2008 Champs Sports Bowl

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2008 Champs Sports Bowl
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Wisconsin033713
Florida State014141442
DateDecember 27, 2008
Season 2008
Stadium Florida Citrus Bowl
Location Orlando, Florida
MVP P/PK Graham Gano (Florida State)
Referee Michael Batlan (Pac-10)
Attendance52,692
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Announcers Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Paul Maguire
Nielsen ratings 4.5
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The 2008 Champs Sports Bowl was the 19th edition of the college football bowl game that was played on Saturday, December 27, 2008, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game, which had a 4:30 PM US EST kickoff and was broadcast on ESPN, pitted the Wisconsin Badgers against the Florida State Seminoles. At the end, the Florida State Seminoles were the winners, 42–13.

Game summary

Scoring PlayScore
2nd Quarter
FSU - Derek Nicholson 75-yard fumble return (Graham Gano kick), 12:33FSU 7-0
Wisconsin - Philip Welch 31-yard FG, 4:46FSU 7-3
FSU - Greg Carr 15-yard TD pass from Christian Ponder (Gano kick), :07FSU 14-3
3rd Quarter
Wisconsin - Welch 41-yard FG, 12:01FSU 14-6
FSU - Antone Smith 6-yard TD run (Gano kick), 4:11FSU 21-6
FSU - Carlton Jones 14-yard TD run (Gano kick), :18FSU 28-6
4th Quarter
FSU - Dekoda Watson 51-yard fumble return (Gano kick), 14:28FSU 35-6
FSU - Caz Piurowski 10-yard TD pass from Ponder (Gano kick), 11:04FSU 42-6
Wisconsin - Elijah Theus 20-yard TD pass from Dustin Sherer, 4:06FSU 42-13

Team Stats; Wisconsin - First downs 16, FSU- First downs 23. Wisconsin- Rush-Yds-TD's 38-201-0, FSU- Rush-Yds-TD's 38-134-2.Wisconsin- Cmp-Attd-Yd-TD-INT 9-16-132-1-0. FSU- Cmp-Attd-Yd-TD-INT 23-37-276-2-0. Wisconsin- Total yards 333, FSU- Total Yards 410. Wisconsin- Fumbles-Lost 3-3, FSU-Fumbles-Lost 0-0. Wisconsin- Turnovers 3, FSU-Turnovers 0. Wisconsin- Penalties-Yards 2-25, FSU- Penalties-Yards 7-85. [1]

Kick&Punt returns: Player- Michael Ray Garvin, FSU- ret:4, Yd's:71, Avg: 17.8, TD: 0. Bert Reed, FSU- ret:2, Yd's:23, Avg:11, TD:0. Ochuko Jenije, FSU- ret:2, Yd's:6, Avg: 3.0, Td:0. Antonio Fenelus, Wisconsin- ret:2, Yd's: 50, Avg: 25.0, Td:0. Blake Sorensen Wisconsin- ret:1, Yd's:11, Avg:11.0, Td:0. Bill Rentmeester Wisconsin- ret:1, Yd's:1, Avg:1.0, Td:0. David Gilreath Wisconsin- ret:1, Yd's:3, Avg:3.0, TD:0. [2]

Florida State's Graham Gano was able to kick three punts that died or went out of bounds inside Wisconsin's 3-yard line in the first quarter and a 58-yarder that was returned for 3 yards to the Wisconsin 7. He finished the game with 5 punts averaging 48.2 yards. [3] He also drew a roughing the kicker penalty that extended a Florida State scoring drive (Replay revealed that he had not been touched). [4] Gano was also the team's kicker and winner of the 2008 Lou Groza Award. [5]

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