Purple gain:
TCU rallies from 31- 0 deficit to stun Oregon in 3 OTs at Alamo Bowl.
Bram Kohlhausen’s eightyard touchdown run in the third overtime carried No. 11 Texas Christian to a wild 47- 41 victory over No. 15 Oregon in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night as the Horned Frogs stormed back from a 31- 0 halftime deficit behind a backup quarterback at San Antonio.
The 31- point comeback to win tied the record for a bowl game, matching Texas Tech in the 2006 Insight Bowl against Minnesota.
“This is a storybook ending,” said Kohlhausen, who passed for 351 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores.
Kohlhausen, who lost his father to cancer during the season, was thrust into his first career start. TCU was minus standout quarterback Trevone Boykin, suspended two days before the bowl game for a late- night altercation at a San Antonio bar and facing an assault charge for hitting a police officer.
“I was playing this whole game for Tre,” Kohlhausen said from the stage on field after being named the offensive MVP. “He was my best friend. He was the one who got us here and showed me how to play like I did tonight.”
Oregon stormed to the big lead early behind quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., but he was knocked out of the game late in the second quarter after taking a hard hit to the head. Oregon gained only 18 yards in regulation in the second half.
Georgia holds off Penn State
Terry Godwin threw a touchdown pass on a trick play and caught one later, helping Georgia defeat Penn State, 24- 17, in the TaxSlayer Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla.
The Bulldogs ( 10- 3) won their fifth consecutive game to close the season, this one under interim Coach Bryan McClendon and with incoming Coach Kirby Smart watching from the stands.
Smart had to like what he saw. Despite a makeshift coaching staff — Georgia used different offensive and defensive coordinators — the Bulldogs turned in one of their most complete performances since September.
It helped that Penn State ( 7- 6) played more than half the game without star quarterback Christian Hackenberg.
Hackenberg landed awkwardly on his throwing shoulder early in the second quarter when linebacker Roquan Smith tackled him on a 5- yard scramble. Hackenberg stayed in the game and threw four more passes, but grabbed his shoulder between plays.
He headed into the locker room after an incompletion and returned wearing street clothes. After the game, he said he would make himself eligible for the NFL draft.
Collins leads Arkansas
Alex Collins ran for 185 yards and three touchdowns and Arkansas capped its lateseason surge with a 45- 23 victory over Kansas State in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tenn.
“The kid is unbelievable,” Arkansas offensive guard Sebastian Tretola said of Collins. “He runs angry. He runs mad. The legs never stop.”
Ranked 18th to open the season, Arkansas stumbled through a 1- 3 start, but the Razorbacks ( 8- 5) turned things around and won six of their last seven games.
Kansas State ( 6- 7) f inished a season below .500 for the first time since Bill Snyder began his second stint as coach in 2009.
Arkansas’ Brandon Allen completed 20 of 26 for 315 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Kansas State’s Kody Cook, starting at quarterback for the first time, went 12 of 24 for 163 yards with a touchdown.