2009 Capital One Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 2009 Capital One Bowl 2008 Georgia Bulldogs University of Georgia Michigan State Spartans Michigan State University 9–3 SEC 9–3 Big Ten Mark Richt Mark Dantonio 16 17 15 19 18 18 3 0 14 7 3 3 0 6 January 1 Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida Matthew Stafford (Georgia QB) Georgia by 8.5 Karl Richins (Big 12) 59,681 4.25 million 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 ABC List of announcers of major college bowl games Mike Patrick, Todd Blackledge 6.4 (10.8 mil. viewers) The 2009 Capital One Bowl was held on January 1, 2009 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference defeated the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference by a score of 24–12.http://stats.fcsports.com/?DB_OEM_ID=8800 Georgia vs Michigan State (Jan 1, 2009) 2009-01-01 The game was televised to a national audience on ABC. The game was supposed to be a "showdown" between MSU RB Javon Ringer and Georgia RB Knowshon Moreno, but both players combined for only 43 carries and 109 yards, with Ringer scoring on a rushing touchdown and Moreno on a receiving.Georgia overcomes slow start to get past Michigan State 2009-01-02 AP https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bowls/2009-01-01-capital-one_N.htm USA Today 2009-04-02 Game summary First half The Bulldogs scored the first points of the game when Blair Walsh connected on a 32 yd field goal early in the first quarter. Michigan State would answer with a 20-yard field goal by Brett Swenson with 4:50 left in the first quarter. The Spartans would take the lead late in the second quarter with a 32 yd field goal of their own. Despite multiple turnovers neither Michigan State or Georgia could score a touchdown in the first half and Michigan State would take a 6–3 lead into halftime. Second half Both teams continued to struggle offensively until Georgia drove 96 yards and scored on a Matthew Stafford 35-yard touchdown pass to Michael Moore with 3:31 left in the third quarter. After forcing Michigan State to punt on their next possession, Georgia would score another touchdown off a 21-yard Matthew Stafford pass, this time to Aron White right before the end of the third quarter. Michigan State would pull within a touchdown after Javon Ringer finally found the end zone for the Spartans with 8:50 left in the fourth quarter. Michigan State attempted a two-point conversion to try to pull within three points of Georgia, however the attempt failed with an incomplete pass. This made the score 17–12. After a short possession by Georgia, Michigan State would get the ball back and would drive into Georgia territory, but turned the ball over on a failed fourth down conversion attempt. Georgia would seal the game when Knowshon Moreno scored on a 21-yard touchdown pass from Stafford with just 3:43 left in the fourth quarter. Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring Informationhttp://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2008-2009/capone09.html Capital One Bowl (Georgia vs. Michigan State) Box Score Michigan State University Sports Information 2009-01-01 2009-01-01 Score Length Time Georgia Michigan State 1 9:26 8 plays, 48 yards 2:39 Georgia Blair Walsh 32–yard field goal 3 0 4:50 4 plays, 3 yards 1:25 Michigan State Brett Swenson 20–yard field goal 3 32 2:14 10 plays, 24 yards 4:45 Michigan State Brett Swenson 32–yard field goal 3 6 3 3:31 10 plays, 96 yards 5:51 Georgia Michael Moore 35–yard reception from Matthew Stafford, Blair Walsh kick good 10 6 0:09 1 play, 21 yards 0:06 Georgia Aron White 21–yard reception from Matthew Stafford, Blair Walsh kick good 17 6 4 8:50 10 plays, 54 yards 2:20 Michigan State Javon Ringer 1–yard rush, Brian Hoyer pass failed 17 12 3:43 11 plays, 67 yards 5:03 Georgia Knowshon Moreno 21–yard reception from Matthew Stafford, Blair Walsh kick good 24 12 Final Score 24 12 References Capital One Bowl Category:Citrus Bowl (game) Category:Georgia Bulldogs football bowl games Category:Michigan State Spartans football bowl games Capital One Bowl Category:2009 in Orlando, Florida Capital One Bowl Category:American football competitions in Orlando, Florida