RB Bryce Beall, Houston FB Jared Tew, Air Force[1]
Favorite
Houston by 3.5[2]
Referee
Matt Loeffler (Sun Belt) [1]
Attendance
41,127[1]
Payout
US$750,000 per team[3]
United States TV coverage
Network
ESPN
Announcers
Terry Gannon, David Norrie
Nielsen ratings
1.4
Armed Forces Bowl
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2009 >
The 2008 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl was the sixth edition of the annual post-season college football bowl game, and was a bowl rematch of a regular season game between the Houston Cougars against the Air Force Falcons that was won by Air Force, 31–28. It was played on December 31, 2008, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, and telecast on ESPN nationally. The Falcons made their second straight Armed Forces Bowl appearance, having lost the previous year to California, while the Cougars made their fourth straight bowl appearance, having most recently lost to TCU. The Cougars defeated the Falcons 34–28, for their first bowl win since the 1980 Garden State Bowl ending an eight-bowl game losing streak.[4]
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^"Daily Sports Roundup: December 31". Cappersmall.com. December 30, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
^"Real Insight. Real Fans. Real Conversations". Sporting News. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
^Houston gets first bowl win since 1980, ESPN, December 31, 2008.
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