Bowling Green (8-4) vs. Tulsa (9-4)
Jan. 6, 8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN
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| GMAC Bowl History |
| 2007 |
Southern Miss 28, Ohio 7 |
| 2005 |
Toledo 45, UTEP 13 |
| 2004 |
Bowling Green 52, Memphis 35 |
| 2003 |
Miami-Ohio 49, Louisville 28 |
| 2002 |
Marshall 38, Louisville 15 |
| 2001 |
Marshall 64, East Carolina 61 |
| 2000 |
Southern Miss 28, TCU 21 |
| 1999 |
TCU 28, East Carolina 14 |
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History
By
Richard Cirminiello
Best Falcon Bowl
Moment:
Bowling Green returns to the postseason riding a four-game winning
streak that dates back to 1991. In the inaugural 1992 Las Vegas
Bowl, the Falcons withstood a furious second-half rally from Nevada,
pulling the game out 35-34 on a fourth down touchdown pass from Erik
White to Dave Hankins with 22 seconds left.
Best Golden Hurricane Bowl Moment: Tulsa’s most impressive
postseason win came more than half a century ago, when the Hurricane
swooped into Miami, and used seven turnovers to upset Georgia Tech
in the 1945 Orange Bowl. This generation, however, will have none
of it. It points to the dramatic come-from-behind win over Fresno
State in the 2005 Liberty Bowl that capped a turnaround, nine-win
season.
Bowling Green's best win ...
Bowling Green 37 ... Toledo 10
Bowling Green took advantage of four turnovers and controlled
the game throughout starting with a safety off a stuffed run followed up by an
11-yard Freddie Barnes touchdown catch. A four-yard Jeremiah Kelley touchdown
grab late in the second quarter would give the Falcons all the points they'd
need, and a 52-yard Kelley score put them comfortably ahead. Anthony Turner
closed out a 21-point Falcon run with a 20-yard dash late in the fourth.
Toledo's Nick Moore caught 11 passes for 141 yards with a 37-yard touchdown
catch on the first drive of the second half.
Player of the
game:
Bowling Green QB Tyler Sheehan completed 20 of 34 passes for 225 yards and three
touchdowns, and ran ten times for 43 yards.
Stat Leaders: Bowling Green - Passing: Tyler
Sheehan, 20-34, 225 yds, 3 TD
Rushing: Anthony Turner, 19-96, 1 TD. Receiving:
Freddie Barnes, 5-66, 1 TD
Toledo - Passing: Clint Cochran, 15-29, 202 yds,
1 TD, 3 INT
Rushing: Jalen Parmele, 19-82 TD. Receiving: Nick Moore,
11-141, 1 TD
Bowling Green's worst
performance ...
Ohio 38 ... Bowling Green 27
Kalvin McRae ran for 200 yards and scored from three, one and
nine yards out in the first half for a 21-10 lead, but Bowling Green
came back with a 12-yard Anthony Turner touchdown run to pull within
one. And then the Bobcat defense took over with a 58-yard Kris
Luchsinger interception return for a score. Dan Macon took a pass 43
yards to a touchdown to pull the Falcons within eight, but a
turnover led to a 27-yard Bobcat field goal in the final minute to
finally end the threat.
Player of the
game:
Ohio RB Kalvin McRae
ran 42 times for 200 yards and three touchdowns, and caught three
passes for 17 yards
Stat Leaders: Ohio - Passing: Theo Scott,
12-17, 166 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Kalvin McRae, 42-200, 3 TD. Receiving: Kalvin
McRae, 3-17
Bowling Green - Passing: Tyler Sheehan, 19-41,
249 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Willie Geter, 14-90. Receiving: Freddie Barnes,
8-89. 1 TD
Tulsa's best win ...
Tulsa 55 ... BYU 47
In a wild shootout with the two teams combining for 1,027
passing yards, it was two false start penalties to ruin a final BYU
chance, and Tulsa's defense snuffing out long drives with four
takeaways. Paul Smith threw five touchdown passes with three to Charles
Clay, but BYU always had an answer in the see-saw game. Max Hall threw
for 547 yards and four touchdowns, and Manase Tonga ran for two
touchdowns. Tulsa's defense got in the big play act with a 49-yard
interception return for a score from Ray Roberts, but this was all about
the haymakers. In one tremendous second quarter sequence, Hall his
Austin Collie for a 45-yard touchdown, and Smith answered ten second
later by connecting with Brennan Marion for a 75-yard touchdown pass.
BYU responded in four plays with a 13-yard Dennis Pitta scoring grab,
and the scoring went on and one, with the two teams combining for 44
points in the quarter. In all the two teams cranked out 1,289 yards of
total offense and 59 first downs.
Player of the game:
Tulsa QB
Paul Smith completed 21 of 35 passes for 454 yards and five touchdowns
Stat Leaders: BYU - Passing: Max Hall, 35-57, 537
yds, 4 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Harvey Unga, 21-100, 1 TD. Receiving: Michael
Reed, 8-132, 1 TD
Tulsa - Passing: Paul Smith, 21-35, 454 yds, 5 TD,
1 INT
Rushing: Tarrion Adams, 18-79, 1 TD. Receiving: Trae Johnson,
5-95, 1 TD
Tulsa's worst performance ...
UTEP 48 ... Tulsa 47
In a wild games with 1,218 yards of total offense, UTEP came
through with a 14-yard Joe West touchdown catch with 58 seconds to
play to tie it, and then Jose Martinez hit the extra point to take
the lead. It wasn't over. Tulsa got a big kickoff return from Trae
Johnson, who later caught a 14-yard pass on fourth and one, to set
up a 53-yard field goal attempt, but Jarod Tracy missed wide left to
give UTEP the win. Marcus Thomas ran for three touchdowns for the
Miners, scoring from three, 11 and 38 yards out, while Tulsa got a
huge day from Paul Smith, who threw two touchdown passes to Johnson,
and ran for two more.
Player of the game: UTEP RB Marcus Thomas ran 27 times for 134
yards and three touchdowns.
Stat Leaders: Tulsa - Passing: Paul Smith,
26-43, 383 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Charles Clay, 11-112, 1 TD. Receiving: Trae
Johnson, 8-127, 2 TD
UTEP - Passing: Trevor Vittatoe, 21-27, 319 yds,
3 TD
Rushing: Marcus Thomas, 27-134, 3 TD. Receiving:
Jeff Moturi, 7-174,
2 TD
2007 GMAC Bowl
Southern Miss 28 ... Ohio 7
Southern Miss got out to a 21-0 halftime lead thanks to a
stifling defense, a 43-yard touchdown run from Tory Harrison, a two-yard run
from Damion Fletcher, and with just over a minute to play, an 18-yard James
Denley interception return for a score. The rout was on late in the third
quarter as Fletcher closed off a 17-play, 80-yard drive that took up almost ten
minutes with a nine-yard touchdown run. Ohio only managed 47 rushing yards with
Kalvin McRae being held to 37 yards on ten carries. The Bobcats finally got on
the board in the fourth on a 13-yard Thomas Christy catch.
Player of the
game ... Southern
Miss LB Gerald McRath made 13 tackles and three tackles for loss
Stat Leaders: Ohio - Passing: Austen Everson, 14-34, 175
yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: Kalvin McRae, 10-37 Receiving: Scott Mayle, 4-56
Southern Miss - Passing: Jeremy Young, 14-22, 160 yds, 1
INT
Rushing: Tory Harrison, 9-68, 1 TD Receiving: Josh Barnes, 4-59
Bowling Green Bowl History (4-3)
|
2004 |
GMAC |
BGSU
52, Memphis 35 |
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2003 |
Motor
City |
BGSU
28, NWestern 24 |
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1992 |
Las
Vegas |
BGSU
35, Nevada 34 |
|
1991 |
Cal.
Raisin |
BGSU
28, Fresno St 21 |
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1985 |
California |
Fresno
State 51, BGSU 7 |
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1982 |
California |
Fresno
St 29, BGSU 28 |
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1961 |
Mercy |
Fresno
State 36, BGSU 6 |
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Tulsa Bowl History (4-8)
|
1994 |
Humanitarian |
Georgia Tech 51, Tulsa
10 |
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1991 |
Freedom |
Tulsa
28, San Diego State 17 |
|
1989 |
Independence |
Oregon
27, Tulsa 24 |
|
1975 |
Independence |
McNeese
State 20, Tulsa 16 |
|
1965 |
Bluebonnet |
Tennessee
27, Tulsa 6 |
|
1964 |
Bluebonnet |
Tulsa
14, Mississippi 7 |
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1952 |
Gator |
Florida
14, Tulsa 13 |
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1945 |
Oil |
Georgia
20, Tulsa 6 |
|
1944 |
Orange |
Tulsa
26, Georgia Tech 12 |
|
1943 |
Sugar |
Georgia
Tech 20, Tulsa 18 |
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1942 |
Sugar |
Tennessee
14, Tulsa 7 |
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1941 |
Sun |
Tulsa
6, Texas Tech 0 |
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