The Fiesta Bowl has brought out the best from the Boise State Broncos over the last decade, and Wednesday’s game was no different.

Boise State defeated the Arizona Wildcats 38-30 in another thrilling Fiesta Bowl win.

Boise continues Fiesta magic

Boise State is now 3-0 at the Fiesta Bowl, the second-best record of any team (Penn State 6-0). The Broncos were the underdog in each of their Fiesta Bowl trips and won each game by single digits.

Boise State has now won 12 games for the eighth time in school history, all since 2002. That's two more 12-win seasons than any other program in the country in that span.

Hedrick-Sperbeck connect

Boise State quarterback Grant Hedrick completed 24 of 34 passes for 309 yards, with Thomas Sperbeck serving as his go-to receiver. Hedrick completed 12 of 14 passes and averaged 14.2 yards per attempt when targeting Sperbeck but averaged only 5.5 yards per attempt when targeting all others.

Sperbeck’s career-high 199 receiving yards were tied for the second most in Fiesta Bowl history, trailing only Kansas State's Darnell McDonald’s 206 yards in 1998.

Grant Hedrick Passing by Target
Vizio Fiesta Bowl

Hedrick completed 14 straight passes to start the game, tying the record for any bowl game (set previously this season by Louisiana-Lafayette's Terrance Broadway in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl). It’s no surprise it was Hedrick who tied the record as he leads all FBS quarterbacks in completion percentage this season (70.8 percent).

Ajayi’s record-breaking day

Jay Ajayi ran for 134 yards and three touchdowns, breaking multiple Boise State records in his final collegiate game.

Ajayi finished with 1,823 rush yards this season, breaking Ian Johnson’s single-season school record, set in 2006 (1,713). With his second touchdown, Ajayi also surpassed Brock Forsey’s school rushing touchdown mark of 26, set in 2002.

More than 78 percent of Ajayi’s rush yards in the Fiesta Bowl came after first contact. For the season, Ajayi had 1,033 rushing yards after contact, 336 more than any other Mountain West player.

Solomon struggles to connect downfield

For Arizona QB Anu Solomon, the Fiesta Bowl was a display of freshman mistakes and future promise. He completed 28 of 49 passes for 335 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. It was his 11th touchdown pass outside the pocket this season, the most of any Power 5 player.

While he did throw for over 300 yards, Solomon struggled to connect downfield, completing only 2 of 10 passes thrown 15 yards or more. Solomon also took a career-high eight sacks, four more than any other game this season.