2008 GMAC Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 2008 GMAC Bowl GMAC Bowl logo 2007 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green State University Tulsa Golden Hurricane University of Tulsa 8–4 MAC 9–4 C-USA Gregg Brandon Todd Graham 0 0 7 0 21 14 14 14 January 6 Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama Tulsa by 4½ http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=750671 Rivals.com Bowl Viewer's Guide Fox, David 2007-12-17 2007-12-13 Rivals.com https://web.archive.org/web/20071215170107/http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=750671 15 December 2007 dead 36,932 750,000 per teamhttp://www.ncaafootball.com/index.php?s%3D%26url_channel_id%3D34%26url_article_id%3D9255%26change_well_id%3D2 ncaafootball.com - Bowl Schedules/Results 2009-09-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070803194501/http://www.ncaafootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=34&url_article_id=9255&change_well_id=2 2007-08-03 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Rece Davis, Mark May, Lou Holtz, & Rob Stone The 2008 GMAC Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the ninth annual playing of the game. It was played on January 6, 2008, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and featured the Bowling Green Falcons against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Notes Tulsa quarterback Paul Smith set an NCAA Division I record with his 14th consecutive 300-yard passing game.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=280060189 Smith's 14th straight 300-yard game leads Tulsa past Bowling Green Associated Press ESPN.com 2008-01-06 2008-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20080110125304/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=280060189 10 January 2008 dead The 63–7 final score made this game the largest margin of victory in bowl history at the time, surpassing the 55-point margin set by Alabama over Syracuse in the 1953 Orange Bowl. The record was tied a decade later, when Army defeated Houston 70–14 in the 2018 Armed Forces Bowl. The record was tied again in 2023 when LSU defeated Purdue 63-7 in the Cheez It Citrus Bowl. This record would go on to be broken in the 2023 National Championship game, where Georgia would defeat TCU by a final score of 65–7.https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/football/fbs/georgia-blasts-tcu-65-7-college-football-playoff-championship-game-wins-back-back-titles Georgia blasts TCU 65-7 in the College Football Playoff championship game, wins back-to-back titles NCAA.com 2023-01-09 2023-01-10 The game represented just the second matchup of the two teams in football. In 1989, Tulsa also beat Bowling Green in blowout fashion, 45–10. References External links ESPN summary Gmac Bowl Category:68 Ventures Bowl Category:Bowling Green Falcons football bowl games Category:Tulsa Golden Hurricane football bowl games Category:January 2008 sports events in the United States GMAC Bowl