College football game
| 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 (WAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 58,880 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NFL Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Fran Charles, Tom Waddle, and Kara Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 p.m. US CST on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. The game, telecast on NFL Network, featured the hometown Rice Owls against the Western Michigan Broncos. 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.
Game summary
Scoring
| 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 | ||
Statistics
| Statistics | WMU | RICE |
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| First downs | 15 | 28 |
| Plays–yards | 62–278 | 84–455 |
| Rushes–yards | 19–61 | 37–135 |
| Passing yards | 217 | 320 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 20–43–2 | 31–47–0 |
| Time of possession | 21:31 | 38:29 |
Source:
References
- ^ "Rice 38, WMU 14 (Texas Bowl) - WMUBroncos.com—Official Web Site of Western Michigan Athletics". Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
- "SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists". Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- "Texas Bowl: Western Michigan (9–3) vs. Rice (9–3)". Retrieved December 7, 2008.
- "Texas Bowl". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 31, 2008. p. 31. Retrieved December 27, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- "Western Michigan vs. Rice - Team Statistics". ESPN.com. December 30, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
External links
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