Close Games Helps One-yard TD Run With Game

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After Daniel Sullivan's 49-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right, Joe Jones took a reverse 35 yards to Wyoming's 34-yard line on the first play of Temple's ensuing possession. Pierce's second one-yard TD run capped off the nine-play, 69-yard drive.

 

The Cowboys finally got on the scoreboard with 37 seconds left in the first half. Smith picked up 16 yards on 4th-and-3, and then hooked up with Josh Doctson for a 21-yard score on another 4th-and-3 to make it a 21-7 game.

 

After a Wyoming punt, the Owls took their opening second-half possession 60 yards in 12 plays, and Brandon McManus connected from 34 yards out to make it 31-7 with 1:22 remaining in the third quarter.

 

Game Notes

 

The Owls' last bowl appearance came in the 2009 EagleBank Bowl where they fell to the UCLA Bruins, 30-21...Temple is 2-2 all-time in bowl games, while Wyoming is 6-7...The Owls are 20-2 when Pierce carries the ball at least 18 times. He carried the ball 25 times in the game...Wyoming was 5-for-5 on fourth down...Wyoming's Alvester Alexander was held to 17 yards on just seven carries...Coyer was named the game's Offensive MVP, while Temple senior linebacker Tahir Whitehead earned Defensive MVP honors with 11 tackles.

 

The Patriot-News reported McGloin was taken to a local hospital for treatment for a possible seizure.

 

McGloin has completed 125-of-231 passes for 1,571 yards and eight touchdowns against five interceptions this season. Drake, a backup, has made five catches in eight contests.

 

Boise, ID (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tyler Tettleton scored on a one-yard run with 13 seconds to play as Ohio took a 24-23 win over Utah State for its first-ever bowl victory in the inaugural Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Tettleton passed for 219 yards on 19-of-27 attempts and added 15 carries for 44 yardS and the winning score for Ohio (10-4), which had been winless in its five previous postseason appearances dating back to the Sun Bowl in 1962.

 

Michael Smith carried the ball 12 times for 156 yards and two scores and Adam Kennedy went 11-for-18 with just 64 yards and a score for Utah State (7-6), which has lost six of the seven bowl games its appeared in.

 

That problem isn't contained to just Montana. No one in the country has been able to stop the undefeated Bearkats.

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