LAS VEGAS – Willie Tuitama threw for 322 yards and two touchdowns Saturday night and Arizona won its first bowl game in 10 years, 31-21 over No. 17 BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl.

The Wildcats stifled BYU quarterback Max Hall throughout the game, forcing him to scramble often, lose a fumble and throw an interception.

Tuitama threw a 71-yard pass to Terrell Turner that set up the first score, a 37-yard touchdown to Delashaun Dean that gave the Wildcats the lead for good, and a 24-yard strike to Chris Gronkowski that sent Cougars fans toward the exits.

New Mexico Bowl Colorado State 40, Fresno State 35

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Gartrell Johnson rushed for a career-high 285 yards and scored two touchdowns.

Johnson sealed Colorado State’s first bowl victory since 2001 on a 77-yard touchdown with 1:46 remaining, igniting a celebration by fans who made the 7-hour drive from Fort Collins, Colo.

Johnson added 90 yards receiving for 375 total yards.

St. Petersburg Bowl South Florida 41, Memphis 14

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Matt Grothe moved ahead of West Virginia’s Pat White as the Big East’s career total offense leader, throwing for 236 yards and three touchdowns.

USF (8-5) scored on four of its first five possessions to build a 24-14 halftime lead, forcing Memphis (6-7) to play catch-up and essentially taking 1,000-yard rusher Curtis Steele out of the Tigers’ game plan.

EagleBank Bowl Wake Forest 29, Navy 19

WASHINGTON – Riley Skinner found a perfect way to obliterate the miserable memory of his painful performance against Navy earlier this season.

Skinner went 11-for-11 and threw the go-ahead touchdown pass to Ben Wooster with 7:52 left, leading Wake Forest to a comeback victory.

in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl to open the bowl season.

The previous school record for accuracy was a 12-for-14 effort by Mike McGlamry in 1975. Skinner added a completion on a conversion attempt.

He finished with 166 yards passing and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.

It was a rematch of a September game played at Wake Forest (8-5), when Navy (8-5) took advantage of five turnovers by Skinner – four interceptions and a fumble – to pull off a 24-17 upset.