Records
Leftwich's 576 passing yards for the game tied the bowl-game record set by Ty Detmer of BYU in the 1989 Holiday Bowl (however, Detmer's record was set in regulation). This record still stands as of 2007. East Carolina earned the dubious honor of scoring the most points ever by a losing team in a bowl game. The two teams combined for 16 touchdowns and 125 points, also bowl game records. Until 2011 this game remained the highest-scoring bowl game at the end of regulation time, with the total 102 points scored in regulation.The only other bowl game, at that time, to see 102 total points scored was the 2003 Hawaiʻi Bowl, in which Hawaiʻi defeated Houston 54-48 in three overtimes.These games edged out the 101 points scored in California's 52-49 win over Virginia Tech in the 2003 Insight Bowl. The University of Washington and Baylor University broke the record for most points in regulation in the 2011 Alamo Bowl scoring 123 combined points with Baylor winning 67-56.
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