2008 New Orleans Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 2008 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl 2008 Southern Miss Golden Eagles University of Southern Mississippi Troy Trojans Troy University 6–6 C-USA 8–4 Sun Belt Larry Fedora Larry Blakeney 7 10 0 10 3 14 3 10 0 0 December 21 Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana QB Austin Davis, Southern Miss Larry Farina (Pac-10) 30,197 325,000http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists 2011-09-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081219075027/http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 2008-12-19 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Eric Collins, Shaun King 0.7 The 2008 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl was the eighth edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeated the Troy Trojans, 30–27 in a dramatic overtime game. Troy had qualified for the game by winning the Sun Belt Conference title, while Southern Miss had roared back from a 2–6 start to fill the game’s slot from Conference USA.http://www.neworleansbowl.com/2007/ NewOrleansBowl.com - TAKIN' CARE OF BID-NESS! 2008-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20081210055912/http://www.neworleansbowl.com/2007/ 2008-12-10 dead Kickoff time was 7:15 p.m. U.S. Central time and the game was shown live on ESPN. Game summary Southern Miss was designated as the away team; however, instead of wearing the visitor white jerseys, the Golden Eagles started the game in yellow home jerseys (Troy wore its maroon home jerseys). Due to NCAA rules, Southern Miss was penalized one time out after the opening kickoff and played the first half with two timeouts to Troy’s three. Southern Miss came from ten points down in the fourth quarter to force overtime and, after a Britt Barefoot 39-yard field goal on the Golden Eagles’ possession, Michael McGhee blocked Troy kicker Sam Glusman’s 28-yard field goal attempt that would have tied the game. The block sealed the win for Southern Miss, ensuring the school’s fifteenth consecutive winning season. Other notes Barefoot made all three of his field goal attempts, from 38, 46 and 39 yards. Prior to this, his longest field goal of the season had been 29 yards. Southern Miss head coach Larry Fedora's decision to wear home uniforms when the team was not supposed to do so was not the only such maneuver this season. On December 6, Southern California head coach Pete Carroll had the Trojans wear red uniforms instead of white in the annual rivalry game against UCLA. The same penalty was incurred against USC. Southern Miss received an extra allotment of tickets from the New Orleans Bowl committee after selling out all of the seats it had previously received.http://neworleansbowl.com/2007/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=1 I've Got A Golden Ticket! Sam Jaffray New Orleans Bowl 2008-12-16 2008-12-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20081218172756/http://neworleansbowl.com/2007/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=1 2008-12-18 dead Golden Eagles wide receiver DeAndre Brown spent Sunday overnight at a local hospital after literally snapping his leg in half in the first quarter. The audio of the ESPN telecast was also available on ESPN Radio through a simulcast. Scoring summary Scoring Play Score 1st QuarterTroy – Jorrick Calvin 17 yard fumble return (Sam Glusman kick), 14:10Troy 7–0USM – Gerald Baptiste 64 yard TD pass from Austin Davis (Britt Barefoot kick), 13:22Tie 7–7Troy – Kennard Burton 4 yard TD pass from Levi Brown (Glusman kick), 2:58Troy 14–7 2nd QuarterUSM – Damion Fletcher 8 yard TD run (Barefoot kick), 14:25Tie 14–14Troy – Glusman 20 yard FG, 3:03Troy 17–14USM – Barefoot 38 yard FG, :00Tie 17–17 3rd QuarterTroy – Glusman 34 yard FG, 4:34Troy 20–17Troy – Jerrel Jernigan 6 yard TD run (Glusman kick), 2:01Troy 27–17 4th QuarterUSM – Jonathan Massey 35 yard TD pass from Davis (Barefoot kick), 7:20Troy 27–24USM – Barefoot 46 yard FG, 2:50Tie 27–27 OvertimeUSM – Barefoot 39 yard FGUSM 30–27 References New Orleans Bowl Category:New Orleans Bowl Category:Southern Miss Golden Eagles football bowl games Category:Troy Trojans football bowl games New Orleans Bowl Category:2000s in New Orleans Category:December 2008 sports events in the United States