Bowl History
2008
Conference
Bowl Record
- Atlantic Coast 4-6 Big 10 1-4 Big 12 3-3 Big East 4-2 Big South 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Conference USA 4-2 Independent 1-1 Mid-American 0-5 Mountain West 3-1 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pac 10 4-0 Southeastern 6-2 Southern 0-0 Southland 0-0 Sun Belt 1-1
Bowl History
2008
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/2009 Capital One Georgia 24-12 Michigan State 1/1/2009 Gator Nebraska 26-21 Clemson 1/1/2009 Orange Virginia Tech 20-7 Cincinnati 1/1/2009 Outback Iowa 31-10 South Carolina 1/1/2009 Rose Southern California 38-24 Penn State 1/2/2009 Sugar Utah 31-17 Alabama 1/2/2009 Cotton Mississippi 47-34 Texas Tech 1/2/2009 Liberty Kentucky 25-19 East Carolina 1/3/2009 International Connecticut 38-20 Buffalo 1/6/2009 GMAC Tulsa 45-13 Ball State 1/8/2009 BCS Florida 24-14 Oklahoma 12/20/2008 EagleBank Wake Forest 29-19 Navy 12/20/2008 New Mexico Colorado State 40-35 Fresno State 12/20/2008 St. Petersburg South Florida 41-14 Memphis 12/21/2008 New Orleans Southern Mississippi 30-27 Troy 12/23/2008 Poinsettia Texas Christian 17-16 Boise State 12/24/2008 Hawaii Notre Dame 49-21 Hawaii 12/26/2008 Motor City Florida Atlantic 24-21 Central Michigan 12/27/2008 Meinke Car Care West Virginia 31-30 North Carolina 12/27/2008 Emerald California 24-17 Miami (Florida) 12/27/2008 Champs Sports Florida State 42-13 Wisconsin 12/28/2008 Independence Louisiana Tech 17-10 Northern Illinois 12/29/2008 Alamo Missouri 30-23 Northwestern 12/29/2008 Papajohns.com Rutgers 29-23 North Carolina State 12/30/2008 Texas Rice 38-14 Western Michigan 12/30/2008 Holiday Oregon 42-31 Oklahoma State 12/30/2008 Humanitarian Maryland 42-35 Nevada 12/31/2008 Armed Forces Houston 34-28 Air Force 12/31/2008 Music City Vanderbilt 16-14 Boston College 12/31/2008 Sun Oregon State 3-0 Pittsburgh 12/31/2008 Peach Louisiana State 38-3 Georgia Tech
Great Moments in College Football History
College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.