Liberty Bowl: Louisville 44 Boise State 40

MEMPHIS, TENN - Louisville snapped Boise State&#39;s 22-game winning streak in the highest-scoring Liberty Bowl ever, 44-to-40 Friday.<br> <br> Eric Shelton scored on the go-ahead touchdown on a one-yard run with six-48 left and the seventh-ranked Cardinals held off the tenth-ranked Broncos in a wild one where touchdowns flew like champagne corks.<br> <br> Stefan LeFors threw two touchdowns and ran for a third for the 11-and-1 Cardinals. Louisville, which never finished ranked higher than 13th, matched a school record for victories in a season.<br> <br> The Cardinals won their third Liberty Bowl in their final appearance as a Conference USA before heading to the Big East. Boise State finished 11-and-1 after its first loss since September 2003.<br> <br> The Broncos had one last chance to win after Art Carmody&#39;s 19-yard field goal with 1:10 left put Louisville up four.<br> <br> Quarterback Jared Zabransky drove the Broncos to the Louisville 30 before his final pass into the end zone as time expired was intercepted by Louisville safety Kerry Rhodes.<br> <br> The teams swapped the lead five times. The 84 combined points topped the 80 points by Colorado and Alabama in 1969. Louisville rolled up 564 total yards. Boise finished with 281 yards, well below its 511 per-game average.

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