2008 Sugar Bowl

NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader
Name=2008 Sugar Bowl


Date=January 1, 2008
Year=2007
Visitor School=University of Hawaii at Manoa
Visitor Name Short=Hawaii
Visitor Nickname=Warriors
Visitor Record=12-0
Visitor

Visitor Coaches=10
Visitor BCS=10
Visitor Coach=June Jones
Visitor1=3
Visitor2=0
Visitor3=0
Visitor4=7
Home School=University of Georgia
Home Name Short=Georgia
Home Nickname=Bulldogs
Home Record=10-2
Home

Home Coaches=4
Home BCS=5
Home Coach=Mark Richt
Home1=14
Home2=10
Home3=14
Home4=3
Type=bg
Stadium=Louisiana Superdome
City=New Orleans, Louisiana
Odds=Georgia by 9½cite web |url=http://cfn.scout.com/2/711237.html |title=2008 Sugar Bowl - Georgia vs. Hawaii |author=Fiutak, Pete |accessdate=2008-01-02 |date=2007-12-27 |work=Scout.com]
MVP=Georgia DE Marcus Howard
Attendance=74,383cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/sports/ncaafootball/02sugar.html?ref=ncaafootball |title=Georgia Runs Over Hawaii in Sugar Bowl, 41-10 |author=Thamel, Pete |accessdate=2008-01-18 |date=2008-01-02 |work=New York Times]
Anthem=Bonerama
Halftime=Both school bands, AllState Sugar Bowl Band
US Network=FOX
US Announcers=Thom Brennaman and Charles Daviscite web |url=http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=750671 |title=Rivals.com Bowl Viewer's Guide |author=Fox, David |accessdate=2007-12-17 |date=2007-12-13 |work=Rivals.com]
Ratings=7.9cite web |url=http://starbulletin.com/2008/01/05/sports/story01.html |title=SMU ponying up big bucks |author=Reardon, Dave |accessdate=2008-01-15 |date=2008-01-05 |work=honolulustarbulletin.com]

The 2008 Allstate Sugar Bowl Game was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) for the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and was the 74th Sugar Bowl. It was played on January 1, 2008, in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.

Because the SEC champion (LSU) was slated to participate in the BCS National Championship Game, the number-five Georgia Bulldogs were selected to host the number-ten, WAC champion Hawaiokinai Warriors, the last undefeated major college football team going into the bowl season. [The FOX BCS Selection Show on December 2, 2007]

The Warriors were only the third team not in any of the six BCS conferences (not counting major independent Notre Dame) to play in a BCS game. Boise State qualified for the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, and Utah made the same game two years earlier. Both teams won their respective games.

coring Summary

Pre-game

*Hawaii wins the toss, selects to receive.

First Quarter

*UGA Touchdown, by Knowshon Moreno, rush for 17 yards. Brandon Coutu makes PAT. (9:49) 7-0 UGA
*UH Field goal, by Dan Kelly, 42 yards. (4:26) 7-3 UGA
*UGA Touchdown, by Moreno, rush for 11 yards. Coutu makes PAT. (1:02) 14-3 UGA

econd Quarter

*UGA Field goal, by Coutu, 52 yards. (9:36) 17-3 UGA
*UGA Touchdown, 11-yard pass from Matthew Stafford to Sean Bailey, Coutu makes PAT. (8:05) 24-3 UGA

Third Quarter

*UGA Fumble recovery, touchdown by Marcus Howard. Coutu makes PAT. (8:57) 31-3 UGA
*UGA Touchdown, by Thomas Brown, 1 yard rush. Coutu makes PAT. (1:40) 38-3 UGA

Fourth Quarter

*UGA Field goal, by Coutu, 45 yards. (14:37) 41-3 UGA
*UH Touchdown, pass from Tyler Graunke to Ryan Grice-Mullen, 16 yards. PAT made by Dan Kelly. (10:38) 41-10 UGA [ [http://sportsline.com/collegefootball/gamecenter/playbyplay/NCAAF_20080101_GA@HI NCAA Football Full Play-by-Play - Hawaii vs. Georgia] Retrieved 2 January 2007.]

Aftermath

With Hawaii's defeat, the 2007-08 college football season ended with no undefeated teams, something that had not happened since the 2003-04 season. This is also the second time in the BCS era that this has occurred.

Georgia DE Marcus Howard was named the MVP of the Sugar Bowl Game, the first time in its history that a purely defensive player has received the honor.

With the win, Georgia Head Coach Mark Richt became the first head coach in Georgia history to win more than one Sugar Bowl (his previous victory was over Florida State University following the 2002 season). Vince Dooley and Wally Butts won one Sugar Bowl each, with Dooley's only win securing the 1980 National Championship. Dooley lost four other Sugar Bowl games.

On January 8, Hawaii Head Coach June Jones left Hawaii to become the head coach at Southern Methodist University. He signed a five-year contract. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3185600 ESPN - Jones says challenge of rebuilding SMU led him to leave Hawaii - College Football ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.allstatesugarbowl.com/ Sugar Bowl Official Website]