Sports

Fresno State’s foot­ball team now knows who’ll they be play­ing in the 11th Annual Sher­a­ton Hawaii Bowl on Christ­mas Eve. The team found out over the week­end it will face South­ern Methodist Uni­ver­sity. The Bull­dogs went 9-and-3 this sea­son under the lead­er­ship of coach Tim DeRuyter.

NFL
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St. Louis Rams 16, San Fran­cisco 49ers 13 (OT)
Cleve­land Browns 20, Oak­land Raiders 17

Four NFL teams clinched play­off spots on Sun­day. New Eng­land won its 10th AFC East title in 12 years by beat­ing Miami, 23–16. Hous­ton earned a play­off spot with a 24–10 win over Ten­nessee. The Bron­cos clinched a sec­ond straight AFC West crown by beat­ing Tampa Bay, 31–23. The Bucs’ loss also gave the Fal­cons the NFC South title.