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2008–09 NCAA football bowl games
College football postseason game series
College football postseason game series
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| season | 2008 |
| image | 2008 Bowls-USA-states.PNG |
| image_caption | Bowl sites by state |
| regular_season | August 28–December 6 |
| number_of_bowls | 34 |
| all_star_games | 3 |
| bowl_start | December 20, 2008 |
| bowl_end | |
| January 31, 2009 | |
| championship_bowl | 2009 BCS Championship |
| championship_location | Dolphin Stadium, |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | |
| champions | Florida Gators |
| bowl_challenge_cup | Pac-10 |
| conference1 | ACC |
| conference1_teams | 10 |
| conference1_wins | 4 |
| conference1_losses | 6 |
| conference1_ap_poll | 2 |
| conference2 | SEC |
| conference2_teams | 8 |
| conference2_wins | 6 |
| conference2_losses | 2 |
| conference2_ap_poll | 4 |
| conference3 | Big 12 |
| conference3_teams | 7 |
| conference3_wins | 4 |
| conference3_losses | 3 |
| conference3_ap_poll | 5 |
| conference4 | Big Ten |
| conference4_teams | 7 |
| conference4_wins | 1 |
| conference4_losses | 6 |
| conference4_ap_poll | 4 |
| conference5 | Big East |
| conference5_teams | 6 |
| conference5_wins | 4 |
| conference5_losses | 2 |
| conference5_ap_poll | 2 |
| conference6 | Conference USA |
| conference6_teams | 6 |
| conference6_wins | 4 |
| conference6_losses | 2 |
| conference6_ap_poll | 0 |
| conference7 | Pac-10 |
| conference7_teams | 5 |
| conference7_wins | 5 |
| conference7_losses | 0 |
| conference7_ap_poll | 3 |
| conference8 | Mountain West |
| conference8_teams | 5 |
| conference8_wins | 3 |
| conference8_losses | 2 |
| conference8_ap_poll | 3 |
| conference9 | WAC |
| conference9_teams | 5 |
| conference9_wins | 1 |
| conference9_losses | 4 |
| conference9_ap_poll | 1 |
| conference10 | MAC |
| conference10_teams | 5 |
| conference10_wins | 0 |
| conference10_losses | 5 |
| conference10_ap_poll | 1 |
| conference11 | Independents |
| conference11_teams | 2 |
| conference11_wins | 1 |
| conference11_losses | 1 |
| conference11_ap_poll | 0 |
| conference12 | Sun Belt |
| conference12_teams | 2 |
| conference12_wins | 1 |
| conference12_losses | 1 |
| conference12_ap_poll | 0 |
January 31, 2009 Miami Gardens, Florida The 2008–09 NCAA football bowl games, which concluded the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, contained a record number of bowl games scheduled in college football history. A total of 37 bowl games, 34 team-competitive games and three all-star games, were played starting on December 20, 2008, with four contests and concluding with the Texas vs. The Nation Game in El Paso, Texas, played on January 31, 2009, at Sun Bowl Stadium. For the first time in 62 years, however, the Hula Bowl was not a part of the post-season as it was cancelled indefinitely.
A new record of 34 team-competitive bowls, plus three all-star games, were played, including the inaugural St. Petersburg Bowl and EagleBank Bowl. While bowl games had been the purview of only the very best teams for nearly a century, this was the third consecutive year that teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games. To fill the 68 available team-competitive bowl slots, a new record total of 9 teams (13% of all participants) with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—all 9 had a .500 (6-6) season.
Selection of the teams
NCAA bylaws say that a school with a record of 6–6 in regular season play and at least 5 wins over FBS teams are eligible only after conferences cannot fill out available positions for bowl games with teams having seven (or more) wins automatically eligible, excluding games played in Hawaii and conference championship games in the ACC, Big 12, Conference USA, MAC and the SEC.
After the final regular-season games on December 7, 2008, four conferences — the Pac-10, the SEC, the Big 12, and the Big Ten — did not have enough teams to fill their bowl game allotments. The Pac-10 had seven contracted bowl slots with only five teams eligible. The last two bowls in the Pac-10 pecking order—the Hawaii Bowl (sixth) and Poinsettia Bowl (seventh)—had contingency contracts with other conferences, respectively Conference USA and the WAC, to select one of the secondary conference's teams should the Pac-10 fail to supply enough eligible teams to supply that bowl. However, because C-USA had only six bowl-eligible teams to fill its six primary bowl slots, the Pac-10/C-USA slot in the Hawaii Bowl became an at-large spot, and was awarded to independent Notre Dame. The SEC and Big 12 failed to produce enough teams to fill their requirements even before both conferences had two teams selected to BCS games, while the Big Ten was unable to fill its requirements once a second team from that conference (Ohio State) was selected to a BCS game. The Atlantic Coast Conference sent an NCAA-record ten teams to bowl games this season.{{cite web |access-date = 2008-12-08
Results
NOTE: Rankings from final regular-season AP Poll of December 7, 2008.
Non-BCS bowl games
| Date | Game | Site | Teams | Affiliations | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 20 | EagleBank Bowl | RFK Stadium | |||
| Washington, D.C. | Wake Forest (7–5) | ||||
| Navy (8–4) | ACC | ||||
| Independents | Wake Forest 29 | ||||
| Navy 19 | |||||
| New Mexico Bowl | University Stadium | ||||
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | Colorado State (6–6) | ||||
| Fresno State (7–5) | Mountain West | ||||
| WAC | Colorado State 40 | ||||
| Fresno State 35 | |||||
| St. Petersburg Bowl | Tropicana Field | ||||
| St. Petersburg, Florida | South Florida (7–5) | ||||
| Memphis (6–6) | Big East | ||||
| C-USA | South Florida 41 | ||||
| Memphis 14 | |||||
| Las Vegas Bowl | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||
| Whitney, Nevada | Arizona (7–5) | ||||
| #17 BYU (10–2) | Pac-10 | ||||
| Mountain West | Arizona 31 | ||||
| BYU 21 | |||||
| Dec. 21 | New Orleans Bowl | Louisiana Superdome | |||
| New Orleans | Southern Miss (6–6) | ||||
| Troy (8–4) | C-USA | ||||
| Sun Belt | Southern Miss 30 | ||||
| Troy 27 (OT) | |||||
| Dec. 23 | Poinsettia Bowl | Qualcomm Stadium | |||
| San Diego | #11 TCU (10–2) | ||||
| #9 Boise State (12–0) | Mountain West | ||||
| WAC | TCU 17 | ||||
| Boise State 16 | |||||
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii Bowl | Aloha Stadium | |||
| Honolulu, HI | Notre Dame (6–6) | ||||
| Hawaii (7–6) | Independents | ||||
| WAC | Notre Dame 49 | ||||
| Hawaii 21 | |||||
| Dec. 26 | Motor City Bowl | Ford Field | |||
| Detroit | Florida Atlantic (6–6) | ||||
| Central Michigan (8-4) | Sun Belt | ||||
| MAC | Florida Atlantic 24 | ||||
| Central Michigan 21 | |||||
| Dec. 27 | Meineke Car Care Bowl | Bank of America Stadium | |||
| Charlotte, North Carolina | West Virginia (8–4) | ||||
| North Carolina (8–4) | Big East | ||||
| ACC | West Virginia 31 | ||||
| North Carolina 30 | |||||
| Champs Sports Bowl | Citrus Bowl | ||||
| Orlando, Florida | Florida State (9–3) | ||||
| Wisconsin (7–5) | ACC | ||||
| Big Ten | Florida State 42 | ||||
| Wisconsin 13 | |||||
| Emerald Bowl | AT&T Park | ||||
| San Francisco | California (8–4) | ||||
| Miami (FL) (7–5) | Pac-10 | ||||
| ACC | California 24 | ||||
| Miami (FL) 17 | |||||
| Dec. 28 | Independence Bowl | Independence Stadium | |||
| Shreveport, Louisiana | Louisiana Tech (7–5) | ||||
| Northern Illinois (6–6) | WAC | ||||
| MAC | Louisiana Tech 17 | ||||
| Northern Illinois 10 | |||||
| Dec. 29 | Papajohns.com Bowl | Legion Field | |||
| Birmingham, Alabama | Rutgers (7–5) | ||||
| North Carolina State (6–6) | Big East | ||||
| ACC | Rutgers 29 | ||||
| NC State 23 | |||||
| Alamo Bowl | Alamodome | ||||
| San Antonio | #25 Missouri (9–4) | ||||
| #22 Northwestern (9–3) | Big 12 | ||||
| Big Ten | Missouri 30 | ||||
| Northwestern 23 (OT) | |||||
| Dec. 30 | Humanitarian Bowl | Bronco Stadium | |||
| Boise, Idaho | Maryland (7–5) | ||||
| Nevada (7–5) | ACC | ||||
| WAC | Maryland 42 | ||||
| Nevada 35 | |||||
| Holiday Bowl | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||
| San Diego | #15 Oregon (9–3) | ||||
| #13 Oklahoma State (9–3) | Pac-10 | ||||
| Big 12 | Oregon 42 | ||||
| Oklahoma State 31 | |||||
| Texas Bowl | Reliant Stadium | ||||
| Houston | Rice (9–3) | ||||
| Western Michigan (9–3) | C-USA | ||||
| MAC | Rice 38 | ||||
| Western Michigan 14 | |||||
| Dec. 31 | Armed Forces Bowl | Amon G. Carter Stadium | |||
| Fort Worth, Texas | Houston (7–5) | ||||
| Air Force (8–4) | C-USA | ||||
| Mountain West | Houston 34 | ||||
| Air Force 28 | |||||
| Sun Bowl | Sun Bowl Stadium | ||||
| El Paso, Texas | #24 Oregon State (8–4) | ||||
| #18 Pittsburgh (9–3) | Pac-10 | ||||
| Big East | Oregon State 3 | ||||
| Pittsburgh 0 | |||||
| Music City Bowl | LP Field | ||||
| Nashville, Tennessee | Vanderbilt (6–6) | ||||
| Boston College (9–4) | SEC | ||||
| ACC | Vanderbilt 16 | ||||
| Boston College 14 | |||||
| Insight Bowl | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||
| Tempe, Arizona | Kansas (7–5) | ||||
| Minnesota (7–5) | Big 12 | ||||
| Big Ten | Kansas 42 | ||||
| Minnesota 21 | |||||
| Chick-fil-A Bowl | Georgia Dome | ||||
| Atlanta | LSU (7–5) | ||||
| #14 Georgia Tech (9–3) | SEC | ||||
| ACC | LSU 38 | ||||
| Georgia Tech 3 | |||||
| Jan. 1 | Outback Bowl | Raymond James Stadium | |||
| Tampa, Florida | Iowa (8–4) | ||||
| South Carolina (7–5) | Big Ten | ||||
| SEC | Iowa 31 | ||||
| South Carolina 10 | |||||
| Gator Bowl | Jacksonville Municipal Stadium | ||||
| Jacksonville, Florida | Nebraska (8–4) | ||||
| Clemson (7–5) | Big 12 | ||||
| ACC | Nebraska 26 | ||||
| Clemson 21 | |||||
| Capital One Bowl | Citrus Bowl | ||||
| Orlando, Florida | #16 Georgia (9–3) | ||||
| #19 Michigan State (9–3) | SEC | ||||
| Big Ten | Georgia 24 | ||||
| Michigan State 12 | |||||
| Jan. 2 | Cotton Bowl Classic | Cotton Bowl, Fair Park | |||
| Dallas, Texas | #20 Ole Miss (8–4) | ||||
| #8 Texas Tech (11–1) | SEC | ||||
| Big 12 | Ole Miss 47 | ||||
| Texas Tech 34 | |||||
| Liberty Bowl | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ||||
| Memphis, Tennessee | Kentucky (6–6) | ||||
| East Carolina (9–4) | SEC | ||||
| C-USA | Kentucky 25 | ||||
| East Carolina 19 | |||||
| Jan. 3 | International Bowl | Rogers Centre | |||
| Toronto | UConn (7–5) | ||||
| Buffalo (8–5) | Big East | ||||
| MAC | UConn 38 | ||||
| Buffalo 20 | |||||
| Jan. 6 | GMAC Bowl | Ladd–Peebles Stadium | |||
| Mobile, Alabama | Tulsa (10–3) | ||||
| #23 Ball State (12–1) | C-USA | ||||
| MAC | Tulsa 45 | ||||
| Ball State 13 |
BCS bowl games
| Date | Game | Site | Teams | Affiliations | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl StadiumPasadena, California | #5 USC (11–1) | ||
| #6 Penn State (11–1) | Pac-10 | ||||
| Big Ten | USC 38 | ||||
| Penn State 24 | |||||
| Orange Bowl | Dolphin Stadium | ||||
| Miami Gardens, Florida | #21 Virginia Tech (9–4) | ||||
| #12 Cincinnati (11–2) | ACC | ||||
| Big East | Virginia Tech 20 | ||||
| Cincinnati 7 | |||||
| Jan. 2 | Sugar Bowl | Louisiana Superdome | |||
| New Orleans | #7 Utah (12-0) | ||||
| #4 Alabama (12-1) | Mountain West | ||||
| SEC | Utah 31 | ||||
| Alabama 17 | |||||
| Jan. 5 | Fiesta Bowl | University of Phoenix Stadium | |||
| Glendale, Arizona | #3 Texas (11-1) | ||||
| #10 Ohio State (10-2) | Big 12 | ||||
| Big Ten | Texas 24 | ||||
| Ohio State 21 | |||||
| Jan. 8 | BCS National Championship Game | Dolphin Stadium | |||
| Miami Gardens, Florida | #1 Florida (12-1) | ||||
| #2 Oklahoma (12-1) | SEC | ||||
| Big 12 | Florida 24 | ||||
| Oklahoma 14 |
Conference bowl representation
| Bowl Appearances | Final Rankings | Conference | No. of teams | Record | Pct. | Winners | Losers | Ranked | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | Team | AP | ||||||||||
| (1/9/09) | Coaches | |||||||||||
| (1/9/09) | BCS | |||||||||||
| (12/7/08) | ||||||||||||
| Pac-10 | 5 | 5–0 | 1.000 | USC | ||||||||
| Oregon | ||||||||||||
| Oregon State | ||||||||||||
| California | ||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | USC | #3(1) | #2 | #5 | |||||||
| Oregon | #10 | #9 | #17 | |||||||||
| Oregon State | #18 | #19 | NR | |||||||||
| California | NR | #25 | NR | |||||||||
| Winners of 2008–09 Bowl Challenge Cup with perfect record. | ||||||||||||
| SEC | 8 | 6–2 | 0.750 | Florida | ||||||||
| Georgia | ||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | ||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | ||||||||||||
| LSU | ||||||||||||
| Kentucky | Alabama | |||||||||||
| South Carolina | 4 | Florida | #1(48) | #1(60) | #2 | |||||||
| Alabama | #6 | #6 | #4 | |||||||||
| Georgia | #13 | #10 | #15 | |||||||||
| Ole Miss | #14 | #15 | #25 | |||||||||
| Florida won the National Championship. Vanderbilt won in a bowl for the first time since 1955. | ||||||||||||
| Kentucky won a bowl for the third straight season, a first in school history. | ||||||||||||
| Big East | 6 | 4–2 | 0.667 | West Virginia | ||||||||
| South Florida | ||||||||||||
| Rutgers | ||||||||||||
| Connecticut | Cincinnati | |||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | Cincinnati | #17 | #17 | #12 | |||||||
| West Virginia | #23 | NR | NR | |||||||||
| Pittsburgh | NR | NR | #20 | |||||||||
| Both of the Big East's BCS-ranked teams lost their games. | ||||||||||||
| Big 12 | 7 | 4–3 | 0.571 | Texas | ||||||||
| Missouri | ||||||||||||
| Kansas | ||||||||||||
| Nebraska | Oklahoma | |||||||||||
| Texas Tech | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 5 | Texas | #4 | #3 | #3 | |||||||
| Oklahoma | #5 | #6 | #1 | |||||||||
| Texas Tech | #12 | #12 | #7 | |||||||||
| Oklahoma State | #16 | #18 | #13 | |||||||||
| Missouri | #19 | #16 | #21 | |||||||||
| Conference USA | 6 | 4–2 | 0.667 | Southern Mississippi | ||||||||
| Rice | ||||||||||||
| Houston | ||||||||||||
| Tulsa | Memphis | |||||||||||
| East Carolina | 0 | none | ||||||||||
| Rice ended a 54-year winless streak in bowls, Houston ended theirs at 28. | ||||||||||||
| Mountain West | 5 | 3–2 | 0.600 | Utah | ||||||||
| TCU | ||||||||||||
| Colorado State | Brigham Young | |||||||||||
| Air Force | 3 | Utah | #2(16) | #4(1) | #6 | |||||||
| TCU | #7 | #7 | #11 | |||||||||
| Brigham Young | #25 | #21 | #16 | |||||||||
| Utes became first BCS outsider to win two BCS games; their other was the 2005 Fiesta Bowl. | ||||||||||||
| The Utes also won their eighth straight bowl game. | ||||||||||||
| Independents | 2 | 1–1 | 0.500 | Notre Dame | Navy | 0 | none | |||||
| Notre Dame won first bowl game since 1994 Cotton Bowl Classic. | ||||||||||||
| Sun Belt | 2 | 1–1 | 0.500 | Florida Atlantic | Troy | 0 | none | |||||
| Only conference ineligible for 2008–09 Bowl Challenge Cup. | ||||||||||||
| ACC | 10 | 4–6 | 0.400 | Virginia Tech | ||||||||
| Florida State | ||||||||||||
| Maryland | ||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | Georgia Tech | |||||||||||
| Boston College | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | ||||||||||||
| NC State | ||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | Virginia Tech | #15 | #14 | #19 | |||||||
| Georgia Tech | #22 | #22 | #14 | |||||||||
| Florida State | #21 | #23 | NR | |||||||||
| Boston College | NR | NR | #24 | |||||||||
| The ACC's ten teams in postseason is a new NCAA record. | ||||||||||||
| Boston College's streak of bowl wins in eight consecutive seasons ended. | ||||||||||||
| Western Athletic | 5 | 1–4 | 0.200 | Louisiana Tech | Boise State | |||||||
| Fresno State | ||||||||||||
| Hawaii | ||||||||||||
| Nevada | 1 | Boise State | #11 | #13 | #9 | |||||||
| Big Ten | 7 | 1–6 | 0.143 | Iowa | Penn State | |||||||
| Ohio State | ||||||||||||
| Michigan State | ||||||||||||
| Northwestern | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | ||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 5 | Penn State | #8 | #8 | #8 | |||||||
| Ohio State | #9 | #11 | #10 | |||||||||
| Iowa | #20 | #20 | NR | |||||||||
| Michigan State | #24 | #24 | #18 | |||||||||
| Northwestern | NR | #NR | #23 | |||||||||
| Iowa's win in Outback Bowl avoided a total shutout. | ||||||||||||
| Mid-American | 5 | 0–5 | 0.000 | Ball State | ||||||||
| Central Michigan | ||||||||||||
| NIU | ||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | ||||||||||||
| Buffalo | 1 | Ball State | NR | NR | #22 | |||||||
| Only winless conference in bowl season. |
NOTE: BCS bowl participants are listed in italics.
Post-BCS All-Star Games
| All-Star Game | Date | Location | Television | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East–West Shrine Game | January 17, 2009 | Robertson Stadium | |||
| University of Houston | |||||
| Houston, Texas | ESPN2 | East 24, West 19 | |||
| Senior Bowl | January 24, 2009 | Ladd–Peebles Stadium | |||
| Mobile, Alabama | NFL Network | South 35, North 18 | |||
| Texas vs The Nation | January 31, 2009 | Sun Bowl Stadium | |||
| University of Texas at El Paso | |||||
| El Paso, Texas | CBS College Sports Network | The Nation 27, Texas 24 |
References
References
- http://www.shrinegame.com/press_release/84_game/EWSG_Player_Alert_12-3-08.pdf{{dead link. (June 2017)
- "Archived copy".
- "Official Website of the Senior Bowl".
- "Texas vs. The Nation".
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