HONOLULU — Bryce Archie found Keshaun Singleton over the middle to give South Florida the lead in the fifth overtime and Mac Harris batted down a pass in the end zone to give the Bulls a 41-39 victory over San Jose State on Tuesday night in the Hawaii Bowl.
It was the longest FBS bowl/postseason game since overtime was established in 1996. Previously four games had gone three overtimes.
South Florida (7-6) has won back-to-back bowl games for the first time since 2016-17. San Jose State (7-6) was seeking its first bowl victory since 2015.
Trailing 27-24, South Florida started its final drive of regulation at midfield with 43 seconds left. Archie had two completions for first downs to set up John Cannon’s 41-yard field goal to tie it.
UCF began overtime with a 23-yard catch by Payten Singletary and Ta’Ron Keith followed with his second touchdown of the game. Walker Eget sparked SJSU’s 11-play drive with a 12-yard sneak on third-and-12 and Matthew Coleman scored on fourth-and-goal from the 4.
SJSU elected to kick a field goal on 4th-and-1 from the 2 in the second OT and Kyler Halvorsen made the short field goal.
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