Sun Bowl Player Profile, History & More

2006 Brut Sun Bowl Player Profile, History, Best Games & More

Oregon State (9-4) vs. Missouri (8-4)

Dec. 29th, 2:00 p.m. ET, CBS

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Sun Bowl History
2005	UCLA 50, Northwestern 38
2004	Arizona State 27, Purdue 23
2003	Minnesota 31, Oregon 30
2002	Purdue 34, Washington 24
2001	Washington State 33, Purdue 27
2000	Wisconsin 21, UCLA 20
1999	Oregon 24, Minnesota 20
1998	TCU 28, USC 19
1997	Arizona State 17, Iowa 7
1996	Stanford 38, Michigan St 0
1995	Iowa 38, Washington 18
1994	Texas 35, North Carolina 31
1993	Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10
1992	Baylor 20, Arizona 15
1991	UCLA 6, Illinois 3
1990	Michigan State 17, USC 16
1989	Pitt 31 Texas A&M 28
1988	Alabama 29, Army 28
1987	Oklahoma State 35, West Virginia 33
1986	Alabama 28, Washington 6
1985	Arizona 13, Georgia 13
1984	Maryland 28, Tennessee 27
1983	Alabama 28, SMU 7
1982	North Carolina 26, Texas 10
1981	Oklahoma 40, Houston 14
1980	Nebraska 31, Mississippi State 17
1979	Washington 14, Texas 7
1978	Texas 42, Maryland 0
1977 (Dec.)	Stanford 24, LSU 14
1977 (Jan.)	Texas A&M 37, Florida 14
1975	Pitt 33, Kansas 19
1974	Mississippi State 26, North Carolina 24
1973	Missouri 34, Auburn 17
1972	North Carolina 32, Texas Tech 28
1971	LSU 33, Iowa State 15
1970	Georgia Tech 17, Texas Tech 9
1969	Nebraska 45, Georgia 6
1968	Auburn 34, Arizona 10
1967	UTEP 14, Mississippi 7
1966	Wyoming 28, Florida State 20
1965	UTEP 13, TCU 12
1964	Georgia 7, Texas Tech 0
1963	Oregon 21, SMU 14
1962	West Texas A&M 15, Ohio 14
1961	Villanova 17, Wichita State 9
1960	New Mexico State 20, Utah State 13
1959	New Mexico State 28, North Texas 8
1958 (Dec.)	Wyoming 14, Hardin-Simmons 6
1958 (Jan.)	Louisville 34, Drake 20
1957	George Washington 13, UTEP 0
1956	Wyoming 21, Texas Tech 14
1955	UTEP 47, Florida State 20
1954	UTEP 37, Southern Miss 14
1953	Pacific 26, Southern Miss 7
1952	Texas Tech 25, Pacific 14
1951	West Texas A&M 14, Cincinnati 13
1950	UTEP 33, Georgetown 20
1949	West Virginia 21, UTEP 12
1948	Miami-Ohio 13, Texas Tech 12
1947	Cincinnati 18, Virginia Tech 16
1946	New Mexico 34, Denver 24
1945	Southwestern (Texas) 35, New Mexico 0
1944	Southwestern (Texas) 7, New Mexico 0
1943	Second Air Force 13, Hardin-Simmons 7
1942	Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0
1941	Case Reserve 26, Arizona State 13
1940	Arizona State 0, Catholic 0
1939	Utah 26, New Mexico 0
1938	West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6
1937	Hardin-Simmons 34, UTEP 6
1936	Hardin-Simmons 14, New Mexico State 14

Sun Bowl Player Profile
WR Sammie Stroughter, Oregon State – Beaver head coach Mike Riley calls him “the greatest guy in the world to coach”.  Teammates refer to him as a kid with a solid moral upbringing that’s been fostered by his family and his faith.  Opposing defenses just call him scary whenever the ball is in his hands.  Along with Cal’s DeSean Jackson, Stroughter picked up some of Reggie Bush’s slack in 2006, giving the Pac-10 another electrifying star on offense and special teams.  Although he entered the season with just five career receptions and no touchdowns, the junior emerged this fall as a home run threat, catching 66 passes for 1,206 yards and four touchdowns, while taking three punts back for touchdowns.  For his efforts, Stroughter was named second-team All-Pac-10 and third-team AP All-America, a welcomed development for an offense that had no idea in the spring who was going to replace all-time leading receiver Mike Hass.  He’s also an over-achiever with the books, earning first-team Academic All-Pac-10 honors as he pursues a degree in sociology.  Citing a dearth of male role models in today’s society, Stroughter hopes to someday work with children.  While it may never pad his bank account, he’s striving for a more profound type of enrichment.  For now, however, Stroughter’s concentrating on being a role model of a different kind—one that the next generation of Pac-10 playmakers can point to once he’s left Corvallis for a career in the NFL.  

Best Beaver Bowl Moment – Oregon State has been to three Rose Bowls over the last 60 years, but even those trips to Pasadena paled in comparison to the 2001 Fiesta Bowl.  Pac-10 laughingstocks no more, the Beavers rode a 29-point third quarter outburst to embarrass No. 10 Notre Dame, 41-9.  Few victories in school history carried more clout for the OSU program.

Best Tiger Bowl Moment – Last year’s comeback win over South Carolina in the Independence Bowl was nice, but Missouri’s biggest bowl conquests clearly lie deep in the past—nine New Year’s Day bowl games before 1971 and not one since.  A 21-14 defeat of Navy in the 1961 Orange Bowl ended a seven-game bowl losing streak and propelled the Tigers to No. 5 in the AP Poll, while capping the best season in school history.  In the win, the Mizzou D held Heisman winner Joe Bellino to just four yards on the ground.

Missouri's best win ... Missouri 38 ... Texas Tech 21
Missouri forced five turnovers with two interception returns for scores within :28 of each other in the second quarter to build a 24-0 lead. Xzavie Jackson reached up to snag a Graham Harrell pass and rumbled 17 yards for a touchdown, and then William Moore picked off a pass for a 22-yard score. Texas Tech came back with 21 straight points on three Harrell touchdown passes including a back-foot toss to Danny Amendola from 23 yards out. But that was as close as the Red Raiders would get as the Tigers got a six-yard touchdown catch from Chase Coffman and an eight-yard run from Tony Temple to put the game away.  

Missouri's worst loss ... Iowa State 21 ... Missouri 16
Ryan Kock ran for a 179 yards and touchdown runs from one and nine yards out and Todd Blythe caught a nine-yard scoring pass as Iowa State shocked Missouri to send head coach Dan McCarney out a winner. Missouri made a comeback with a seven-yard Tony Temple touchdown run and moved down to the Iowa State 11 with a chance to win, but Shawn Moorehead ended the game with a sack of Chase Daniel following a controversial holding call negating a one-yard Daniel score. Daniel hit Martin Rucker with an eight-yard touchdown pass on the way to a 10-0 Tiger lead before the Cyclones went on a 21-point run.

Oregon State's best win ... Oregon State 33 ... USC 31
Jeff Van Orsow knocked down USC's conversion attempt to prevent overtime and pull off the upset. The Beavers got up 33-10 late in the third quarter thanks to four Alexis Serna field goals, a Matt Moore one-yard scoring run, a nine-yard touchdown pass to Joe Newton and a Sammie Stroughter 70-yard punt return for a touchdown, but USC came roaring back on three John David Booty touchdown passes. Steve Smith, who had a career night with 11 catches for 258 yards, made two fourth quarter touchdown grabs including a two-yard catch with seven seconds to play to pull within two. USC outgained OSU 492 yards to 351, but turned it over four times.

Oregon State's worst loss ... Boise State 42 ... Oregon State 14
Oregon State jumped out to 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter on a three-yard touchdown catch from Joe Newton and a punt return for a touchdown by Sammie Stroughter, and then the floodgates opened as BSU RB Ian Johnson tore off touchdown runs from 59, four, three, 19 and 50 yards out on the way to 42 unanswered Bronco points. OSU couldn't get the offense going having problems with a Bronco pass rush that cranked out six sacks. Legedu Naanee caught a short touchdown pass for the other BSU score.

2005 Sun Bowl
UCLA 50 ... Northwestern 38
UCLA spotted Northwestern the first 22 points as the Wildcats got two interception returns for touchdowns along with a Mark Philmore 19-yard scoring run. But the Bruins came back cranking out 36 straight points led by the running game that finished with 310 yards, even though star RB Maurice Drew was knocked out early with a shoulder injury, along with three Drew Olson touchdown passes. Northwestern got back in it pulling to within five with 2:29 to play, but UCLA's Brandon Breazell took the onside kick for a score. The Wildcats struck again on a five-yard touchdown pass with :24 to play, but Breazell returned the onside kick for yet another touchdown.
Player of the game: UCLA RBs Chris Markey and Kahlil Bell combined for 286 yards and two touchdowns on 42 carries.
Stat Leaders: Northwestern - Passing: Brett Basanez, 38-70, 416 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Tyrell Sutton, 18-84. Receiving: Ross Lane, 7-136
UCLA - Passing: Drew Olson, 10-24, 143 yds, 3 TD, 3 INT
Rushing: Chris Markey, 23-150. Receiving: Maurice Drew, 2-29

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Oregon State Bowl History (5-4)

2004	Insight	Oregon State 38, Notre Dame 21
2003	Las Vegas	Oregon State 55, New Mexico 14
2002	Insight	Pittsburgh 38, Oregon State 13
2000	Fiesta	Oregon State 41, Notre Dame 9
1999	Oahu	Hawaii 23, Oregon State 17
1965	Rose	Michigan 34, Oregon State 7
1962	Liberty	Oregon State 6, Villanova 0
1956	Rose	Iowa 35, Oregon State 19
1941	Rose	Oregon State 20, Duke 16

Missouri Bowl History (11-12)

2005	Independence	Missouri 38, South Carolina 31
2003	Independence	Arkansas 27, Missouri 14
1998	Insight.com	Missouri 34, West Virginia 31
1997	Holiday	Colorado State 35, Missouri 24
1983	Holiday	BYU 21, Missouri 17
1981	Tangerine	Missouri 19, Southern Miss 17
1980	Liberty	Purdue 28, Missouri 25
1979	Hall of Fame	Missouri 24, South Carolina 14
1978	Liberty	Missouri 20, LSU 15
1973	Sun	Missouri 34, Auburn 17
1972	Fiesta	Arizona State 49, Missouri 35
1969	Orange	Penn State 10, Missouri 3
1968	Gator	Missouri 35, Alabama 10
1965	Sugar	Missouri 20, Florida 18
1962	Bluebonnet	Missouri 14, Georgia Tech 10
1960	Orange	Missouri 21, Navy 14
1959	Orange	Georgia 14, Missouri 10
1949	Gator	Maryland 20, Missouri 7
1948	Gator	Clemson 24, Missouri 23
1945	Cotton	Texas 40, Missouri 27
1941	Sugar	Fordam 2, Missouri 0
1939	Orange	Georgia Tech 21, Missouri 7
1924	Christmas Festival	USC 20, Missouri 7