burst in the third ter when he was sandwiched that gave the Wildcats (7-6) between two defenders and a 17 lead. his head slammed the turf.

Rallying without injured DiNucci was intercepted quarterback Nathan Peteron Pitt’s fifinal drive with 30 man and running back James seconds left in the game, Conner, Pitt yanked the lead and the Wildcats stormed away in the fourth on a short the fifield in celebration. TD pass before it collapsed the rest of the quarter.

The Wildc ats turned a fourth-and-1 into a 21-yard pl ay- ac t i on TD pass t hat made it 28-24 and hit a late fifield goal to go up by seven.

The Panthers, who had wins over No. 2 Clemson and Big Ten champ Penn State, still had time to spoil Northwestern’s upset bid with a late drive for the tying score.

Scott Orndoff failed to hang on to backup quart e r b a c k B e n D i N u c c i ’ s strike in the end zone on third down. DiNucci had his fourth-down pass picked offff by Jared McGee, who helped Late Tuesday

Mi n ne s o t a 1 7, Washington State 12: Shannon Brooks caught a tipped pass from Mitch Leidner for a 13-yard, go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter and Minnesota (9-4), beset by turmoil after 10 players were suspended after a sexual assault investigation, upset Washington State (8-5) in the Holiday Bowl.

Baylor 31, Boise State 12: KD Cannon had 14 catches for a Cactus Bowl-record 226 yards and two touchdowns, helping Baylor (7-6) rout Boise State (10-3).