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Turnovers mar Emerald Bowl
By Jeremy Kahn December 28, 2007 |
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SAN FRANCISCO-In a game that supposedly featured two great offenses, the sixth annual Emerald Bowl was a nothing but a turnover fest. Between the Oregon State Beavers and the Maryland Terrapins, the two teams combined for five turnovers, including turnovers on three straight possessions in the second quarter. In the end, it was the Beavers who came out of the mistake filled game with a 21-14 victory over the Terrapins before 32,517 at AT&T Park. The 32,517 was the second largest was the second largest crowd in the six-year history of the bowl game played on the Shores of McCovey Cove. The record is 40,331 that was set last season, as the Florida State Seminoles defeated the UCLA Bruins by the final score of 44-27. It was the Terrapins of the Atlantic Coast Conference who got on the board, as Chris Turner threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Williams on the Terps’ first possession of the game. It did not take long for the Beavers to tie up the game, as Sean Canfield threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to James Rodgers on the first possession after the Terps’ scored. Turner then put the Terps’ back into the lead, as he hooked up with Darrius-Heyward Bey with a 63-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. The Beavers would tie up the game with 16 seconds remaining in the first half, as Yvenson Bernard scored on a two-yard touchdown run. That would remain the score nearly all the way thru the third quarter, as Rodgers recovered a Bernard fumble on the Terrapins two-yard line and scampered into the end zone with what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown. Bernard carried the ball an Emerald Bowl record 38 times for 177 yards, as the Beavers remained undefeated in bowl games coached by Mike Riley. The Beavers are now 4-0 in bowl games coached by Riley, with victories in the Las Vegas Bowl, Insight Bowl, the Sun Bowl and now the Emerald Bowl. Riley played both Sean Canfield and Lyle Moevao at quarterback. Moevao went 5-for-9 for 41 yards passing, while Canfield went 8-for-14 with 68 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Turner went 17-for-28 with 204 yards passing with two touchdowns, but he also threw two interceptions in his return to his home state. Turner grew up in Simi Valley (Ventura County). This was the first trip to the West Coast for the Terrapins since they lost to the UCLA Bruins by the final score of 12-7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1954. Rodgers gained career-high 108 yards on just nine carries. |
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