Best Bull Bowl Moment:
In 2005, South Florida played in
its first bowl game, a 14-0 loss
to NC State in the Meineke Car
Care Bowl. A year later, the
Bulls won their first
bowl game, a 24-7 defeat of East
Carolina in the inaugural
PapaJohns.com Bowl. In another
important stride for head coach
Jim Leavitt and the program, USF
got a pair of touchdown runs
from RB Benjamin Williams and an
outstanding effort from a
defense that delivered six sacks
and was particularly nasty in
the red zone.
Best Duck Bowl Moment:
There have been Rose Bowls, a
Cotton Bowl and a slew of minor
bowls in Oregon’s history, all
of which paled in comparison to
the 2002 Fiesta Bowl. Joey
Harrington threw four touchdown
passes, Steve Smith picked off
three passes, and the No. 2
Ducks put a bow on the most
successful season in school
history by pummeling No. 3
Colorado 38-16.
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.
2006 Sun Bowl
Oregon State 39 ... Missouri 38
Down by 14 late in the game, Oregon State got a seven-yard
touchdown catch from Yvenson Bernard with just over six minutes to play, and
with one more shot, went 54 yards in one minute scoring on a 14-yard pass to Joe
Newton with just 23 seconds left. Instead of kicking the extra point and going
into overtime, OSU head coach Mike Riley chose to go for two and the win.
Bernard took the handoff and powered his way to the score just barely getting
over the line. The collapse ruined a fantastic day from the Missouri offense as
Tony Temple tore off 194 yards and touchdown runs from seven and 65 yards and
Chase Daniel threw for 330 yards and two touchdowns highlighted by a 74-yard
plays to Danario Alexander. Tiger tight end Chase Coffman caught an 18-yard
touchdown pass and threw for a 29-yard score to Tommy Saunders. Player of the game ... Oregon State QB Matt Moore
completed 31 of 54 passes for 356 yards and four touchdowns with an
interception. He also ran for a one-yard score. Stat Leaders: Oregon State - Passing:
Matt Moore, 31-54, 356 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT Rushing: Yvenson Bernard, 23-97 Receiving:
Sammie Stroughter, 8-87, 1 TD Missouri - Passing: Chase Daniel, 16-29,
330 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Tony Temple, 20-194, 2 TD. Receiving:
Martin Rucker, 6-67
