2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl

2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl
1234 Total
North Carolina 14970 30
West Virginia 21037 31
DateDecember 27, 2008
Season2008
StadiumBank of America Stadium
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina
MVPQB Pat White (West Virginia)
RefereeMarc Curles (SEC)
Attendance73,712
PayoutUS$1,000,000 per team
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersSean McDonough (Play by Play)
Chris Spielman (Analyst)
Rob Stone (Sideline)
Nielsen ratings3.9
Meineke Car Care Bowl
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The 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl was the seventh edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The game started at 1:00 PM US EST on Saturday, December 27, 2008. The game, telecast on ESPN, pitted the North Carolina Tar Heels against the West Virginia Mountaineers, with the Mountaineers winning over the Heels 31–30. The crowd of 73,712 was the largest in the bowl's seven-year history[1] and the largest ever to see a college football game in the state of North Carolina. It was also the fourth-largest crowd of the 2008 bowl season, and the second-largest for a non-BCS bowl.

  1. ^ Dinich, Heather. "Meineke Car Care Bowl: UNC (8–4) vs. West Virginia (8–4)". Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.