2008 Alamo Bowl

2008 Valero Alamo Bowl
Missouri Tigers Northwestern Wildcats
(9–4) (9–3)
Big 12 Big Ten
30 23
Head coach: 
Gary Pinkel		 Head coach: 
Pat Fitzgerald
APCoachesBCS
252321
APCoachesBCS
222023
1234OT Total
Missouri 0101037 30
Northwestern 731300 23
DateDecember 29, 2008
Season2008
StadiumAlamodome
LocationSan Antonio, Texas
MVPOffense: Jeremy Maclin
Defense: Sean Weatherspoon (MIZZ)
FavoriteMissouri by 12.5[1]
RefereeJack Childress (ACC)
Attendance55,986
PayoutUS$2,250,000 million per team[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersRon Franklin and Ed Cunningham
Nielsen ratings3.9[3]
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The 2008 Valero Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2008 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and televised nationally by ESPN. The game was one of the 2008–09 NCAA football bowl games that concluded the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 2008 Alamo Bowl was the 16th annual edition of the contest and the second to be sponsored by Valero Energy Corporation. The game pit the Missouri Tigers (9–4) against the Northwestern Wildcats (9–3).[4] The 2008 game was dubbed the Journalism Bowl by some in the media,[5] owing to the nationally recognized journalism programs at each school: the Missouri School of Journalism and the Medill School of Journalism.

  1. ^ Olin Buchanan (December 29, 2008). "Are Big 12 defenses getting a bad rap?". Rivals.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2008.
  2. ^ Sporting News – Real Insight. Real Fans. Real Conversations Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Alamo Bowl Ratings Success
  4. ^ "2008 Valero Alamo Bowl Set For December 29 Game Date". Big 12 Sports. April 1, 2008. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
  5. ^ "Pinkel, Fitzgerald begin Alamo Bowl buzz". Columbia Missourian. December 11, 2008. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2008.