Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham gets doused with water after his team defeated Colorado State during the Las Vegas Bowl NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS — Utah quarterback Travis Wilson ran for three touchdowns and passed for another Saturday, leading the No. 23 Utes to a 45-10 rout of Colorado State in the Las Vegas Bowl.

Wilson rushed for a season-high 91 yards on 11 carries and completed 17 of 26 passes for 158 yards.

Utah (9-4) scored three times in the first quarter and finished with 548 total yards, including 359 on the ground. Devontae Booker ran for 162 yards and a TD and Troy McCormick ran for 86.

Colorado State (10-3) fell behind in the first three minutes and never got its vaunted offense in gear. Garrett Grayson completed 21 of 35 passes for 242 yards.

Air Force 38, Western Michigan 24

BOISE, Idaho — Shayne Davern ran for a career-high 101 yards and two touchdowns and Air Force beat Western Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

Air Force finished the season 10-3 after going 2-10 last year. Miami of Ohio was the last previous team to follow a 10-loss season with 10 victories, going from 1-11 in 2009 to 10-4 in 2010.

Louisiana-Lafayette 16, Nevada 3

NEW ORLEANS — Terrance Broadway passed for 227 yards and a touchdown, Hunter Stover kicked three field goals and Louisiana-Lafayette beat Nevada in the New Orleans Bowl.

Broadway set an NCAA Division I bowl record by completing his first 14 passes.

Stover made a career-long 46-yard field goal in the first half and added kicks of 35 and 30 yards tp help the Ragin’ Cajuns (9-4) completed a fourth consecutive nine-victory season with their fourth straight New Orleans Bowl win.

Utah State 21, UTEP 6

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Nick Vigil ran for a touchdown and combined with brother Zach to make 16 tackles in Utah State’s victory over UTEP in the New Mexico Bowl.

Utah State (10-4) won a bowl game for the third straight year.

Bowling Green 33, South Alabama 28

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Roger Lewis caught a 78-yard touchdown pass from James Knapke with 1:04 remaining to lift Bowling Green past South Alabama in the Camellia Bowl.

Game MVP Knapke was 25-of-39 passing for 368 yards and two touchdowns.