| ESPN Owned and Operated Football Events |
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ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events, including collegiate football events: the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg; Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas); MAACO Bowl Las Vegas; New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Papajohns.com Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.); Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Texas Bowl (Houston); the MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney (Orlando, Fla.); and The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards.
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| New Mexico Bowl |
Freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels threw three touchdown passes, the last a 13-yarder to David Leonard in the second overtime, and Wyoming rallied past Fresno State 35-28 in the 2009 New Mexico Bowl. MORE
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| Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg |
Freshman QB Tom Savage completed 14 of 27 passes for 294 yards and two touchdowns as Rutgers rolled over Central Florida 45-24 in the 2009 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg. The Scarlet Knights held UCF to just 32 yards rushing on 30 carries. MORE
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| MAACO Bowl Las Vegas |
BYU’s Max Hall threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Cougars past Oregon State 44-20 in the 2009 MAACO Las Vegas Bowl. Oregon State's loss snaps a five-game bowl winning streak. MORE
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| Sheraton Hawaii Bowl |
Freshman quarterback Kyle Padron threw for an SMU-record 460 yards, leading the Mustangs to a 45-10 victory over Nevada in the 2009 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, SMU’s first postseason appearance in 25 years. MORE
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| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl |
Asher Clark and Jared Tew each ran for more than 100 yards with two touchdowns and Air Force's top-ranked pass defense had six interceptions against Case Keenum, leading the Falcons to a 47-20 victory over Houston in the 2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. MORE
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| Texas Bowl |
Navy QB Ricky Dobbs had the game of his life in the 2009 Texas Bowl—running for 166 yards and three touchdowns as the Midshipmen manhandled Missouri with their triple-option offense in a 35-13 victory. Dobbs joined Craig Candeto (2003) and Chris McCoy (1997) as the only Midshipmen to run and pass for over 1,000 yards in a season.
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| Papajohns.com Bowl |
Andre Dixon rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown and resilient Connecticut ended a trying season with a 20-7 victory over South Carolina in the 2009 Papajohns.com Bowl. Dixon was the Most Valuable Player and joined teammate Jordan Todman as 1,000-yard rushers, the first time two UConn backs have surpassed that mark in the same season. MORE
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