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Utah Gets Its Final Kick; Truhe's Late Field Goal Helps Overtake Fresno State; Utah 17, Fresno State 16
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The Washington Post
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December 19, 1999
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Mike Anderson broke loose for a 76-yard run the first time he
touched the ball. As it turned out, that was just the beginning.
Anderson finished with a school- and game-record 254 yards and two
touchdowns and Cletus Truhe kicked a 33-yard field goal with five
minutes left as Utah beat Fresno State, 17-16, tonight in the Las
Vegas Bowl.
"I would like to give a lot of credit to the guys up front," said
Anderson, voted the game's most valuable player. "They kept pushing
and pushing. They had a lot of energy and they were feeding that
energy to me. I just wanted to give it back to them.
"This is unbelievable to me to finish my career here with a big
win in a bowl game," added Anderson, a senior ...