New Mexico shuts out Nevada in bowl game
ALBUQUERQUE, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Donovan Porterie hit 20 of 36 passes for 354 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to lead New Mexico to a 23-0 win over Nevada in the New Mexico Bowl.
Starting running back Rodney Ferguson was ruled academically ineligible earlier this week but Paul Baker rushed for a career-high 167 yards for the Lobos (9-4), who got their first bowl victory since the 1961 Aviation Bowl.
Travis Brown caught seven passes for 120 yards and a touchdown for New Mexico, which went into Saturday's game with five straight losses in bowl games.
Marko Mitchell had six receptions for 96 yards for the Wolf Pack (6-7), who were shut out for the first time since Sept. 27, 1980. Colin Kaepernick completed just 13 of 31 passes for 137 yards.
American woman sweeps St. Anton World Cups
ST. ANTON, Austria, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Lindsey Vonn took over as World Cup points leader Saturday when she won a super combined for her second World Cup victory in 24 hours.
Vonn, of Vail, Colo., posted the 10th victory of her career. Julia Mancuso of Olympic Valley, Calif., was third for the second day in a row.
It was first time an American woman has won two races on back-to-back days since Tamara McKinney won a giant slalom and slalom March 10-11, 1984 at Waterville Valley, N.H.
Vonn, who had won a downhill Friday, and Mancuso were 1-2 after the downhill portion of the "super combi." Mancuso was tied for second with defending champion and then-reigning World Cup points leader Nicole Hosp of Austria, but Hosp went out on her second run.
Vonn changed her name from Kildow in September after marrying 2002 Olympian Thomas Vonn,
COL FB: Cincinnati 31, Southern Miss 21
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Ben Mauk passed for four touchdowns Saturday to lead 23rd-ranked Cincinnati to a 31-21 victory over Southern Miss in the Papajohns.com Bowl.
Mauk completed 30 of 52 passes for 334 yards while Cincinnati completed its first 10-win season in more than 50 years.
DeAngelo Smith intercepted Southern Miss quarterback Jeremy Young three times as Cincinnati (10-3) won for the fourth time in its last five games.
Dominick Goodman caught seven passes, two for touchdowns, Connor Barwin and Antwuan Giddens each had seven reception'
Mauk also was intercepted three times, but rushed for 41 yards.
Young completed 18 of 32 passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 55 yards and a TD.
Southern Miss' Damion Fletcher carried 29 times for 155 yards for the Golden Eagles (7-6).
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Dolphins put linebacker on injured reserve
DAVIE, Fla., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The Miami Dolphins placed linebacker Channing Crowder on injured reserve a few days after he underwent surgery on his right knee.
Crowder hadn't played since Dec. 2 against the New York Jets and was inactive for the team's last two games. He underwent an arthroscopic procedure on Tuesday.
Crowder appeared in 11 games this season, including 10 starts, and led the Dolphins with 78 tackles.
The Dolphins filled Crowder's roster spot by activating quarterback Casey Bramlet from the practice squad.
Bramlet started this season on the active roster of the Atlanta Falcons, but was waived after two games and signed to Miami's practice squad.
