| 2008 Texas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Texas Bowl logo | |||||||||||||||||||
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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) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 58,880[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NFL Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Fran Charles, Tom Waddle, and Kara Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 PM US CST on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. The game, telecast on NFL Network, featured the hometown Rice Owls against the Western Michigan Broncos.[3] 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.
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- ^ "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.[dead link]