The Tigers and Demon Deacons have faced off eight times with Auburn holding the edge. However, it has been a long time since the programs have met. Their last game was in when the Tigers won Meeting Wake Forest this season means going against a team led by quarterback Sam Hartman.
Any game they play in this bowl season could end up being a wild one. Whether he has to take on Wake Forest in the Gator Bowl or someone else in another game, Bryan Harsin will want to cap his first season in charge with a bowl victory.
He won the Fiesta Bowl in his first season leading Boise State and had a record in bowl games with the Broncos. Kobe Hudson, Auburn Tigers. But when that deliberate approach on offense is challenged by a tough opponent, the Cougars have been busted.
Against Texas Tech, the Cougars averaged 2. Those running struggles against Power Five and ranked opponents affected Houston's ability to control the pace and open up the passing game — it combined for five interceptions against Texas Tech and Cincinnati.
That all bodes well for an Auburn run defense 3. Speaking of run defense, that's one of Houston's most staggering statistical differences between the 11 wins and the two losses. The Cougars boast the nation's No. In those 11 wins, Houston allowed 2. In the two losses, Cincinnati and Texas Tech had 28 carries each. Those two opponents combined for 6. Houston looked like a completely different team with no answer for the run. Auburn's roster happens to be equipped with a preseason first-team All-SEC running back.
It's becoming more common for players to opt out of bowl games, so it wouldn't be unusual for Bigsby to not play in Birmingham while weighing his future options. But if the sophomore does play, this is Auburn's chance with presumably a new offensive coordinator to give the Tank a bloated stat line.
Houston junior quarterback Clayton Tune has had an impressive season. He is 17th in the country with 3, passing yards and generally was a disciplined decision-maker, completing His ESPN quarterback rating is Dell has 12 touchdowns and ranks 15th in the country with 1, yards. If Auburn senior cornerback Roger McCreary decides to stick around one last game, the projected first-round draft pick will get one last fun challenge.
Ole Miss' defense played good situational football, holding the Bears without a third-or fourth-down conversion through the first half. However, the Bears finished the game converting 7 of 15 third downs. Ole Miss converted 5 of 6 fourth-down attempts, but missed two field goals that could have kept the game manageable. Ultimately, the floodgates opened as Baylor rushed for yards in a physically dominant performance.
In a Rose Bowl Game that will live for the ages, No. This incredible game saw Ohio State's offense rewrite the record books and come back to win in the fourth quarter after trailing nearly the entire evening. OSU clinched its victory with a yard drive in the game's final minute that set up a go-ahead yard field goal with nine seconds left. Utah took control early, jumping out to a lead in the first quarter.
Then both teams combined for six touchdowns in the second quarter, setting the scene for what would be a wild back-and-forth affair over the game's final 30 minutes. It wasn't until Ohio State quarterback C. Stroud hit wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba for a yard touchdown with left to play that the Buckeyes took their first lead of the game at It was the third time Stroud and Smith-Njigba hooked up for a score, and it was just the tip of the iceberg.
Stroud finished with yards passing and six TDs. Smith-Njigba caught 15 balls for yards and three TDs, setting Ohio State records for most receiving yards in a season as well as receptions in a single season. Wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. For Utah, the game slipped away in the fourth quarter when QB Cam Rising left following what looked to be a concussion. Rising's head hit the turf after being sacked, and he laid motionless on his back for a few minutes before getting up and walking off the field on his own.
His backup, Bryson Barnes, led a game-tying touchdown drive in the final minutes, before the game-deciding field goal. Rising finished the day with yards passing and two touchdowns while also leading the Utes in rushing with 92 yards and a score.
The Fighting Irish came out blazing on offense against Oklahoma State's highly-ranked defense with quarterback Jack Coan rolling up yards and four touchdowns in the first half. Notre Dame built up a with just over a minute left in the second quarter, but a quick Oklahoma State score before halftime and an impressive drive to start the third quarter quickly cut the lead to But while the Cowboys offense finally got into a rhythm, it was assisted by an Oklahoma State defense that made the necessary halftime adjustments to slow down Coan and the Notre Dame offense.
The Irish signal-caller may have had yards and four touchdowns in the first half -- numbers that were already good enough for the best performance by a quarterback against Oklahoma State this season -- but he had just 40 passing yards in the third quarter. It should be noted Coan did finish the game with yards and an impressive effort late in the fourth quarter, setting a Fiesta bowl passing record with the performance. The play of the game might have come early in the fourth quarter when All-American safety Kolby Harvell-Peel crashed in to make a stop on Notre Dame freshman running back Logan Diggs and stripped the ball free before he was brought to the ground.
Even though Notre Dame would get the ball right back with a forced fumble at the goal line, the loss of field position and the impact it had on Oklahoma State's confidence set the tone for the fourth quarter. The previous record for the biggest comeback in Oklahoma State history was 20 points -- in against Colorado. Kentucky nearly blew a point halftime lead but Wan'Dale Robinson and Chris Rodriguez helped lead a game-winning touchdown drive in the final minutes to secure the Citrus Bowl victory against Iowa.
Robinson was the star of the game, pulling 10 catches for yards including some incredible grabs on the game-winning drive. More than half of Will Levis' pass completions went to Robinson, and his performance against a very good Iowa pass defense made up nearly two quarters of scoreless football from the Kentucky offense in the second half. Iowa had the opposite game flow offensively, stuck in the mud in the first half and then finally putting things together for two touchdown drives near the end of the third quarter and beginning of the fourth quarter.
But ultimately three Iowa turnovers kept the Hawkeyes from being able to claim the win, as the Wildcats picked off Spencer Petras in the final minute to seal the win. This is Kentucky's fourth straight bowl win under Mark Stoops, who has gotten the Wildcats to the postseason every years since Box Score. Penn State, which was missing a number of starters -- particularly on the defensive side of the ball -- came out strong to start but seemed to run out of gas in the second half.
The Nittany Lions were up at halftime, but the Razorbacks took control with a point third quarter and it was all she wrote. The Razorbacks struggled early a bit themselves, as the offense seemed unsure of itself with star receiver Treylon Burks opting out of the game.
The Hogs then began to lean on their ground game with quarterback K. Jefferson and a host of backs, and it was effective against a thin Penn State defense. Jefferson finished with yards rushing and only threw for 90 yards, while Dominique Johnson, Raheim Sanders and Malik Hornsby combined for yards rushing as the Razorbacks rushed for yards as a team. In there like swimwear pic. As for Penn State, it was its own worst enemy at times.
The Nittany Lions managed only three points out of three red-zone trips, and failed to take advantage of two Arkansas red-zone turnovers. Box score.
The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide will meet in the title game for the second time in the last five years. Georgia marched 80 yards on its first possession of the game and never stopped in the opening 30 minutes, becoming the first team in CFP history to score points on its first five possessions.
While that didn't make for an exciting game, it at least allowed any neutral parties to get on with their holiday plans. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, a pass from Cade McNamara to Erick All on fourth down was off All's fingertips and resulted in a turnover on downs.
A few plays later, Georgia's Kenny McIntosh took a hand-off on a sweep and surprised nearly everyone in Hard Rock Stadium when he pulled up and tossed an easy touchdown pass to Adonai Mitchell. From there, the rout was on. Michigan had its moments, but it turned the ball over on four straight possessions two interceptions, a fumble and once on downs in the second and third quarters to immediately destroy any momentum it was attempting to build.
Georgia was not nearly as wasteful with its opportunities and looked a lot more like the team we saw during the regular season than the one that lost to Alabama in the SEC title game a few weeks ago.
The redshirt senior rushed for an Alabama bowl record yards on 26 carries to deliver the Crimson Tide the Cotton Bowl and their sixth appearance in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Bryce Young threw for just yards against Cincinnati's elite pass defense, but he tossed three touchdown passes to as many different receivers.
Young broke program records for both single-season yards passing and passing touchdowns in his first game since winning the Heisman. The Tide put together an play scoring drive -- featuring 10 rushes -- on their first possession to set the tone for the game. The Bearcats managed to get into the red zone three times, but they settled for field goals twice against the most vaunted dynasty in college football history. Cincinnati managed to compile just 72 yards in the first half, the fewest in any half in College Football Playoff history.
Cincy played better in the second half but still averaged just 3. Quarterback Desmond Ridder struggled mightily, completing just of passes for yards. Running back Jerome Ford had 77 yards but only got 15 rushes in the game. Alabama has now won all six matchups against Cincinnati in their combined history, though the teams had not played since The Tide await either No.
Houston coach Dana Holgorsen said this win was similar to ''some other ones that we've had this year. They ended with five straight losses for the first time in 71 years and dropped their third bowl game in a row. Harsin was already looking ahead to, he hopes, better things. We're going to fix it, and we're going to get better. There's Plan A, and we're here to make this work.
Nathaniel Dell caught 10 passes for yards, while Alton McCaskill ran for 66 yards and caught a touchdown pass. He's a player Horgorsen called ''one of the best stories in college football. Tank Bigsby ran for 8 yards on first down and then T.
Finley threw three straight incompletions on short passes.
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