2008 Texas Bowl
Texas Bowl logo
Western Michigan Broncos Rice Owls
(9–3) (9–3)
MAC C-USA
14 38
Head coach: 
Bill Cubit		 Head coach: 
David Bailiff
1234 Total
Western Michigan 00014 14
Rice 101477 38
DateDecember 30, 2008
Season2008
StadiumReliant Stadium
LocationHouston, Texas
MVPQB Chase Clement, Rice
FavoriteRice by 3
RefereeFrank White (WAC) [1]
Attendance58,880[1]
PayoutUS$750,000 per team[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkNFL Network
AnnouncersFran Charles, Tom Waddle, and Kara Henderson
Nielsen ratings0.1
Texas Bowl
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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.

Game summary

Scoring

Scoring play Score
1st quarter
Rice – Chase Clement 26-yard TD run (Clark Fangmeier kick), 5:21 Rice 7–0
Rice – Fangmeier 30-yard FG, :22 Rice 10–0
2nd quarter
Rice – Toren Dixon 6-yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 6:53 Rice 17–0
Rice – James Casey 45-yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 1:15 Rice 24–0
3rd quarter
Rice – Clement 13-yard TD pass from Jarrett Dillard (Fangmeier kick), 6:35 Rice 31–0
4th quarter
Rice – Dillard 18-yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 9:38 Rice 38–0
WMU – Kirk Elsworth 2-yard TD pass from Tim Hiller (John Potter kick), 6:33 Rice 38–7
WMU – Schneider Julien 13-yard TD pass from Hiller (Potter kick), 0:25 Rice 38–14

Statistics

Statistics WMU RICE
First downs 15 28
Plays–yards 62–278 84–455
Rushes–yards 19–61 37–135
Passing yards 217 320
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 20–43–2 31–47–0
Time of possession 21:31 38:29

Source:[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rice 38, WMU 14 (Texas Bowl) - WMUBroncos.com—Official Web Site of Western Michigan Athletics". Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Texas Bowl: Western Michigan (9–3) vs. Rice (9–3)". Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  4. ^ "Texas Bowl". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 31, 2008. p. 31. Retrieved December 27, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Western Michigan vs. Rice - Team Statistics". ESPN.com. December 30, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2019.

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