ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mohamed Sanu was Mr. Everything for Rutgers, and the Scarlet Knights' string of postseason success continues.

The multi-threat receiver ran for two touchdowns out of the wildcat formation and also scored on an 11-yard reception from Tom Savage, another true freshman who threw for a career-best 294 yards in last night's 45-24 victory over Central Florida in the St. Petersburg Bowl.

Rutgers (9-4) claimed a school-record fourth consecutive bowl win to finish with at least nine victories for just the sixth time in 140 years. UCF (8-5) fell to 0-3 in bowl games under coach George O'Leary.

"That's four straight bowl wins, five straight bowls," said coach Greg Schiano, in his ninth season at Rutgers. "You need to be consistent before you can be great. We're going to be great someday — someday soon."

Billy Anderson scored on a 19-yard interception return for Rutgers, which shut down 1,000-yard rusher Brynn Harvey, limiting the running back to 32 yards on 13 carries to end his streak of three consecutive games with at least 129.

"We wanted to open the running game up and things just didn't go our way. Just couldn't get it done," Harvey said.

The first Rutgers player since 1993 to run for a TD, throw for a TD and catch a pass for a TD in the same season, Sanu rushed for 41 yards on 13 carries and had four receptions for 97 yards.

"We stepped it up. We just kept pounding the ball and just kept making plays — the plays we needed to make," Sanu said. "We did our assignment, did our job and got the job done."

UCF 7 10 0 7—24

RUTGERS 14 14 10 7—45

FIRST QUARTER

Rut—Sanu 5 run (Te kick), 8:37.

UCF—Aiken 7 pass from Hodges (Cattoi kick), 4:31.

Rut—T.Brown 65 pass from Savage (Te kick), 3:54.

SECOND QUARTER

UCF—FG Cattoi 25, 14:56.

Rut—Sanu 1 run (Te kick), 5:50.

UCF—Aiken 34 pass from Hodges (Cattoi kick), 2:32.

Rut—Anderson 19 interception return (Te kick), 1:38.

THIRD QUARTER

Rut—Sanu 11 pass from Savage (Te kick), 12:37.

Rut—FG Te 43, 8:09.

FOURTH QUARTER

UCF—J.Davis 2 run (Cattoi kick), 2:23.

Rut—Munoz 35 kickoff return (Te kick), 2:18.

A—29,763.

          UCF Rut

First downs 14 15

Rushes-yards 30-35 32-86

Passing 220 294

Comp-Att-Int 18-35-2 14-28-1

Return Yards 11 40

Punts-Avg. 8-39.3 4-39.5

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1

Penalties-Yards 5-45 10-80

Time of Possession 28:53 31:07

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—UCF, Harvey 13-32, Calabrese 4-26, Kelly 1-4, J.Davis 7-1, Hodges 5-(minus 28). Rutgers, Martinek 14-44, Sanu 13-41, Brooks 1-4, Team 1-(minus 1), Savage 3-(minus 2).

PASSING—UCF, Hodges 13-28-2-175, Calabrese 5-7-0-45. Rutgers, Savage 14-27-1-294, Sanu 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING—UCF, Aiken 4-65, Ross 4-49, J.Davis 3-29, Guyton 2-13, McDuffie 1-22, Nissley 1-18, Kay 1-12, Harvey 1-7, Newsome 1-5. Rutgers, T.Brown 4-99, Sanu 4-97, Martinek 3-66, Harrison 2-15, Graves 1-17.