College football game
The 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl was the seventh edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The game started at 1:00 p.m. US EST on Saturday, December 27, 2008. The game, telecast on ESPN, pitted the North Carolina Tar Heels against the West Virginia Mountaineers, with the Mountaineers winning over the Heels 31–30. The crowd of 73,712 was the largest in the bowl's seven-year history[1] and the largest ever to see a college football game in the state of North Carolina. It was also the fourth-largest crowd of the 2008 bowl season, and the second-largest for a non-BCS bowl.
Scoring summary
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The 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl between North Carolina and West Virginia
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Score
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| 1st Quarter
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| WVU - Noel Devine 18-yard TD run (Pat McAfee kick), 8:56
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WVU 7–0
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| UNC - Hakeem Nicks 73-yard TD pass from T. J. Yates (Casey Barth kick), 7:22
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Tie 7–7
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| WVU - Alric Arnett 44-yard TD pass from Pat White (McAfee kick), 5:11
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WVU 14–7
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| UNC - Nicks 66-yard TD pass from Cooter Arnold (Barth kick), 4:57
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Tie 14–14
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| WVU - Bradley Starks 35-yard TD pass from White (McAfee kick), 2:35
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WVU 21–14
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| 2nd Quarter
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| UNC - Safety, Devine tackled in end zone, 13:23
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WVU 21–16
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| UNC - Nicks 25-yard TD pass from Yates (Barth kick), 10:37
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UNC 23–21
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| 3rd Quarter
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| WVU - McAfee 25-yard FG, 9:00
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WVU 24–23
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| UNC - Yates 5-yard TD run (Barth kick), 4:29
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UNC 30–24
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| 4th Quarter
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| WVU - Arnett 20-yard TD pass from White (McAfee kick), 7:14
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WVU 31–30
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References
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Formerly known as the Continental Tire / Meineke Car Care / Belk Bowl |
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# - denotes National Championship Game.
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