Lucas Carneiro drilled a tiebreaking 47-yard field goal with six seconds left, propelling No. 6 Ole Miss to a 39-34 victory over No. 3 Georgia in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl on Thursday in New Orleans.
Trinidad Chambliss threw a 40-yard pass to De’Zhaun Stribling on third-and-5 with 26 seconds left, leading to Carneiro’s third field goal of the game. A backwards pass into the end zone on Georgia’s ensuing kickoff return went into the end zone, resulting in a safety with one second left.
Chambliss threw for 362 yards and two touchdowns and Kewan Lacy rushed for 98 yards and two scores for Ole Miss (13-1), which will face No. 10 Miami in a semifinal game at the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz. The Rebels’ Harrison Wallace III made nine receptions for 156 yards and a touchdown.
Gunner Stockton threw for 203 yards and a touchdown for Georgia (12-2), which saw its second straight season end in the quarterfinals in New Orleans. The Bulldogs erased a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter before falling short.
No. 1 Indiana 38, No. 9 Alabama 3
Fernando Mendoza threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns to lead the top-seeded Hoosiers to a blowout of the ninth-seeded Crimson Tide in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
The Hoosiers advance to the semifinals and will take on fifth-seeded Oregon on Jan. 9 at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. Indiana (14-0) became the first top-four seed to win a game in the 12-team CFP, after teams with a bye went 0-6 to start the expanded playoff era.
Indiana had more rushing yards (215) than the Crimson Tide had total yards (193). Kaelon Black rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown while Roman Hemby ran for 89 yards and a score. Alabama’s Ty Simpson completed 12 of 16 passes, but he had just 67 yards through the air before leaving with a cracked rib.
No. 5 Oregon 23, No. 4 Texas Tech 0
True freshman cornerback Brandon Finney Jr. intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble to win Orange Bowl defensive MVP as the Ducks shut out the Red Raiders in Miami Gardens, Fla.
The Ducks limited Texas Tech to 215 yards and nine first downs while winning their eighth consecutive game and becoming just the third Oregon team to win 13 games in a season. Jordon Davison rushed for two touchdowns, Atticus Sappington kicked three field goals and Bryce Boettcher racked up 12 tackles and a forced fumble for Oregon. Dante Moore completed 26 of 33 passes for 234 yards and one interception.
Ben Roberts had 16 tackles and an interception for Texas Tech (12-2), which had a six-game winning streak halted. Behren Morton completed 18 of 32 passes for 137 yards and two interceptions.
–Field Level Media
