LJ Martin ran for 88 yards and two touchdowns, Jake Retzlaff handed for 151 yards and BYU beat Colorado 36-14 within the Alamo Bowl on Saturday evening.
BYU (11-2, No. 17 CFP) scored in each quarter for its second straight bowl win and third in its final 4 appearances after failing to advance final season.
Colorado (9-4, No. 23 CFP) was held to 210 whole yards with simply 2 web dashing yards. The Buffaloes had 90 yards within the fourth quarter with the Cougars main by 29 factors.
Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders was sacked 3 times and threw two interceptions in entrance of a sellout crowd of 64,261. Sanders handed for 208 yards and two touchdowns whereas finishing 16 of 23 passes.
Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter had 4 receptions for 106 yards, together with a 43-yard landing run from Sanders with 6:14 remaining within the third quarter.
Colorado’s offensive struggles started early towards BYU.
The Buffaloes didn’t convert on fourth-and-1 on the Cougars’ 49-yard line when Sanders’ move to Will Sheppard got here up incomplete.
BYU then marched 52 yards for its first landing on a 1-yard run by Martin with 4 minutes left within the first quarter.
Cougars sophomore Parker Kingston returned a punt 64 yards for a landing to place BYU up 17-0 with 5:32 remaining within the first half.
The Buffaloes have been shut out within the first half whereas being restricted to 61 whole yards, together with minus-9 dashing yards on 12 carries.
Sione I Moa added a 13-yard dashing landing within the third quarter for the Cougars.
Will Ferrin added discipline objectives of 51 and 54 yards for BYU.
Kingston returned three punts for 82 yards, together with the first-half landing. He additionally had one reception for twenty-four yards and threw an incompletion that knocked tight finish Mata’ava Ta’ase off his fingers.
The Buffaloes entered the sport averaging 34.5 factors per sport, twenty second within the nation, however struggled towards the Cougars.
Associated Press reporting.
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