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Game Recap
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Ray Rice ran over, around and through Ball State in the International Bowl, giving Rutgers the second bowl win in its long history. Rice had four touchdowns and 280 yards, including a career-long 90-yard score to lift the Scarlet Knights to a 52-30 win in the International Bowl. Rutgers (8-5), which played the first college football game, hadn't won a bowl game before last year. Now the program has won two in a row, following a 37-10 win over Kansas State in the 2006 Texas Bowl with another blowout north of the border. Full story | GameCenter | Glog
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Key Players
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Ray Rice, Rutgers, RB |
| If that was his final college game, Rice went out on top. The junior rushed for 280 yards and also scored four touchdowns, including a 91-yard run. |
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Nate Davis, Ball State, QB |
| The quarterback threw for 291 yards on 25-of-49 passing with three touchdowns and zero interceptions. He also finished second on the team with 66 yards rushing. |
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Notes
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Rutgers: The Scarlet Knights played in their third consecutive bowl game ... They lost the 2005 Insight Bowl to Arizona State, won the 2006 Texas Bowl against Kansas State and won the International Bowl ... Rutgers improved to 28-18-1 all-time against the MAC ... Ray Rice now has 49 career rushing TDs, good for second all-time in Big East history, tied with Steve Slaton.
Ball State: Coach Brady Hoke is one of 18 coaches to be coaching at their alma mater ... Ball State played six bowl-eligible teams, including Illinois, Navy and Michigan ... Ball State was playing in its first bowl game since the 1996 Las Vegas Bowl ... Wide receiver Dante Love had his ninth career 100-yard receving game, which is two behind the school record of 11 held by Dante Ridgeway (2002-04).
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With three touchdown passes, Rutgers quarterback Mike Teel finishes the season with a school record 20 passing TDs. (AP)
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