2008 New Mexico Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 2008 New Mexico Bowl 2008 Colorado State Rams Colorado State University Fresno State Bulldogs California State University, Fresno 6–6 Mountain West 7–5 WAC Steve Fairchild Pat Hill 10 10 0 20 14 7 7 7 December 20 University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico RB Gartrell Johnson, CSU (Offensive)DE Tommie Hill, CSU (Defensive) Fresno State by 3 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/91532-2008-2009-bowl-game-betting-odds 2008-2009 Bowl Game Betting Odds Bleacher Report Gil Gelbke (C-USA) 24,735June 2024 medicmedic 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 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore 2.2http://blog.al.com/solomon/2009/01/bowl_tv_ratings.html Bowl TV ratings 12 January 2009 The 2008 New Mexico Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 20, 2008, at University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque as part of the 2008-09 NCAA Bowl season. The game, telecast on ESPN, featured the Colorado State Rams from the Mountain West Conference and the Fresno State Bulldogs from the WAC. The two teams were rivals when Colorado State was in the WAC from 1968 to 1998.Tradition continues! New Mexico Bowl III will be played on Saturday before Christmas. http://www.newmexicobowl.com/index.php/news/65/38/TRADITION-CONTINUES-NEW-MEXICO-BOWL-III-WILL-BE-PLAYED-ON-SATURDAY-BEFORE-CHRISTMAS New Mexico Bowl Press Release May 23, 2008 2008-11-29 https://archive.today/20130129172104/http://www.newmexicobowl.com/index.php/news/65/38/TRADITION-CONTINUES-NEW-MEXICO-BOWL-III-WILL-BE-PLAYED-ON-SATURDAY-BEFORE-CHRISTMAS 2013-01-29 dead Fresno State accepts invite to New Mexico Bowl http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/12/04/fresnost.newmexico.ap/index.html?eref=si_ncaaf AP December 4, 2008 2008-12-05September 2024 medicmedic Colorado State scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to defeat Fresno State, 40–35 behind running back Gartrell Johnson's 375 rushing and receiving yards, an NCAA bowl record. Game summary Scoring summary Colorado State 10 10 0 20 Fresno State 14 7 7 7 University Stadium, Albuquerque, New Mexico December 20, 2008 2:30 p.m. EST 1st Quarter FRES – Lonyae Miller 1-yard run (Kevin Goessling kick), 11:46. Fresno State 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 3:14. CSU – Grant Stucker 18-yard run (Jason Smith kick), 09:37. Colorado State 7-7. Drive: 4 plays, 84 yards, 2:09. FRES – Anthony Harding 2-yard run (Kevin Goessling kick), 06:35. Fresno State 14–7. Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards, 3:02. CSU – Jason Smith 29-yard field goal, 02:57. Fresno State 14–10. Drive: 9 plays, 66 yards, 3:38. 2nd Quarter CSU – Jason Smith 22-yard field goal, 05:50. Fresno State 14–13. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:35. FRES – Lonyae Miller 69-yard run (Kevin Goessling kick), 04:26. Fresno State 21–13. Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:24. CSU – Kory Sperry 22-yard pass from Billy Ferris (Jason Smith kick), 00:02. Fresno State 21–20. Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards, 4:24. 3rd Quarter FRES – Anthony Harding 2-yard run (Kevin Goessling kick), 08:31. Fresno State 28–20. Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 3:51. 4th Quarter CSU – Gartrell Johnson 1-yard run (Johnson run failed), 09:45. Fresno State 28–26. Drive: 7 plays, 32 yards, 3:41. CSU – Rashaun Greer 69-yard pass from Billy Ferris (Jason Smith kick), 07:00. Colorado State 33–28. Drive: 3 plays, 73 yards, 1:07. CSU – Gartrell Johnson 77-yard run (Johnson run failed), 01:46. Colorado State 40–28. Drive: 2 plays, 85 yards, 0:57. FRES – Ryan Skidmore 7-yard pass from Tom Brandstater (Kevin Goessling kick), 00:55. Colorado State 40–35. Drive: 5 plays, 59 yards, 0:51. Game Notes Gartrell Johnson set an FBS bowl game record for yards from scrimmage with 375 Johnson's 285 rushing yards were second most in FBS bowl history (P.J. Daniels, 307 in 2003) Johnson's rushing performance ranked second in Colorado State history Colorado State won their first bowl game since 2001 References External links Box Score - ESPN New Mexico Bowl Category:New Mexico Bowl Category:Colorado State Rams football bowl games Category:Fresno State Bulldogs football bowl games Category:2008 in sports in New Mexico