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✦ opponents recap Miami (7-5) The Hurricanes closed their season with a 52-45 victory at Duke Nov. 24 … Freshman running back Duke Johnson had 16 carries for a career-high 176 yards and three scores … Junior quarterback Stephen Morris was 15-of-25 passing for 369 yards with three touchdowns … Miami earned a spot in the ACC championship game and was bowl eligible, but decided to impose a postseason ban on itself for the second straight year due to an ongoing NCAA investigation … Morris finished with a single-season school-record 3,415 yards of total offense, surpassing the previous mark of 3,412 set by Bernie Kosar in 1984 … Johnson, who compiled a freshman school-record 947 rushing yards and scored 13 total touchdowns, was named the ACC Rookie of the Year. by steve downey Navy (8-5) The Midshipmen capped the regular season with a 17‑13 victory over Army Dec. 8 in Philadelphia, winning the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for a record 13th time … Freshman quarterback Keenan Reynolds notched the game-winning touchdown on an eight-yard run with 4:41 remaining and finished with 173 yards of total offense … Arizona State sunk Navy 62-28 in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Dec. 29 in San Francisco … The Midshipmen have now lost five of their past six bowl games … Senior slot back Gee Gee Greene had a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and rushed for 112 yards on 12 carries … Senior linebacker Matt Warrick led the defense with nine tackles. Stanford (12-2) Purdue (6-7) The Boilermakers notched a 56-35 triumph over Indiana Nov. 24 to become bowl eligible … It marked the first time Purdue played in a bowl game in back-to-back seasons since 2006-07 … Sixth-year senior quarterback Robert Marve threw for a career-high 348 yards and four touchdowns against the Hoosiers … Oklahoma State hammered the Boilermakers 58-14 in the Heart of Dallas Bowl Jan. 1 in Dallas … Purdue is now 0-4 all time on New Year's Day … PU turned it over five times, including a fumble that was brought back for a touchdown … Senior running back Akeem Shavers had 14 carries for 93 yards and caught four passes for 54 yards … Redshirt sophomore defensive end Ryan Russell posted seven solo tackles and a sack. Michigan State (7-6) The Spartans pounded Minnesota 26-10 Nov. 24 to clinch bowl eligibility … Junior running back Le'Veon Bell racked up a career-high 266 yards on 35 carries and scored the gamesealing touchdown … Michigan State rallied to top TCU 17‑16 in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Dec. 29 in Tempe, Ariz., giving the school victories in back-to-back bowl games for the first time since 1989-90 … Senior kicker Dan Conroy booted a 47-yard field goal — his single-season school-record 23rd — with 1:01 left in the game to culminate the comeback from a 13-0 halftime deficit … Bell ran for 145 yards on 32 attempts and scored a fourth-quarter touchdown to aid the rally … Junior defensive end William Gholston recorded a season-high nine tackles, including one sack. Michigan (8-5) The No. 19 Wolverines suffered a 26-21 defeat at No. 3 Ohio State Nov. 24 … Senior quarterback Denard Robinson Denard Robinson compiled 100 rushing yards in Michigan's 33-28 loss to South Carolina in the Outback Bowl to move into first place on the all-time NCAA quarterback-rushing list with 4,495 career yards. photo by brian blanco carried the ball 10 times for 122 yards and had a 67-yard touchdown run … Michigan surrendered a 32-yard TD pass with 11 seconds remaining in the game and fell to No. 11 South Carolina 33-28 in the Outback Bowl Jan. 1 in Tampa, Fla. … Junior quarterback Devin Gardner threw for 214 yards and three scores, while redshirt junior wide receiver Jeremy Gallon caught a career-high nine passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns … Robinson compiled 100 yards on 23 carries and claimed first place on the all-time NCAA quarterback rushing list with 4,495 yards (Pat White of West Virginia had 4,480) … U-M surrendered 341 yards and four scores (56, four, 31 and 32 yards) through the air, and also gave up a 63-yard punt return for a touchdown. ✦ Page 18 The No. 8 Cardinal defeated No. 17 UCLA 35-17 in its regular-season finale Nov. 24, and then topped the Bruins again, 27-24, in the Pac-12 championship game Nov. 30 … Senior running back Stepfan Taylor rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns in the first victory over the Bruins, and then had 133 total yards (78 rushing) and a score in the rematch … Redshirt freshman quarterback Kevin Hogan threw for 155 yards and a touchdown, and ran for 47 yards and a score, in the league title game to help send Stanford to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 2000 … Stanford grinded out a 20-14 victory over Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1 in Pasadena, Calif. … Taylor rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown to pace the Cardinal offense … Redshirt junior nickel back Usua Amanam made three stops and sealed the win with an interception near midfield with 2:30 to play … The Cardinal played in a bowl game for the fourth consecutive season for the first time in school history, while also recording at least 11 wins three straight years for the first time in program annals. BYU (8-5) The Cougars ripped New Mexico State 50-14 Nov. 24 … Redshirt junior wide receiver Cody Hoffman hauled in 12 receptions for 182 yards and five touchdowns, while fifthyear senior quarterback James Lark completed 34 of 50 passes for 384 yards with six scores and no picks … BYU defeated former conference rival San Diego State 23-6 in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Dec. 20 in San Diego to extend its school-record bowl win streak to four … Junior linebacker Keith Van Noy recorded a sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery in the end zone for the first TD of the game, and then returned an interception