| 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BCS Bowl Game 37th Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | University of Phoenix Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Glendale, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: Pat White Defense: Reed Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oklahoma by 8[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Steve Shaw (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 70,016[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$17 million per team[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | FOX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Matt Vasgersian, Terry Donahue, Pat Haden, Laura Okmin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 7.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game. It was part of the 2007–2008 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Played annually since 1971, first at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona through 2006, the game was played at 8 p.m. EST on January 2, 2008, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The game featured the fourth ranked (BCS), Big 12 champion Oklahoma Sooners hosting the ninth ranked (BCS), Big East champion West Virginia Mountaineers. West Virginia defeated Oklahoma by a score of 48–28. The contest was televised on Fox.