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Missouri closed out its football history in the Big 12 Conference with a dominant victory over North Carolina in the Independence Bowl. The Tigers (8-5) spotted the Tar Heels a 7-0 lead but responded by scoring 31 consecutive points ? a first-half record for the bowl. Sophomore quarterback James Franklin threw for a touchdown and ran for two others. He finished with 142 yards rushing and 132 yards passing to earn most valuable player honors. North Carolina (7-6) came in with the nation's 16th-best rush defense but Missouri dominated on the ground, gaining 337 yards. North Carolina running back Giovani Bernard gained 1,222 yards rushing, a school record for a freshman, but was limited to 31 by the Missouri defense.
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Texas used a dominant defense and an efficient offense to defeat California in the Holiday Bowl. Freshman David Ash started at quarterback for the Longhorns (8-5) and he threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Goodwin to put UT ahead to stay. Ash, who completed 14 of 23 passes for 142 yards, also caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from wide receiver Jaxon Shipley. Texas finished with 255 yards in total offense but limited the Golden Bears (7-6) to just 195 yards; their seven yards rushing were the team's lowest since 2000. The Longhorns forced five turnovers and sacked Cal quarterback Zach Maynard six times. |
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Baylor won 10 games for the second time school history in a record-setting Alamo Bowl. The Bears scored 43 points in the second half and overcame an 18-point deficit early in the third quarter to overcome Washington, 67-56. Baylor (10-3) had three players rush for 100 yards. Senior Terrance Ganaway, the game's outstanding defensive player, gained 200 yards and scored five touchdowns. Jarred Salubi had 101 yards on five carries and scored two TDs while receiver Tevin Reese gained 101 yards on 2 attempts. Ganaway scored two touchdowns after the Huskies (7-6) took their final lead, 56-53, with 9:40 remaining. The second was a 43-yard bolt with 2:28 remaining after Baylor had stopped a Washington drive. Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III completed 24-of-33 passes for 295 yards and one touchdown.
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Rutgers used a blitzing defense and a solid running game to hold off Iowa State, 27-13, in the Pinstripe Bowl.
The Cyclones (6-7) took a 6-0 lead with field goals on their first two possessions. But in the second quarter, starting quarterback Jared Barnett was sacked and fumbled, setting up a Rutgers touchdown that gave the Big East Conference team the lead for good. Steele Jantz, who was Iowa State's starting quarterback to start the season, relieved Barnett. The Cyclones pulled to within 20-13 with 10 minutes remaining but Rutgers' Chas Dodd hit Brandon Coleman for an 86-yard touchdown pass with 5:47 remaining to secure the victory. The Scarlet Knights (9-4) won their fifth bowl game in six attempts under coach Greg Schiano. |
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Oklahoma overcame a slow offensive start and rode a stingy defense to a 31-14 victory over Iowa (7-6) in the Insight Bowl. The Big 12 Conference is now 4-1 in bowl games. Quarterback Blake Bell had three rushing touchdowns - his first was set up by an interception - and Landry Jones ended a three-game streak without a touchdown when he connected with senior tight end Trent Ratterree for a 3-yard TD pass that gave the Sooners (10-3) a 21-0 lead midway through the third quarter. The Hawkeyes, behind quarterback James Vandenberg, closed to within 21-14 with 6:56 remaining. Freshman Michael Hunnicutt's 35-yard field goal and Bell's final TD inside the last three minutes assured the Sooners' victory.
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Texas A&M ended a disappointing season on a positive note. The Aggies (7-6) built a 30-7 lead in the second half and turned back a Northwestern (6-7) rally to win their first bowl game since 2001. Ryan Tannehill threw for 329 yards and a touchdown while Ben Malena had two rushing touchdowns. Malena was filling in for senior Cyrus Gray, who missed the game with a shoulder injury. After the Wildcats scored two touchdowns and added a two-point conversion to pull within 30-22 with less than six minutes remaining. The Aggies, though, took time off the clock and drove for a 31-yard field goal by Randy Bullock. Bullock set a single-season scoring record which was set in 1927.
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Quinn Sharp's 22-yard field goal in overtime gave Oklahoma State (12-1) its first lead of the game and a 41-38 victory over Stanford (11-2) in the Fiesta Bowl. Sharp's field goal was set up by Brandon Weeden's 24-yard pass to Colton Chelf, a former walk on. Weeden, in his final game, threw for 399 yards and three touchdowns ? all to Justin Blackmon, who finished with eight catches for 186 yards. The Cardinal's Andrew Luck (27-of-31, 347 yards, two touchdowns) drove his team into position for a game-winning field goal at the end of regulation but freshman Jordan Williamson's 35-yard field goal was wide left as time expired.
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Kansas State couldn't overcome the mistakes that led to a slow start. The Wildcats (10-3) erased all but three points of a 19-point second quarter deficit but Arkansas held on for a 29-16 victory Friday night in the Cotton Bowl. The Razorbacks (11-2) extended the Southeastern Conference's winning streak to four games in the Cotton Bowl against Big 12 teams. Arkansas' Joe Adams had a 51-yard punt return for a touchdown ? his fourth of the season ? and junior quarterback Tyler Wilson threw for two touchdowns. Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein ran for a touchdown and passed for a touchdown but the Wildcats could muster just 260 yards in total offense.
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| Conference (# remaining) | Record | Win % |
| Big 12 | 6-2 | .750 |
| C-USA | 4-1 | .800 |
| MAC (1) | 3-1 | .750 |
| SEC (2) | 5-2 | .714 |
| Big East | 3-2 | .600 |
| Sun Belt (1) | 1-1 | .500 |
| Ind. | 1-1 | .500 |
| Big Ten | 4-6 | .400 |
| MWC | 2-3 | .400 |
| Pac-12 | 2-5 | .286 |
| ACC | 2-6 | .250 |
| WAC | 0-3 | .000 |
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| | Oklahoma State | 8-1 | .889 | 12-1 | .923 |
| | Kansas State | 7-2 | .778 | 10-3 | .769 |
| | Baylor | 6-3 | .667 | 10-3 | .769 |
| | Oklahoma | 6-3 | .667 | 10-3 | .769 |
| | Missouri | 5-4 | .556 | 8-5 | .615 |
| | Texas | 4-5 | .444 | 8-5 | .615 |
| | Texas A&M | 4-5 | .444 | 7-6 | .538 |
| | Iowa State | 3-6 | .333 | 6-7 | .462 |
| | Texas Tech | 2-7 | .222 | 5-7 | .417 |
| | Kansas | 0-9 | .000 | 2-10 | .167 |
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| ♦ | Six quarterbacks in Big 12 history have surpassed the 10,000-career passing yards mark - Texas Tech's Graham Harrell (15,793), Texas' Colt McCoy (14,824), Missouri's Chase Daniel (12,515), TTU's Kliff Kingsbury (12,429), Oklahoma's Landry Jones (12,218), Kansas' Todd Reesing (11,840) and Oklahoma State's Zac Robinson (10,175).
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| 9/2 | Baylor 50, TCU 48 |
| 9/3 | Missouri 17, Miami OH 6 |
| 9/3 | Iowa St. 20, Northern Iowa 19 |
| 9/3 | Texas Tech 50, Texas St. 10 |
| 9/3 | Kansas 42, McNeese St. 24 |
| 9/3 | K-State 10, E. Kentucky 7 |
| 9/3 | Oklahoma St. 61, Lafayette 34 |
| 9/3 | Oklahoma 47, Tulsa 14 |
| 9/3 | Texas 34, Rice 9 |
| 9/4 | Texas A&M 46, SMU 14 |
| 9/8 | Oklahoma St. 37, Arizona 14 |
| 9/9 | Arizona St. 37, Missouri 30 (OT) |
| 9/10 | Iowa St. 44, Iowa 41 (3OT) |
| 9/10 | Kansas 45, Northern Illinois 42 |
| 9/10 | Texas 17, Brigham Young 16 |
| 9/16 | Iowa St. 24, Connecticut 20 |
| 9/17 | Texas 49, UCLA 20 |
| 9/17 | Texas Tech 59, New Mexico 13 |
| 9/17 | Oklahoma 23, Florida St. 13 |
| 9/17 | Oklahoma St. 59, Tulsa 33 |
| 9/17 | Georgia Tech 66, Kansas 24 |
| 9/17 | Texas A&M 37, Idaho 7 |
| 9/17 | K-State 37, Kent St. 0 |
| 9/17 | Baylor 48, Stephen F. Austin 0 |
| 9/17 | Missouri 69, Western Illinois 0 |
| 9/24 | Oklahoma St. 30, Texas A&M 29 |
| 9/24 | K-State 28, Miami FL 24 |
| 9/24 | Texas Tech 35, Nevada 34 |
| 9/24 | Baylor 56, Rice 31 |
| 9/24 | Oklahoma 38, Missouri 28 |
| 10/1 | Texas Tech 45, Kansas 34 |
| 10/1 | Texas 37, Iowa St. 14 |
| 10/1 | Arkansas 42, Texas A&M 38 |
| 10/1 | K-State 36, Baylor 35 |
| 10/1 | Oklahoma 62, Ball St. 6 |
| 10/8 | Oklahoma 55, Texas 17 |
| 10/8 | Texas A&M 45, Texas Tech 40 |
| 10/8 | Oklahoma St. 70, Kansas 28 |
| 10/8 | K-State 24, Missouri 17 |
| 10/8 | Baylor 49, Iowa St. 26 |
| 10/15 | Oklahoma St. 38, Texas 26 |
| 10/15 | K-State 41, Texas Tech 34 |
| 10/15 | Oklahoma 47, Kansas 17 |
| 10/15 | Texas A&M 55, Baylor 28 |
| 10/15 | Missouri 52, Iowa St. 17 |
| 10/22 | K-State 59, Kansas 21 |
| 10/22 | Oklahoma St. 45, Missouri 24 |
| 10/22 | Texas A&M 33, Iowa St. 17 |
| 10/22 | Texas Tech 41, Oklahoma 38 |
| 10/29 | Missouri 38, Texas A&M 31 (OT) |
| 10/29 | Oklahoma 58, Kansas St. 17 |
| 10/29 | Iowa St. 41, Texas Tech 7 |
| 10/29 | Oklahoma St. 59, Baylor 24 |
| 10/29 | Texas 43, Kansas 0 |
| 11/5 | Texas 52, Texas Tech 20 |
| 11/5 | Iowa St. 13, Kansas 10 |
| 11/5 | Oklahoma 41, Texas A&M 25 |
| 11/5 | Baylor 42, Missouri 39 |
| 11/5 | Oklahoma St. 52, Kansas St. 45 |
| 11/12 | Oklahoma St. 66, Texas Tech 6 |
| 11/12 | Baylor 31, Kansas 30 (OT) |
| 11/12 | Missouri 17, Texas 5 |
| 11/12 | K-State 53, TAMU 50 (4 OT) |
| 11/18 | Iowa St. 37, Okla. St. 31 (2 OT) |
| 11/19 | K-State 17, Texas 13 |
| 11/19 | Texas A&M 61, Kansas 7 |
| 11/19 | Missouri 31, Texas Tech 27 |
| 11/19 | Baylor 45, Oklahoma 38 |
| 11/24 | Texas 27, Texas A&M 25 |
| 11/26 | Missouri 24, Kansas 10 |
| 11/26 | Oklahoma 26, Iowa St. 6 |
| 11/26 | Baylor 66, Texas Tech 42 |
| 12/3 | K-State 30, Iowa St. 23 |
| 12/3 | Baylor 48, Texas 24 |
| 12/3 | Oklahoma St. 44, Oklahoma 10 |
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