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. 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:
References
External links Game summary at ESPN Official Texas Bowl website via Wayback Machine