DETROIT (AP) – Josh Harris passed for 386 yards and three touchdowns to lead Bowling Green to a 28-24 victory over Northwestern in the Motor City Bowl on Friday night.
Bowling Green (11-3) took the lead for good on Harris’ 3-yard touchdown pass to Cole Magner with 4:06 left.
Harris, who also ran for a TD in his final game for the Falcons, set a Motor City Bowl record for completions with 38 in 50 attempts. Magner also set a game record for catches, finishing with 12 for 97 yards.
Jason Wright ran for a game-record 237 yards on 21 carries and finished with 336 all-purpose yards for Northwestern (6-7). He had a 77-yard TD run – the second-longest run in Motor City Bowl history – to give the Wildcats a 17-7 lead early in the third quarter.
Bowling Green used two 80-yard scoring drives to take a 21-17 lead early in the fourth quarter. Harris threw a 7-yard TD pass to Magner, and put the Falcons on top with an 11-yarder to Steve Sanders.
Northwestern opened the scoring on Noah Herron’s 40-yard fourth-down run in the first quarter, and made it 10-0 on Brian Huffman’s 31-yard field goal. Bowling Green answered with a 67-yard drive, capped by a 4-yard run by Harris.
With Bowling Green’s victory, the Mid-American Conference finished the bowl season with a 2-0 record. Miami of Ohio beat Louisville last week in the GMAC Bowl.
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