Fanhouse: Landry Jones Passes Oklahoma Past Connecticut in Fiesta Bowl
Filed under: Connecticut, Oklahoma, Big 12, Big East, Bowl GamesGLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Oklahoma Sooners capped their Big 12 championship season with their first bowl game victory in eight years, beating the Connecticut Huskies 48-20 in the 40th annual Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Saturday.
Sooners quarterback Landry Jones finished with a school bowl-record 426 yards passing, going 33 for 48 with three touchdowns and one interception, and was named the game's offensive MVP.
UConn was out to prove that it belonged on the national stage, and the team competed admirably at times. The Huskies trailed by just 10 points at ...