(AP) -- Blake Bell ran for three touchdowns to help No. 19 Oklahoma survive a late rally and a crashing camera to beat Iowa 31-14 in the Insight Bowl Friday night.
Oklahoma (10-3) didn't get a particularly great game from quarterback Landry Jones and wasn't effective on the ground,either.
Once considered national-title contenders, the Sooners grinded it out against the gritty Hawkeyes, ending a difficult year that included the death of linebacker Austin Box in the offseason.
Jones threw for 161 yards with a touchdown and an interception, and Bell put the game away with a 21-yard touchdown run with 45 seconds left.
Iowa (7-6) fell into a 21-0 hole before rallying behind two touchdown passes from James Vandenberg.
The Hawkeyes came up just short and dodged a potential disaster when an overhead camera crashed to the field next to receiver Marvin McNutt in the closing minutes.
A camera hanging from a wire over Sun Devil Stadium has fallen at the Insight Bowl.
The camera, which provides overhead shots for ESPN, fell Friday night when the wire it was attached to appeared to snap with 2:22 left in the game between Oklahoma and Iowa.
The camera bounced off the field around the 20-yard line on the south end of the field and narrowly missed Iowa receiver Marvin McNutt Jr., who got tangled in the wire after the camera hit the turf.
McNutt wasn't injured and the camera had to be dragged off the field, causing a delay of about 5 minutes.
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