Utah, down 14 in 4th, wins in OT
John White plowed into the end zone from 8 yards to give Utah a 30-27 overtime victory against Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl yesterday.
Justin Moore kicked a 34-yard field goal in Georgia Tech's overtime possession to take a three-point lead, but White finished a 115-yard rushing day with the winning score on his 26th carry.
The Utes (8-5) trailed 24-10 after three quarters but tied it in regulation when Jon Hays hit DeVonte Christopher with a 28-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-14 with 1:32 left in the fourth quarter.
The Yellow Jackets drove to the Utah 31 with 2 seconds left, but David Scully missed a 48-yard field-goal attempt as time expired.
Hays went 15-for-31 for 193 yards.
Georgia Tech's Preston Lyons, who came in with only 39 carries, rushed for a career-best 140 yards on 18 carries and Tevin Washington passed for 137 yards and ran for 97.
Liberty Bowl
Cincinnati 31, Vanderbilt 24: Isaiah Pead ran for 149 yards and a touchdown, and Ralph David Abernathy IV's 90-yard kickoff return early in the fourth quarter put Cincinnati (10-3) ahead to stay in Memphis, Tenn.
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Auburn 43, Virginia 24: Starting for suspended running back Mike Dyer, Onterio McCalebb ran for 109 yards, and scored on a 3-yard run and a 25-yard catch for Auburn in Atlanta.
Meineke Bowl
Texas A&M 33, Northwestern 22: Ryan Tannehill threw for 329 yards and a touchdown and Ben Malena ran for two more scores to lead Texas A&M (7-6) in Houston.
Northwestern (6-7) has lost nine bowl games in a row, its last win in the 1949 Rose Bowl.
The Aggies, who snapped a five-game bowl losing streak, were up 30-7 before the Wildcats rallied with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
Fight Hunger Bowl
Illinois 20, UCLA 14: Terry Hawthorne returned an interception 39 yards for Illinois' first touchdown late in the third quarter in San Francisco, and the Illini snapped a six-game losing streak. Nathan Scheelhaase added a 60-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Jenkins midway through the fourth quarter for Illinois (7-6). UCLA (6-8) was limited to 18 yards rushing.-- AP
