2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl 2008 North Carolina Tar Heels University of North Carolina Chapel Hill West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia University 8–4 ACC 8–4 Big East Butch Davis Bill Stewart 14 9 7 0 21 0 3 7 December 27 Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina QB Pat White (West Virginia) Marc Curles (SEC) 73,712 1,000,000 per team ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Sean McDonough (Play by Play) Chris Spielman (Analyst) Rob Stone (Sideline) 3.9 Duke's Mayo Bowl The 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl was the seventh edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The game started at 1:00 p.m. US EST on Saturday, December 27, 2008. The game, telecast on ESPN, pitted the North Carolina Tar Heels against the West Virginia Mountaineers, with the Mountaineers winning over the Heels 31–30. The crowd of 73,712 was the largest in the bowl's seven-year historyDinich Heather Meineke Car Care Bowl: UNC (8–4) vs. West Virginia (8–4) http://myespn.go.com/blogs/acc/0-3-332/Meineke-Car-Care-Bowl--UNC--8-4--vs--West-Virginia--8-4-.html December 7, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081208130748/http://myespn.go.com/blogs/acc/0-3-332/Meineke-Car-Care-Bowl--UNC--8-4--vs--West-Virginia--8-4-.html December 8, 2008 dead mdy-all and the largest ever to see a college football game in the state of North Carolina. It was also the fourth-largest crowd of the 2008 bowl season, and the second-largest for a non-BCS bowl. Scoring summary right|220px|thumb|The 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl between North Carolina and West Virginia Scoring Play Score 1st QuarterWVU - Noel Devine 18-yard TD run (Pat McAfee kick), 8:56WVU 7–0UNC - Hakeem Nicks 73-yard TD pass from T. J. Yates (Casey Barth kick), 7:22Tie 7–7WVU - Alric Arnett 44-yard TD pass from Pat White (McAfee kick), 5:11WVU 14–7UNC - Nicks 66-yard TD pass from Cooter Arnold (Barth kick), 4:57Tie 14–14WVU - Bradley Starks 35-yard TD pass from White (McAfee kick), 2:35WVU 21–14 2nd QuarterUNC - Safety, Devine tackled in end zone, 13:23WVU 21–16UNC - Nicks 25-yard TD pass from Yates (Barth kick), 10:37UNC 23–21 3rd QuarterWVU - McAfee 25-yard FG, 9:00WVU 24–23UNC - Yates 5-yard TD run (Barth kick), 4:29UNC 30–24 4th QuarterWVU - Arnett 20-yard TD pass from White (McAfee kick), 7:14WVU 31–30 References Meineke Car Care Bowl Category:Duke's Mayo Bowl Category:North Carolina Tar Heels football bowl games Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football bowl games Meineke Car Care Bowl Category:December 2008 sports events in the United States