In the third quarter, Pitt quarterback Rod Rutherford scored on a 2-yard touchdown run, making it 27-14.
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Pitt scored first on a 72-yard touchdown pass from John Turman to Antonio Bryant, taking an early 7-0 lead.
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It featured the Iowa State Cyclones and the Pittsburgh Panthers.
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It featured the Missouri Tigers, and the West Virginia Mountaineers.
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Missouri answered with an 11-yard touchdown run from Corby Jones, pushing the lead back to 31-10.
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Missouri's Corby Jones scored on a 9-yard touchdown run to make it 14-0 at the end of the 1st quarter.
Jeremy Aldrich's 26 yard field goal made it 45–7 Colorado at the half.
After adding another field goal, the Gophers had one last chance with a late possession to win the game, but quarterback Travis Cole fumbled deep in his own territory to set up an easy NC State touchdown for a final score of 38-30.
It featured the Kansas State Wildcats, and the Syracuse Orangemen, and was a rematch of the 1997 Fiesta Bowl, played in nearby Tempe.
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Syracuse opened the scoring on a 65-yard touchdown run by running back James Mungro making it 7-0 Syracuse.
Andre Dixon rushed for 126 yards and one touchdown as the Huskies defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks in the fourth annual PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama.
On 4th-and-19, Garcia threw a deep pass that was intercepted by safety Robert Vaughn on the UConn 7-yard line.