Bowl wins for Bulldogs, Eagles and Wolfpack



UNDATED (AP) _ The first two bowl games of the day went down to the wire before

Mississippi State and Boston College earned victories.



Nelson Adams blocked Nick Dowd’s 37-yard field goal attempt with five seconds

left to preserve the Bulldogs’ 17-16 win over Miami of Ohio in the St.

Petersburg Bowl. Dowd was trying to help the RedHawks end the season on a

seven-game winning streak following an 0-6 start. He also had an extra point

blocked in the first half.



Quarterback Nick Fitzgerald rushed for 142 yards and two scores as Mississippi

State finished the season 6-7.



Boston College stopped Maryland on downs in the closing seconds and played

stingy defense on the Terrapins’ last three possessions to complete a 36-30

victory in the Quick Lane Bowl at Detroit. Boston College was ahead 29-13 at

halftime after Patrick Towles threw a 49-yard TD pass to Michael Walker. Towles

threw for two TDs and grabbed a 20-yard scoring pass while the 7-6 Eagles were

building a 23-point lead.



Maryland got near the goal line twice in the final 4:02 but came away with just

one field goal to finish the year 6-7.



Monday’s final bowl game was a rout by North Carolina State as Jaylen Samuels

caught three touchdown passes from Ryan Finley in a 41-17 throttling of

Vanderbilt at the Independence Bowl. Nyheim Hines returned a kickoff 100 yards

for a TD to help the Wolfpack finish the year 7-6. Finley completed 19 of 30

passes for 235 yards.

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