2008 Victory Bowl

Last updated

2008 Victory Bowl
1234Total
Malone7217944
Northwestern714141449
DateNovember 21, 2008
Season 2008
Stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Location Minneapolis, Minnesota
MVPOffensive: Zach Tarter (Northwestern)
Defensive: Wesley Kauffman (Malone)
Attendance1,421
Victory Bowl
 < 2007   2009 > 

The 2008 Victory Bowl is a college football post-season bowl game. The game was played on November 21, 2008, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] The Malone Pioneers [2] from the NAIA played against the NCAA Division III Northwestern Eagles. [3]

Contents

Malone failed to defend its title as the 2007 Victory Bowl winners on their third consecutive trip to the bowl. [4] Northwestern's win was its second Victory Bowl championship and fourth appearance [5] in the game's twelve-year history.

Game summary

Northwestern and Malone University scored a combined 93 points as the Eagles from Northwestern claimed a 49–44 win. [6] The contest was closely competed and it was not until under a minute remained that the game's outcome was decided. Malone held a 28–14 lead midway through the second quarter, but after that the point differential remained within seven points or less until Northwestern's Ty Crabtree ran an interception 50 yards for the Eagles’ final score of the game. [7]

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP Malone PioneersNorthwestern Eagles
19:466621:45Malone Pioneers Joseph Peters 13-yard touchdown run, Nick Allison kick good70
10:27134Northwestern EaglesInterception returned 34 yards for touchdown by Noah Hadro, Cody Crum kick Good77
214:254321:02Northwestern Eagles Ryan Long 23-yard touchdown reception from Zach Tarter, Cody Crum kick Good714
211:208603:05Malone Pioneers Joseph Peters 11-yard touchdown run, Nick Allison kick good1414
29:213240:45Malone Pioneers Joseph Peters 17-yard touchdown reception from Billy Bob Orsagh, Nick Allison kick Good2114
28:191280:02Malone Pioneers Derek Deardorff 28-yard touchdown reception from Billy Bob Orsagh, Nick Allison kick Good2814
20:347881:38Northwestern Eagles Zach Tarter 1-yard touchdown run, Cody Crum kick Good2821
310:467632:04Northwestern Eagles Ja Rusinkovich 21-yard touchdown reception from Zach Tarter, Cody Crum kick Good2828
35:236873:04Northwestern Eagles Cody Crum 19-yard touchdown reception from Zach Tarter, Cody Crum kick Good2835
31:569603:27Malone Pioneers Derek Deardorff 3-yard touchdown reception from Billy Bob Orsagh, Nick Allison kick Good3535
411:1412324:01Malone Pioneers20-yard field goal by Nick Allison 3835
42:5815578:16Northwestern Eagles Ja Rusinkovich 5-yard touchdown reception from Zach Tarter, Cody Crum kick Good3842
40:57150Northwestern EaglesInterception returned 50 yards for touchdown by Ty Crabtree, Cody Crum kick Good3849
40:125580:45Malone Pioneers Josh Settlemire 19-yard touchdown reception from Billy Bob Orsagh, 2-point Billy Bob Orsagh Pass Failed4449
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.Malone PioneersNorthwestern Eagles

[8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Poinsettia Bowl</span> College football bowl game

The Poinsettia Bowl was an annual college football bowl game held in San Diego, California, from 2005 to 2016. The game was originally played from 1952 to 1955 between military services teams; in 2005 it was re-created by the organizers of the Holiday Bowl. The new Poinsettia Bowl games were played in late December each year at San Diego Stadium. The game's last sponsor was the San Diego County Credit Union; it was named the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holy War (Boston College–Notre Dame)</span> College football rivalry

The Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl, more commonly known as the Holy War, is an American rivalry between the Boston College Eagles and University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish, a technical nonconference rivalry in college football, but in most sports an Atlantic Coast Conference rivalry. The series derives its name from the fact that the Eagles and the Fighting Irish represent the only two Catholic universities in the United States which still compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the highest level of competition in American college football.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maryland Terrapins football</span> American football team of the University of Maryland, College Park

The Maryland Terrapins football team represents the University of Maryland, College Park in the sport of American football. The Terrapins compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Big Ten Conference. The Terrapins joined the Big Ten Conference on July 1, 2014, following 62 years in the Atlantic Coast Conference as a founding member. Mike Locksley is the head coach of the Terrapins.

The 2004 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 2004 Trojans football team won the 2004 BCS National Championship by winning the 2005 Orange Bowl, that year's BCS National Championship Game. The team also won the AP title for the second year in a row. It was the Trojans' first unanimous national championship since 1972, and the second time a team had gone wire-to-wire, with the Trojans holding the number 1 spot in the polls all season. The team was coached by Pete Carroll in his fourth year with the Trojans, and played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The team is widely considered one of the greatest college football teams of all time.

Steven Russell Saulnier is an American football coach and former player. He currently serves as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at the University of West Florida located in Pensacola, Florida. Saulnier has previously served as assistant head coach and offensive line coach at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke from 2006 to 2014 as well as head football coach at Malone College—now known as Malone University—in Canton Ohio from 1999 to 2001.

The 2007 Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game featured the Boston College Eagles and the Virginia Tech Hokies in a regular-season college football game that determined the conference's champion for the 2007 season. Virginia Tech defeated Boston College 30–16 to win the ACC football championship. The game, held at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, was a rematch of a regular-season game that took place on October 25, in Blacksburg, Virginia. In that game, Boston College, courtesy of a late-game comeback by quarterback Matt Ryan, won 14–10.

The 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl was college football bowl game between the Clemson Tigers and the Auburn Tigers played in Atlanta, Georgia on December 31, 2007. With sponsorship from Chick-fil-A, it was the 40th edition of the game known throughout most of its history as the Peach Bowl. Clemson University represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Auburn University represented the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the competition. The game was the final competition of the 2007 football season for each team. In exchange for the right to pick the first ACC team after the Bowl Championship Series selections, bowl representatives paid $3.25 million to the ACC, while the SEC, whose fifth team was selected, received $2.4 million. The combined $5.65 million payout is the seventh-largest among all college football bowl games, and the fourth-largest non-BCS bowl game payout.

The 2008 ACC Championship Game was a college football game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Boston College Eagles. The game, sponsored by Dr Pepper, was the final regular-season contest of the 2008 college football season for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Virginia Tech defeated Boston College, winning the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship, 30–12. Until 2021, this was the last ACC Championship Game to not feature Clemson or Florida State from the Atlantic Division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 Liberty Bowl</span> College football game

The 1968 Liberty Bowl was an American college football postseason bowl game between the Virginia Tech Gobblers and the Ole Miss Rebels. The 10th edition of the Liberty Bowl, it was played at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 14, 1968. The game was the final contest of the 1968 NCAA University Division football season for both teams, and ended in a 34–17 victory for Mississippi.

Mike Gravier is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Hug High School in Reno, Nevada, a position he had held since 2019. Gravier served as the head football coach at Malone College—now known as Malone University—in Canton, Ohio, from 1995 to 1998 and at Bluefield College in Bluefield, Virginia, in 2012. He was also the interim head football coach at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, for the final game of the 2013 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 Malone Pioneers football team</span> American college football season

The 2008 Malone Pioneers football team represented Malone University in the season of 2008 NAIA football season. The Pioneers played their home games in Fawcett Stadium.

The 2008 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began on August 30, 2008, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 15, 2008, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs defeated the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats, 21–14, to win their first Division II national title.

The 2007 Victory Bowl was a college football bowl game. It was a part of the 2007 football season and was played at Reeves Field in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The game placed the Malone Pioneers against the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 Orange Bowl</span> College football game

The 2009 FedEx Orange Bowl was the 75th edition of Orange Bowl, an annual college football bowl game. It pitted the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion Virginia Tech Hokies against the Big East Conference champion Cincinnati Bearcats on January 1, 2009, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Virginia Tech defeated Cincinnati, 20–7. The game was the second contest in the 2008–2009 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. The game was televised in the United States on FOX, and an estimated 9.3 million viewers watched the broadcast live.

The 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl game featured the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Iowa Hawkeyes on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at Land Shark Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Iowa won the game 24–14, securing the Hawkeyes' first major bowl win since the 1959 Rose Bowl.

The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 56th season that the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) participated in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football. As a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) conference, the ACC's constituent members competed within the framework of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

The 2009 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Art Briles. The Bears played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. Baylor finished the season with a record of 4–8 and 1–7 in Big 12 play.

References

  1. National Christian College Athletic Association Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Victory Bowl Invitational
  2. Canton Repository [ permanent dead link ] "Malone headed to Victory Bowl" November 18, 2008
  3. Northwestern College Athletics NCAA Victory Bowl XII
  4. Canton Repository [ permanent dead link ] "Malone to defend Victory Bowl title" by Mike Popovich, November 20, 2008
  5. Akron Beacon Journal "Malone football scouting report" November 21, 2008
  6. "Malone University at Northwestern College". DakTronics 3000. Daktronics, Inc. November 21, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  7. NCCAA Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine 2008 Victory Bowl
  8. "Malone vs Northwestern". UNWEagles.