Bowl roundup

Texas 21, California 10

David Ash threw for one touchdown and caught a TD pass to lead Texas to a 21-10 victory against California in the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday night in San Diego.

The Longhorns (8-5) had five takeaways and sacked Cal’s Zach Maynard six times.

The Golden Bears (7-6) are winless in five games against the Longhorns dating to 1959.

Ash had another impressive play in the third quarter when he threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Goodwin, who made a nice over-the-shoulder catch in full stride. That gave the Longhorns a 14-10 lead.

Texas put it away on Cody Johnson’s 4-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter, which was set up when Maynard was sacked and fumbled, which was recovered by Chris Whaley at the Cal 44.

Cal briefly took the lead at 10-7 after Isi Sofele’s 6-yard run to cap the opening drive of the second half.

Toledo 42, Air Force 41

Back and forth they went. A kickoff return for 87 yards. A pitch around the left end for 60. Touchdown passes for 49 and 37 yards. Two touchdowns scored on fourth downs. A pair of botched onside kicks.

And that was just the first half.

Toledo and Air Force ran up the score early and often at the Military Bowl and played to a wild finish, decided only when Air Force’s two-point conversion attempt went awry with 52 seconds to play to give Toledo a 42-41 victory in Washington, D.C.

Air Force (7-6) lined up to kick the extra point after Zach Kauth’s 33-yard, fourth-and-3 touchdown catch pulled the Falcons within a point. But holder David Baska ran the option instead, and his pitch to kicker Parker Herrington was low and ended up bouncing out of bounds in the end zone.

Bernard Reedy’s third touchdown of the game – a 37-yard catch, spin and run on a pass from Terrance Owens – gave Toledo a 42-35 lead with 5:01 to play and put the Rockets (9-4) over the 40-point mark for a sixth straight game.

Reedy had a career-high 126 yards on four catches and was named the game’s MVP.