Steven Jackson had a happy homecoming, matching a bowl record with five touchdowns in leading Oregon State to a 55-14 rout of New Mexico in the Las Vegas Bowl.
A Las Vegas native, Jackson rushed for 149 yards and four touchdowns and caught five passes for 51 yards and another score. The five touchdowns were a school record.
Only two others have scored five TDs in a bowl game, including Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders against Wyoming in the 1988 Holiday Bowl. The other was San Jose State’s Sheldon Canley vs. Kansas State in the 1990 California Bowl.
Both teams finished 8-5.
– California receiver Geoff McArthur, who caught 85 passes for 1,504 yards this season, is likely to miss Friday’s Insight Bowl against Virginia Tech because of a broken right forearm suffered in practice Sunday.
– Tom Gilmore, who has spent the last four years as Lehigh’s defensive coordinator, was named head coach at Holy Cross. Gilmore replaces Dan Allen, who was fired last month after Holy Cross set single-season record for losses in a 1-11 campaign.
