Английская Википедия:2008 Independence Bowl

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The 2008 Independence Bowl marked the thirty-third edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Game summary

The game was contested starting on Sunday, December 28, 2008, with a 7:15 PM CST kickoff, telecast on ESPN. the contest pitted the 2008 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team against the 2008 Northern Illinois Huskies football team. Both Louisiana Tech and Northern Illinois were chosen because both of the contracted conferences – the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference – failed to produce enough bowl eligible teams as both had a pair of schools in the 2009 Bowl Championship Series. Prior to the game, citing financial difficulties stemming from the financial crisis of 2007–2008, PetroSun pulled out as title sponsor.

Both participants were football-only members of the Big West Conference in the mid-1990s. This was the 7th football game between Louisiana Tech and Northern Illinois and the first since 1996. Tech now holds a 6–1 edge over Northern Illinois.

The game was Louisiana Tech's 4th appearance in the Independence Bowl and the first appearance since 1990 when Tech tied Maryland 34–34. The Bulldogs now hold an overall record of 2–1–1 in the Independence Bowl. The victory over Northern Illinois marked the first bowl game victory by the Bulldogs since their 1977 Independence Bowl victory over Louisville.

This was Northern Illinois' 1st appearance in the Independence Bowl and the 4th overall appearance in Division I FBS Bowl Games. Their previous appearances in bowl games include the 1983 California Bowl (20–13 victory over Cal State-Fullerton), 2004 Silicon Valley Classic (34–21 victory over Troy), and 2006 Poinsettia Bowl (37–7 loss to TCU).

Statistics

Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|La. Tech	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|NIU
First Downs	12	17
Total offense, yards	236	339
Rushes-yards (net)	31–92	31–153
Passing yards (net)	144	186
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	12–27–0	20–41–2
Time of Possession	26:48	33:12

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center"| La. Tech	Passing	Ross Jenkins	12/27, 144 yds
Rushing	Daniel Porter	18 car, 78 yds, 1 TD
Receiving	Patrick Jackson	1 rec, 34 yds
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center"| NIU	Passing	Chandler Harnish	20/40, 186 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing	Chad Spann	14 car, 79 yds
Receiving	Matt Simon	6 rec, 44 yds

External links

• Independence Bowl Guide Шаблон:Webarchive