P.J. Daniels ran for 307 yards, the second-highest total in Georgia Tech history, and the Yellow Jackets salvaged their seventh straight winning season by routing Tulsa 52-10 Saturday on a frigid afternoon in the Humanitarian Bowl.
Daniels, who also topped his career high by 67 yards and set a Tech bowl rushing record, ran for four touchdowns to help the Yellow Jackets (7-6) avoid their first losing season since finishing 5-6 in 1996.
Tulsa (8-5) closed the regular season on a five-game winning streak for the school's first bowl berth since 1991, but Saturday's appearance was hardly memorable. The Golden Hurricane didn't score a touchdown until the fourth quarter and finished with 144 total yards. They were sacked seven times and held to minus-56 yards rushing.
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Daniels, a sophomore earned a scholarship after last season. Tech's previous rushing high in a bowl game was 199 yards by Eddie Prokop in the 1944 Sugar Bowl, a 20-18 win over Tulsa. Daniels had 104 yards at halftime, broke Prokop's record early in the third quarter and kept going. He scored on runs of 9, 1, 33 and 38 yards.
Daniels already was second on Tech's rushing list for a game with 240 yards against North Carolina on Nov. 15. Only Eddie Lee Ivery's 356 yards against Air Force in 1978 is higher in the Yellow Jackets' record book.
Tech recovered six Tulsa fumbles, scored six touchdowns in the second half and broke the school bowl record for points.
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