Georgia missed an opportunity to send the game to a fourth overtime when Blair Walsh's 47-yard field goal attempt was blocked on the final play of the game.

Walsh became the Southeastern Conference's career scoring leader with a field goal in the second extra period, but he missed a 42-yarder in the first overtime.

Michigan State (11-3) ended a five-game bowl losing streak with its first postseason win since beating Fresno State in the 2001 Silicon Valley Bowl.

Georgia (10-4) finished the season on a two-game losing streak, including a lopsided loss to top-ranked LSU in the Southeastern Conference championship game.

At Jacksonville, Florida, Andre Debose returned a kickoff 99 yards — the longest scoring play in bowl history — and Chris Rainey blocked a punt that was returned for a touchdown as Florida beat Ohio State in the Gator Bowl.

The speedsters helped the Gators (7-6) avoid their first losing season since 1979 and pick up some much-needed momentum after losing six of their previous eight games.

Ohio State (6-7) lost four in a row to end the season and finished below .500 for the first time since 1986.

The game pitted former Florida coach Urban Meyer's old team against his new one.

Meyer won two national championships with Florida before resigning at the end of last season. He was hired to take over at Ohio State last month and officially starts this week.

At Orlando, Florida, Connor Shaw threw two touchdown passes and South Carolina's defense had six sacks as the Gamecocks dominated Nebraska over the final three quarters to win the Capital One Bowl.

The victory gave South Carolina 11 wins in a season for the first time in school history and ended a string of three straight bowl losses.

Both teams lost players in the third quarter when Gamecocks receiver Alshon Jeffrey and Cornhuskers cornerback Alfonso Dennard were ejected for fighting after a play.

Jeffrey had four catches for 148 yards and a touchdown for South Carolina (11-2) before the incident.

Nebraska (9-4) lost its second consecutive bowl game.

 In Dallas, Case Keenum threw for 532 yards and three touchdowns as Houston beat Penn State to win the TicketCity Bowl, a dispiriting finish to the Nittany Lions' season following the child sex-abuse scandal that led to the firing of longtime coach Joe Paterno.

Penn State (9-4) had allowed 162 passing yards per game this season, but Keenum threw for more than double that by halftime. He burned the Nittany Lions' secondary with TD passes of 40 and 75 yards to build a 24-7 lead by the break.

Patrick Edwards finished with 10 catches and 228 yards for two touchdowns for Houston (13-1).

It was Penn State's first bowl game without Paterno as head coach since the 1962 Gator Bowl, a 17-7 loss to Florida. He was fired on Nov. 9 after child sex-abuse charges were leveled against retired assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

Longtime defensive coordinator Tom Bradley took over on an interim basis.