Tuesday’s bowl games at a glance

MUSIC CITY BOWL

Notre Dame 31, No. 22 LSU 28

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Notre Dame and senior kicker Kyle Brindza finished the season off with some much-needed redemption. Brindza made a 32-yard field goal as time expired, and Notre Dame upset LSU in a shootout.

The Tigers were unsuccessful on a fake field goal at the end of the first half, a call that stood on review even though replays appeared to show the ball crossing the goal line. The Fighting Irish (8-5) also blocked a 40-yard field goal attempt by Trent Domingue early in the fourth quarter.

Notre Dame got the ball with 5:41 left and never gave it back, driving 71 yards in 14 plays before Brindza finished off the win. Coach Brian Kelly gave sophomore Malik Zaire his first career start, but he also played senior Everett Golson, using both quarterbacks on the winning drive.

Notre Dame held the ball for 37 minutes but finished with a 449-436 edge in total offense thanks only to that final drive. Golson was 4 of 5 for 50 yards passing on it, including a 12-yard completion to Ben Koyack on third-and-10. Zaire finished off the drive with a couple of rushes to set up Brindza. Brindza had missed 6 of 9 field goals in the last five games of the regular season, including a 32-yarder late in a loss to Louisville.

The Fighting Irish were ranked as high as fifth before dropping four straight and five of their final six. Zaire rushed 22 times for 96 yards and was 12 of 15 for 96 yards passing. He threw for a TD and ran for another. Golson was 6 of 11 for 90 yards passing.

LSU (8-5) lost for the first time this season to a team not from the Southeastern Conference’s Western Division. Leonard Fournette ran for 143 yards and two touchdowns, and the freshman also returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score. The Tigers’ final three touchdowns took all of 38 seconds. Fournette had his kick return, and his 89-yard TD run later gave the Tigers their first lead of the game at 28-21 with 6:14 left in the third quarter. In between, Anthony Jennings connected with John Diarse on a 75-yard catch-and-run touchdown.

BELK BOWL

No. 13 Georgia 37, No. 20 Louisville 14

CHARLOTTE, N.C.

Freshman Nick Chubb ran for a career-high 266 yards and two touchdowns, and Georgia overcame an injury to starting quarterback Hutson Mason to beat Louisville. Chubb averaged 8 yards per carry and the Bulldogs (10-3) piled up 301 yards rushing against the nation’s second-best run defense. Mason threw for 149 yards and a touchdown before leaving with blurred vision in the second quarter with the Bulldogs ahead 20-7. He was replaced by Brice Ramsey, whose primary duty was to hand the ball off to Chubb.

Georgia’s defense came up with four turnovers, with Dominick Sanders recording two interceptions.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Kyle Bolin made his first career start for Louisville and finished 20 of 40 for 301 yards with two interceptions and one touchdown. Brandon Radcliff ran for 91 yards and a touchdown.

TEXAS BOWL

(Late Monday)

Arkansas 31, Texas 7

HOUSTON

Brandon Allen threw for 160 yards and two scores as Arkansas rolled to an easy win in the Razorbacks’ first bowl appearance since 2011. It was the first game between these former Southwest Conference rivals since 2008 and ends a two-game skid in the series for Arkansas. The game was played in front of a sellout crowd that included Earl Campbell, who won the Heisman at Texas in 1977.

Arkansas (7-6) built a 24-7 lead by halftime and Jonathan Williams, who finished with 105 yards rushing, added a 1-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter to make it 31-7.

Texas (6-7) was smothered by Arkansas’ defense almost all night and finished with a season-low 59 total yards. It is the second straight lopsided bowl loss for the Longhorns, who lost 30-7 to Oregon in the Alamo Bowl last season.

Associated Press