2008 Texas Bowl
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| Date | December 30, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Reliant Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Chase Clement, Rice | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Rice by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Frank White[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 58,880[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NFL Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Fran Charles, Tom Waddle, and Kara Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2008 Texas Bowl was the third edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game was played at 7:00 PM US CST on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. The game, telecast on NFL Network, featured the hometown Rice Owls against the Western Michigan Broncos.[3] The Owls won the game 38-14, which was their first post-season victory since the 1954 Cotton Bowl Classic.
The game was televised on the NFL Network for the third year in a row. Fran Charles, Tom Waddle, and Kara Henderson called the action.
Scoring summary
| Scoring play | Score | ||
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| 1st quarter | |||
| Rice – Chase Clement 26-yard TD run (Clark Fangmeier kick), 5:21 | Rice 7–0 | ||
| Rice – Fangmeier 30-yard FG, :22 | Rice 10–0 | ||
| 2nd quarter | |||
| Rice – Toren Dixon 6-yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 6:53 | Rice 17–0 | ||
| Rice – James Casey 45-yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 1:15 | Rice 24–0 | ||
| 3rd quarter | |||
| Rice – Clement 13-yard TD pass from Jarrett Dillard (Fangmeier kick), 6:35 | Rice 31–0 | ||
| 4th quarter | |||
| Rice – Dillard 18-yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 9:38 | Rice 38–0 | ||
| WMU – Kirk Elsworth 2-yard TD pass from Tim Hiller (John Potter kick), 6:33 | Rice 38–7 | ||
| WMU – Schneider Julien 13-yard TD pass from Hiller (Potter kick), 0:25 | Rice 38–14 | ||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24299&SPID=1922&DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=3638689
- ↑ http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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