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 2 http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24299&SPID=1922&DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=3638689
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ↑ "Texas Bowl: Western Michigan (9–3) vs. Rice (9–3)". Retrieved 2008-12-07.
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