2008 Texas Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 2008 Texas Bowl TexasBowl2008.jpg Texas Bowl logo 2008 Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan University Rice Owls Rice University 9–3 MAC 9–3 C-USA Bill Cubit David Bailiff 0 0 0 14 10 14 7 7 December 30 Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas QB Chase Clement, Rice Rice by 3 Frank White (WAC)http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24299&SPID=1922&DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=3638689 Rice 38, WMU 14 (Texas Bowl) - WMUBroncos.com—Official Web Site of Western Michigan Athletics 2009-01-01 2009-02-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090208123325/http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24299&SPID=1922&DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=3638689 dead 58,880 750,000 per teamhttp://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 NFL Network List of announcers of major college bowl games Fran Charles, Tom Waddle, and Kara Henderson 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 p.m. US CST on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. The game, telecast on NFL Network, featured the hometown Rice Owls against the Western Michigan Broncos.Texas Bowl: Western Michigan (9–3) vs. Rice (9–3) http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview?gameId=283652711 2008-12-07July 2024 medicmedic 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 quarterRice – Chase Clement 26-yard TD run (Clark Fangmeier kick), 5:21Rice 7–0Rice – Fangmeier 30-yard FG, :22Rice 10–0 2nd quarterRice – Toren Dixon 6-yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 6:53Rice 17–0Rice – James Casey 45-yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 1:15Rice 24–0 3rd quarterRice – Clement 13-yard TD pass from Jarrett Dillard (Fangmeier kick), 6:35Rice 31–0 4th quarterRice – Dillard 18-yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 9:38Rice 38–0WMU – Kirk Elsworth 2-yard TD pass from Tim Hiller (John Potter kick), 6:33Rice 38–7WMU – Schneider Julien 13-yard TD pass from Hiller (Potter kick), 0:25Rice 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:https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41168407/texas_bowl/ Texas Bowl Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 31 December 31, 2008 December 27, 2019 newspapers.comhttps://www.espn.com/college-football/matchup?gameId=283650242 Western Michigan vs. Rice - Team Statistics ESPN.com December 30, 2008 December 27, 2019 References External links Game summary at ESPN Official Texas Bowl website via Wayback Machine Category:Western Michigan Broncos football bowl games Category:Rice Owls football bowl games Category:Texas Bowl Texas Bowl Texas Bowl Texas Bowl Texas Bowl