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Syracuse wins wild one with Minnesota, 21-17

Terrel Hunt scrambled 12 yards for a touchdown with 1 minute, 14 seconds remaining to lift Syracuse to a 21-17 win over Minnesota in the Texas Bowl in Houston on Friday night.

Terrel Hunt scrambled 12 yards for a touchdown with 1 minute, 14 seconds remaining to lift Syracuse to a 21-17 win over Minnesota in the Texas Bowl in Houston on Friday night.

Brisly Estime set up Hunt's touchdown with a 70-yard punt return.

Syracuse (7-6) led, 14-3, entering the fourth quarter before Mitch Leidner threw two touchdown passes and a two-point conversion to put the Golden Gophers up by 17-14.

After the Orange regained the lead, Minnesota (8-5) attempted two long passes to the end zone on the final plays. The first went incomplete and the final one as time expired was knocked down near the end zone.

Military Bowl

Marshall 31, Maryland 20 -

Rakeem Cato threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns, and the Thundering Herd (10-4) used two fourth-quarter scores to rally past the Terrapins (7-6) in Annapolis, Md.