2008 PapaJohns.com Bowl
College football game
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PapaJohns.com Bowl logo
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Date | December 29, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Season | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Legion Field | |||||||||||||||||
Location | Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||||||||||||
MVP | Rutgers QB Mike Teel | |||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Rutgers by 6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
Referee | Todd Geerlings ( Big Ten ) | |||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 38,582 [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$ 300,000 per team [2] | |||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | ||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Eric Collins, Shaun King | |||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 1.7 | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 PapaJohns.com Bowl was the third edition of the college football bowl game , and was played at Legion Field in Birmingham , Alabama . The game was played starting at 2 PM US CST on Monday, December 29, 2008 . The game, telecast on ESPN , pitted the Rutgers Scarlet Knights against the North Carolina State Wolfpack .
The game marked the first ever meeting of the two universities' football programs. [3] NC State led 17-6 at halftime, but crumbled in the second half after losing starting quarterback Russell Wilson to a knee injury. Rutgers won, 29-23.
This was also the first edition of the bowl game not to feature any current or former members of Conference USA . The selection of NC State did have a connection to past bowl games in Birmingham as the Wolfpack had competed in the last All-American Bowl , which was also held at Legion Field in 1990.
Scoring summary
Scoring Play | Score |
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1st Quarter | |
Rutgers - Rob Cervini 6-yard TD run (kick blocked), 11:47 | Rutgers 6-0 |
NCSU - Owen Spencer 44-yard TD pass from Russell Wilson (Josh Czajkowski kick), 7:54 | NCSU 7-6 |
NCSU - Czajkowski 32-yard FG, 1:00 | NCSU 10-6 |
2nd Quarter | |
NCSU - Andre Brown 5-yard TD run (Czajkowski kick), :38 | NCSU 17-6 |
3rd Quarter | |
Rutgers - San San Te 31-yard FG, 10:14 | NCSU 17-9 |
Rutgers - Tiquan Underwood 10-yard TD pass from Mike Teel (Te kick), 6:50 | NCSU 17-16 |
4th Quarter | |
Rutgers - Te 28-yard FG, 13:31 | Rutgers 19-17 |
NCSU - Anthony Hill 16-yard TD pass from Daniel Evans ( two-point conversion no good), 9:21 | NCSU 23-19 |
Rutgers - Kenny Britt 42-yard TD pass from Teel (Te kick), 8:30 | Rutgers 26-23 |
Rutgers - Te 24-yard FG, :47 | Rutgers 29-23 |
References
- ↑ "安心して飲み続けられるローヤルゼリー" (PDF) .
- ↑ "SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists" . Archived from the original on 2008-12-19 . Retrieved 2011-09-01 .
- ↑ Kansas City Star
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