| 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Bank of America Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Pat White (West Virginia) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Marc Curles (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 73,712 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,000,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Sean McDonough (Play by Play) Chris Spielman (Analyst) Rob Stone (Sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 3.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 p.m. 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.