Boise State proved it can win a bowl game away from its blue-turfed home field.
Ryan Dinwiddie, who ended his career as the most efficient passer in college football, threw for 325 yards and three touchdowns to lead the No. 18 Broncos to a 34-31 win Tuesday night over No. 19 Texas Christian University in the inaugural Fort Worth Bowl.
Boise State (13-1) ended the season with 11 straight wins. The Broncos' only previous bowl games were three wins the previous four seasons in the Humanitarian Bowl on their campus.
Their bowl win on TCU's campus wasn't secured until sophomore Mike Wynn was well short on a 51-yard field goal attempt, the first kick in his college career, with 7 seconds left.
TCU (11-2) had its school-record 13-game home winning streak snapped. The Horned Frogs had been in contention for a Bowl Championship Series spot until their only regular-season loss Nov. 20 and then turned down an invitation to last week's GMAC Bowl because it conflicted with exams.
Dinwiddie hit 19 of 35 passes with two interceptions, but his last touchdown was an 18-yarder to Derek Schouman for the winning score with 12:43 left.
Dinwiddie finished the season with 4,356 yards passing. In his career, he threw for 9,818 yards with 82 touchdowns and just 20 interceptions.
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