Bowl recap: Penn State defeats Jeanty and Boise State to advance to CFP semifinals | College football

Bowl recap: Penn State defeats Jeanty and Boise State to advance to CFP semifinals | College football

Tyler Warren caught two touchdowns and No. 6 seed Penn State limited Ashton Jeanty to a season-low 104 yards rushing in a 31-14 win over No. 3 seed Boise State in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game at Fiesta on Tuesday 30 Run Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.

Jeanty finished the season with 2,601 yards, just shy of Barry Sanders’ FBS record of 2,628 yards, which he set with Oklahoma State in 1988. Jeanty fumbled twice on Tuesday, losing one of them.

Penn State (13-2) advances to the semifinals in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Nittany Lions will play either No. 2 seed Georgia or No. 7 seed Notre Dame, who face each other in the Sugar Bowl on Wednesday.

Drew Allar completed 13 of 25 passes for 171 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for Penn State. Kaytron Allen rushed for 134 yards on 17 carries, and Nicholas Singleton had a 58-yard touchdown run that sealed the Nittany Lions’ victory with 4:54 left.

ReliaQuest Bowl: Michigan 19, No. 11 Alabama 13

Dominic Zvada scored four times and Davis Warren threw a touchdown pass before leaving with a knee injury as the Wolverines cruised to a win over the Crimson Tide in Tampa.

Michigan (8-5) took advantage of three Alabama turnovers in the first quarter to build a 16-point lead en route to its third straight win.

Jalen Milroe completed 16 of 32 passes for 192 yards, one touchdown and one interception for the Crimson Tide (9-4). However, Milroe only had seven yards on 16 carries and was error-prone in the first quarter with an interception and two lost fumbles. The Crimson Tide rushed for just 68 yards.

Citrus Bowl: No. 20 Illinois 21, No. 15 South Carolina 17

Josh McCray rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 7:29 left, to lead the Fighting Illini to a win over the Gamecocks in Orlando.

Luke Altmyer completed 13 of 22 passes for 174 yards with a score and an interception, while Gabe Jacas had three tackles for a loss, helping Illinois (10-3) post its first 10-win season since 2001. It was also the Illini’s first win over an SEC team.

Redshirt freshman LaNorris Sellers completed 24 of 34 passes for 260 yards and a touchdown for South Carolina (9-4), ending its six-game winning streak. Oscar Adaway rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown and caught seven passes for 37 yards.

Texas Bowl: LSU 44, Baylor 31

Garrett Nussmeier rushed for 304 yards and three touchdowns as the Tigers defeated the Bears in Houston.

Nussmeier threw two touchdown passes to Trey’Dez Green, and Chris Hilton Jr. caught the other scoring pass and finished the game with 113 receiving yards for the Tigers (9-4). LSU’s Zavion Thomas had a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

Sawyer Robertson passed for 445 yards and two touchdowns and Josh Cameron had eight catches for 111 yards and a score to lead Baylor (8-5), which hadn’t lost since Oct. 5. The Bears missed scoring opportunities by failing five of six fourth-down conversion attempts.

Sun Bowl: Louisville 35, Washington 34

Harrison Bailey threw three touchdowns and the Cardinals held off the Huskies in El Paso, Texas.

Bailey was more efficient than spectacular, completing 16 of 25 passes for 164 yards, but also directing a turnover-free offense that featured good balance. Louisville (9-4) rushed for 207 yards, getting 99 yards from freshman Isaac Brown and 83 from another freshman, Duke Watson.

Washington (6-7) got a big game from quarterback Demond Williams Jr., who fended off an early pick-six and completed 26 of 32 attempts for 374 yards and four scores. Giles Jackson shredded the Louisville secondary for 11 catches, 161 yards and all four touchdowns.

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