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Corey Robinson Leads Record-Setting Troy Past Ohio in New Orleans Bowl

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Corey Robinson threw for 387 yards and four touchdowns, and Troy set a New Orleans Bowl scoring record with a 48-21 victory over Ohio on Saturday night. Robinson completed 23 passes for 285 yards and all four TDs in the first half alone, when Troy (8-5) raced to a 38-7 lead. Tebiarus Gill had a New...

On, Dasher: Middle Tennessee Tops Southern Miss in New Orleans Bowl

Dwight Dasher (pictured right) set an NCAA record for rushing yards by a quarterback in a bowl game as Middle Tennessee State knocked off Southern Miss in the New Orleans Bowl Sunday night. Dasher's 201 yards edged out Vince Young's phenomenal 200-yard performance in the 2006 Rose Bowl. Dasher accounted for four touchdowns...

Football for the Easily Distracted: Minor Bowls in Three Sentences or Less, Part I

Ready for bowl season? Join FanHouse as we preview each of the 34 bowls with a lot of analysis, a little irreverence, and, we promise, at least one joke about Karl Malden's nose. Your parents, or Joe Paterno, will explain it to you.Below are the Week 1 bowl games. Click here for Week 2 and the non-BCS bowls of Week 3. Or...

Turkey Legs to Go: New Orleans Bowl Travel Guide, Southern Miss vs. Troy

Turkey Legs to Go is FanHouse's complete travel guide for all of the 2008-2009 college bowl games. Here, we cover the New Orleans Bowl (New Orleans, Louisiana), which pits Troy against Southern Miss.Overview / Matchup: Southern Mississippi, Brett Favre's alma mater, will have a short drive to the game; Troy, which won the...

Background on new orleans bowl

The New Orleans Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana since 2001. The game was sponsored by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from 2002 to 2004 and was officially called the Wyndham New Orleans Bowl.

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