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| Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno (24) catches a 21-yard touchdown pass over Michigan State linebacker Greg Jones (53) during the fourth quarter of the Capital One Bowl in Orlando on Thursday. ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Stafford throws three touchdown passes in win over Michigan St.
By MARK WANGRIN
Associated Press
ORLANDO — Matthew Stafford threw three touchdown passes in the second half, hitting Knowshon Moreno for the clinching score to lead No. 16 Georgia over No. 19 Michigan State 24-12 Thursday in the Capital One Bowl.
Ranked No. 1 early this season, the Bulldogs (10-3) gave coach Mark Richt his sixth bowl win in eight tries.
Stafford was just 6-for-14 and an interception in the first half. After that, he looked more like the quarterback that NFL teams covet — if he decides to pass up his senior season — in going 14-for-17 and the three scores in a span of 18 minutes.
Stafford was picked as the game’s MVP, completing his performance by showing a nice touch in threading a 21-yard TD pass to Moreno late in the fourth quarter. Stafford set a single-season school record with 25 touchdown passes.
The loss by Michigan State
(9-4) left Big Ten teams 1-5 in bowls this season.
The expected showdown between star running backs Javon Ringer and Moreno never materialized. Moreno ran for 62 yards on 23
carries; Ringer had 47 yards and a TD on 20 carries.
Neither team mustered much on offense in the first half.
Stafford and Bulldogs broke loose in the third quarter, with Michael Moore catching a 35-yard touchdown passes and Aron White catching a 21-yard TD toss.
Ringer scored on a 1-yard run midway through the fourth quarter — his school-record 22nd — but quarterback Brian Hoyer’s pass for a two-point conversion was long.
Hoyer completed 16 of 31 passes for 159 yards with an
interception.
The Spartans got a pair of first-quarter turnovers in Georgia territory but could only turn them into a field goal to tie it at 3.
Michigan State took a 6-3 lead with just over two minutes left in the first half.
Ranked No. 1 early this season, the Bulldogs (10-3) gave coach Mark Richt his sixth bowl win in eight tries.
Stafford was just 6-for-14 and an interception in the first half. After that, he looked more like the quarterback that NFL teams covet — if he decides to pass up his senior season — in going 14-for-17 and the three scores in a span of 18 minutes.
Stafford was picked as the game’s MVP, completing his performance by showing a nice touch in threading a 21-yard TD pass to Moreno late in the fourth quarter. Stafford set a single-season school record with 25 touchdown passes.
The loss by Michigan State
(9-4) left Big Ten teams 1-5 in bowls this season.
The expected showdown between star running backs Javon Ringer and Moreno never materialized. Moreno ran for 62 yards on 23
carries; Ringer had 47 yards and a TD on 20 carries.
Neither team mustered much on offense in the first half.
Stafford and Bulldogs broke loose in the third quarter, with Michael Moore catching a 35-yard touchdown passes and Aron White catching a 21-yard TD toss.
Ringer scored on a 1-yard run midway through the fourth quarter — his school-record 22nd — but quarterback Brian Hoyer’s pass for a two-point conversion was long.
Hoyer completed 16 of 31 passes for 159 yards with an
interception.
The Spartans got a pair of first-quarter turnovers in Georgia territory but could only turn them into a field goal to tie it at 3.
Michigan State took a 6-3 lead with just over two minutes left in the first half.
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