EL PASO, Texas - Sam Keller showed remarkable poise in his first collegiate start, throwing a 19-yard touchdown pass to Rudy Burgess with 44 seconds left to lead Arizona State to a 27-23 victory over Purdue in the Sun Bowl on Friday.

Starting for injured star Andrew Walter, the untested sophomore completed all four of his passes on the winning drive for 80 yards in a frantic finish that stunned the Boilermakers and the Sun Bowl-record crowd of 51,288.

Burgess caught Keller's final throw on a screen play, slipped two tackles along the sideline and cut back inside en route to the end zone to give the 21st-ranked Sun Devils (9-3) the lead after Purdue had gone ahead 30 seconds before.

The Boilermakers (7-5) had one more chance to go ahead, but quarterback Kyle Orton's desperation heave into the end zone fell incomplete as time expired.

Keller put on quite a show in place of Walter, going went 25-of-45 for 370 yards and three touchdowns.

Burgess, who wasn't named a starter until Hakim Hill was kicked off the team earlier this week for breaking unspecified team rules, also had a career afternoon - 189 yards of total offense and two touchdown receptions.

Derek Hagan added nine receptions for 182 yards and a touchdown for the Sun Devils, who had lost their three previous bowl games.

Arizona State's two novice offensive standouts totally outplayed Purdue's Orton and Taylor Stubblefield, one of the NCAA's most prolific pass-catch duos. Orton finished 23-of-47 for 281 yards with three touchdowns and Stubblefield had seven catches for 81 yards in their final college game together.

At Memphis, Tenn., Louisville is entering the Big East Conference in grand style - snapping Boise State's 22-game winning streak in the highest-scoring Liberty Bowl ever.Eric Shelton scored on the go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard run with 6:48 left, and the seventh-ranked Cardinals held off the 10th-ranked Broncos 44-40.Stefan LeFors threw two touchdowns and ran for a third as the Cardinals (11-1), who have never finished ranked higher than 13th, matched a school record for victories in a season.The Cardinals won their third Liberty Bowl in their final appearance as a Conference USA team by handing Boise State (11-1) its first loss since September 2003.The Broncos had one last chance to win after Art Carmody's 19-yard field goal with 1:10 left put Louisville up four.Quarterback Jared Zabransky drove the Broncos to the Louisville 30 before his final pass into the end zone as time expired was intercepted by Louisville safety Kerry Rhodes.The win was a welcome end to a week in which the Cardinals were forced to deal with the news that coach Bobby Petrino had interviewed with LSU about its open coaching job. They certainly didn't seem distracted against the Broncos.

At Atlanta, Devin Hester returned a blocked field goal 78 yards for a touchdown and intercepted a pass to set up another score, helping the Hurricanes beat the Gators.Miami (9-3) also earned a third consecutive "state title" by beating Florida and Florida State in the same season, spoiled interim coach Charlie Strong's debut and extended its winning streak against the Gators (7-5) to six games.Brock Berlin, the senior quarterback who transferred from Florida in January 2002, finished 13-of-23 for 171 yards, and had a 20-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Moore in the third quarter that made it 24-3.But Miami's special teams and defense did more damage on New Year's Eve.Just four plays after a blocked punt gave the Gators great field position, defensive lineman Thomas Carroll blocked Matt Leach's 32-yard field goal attempt. Hester picked up the loose ball and sprinted the other way for a score.After a Hurricanes' field goal, Miami forced Florida to punt on the ensuing possession, and Roscoe Parrish caught the line-drive kick and ran untouched up the seam for a 72-yard score.Chris Leak finished 19-of-39 for 262 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions for Florida.

At Nashville, Tenn., Marion Barber III ran for 187 yards and a touchdown and teammate Laurence Maroney added 105 yards on the ground to lead Minnesota to a 20-16 win over Alabama.Barber and Maroney, the only teammates in NCAA history to each rush for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons, were the only runners to go over 100 yards in a game this season against the Crimson Tide (6-6), which entered with the nation's second-ranked defense.The Golden Gophers (7-5) ran for 276 yards to overcome three turnovers - including two by Barber - on their first three drives. Still, they nearly gave the game away in the fourth quarter.Rhys Lloyd, who made field goals from 27 and 24 yards, missed a 24-yard attempt with 5:34 left that would have sealed the victory.On Minnesota's next possession, it was pinned deep in its own end and elected to take a safety to make it 20-16 rather than attempt a punt.The decision nearly backfired.Alabama's Tyrone Prothro returned the free kick to the Minnesota 48, and four completions by Spencer Pennington got the Crimson Tide to the 15. But Pennington overthrew an open receiver for a likely touchdown on third down and couldn't convert a fourth-and-5 with 1:14 to left, ending the game.