GMAC BOWL B. Green blows out Memphis



The Falcons pulled away in the second half for a 52-35 victory.
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Omar Jacobs passed for 365 yards and five touchdowns, leading Bowling Green to a 52-35 victory over Memphis Wednesday night in the GMAC Bowl.
The Falcons (9-3) turned a shootout into a blowout after leading 35-28 at halftime to win their fourth consecutive bowl game.
Jacobs got them started with four first-half touchdown passes -- two apiece to Charles Sharon and Steve Sanders -- and P.J. Pope helped carry them the rest of the way.
Pope ran 28 times for 151 yards and a pair of 1-yard touchdowns, also scoring on a 13-yard reception for the only score of the third quarter.
The Tigers (8-4), playing in back-to-back bowl games for the first time, couldn't keep up with the nation's No. 4 offense, which totaled 558 total yards.
Big numbers
Memphis' DeAngelo Williams rushed for 120 yards on 18 carries before limping to the locker room at the end of the third quarter with a fractured right fibula.
Danny Wimprine nearly matched Jacobs' performance, going 26-of-39 for 324 yards and four touchdowns but passing for just 11 yards in the third quarter and losing a fumble.
Jacobs, whose 41 touchdown passes led the nation and set a Mid-American Conference record, completed 26-of-44 passes with an interception to earn Most Valuable Player honors.
Bowling Green made it 42-28 with Pope slipping underneath for a 13-yard touchdown catch on third-and-7. The Tigers then squandered another trip across midfield when a scrambling Wimprine fumbled the ball and Bowling Green's Mike Thaler recovered 31 yards behind the line of scrimmage to set up a field goal.
Much scoring
Jacobs capped his four-touchdown half with a 17-yarder to Sanders, who reached over defensive back Cameron Essex in the end zone with 37 seconds to go.
Wimprine was nearly as good, throwing for a 42-yard score to tight end John Doucette, a 60-yarder to Chris Kelley and a 39-yarder to Maurice Avery on a screen pass. Williams momentarily stopped the aerial show with a 31-yard scoring run down the sideline.
Sanders had seven catches for 124 yards and Sharon gained 117 yards on five catches. Jacobs set the MAC record with his 41st overall touchdown rushing or passing in the first quarter, adding four more.
He also joined Ben Roethlisberger and Byron Leftwich as the league's only 4,000-yard passers.