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2008 Alamo Bowl

Field	Value
year_game_played	2008
title_sponsor	Valero
game_name	Alamo Bowl
caption	Alamo Bowl logo
football_season	2008
visitor_name_short	Missouri
visitor_nickname	Tigers
visitor_school	University of Missouri
home_name_short	Northwestern
home_nickname	Wildcats
home_school	Northwestern University
visitor_record	9–4
visitor_conference	Big 12
home_record	9–3
home_conference	Big Ten
visitor_coach	Gary Pinkel
home_coach	Pat Fitzgerald
visitor_rank_AP	25
visitor_rank_coaches	23
visitor_rank_BCS	21
home_rank_AP	22
home_rank_coaches	20
home_rank_BCS	23
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	10
visitor_3q	10
visitor_4q	3
visitor_ot	7
home_1q	7
home_2q	3
home_3q	13
home_4q	0
home_ot	0
date_game_played	December 29
stadium	Alamodome
city	San Antonio, Texas
MVP	Offense: Jeremy Maclin
Defense: Sean Weatherspoon (MIZZ)
odds	Missouri by 12.5
referee	Jack Childress (ACC)
attendance	55,986
payout	2,250,000 million per team
us_network	ESPN
us_announcers_link	List of announcers of major college bowl games
us_announcers	Ron Franklin and Ed Cunningham
ratings	3.9
different_next	[2010 (Jan)](2010-alamo-bowl-january)

Defense: Sean Weatherspoon (MIZZ)

The 2008 Valero Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2008 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and televised nationally by ESPN. The game was one of the 2008–09 NCAA football bowl games that concluded the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 2008 Alamo Bowl was the 16th annual edition of the contest and the second to be sponsored by Valero Energy Corporation. The game pit the Missouri Tigers (9–4) against the Northwestern Wildcats (9–3). The 2008 game was dubbed the Journalism Bowl by some in the media, owing to the nationally recognized journalism programs at each school: the Missouri School of Journalism and the Medill School of Journalism.

Scoring summary

First quarter

Northwestern's Brian Peters intercepted Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel on the Tigers' first drive. The Wildcats took advantage of the mistake and quarterback C. J. Bachér found a wide-open Eric Peterman for a 35-yard touchdown.

Second quarter

Missouri and Northwestern traded field goals in the second quarter. With just one minute before halftime, Jeremy Maclin bolted for a 75-yard punt return for a touchdown.

Third quarter

Bachér found Rasheed Ward for a 46-yard touchdown pass on the first drive of the second half. However, Northwestern's extra point attempt bounced off the right upright, making the score 16–10. Danario Alexander gave Mizzou its first lead of the game with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Daniel with about 7 minutes left in the third. Missouri kicked another field goal later in the quarter. With 31 seconds left in the quarter, Bachér found Ross Lane in the back of the endzone to give Northwestern a 23–20 lead.

Fourth quarter

Jeff Wolfert made his third field goal of the game with 2:49 remaining to tie the game at 23–23. However, he missed a 44-yard field as time expired, sending the game into overtime.

Overtime

Missouri started on offense first to begin the overtime period. Daniel threw a 7-yard pass to Maclin to give Missouri a 30–23 lead. Like their offense, Missouri's defense delivered. They forced a back-pedaling Bachér to fumble the ball, leaving Northwestern with a fourth-and-goal from the 32-yard line. Bachér's desperation hail mary was knocked down into the end zone.

References

Olin Buchanan. (2008-12-29). "Are Big 12 defenses getting a bad rap?". Rivals.com.
link. (2008-12-19)
[http://www.laketheposts.com/2009/01/01/alamo-bowl-ratings-success/?extpar=ltpst Alamo Bowl Ratings Success]
(2008-04-01). "2008 Valero Alamo Bowl Set For December 29 Game Date". Big 12 Sports.
(2008-12-11). "Pinkel, Fitzgerald begin Alamo Bowl buzz". [[Columbia Missourian]].
[http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2008-2009/alamo08.html#GAME.SUM Scoring Summary]

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