With versatile freshman Mohamed Sanu doing a little bit of everything, Rutgers extended its string of postseason success with a 45-24 rout of Central Florida in the St. Petersburg Bowl last night.
The multithreat receiver ran for two touchdowns out of the Wildcat formation and also scored on an 11-yard reception from Tom Savage, another true freshman who threw for a career-best 294 yards.
Rutgers (9-4) claimed a school-record fourth consecutive bowl win to finish with at least nine victories for just the sixth time in 140 years.
Central Florida (8-5) fell to 0-3 in bowls under coach George O’Leary.
Billy Anderson scored on a 19-yard interception return for Rutgers, which shut down Brynn Harvey, limiting him to 30 yards on 13 carries.
Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28 - Freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels threw three touchdown passes, the last a 13-yarder to David Leonard in the second overtime as the Cowboys overcame an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Bulldogs in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque.
Wyoming (7-6) stopped the nation’s leading rusher, Ryan Mathews, on three attempts from the 1 in the first overtime. The Bulldogs (8-5) tried a quarterback sneak on third down, and Mathews came up short again on fourth down.
Wisconsin-Whitewater 38, Mount Union 28 - Levell Coppage had three touchdowns, including a 31-yard dash for a tiebreaking touchdown with 1:17 left, as the Warhawks (15-0) beat the defending champion Purple Raiders in the NCAA Division 3 championship game in Salem, Va.
Coppage ran for 111 yards as the Warhawks avenged last season’s loss to Mount Union in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. Mount Union (14-1) had won 29 in a row.![]()



