Nix tosses TD with seconds left for surprising Oregon win

Bo Nix threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chase Cota on fourth down with 19 seconds left and Camden Lewis’ PAT bounced off the left upright and went through to give No. 15 Oregon a wild 28-27 victory against North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday night at Petco Park.

Cota caught the ball at about the 1 and got it across the goal line as he was being tackled by Don Chapman. The play was upheld on review. Lewis then banked in the PAT.

North Carolina got the ball to the Oregon 42 with one second left before Drake Maye’s desperation heave into the end zone fell incomplete. Maye, the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, was 18 of 35 for 206 yards and three scores.

The Ducks finished 10-3 thanks to Nix, who threw a 6-yard TD pass to Troy Franklin with 6:58 to go to pull the Ducks to 24-21.

Liberty Bowl Arkansas 55, Kansas 53, 3 OT

In Memphis, Tenn., KJ Jefferson passed to Rashod Dubinion for a 2-point conversion in the third OT and Arkansas held off a furious second-half rally by Kansas.

The Jayhawks had rallied from 25 points down in the second half to force overtime, but a failed 2-point conversion pass from Jason Bean to Lawrence Arnold ended a four-anda-half hour bowl marathon.

Military Bowl Duke 30, UCF 13

In Annapolis, Md., Riley Leonard ran for two touchdowns and threw for 173 yards as Duke wrapped up an impressive first season under Mike Elko.

Texas Bowl

Texas Tech 42, Ole Miss 25

In Houston, Tyler Shough threw for 242 yards and a touchdown and ran for two more scores as Texas Tech took advantage of three early turnovers to build a big lead and held on for the win.