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Northwestern rallies for win in Pinstripe Bowl
- Updated: December 28, 2016
NEW YORK — Justin Jackson showed up in the Big Apple — big time.
The running back set a New York bowl record with 224 rushing yards and quarterback Clayton Thorson executed a come-from behind fourth-quarter drive to lead Northwestern to a 31-24 victory over No. 23 Pittsburgh on Wednesday in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.
Down by three in the fourth quarter, Thorson punctuated a 14-play, 76-yard drive with a 21-yard touchdown pass to Garrett Dickerson on fourth-and-1 to give Northwestern a lead with 8:23 remaining on the clock. Thorson threw 12 times in 14 plays on the winning drive, in no small part because Jackson dominated the day on the ground.
Jackson, a junior, scored three touchdowns and surpassed 4,000 yards for his career. The All-Big 10 First Team selection, who paced the conference in rushing this season, became the second player in school history to reach 4,000 career yards. He broke a 68-yard run in the first quarter, scored from eight and 16 yards out in the second, and rushed for a 40-yard score in the third.
In doing so, Jackson helped …
