BOWL ROUNDUP | Thursday's games

California 35, BYU 28
LAS VEGAS -- Marshawn Lynch rushed for career highs of 194 yards and three touchdowns, and DeSean Jackson caught two scoring passes before California's defense held off Brigham Young in the Las Vegas Bowl. Steve Levy passed for 228 yards in his second career start for the Golden Bears (8-4), who showed off a wealth of talent that's all coming back in 2006. They needed every bit of it to hold off BYU's fourth-quarter comeback in a high-octane game featuring 915 total yards. Cal took a 21-point lead into the final quarter after Lynch's 35-yard scoring run and Jackson's exceptional 22-yard diving TD catch in the third. But BYU quarterback John Beck responded with scoring passes to Jonny Harline and Todd Watkins, whose 9-yard grab with 5:35 left cut Cal's lead to seven points. The Bears improbably tried a 50-yard field goal with 2:20 to play, and Tom Schneider's kick was well short. But the Cougars moved just 7 yards before Beck's arm was hit by Cal lineman Phillip Mbakogu, and Daymeion Hughes intercepted the wobbling pass to seal the Bears' second bowl victory in three postseason trips under coach Jeff Tedford. Beck set Las Vegas Bowl records in BYU's spread offense, going 35-for-53 for 352 yards and three TDs. In their first bowl game in four years, the Cougars (6-6) mounted three scoring drives longer than 90 yards and moved the ball consistently.
Navy 51, Colorado St. 30
SAN DIEGO -- On the same field where Barry Sanders ran wild 17 years earlier, speedy little Reggie Campbell of Navy claimed his share of bowl lore. Campbell tied the NCAA bowl record with five touchdowns and had 290 all-purpose yards, leading the Midshipmen over Colorado State in the Poinsettia Bowl at Qualcomm Stadium. The 5-foot-6 sophomore slotback had touchdown catches of 55 and 34 yards, and scoring runs of 22, 2 and 21 yards. Sanders scored five touchdowns and ran for 222 yards in the 1988 Holiday Bowl, leading Oklahoma State to a 62-14 win over Wyoming at what was then Jack Murphy Stadium. Sanders won the Heisman Trophy that year. The other players with five TDs in a bowl were Michigan's Neil Snow against Stanford in the 1902 Rose Bowl and San Jose State's Sheldon Canley against Central Michigan in the 1990 California Bowl. Campbell was spectacular practically every time he touched the ball for Navy (8-4), which was playing in a third straight bowl game for the first time in academy history. He ran 16 times for 116 yards, caught two passes for 89 yards and returned four kickoffs for 85 yards. Navy, the nation's top-ranked rushing team with an average of 305.2 yards, ran for 467 yards and had 611 yards in total offense. Campbell's first TD was a stunner, a 55-yard reception from Lamar Owens on Navy's first play from scrimmage. Already hard to stop because of its triple-option rushing attack, Navy surprised everyone, especially Colorado State's defense, when Owens faked a handoff and threw deep to Campbell, who had gotten behind the coverage and scored easily for a 7-7 tie 4:07 into the game.
Associated Press