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FINAL ROUNDUP OF C-USA BOWLS New Orleans Bowl
[Preview]
Tuesday, December 20
Southern Miss 31, Arkansas State 19
Cajun Stadium, Lafayette, LA
Payout Per Team: $750,000
Time: 8 PM; TV: ESPN
GMAC Bowl [Preview]
Wednesday, December 21
Toledo 45, Texas-El Paso 13
Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
Payout Per Team: $750,000
Time: 8 PM; TV: ESPN
Fort Worth Bowl [Preview]
Friday, December 23
Kansas 42, Houston 13
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX
Payout Per Team: $750,000
Time: 8 PM; TV: ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl [Preview]
Saturday, December 24
Nevada 49, Central Florida 48 (OT)
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI
Payout Per Team: $750,000
Time: 8:30 PM; TV: ESPN
Motor City Bowl [Preview]
Monday, December 26
Memphis
38, Akron 31
Ford Field, Detroit, MI
Payout Per Team: $750,000
Time: 4 PM; TV: ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl [Preview]
Saturday, December 31
Tulsa
31, Fresno State 24
Liberty Bowl Stadium, Memphis, TN
Payout Per Team: $1,500,000
Time: 1 PM; TV: ESPN
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By LARRY LAGE
AP Sports Writer
DETROIT — DeAngelo
Williams set an NCAA record with his 34th 100-yard rushing game and
scored three touchdowns, leading Memphis to a 38-31 victory over Akron
in the Motor City Bowl on Monday.
Williams ran for 233 yards
on 30 carries and finished his career with 6,021 yards rushing —
trailing only Ron Dayne, Ricky Williams and Tony Dorsett in Division I-A
history — and an NCAA-record 7,568 all-purpose yards.
The Tigers (7-5) took a
21-point lead with 3:09 left, but needed to recover an onside kick with
55 seconds left to seal the win after Luke Getsy threw his fourth
touchdown pass to cut the lead to seven points.
Akron (7-6) made a good
showing in its first Division I-A bowl game.
Getsy was 34-for-59 for a
Motor City Bowl-record 455 yards, and tied Chad Pennington's mark for
passing touchdowns in the bowl's nine-year history.
The Tigers led by 10 at
halftime after scoring on three straight drives, then pulled away with
three consecutive TDs in the second half before nearly collapsing in the
final minutes.
Williams, who shared the
100-yard rushing record with Heisman Trophy winners Archie Griffin of
Ohio State and Dorsett of Pittsburgh, broke the record in the third
quarter when he ran up the middle and bounced to the outside on an
18-yard carry.
Griffin set the mark in 42
games, and Dorsett matched it in 43 games — one fewer than Williams.
Williams, who finished
seventh in voting for the Heisman, was taken out of the game midway
through the fourth quarter while Memphis was driving for its third
consecutive touchdown and a 38-17 lead.
It wasn't shocking to see
Williams run through and around the Zips with his NFL-caliber speed
after Northern Illinois' Garrett Wolfe ran for 270 yards against Akron
in the Mid-American Conference game.
02/23/07 10:43 AM
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