2008 Sun Bowl

The 2008 Brut Sun Bowl, part of the 2008–09 NCAA Division I FBS bowl season, was played on December 31, 2008 at the stadium of the same name on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas. The 75th annual contest pitted the Pittsburgh Panthers against the Oregon State Beavers. Pittsburgh previously appeared in the Sun Bowl in 1975 and 1989. Oregon State previously appeared in the Sun Bowl only once, in 2006. Entering the contest, the teams had a combined 3-0 record in Sun Bowls.

Oregon State won 3–0, the lowest scoring bowl game since a 0–0 tie between Air Force and TCU in the 1959 Cotton Bowl and the lowest-scoring Sun Bowl since a 0–0 tie between Arizona State and The Catholic University of America on January 1, 1940. It was the first shutout loss for the Panthers since 1996. This game, however, was special because the only points were scored on a field goal kicked off of a botched hold.

This game marked the 41st consecutive telecast by CBS Sports. No other network and bowl game has been paired for a longer period of time.

The halftime show included a performance by musical group The Village People as Sun Bowl officials broke the Guinness World Record for largest Y.M.C.A. dance.^[5]^[6]

Scoring summary

Scoring Play	Score
2nd Quarter
OSU - Justin Kahut 44-yard FG, 2:18	OSU 3–0

References

↑ http://www.cappersmall.com/press/articles/4515-Daily-Sports-Roundup-December-31.html
↑ http://www.sunbowl.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=223&Itemid=2
↑ http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mfootbl.html?event=755083&school=pitt&sport=mfootbl&camefrom=&startschool=&
↑ http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772
↑ "2008 Brut Sun Bowl - 75th Anniversary - Village People To Perform At Halftime". Sun Bowl Association. 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
↑ "Guinness World Records - Largest "YMCA" Dance". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2013-09-11.

2008–09 NCAA football bowl game season

EagleBank (Dec. 20) New Mexico (Dec. 20) St. Petersburg (Dec. 20) Las Vegas (Dec. 20) New Orleans (Dec. 21) Poinsettia (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Motor City (Dec. 26) Meineke Car Care (Dec. 27) Champs Sports (Dec. 27) Emerald (Dec. 27) Independence (Dec. 28) PapaJohns.com (Dec. 29) Alamo (Dec. 29) Humanitarian (Dec. 30) Holiday (Dec. 30) Texas (Dec. 30) Armed Forces (Dec. 31) Sun (Dec. 31) Music City (Dec. 31) Insight (Dec. 31) Chick-fil-A (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Capital One (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 2) Liberty (Jan. 2) International (Jan. 3) GMAC (Jan. 6)

Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 2) Fiesta (Jan. 5) BCS National Championship (Jan. 8)

All-Star Games: East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 17) Senior Bowl (Jan. 24) Texas vs. The Nation Game (Jan. 31)

Sun Bowl

History & conference tie-ins	History Jones Stadium Kidd Field Sun Bowl Broadcasters Pac-12 Conference Atlantic Coast Conference

Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Notes	There was a Sun Bowl in January and December in 1958 and 1977. There was no Sun Bowl in 1976.

Oregon State Beavers bowl games

1942 Rose Bowl 1957 Rose Bowl 1962 Liberty Bowl 1965 Rose Bowl 1999 Oahu Bowl 2001 Fiesta Bowl 2002 Insight Bowl 2003 Las Vegas Bowl 2004 Insight Bowl 2006 Sun Bowl 2007 Emerald Bowl 2008 Sun Bowl 2009 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas 2012 Alamo Bowl 2013 Hawaii Bowl

Pittsburgh Panthers bowl games

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