Penn St. pummels Memphis
ARLINGTON — Journey Brown ran for 202 yards with two long touchdowns, Garrett Taylor returned an interception 15 yards for a score after another big play by AllAmerican linebacker Micah Parsons and No. 10 Penn State beat No. 17 Memphis 53-39 in the highest-scoring Cotton Bowl ever on Saturday.
While Penn State (11-2) gave up its most points and yards all season against the big-play Group of Five Tigers, Parsons was pulling down quarterback
Brady White, who flipped the ball right into the hands of Taylor. That put the Nittany Lions up 45-36 in the final minute of the third quarter.
American Athletic Conference champion Memphis (12-2) played its first game under coach Ryan Silverfield, who was promoted when Mike Norvell left to become Florida State’s coach.
White was 32-of-51 passing for 454 yards with two interceptions. Patrick Taylor Jr. and Kenneth Gainwell both had rushing touchdowns for the Tigers, but the rest of their points came on a Cotton Bowlrecord six field goals by Riley Patterson, including a record-long 51-yarder.
White was sacked a season-high six times and didn’t throw a touchdown for the first time since the season opener.
NOTRE DAME 33, IOWA STATE 9
Ian Book threw for 247 yards and one touchdown and Tony Jones Jr. scored on an 84-yard run, helping No. 15 Notre Dame dominate Iowa State in the Camping World Bowl in Orlando, Fla.
Book completed 20 of 28 passes without an interception, including a 27-yard TD throw to Chase Claypool as the Fighting Irish (11-2) wrapped up another double-digit win year on a six-game winning streak. Claypool had seven receptions for 146 yards, while Jones finished with 135 yards rushing.
Brock Purdy was 17 of 30 for 222 yards for Iowa State (7-6).