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2008 New Mexico Bowl

American college football game

Field	Value
year_game_played	2008
game_name	New Mexico Bowl
football_season	2008
visitor_name_short	Colorado State
visitor_nickname	Rams
visitor_school	Colorado State University
home_name_short	Fresno State
home_nickname	Bulldogs
home_school	California State University, Fresno
visitor_record	6–6
visitor_conference	Mountain West
home_record	7–5
home_conference	WAC
visitor_coach	Steve Fairchild
home_coach	Pat Hill
visitor_1q	10
visitor_2q	10
visitor_3q	0
visitor_4q	20
home_1q	14
home_2q	7
home_3q	7
home_4q	7
date_game_played	December 20
stadium	University Stadium
city	Albuquerque, New Mexico
MVP	RB Gartrell Johnson, CSU (Offensive)
DE Tommie Hill, CSU (Defensive)
odds	Fresno State by 3
referee	Gil Gelbke (C-USA)
attendance	24,735
payout	750,000 per team
us_network	ESPN
us_announcers_link	List of announcers of major college bowl games
us_announcers	Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
ratings	2.2

DE Tommie Hill, CSU (Defensive) The 2008 New Mexico Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 20, 2008 at University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque as part of the 2008-09 NCAA Bowl season. The game, telecast on ESPN, featured the Colorado State Rams from the Mountain West Conference and the Fresno State Bulldogs from the WAC. The two teams were rivals when Colorado State was in the WAC from 1968-98.

Colorado State scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to defeat Fresno State, 40-35 behind running back Gartrell Johnson's 375 rushing and receiving yards, an NCAA bowl record.

Game summary

Scoring summary

1st Quarter
- FRES – Lonyae Miller 1-yard run (Kevin Goessling kick), 11:46. ''Fresno State 7-0. '''Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 3:14.'''''
- CSU – Grant Stucker 18-yard run (Jason Smith kick), 09:37. ''Colorado State 7-7. '''Drive: 4 plays, 84 yards, 2:09.'''''
- FRES – Anthony Harding 2-yard run (Kevin Goessling kick), 06:35. ''Fresno State 14-7. '''Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards, 3:02.'''''
- CSU – Jason Smith 29-yard field goal, 02:57. ''Fresno State 14-10. '''Drive: 9 plays, 66 yards, 3:38.'''''
2nd Quarter
- CSU – Jason Smith 22-yard field goal, 05:50. ''Fresno State 14-13. '''Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:35.'''''
- FRES – Lonyae Miller 69-yard run (Kevin Goessling kick), 04:26. ''Fresno State 21-13. '''Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:24.'''''
- CSU – Kory Sperry 22-yard pass from Billy Ferris (Jason Smith kick), 00:02. ''Fresno State 21-20. '''Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards, 4:24.'''''
3rd Quarter
- FRES – Anthony Harding 2-yard run (Kevin Goessling kick), 08:31. ''Fresno State 28-20. '''Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 3:51.'''''
4th Quarter
- CSU – Gartrell Johnson 1-yard run (Johnson run failed), 09:45. ''Fresno State 28-26. '''Drive: 7 plays, 32 yards, 3:41.'''''
- CSU – Rashaun Greer 69-yard pass from Billy Ferris (Jason Smith kick), 07:00. ''Colorado State 33-28. '''Drive: 3 plays, 73 yards, 1:07.'''''
- CSU – Gartrell Johnson 77-yard run (Johnson run failed), 01:46. ''Colorado State 40-28. '''Drive: 2 plays, 85 yards, 0:57.'''''
- FRES – Ryan Skidmore 7-yard pass from Tom Brandstater (Kevin Goessling kick), 00:55. ''Colorado State 40-35. '''Drive: 5 plays, 59 yards, 0:51.'''''

Game Notes

Gartrell Johnson set an FBS bowl game record for yards from scrimmage with 375
Johnson's 285 rushing yards were second most in FBS bowl history (P.J. Daniels, 307 in 2003)
Johnson's rushing performance ranked second in Colorado State history
Colorado State won their first bowl game since 2001

References

"2008-2009 Bowl Game Betting Odds".
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"SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists".
(12 January 2009). "Bowl TV ratings".
(May 23, 2008). "Tradition continues! New Mexico Bowl III will be played on Saturday before Christmas.". New Mexico Bowl Press Release.
(September 2024). "Fresno State accepts invite to New Mexico Bowl". AP.

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