Dec 30 2008
Oregon Wins High-Scoring Holiday Bowl
Oregon outlasted Oklahoma State to win a see-saw Holiday Bowl Tuesday, 42-31, in San Diego. The teams traded the lead several times before Oregon (10-3) scored the game’s last two touchdowns to prevail against the Cowboys (9-4). The victory was big for the Pac-10, considered to be down this year, against a squad from the vaunted Big 12’s South division.
In other games today, Rice earned its first bowl victory in more than a half-century. The Owls (10-3) dominated the Texas Bowl, scoring the first 38 points against Western Michigan. The Broncos tallied the final scores but the outcome was never in doubt in Houston. Rice won, 38-14. Until tonight, Rice’s last bowl win was the 1954 Cotton Bowl.
Maryland outlasted Nevada, 42-35, in the Humanitarian Bowl, in Boise. The teams battled to a stalemate at 28 early in the last period before Maryland’s (8-5) big offensive line wore down Nevada’s (7-6) smaller defensive front. The Terrapins notched another bowl win for the Atlantic Coast Conference, which has a record 10 teams playing in the postseason. The Wolfpack’s loss put the Western Athletic Conference at 0-4 in bowls this year.
