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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
| Game Name          = Insight Bowl
| Optional Subheader = Bowl Game
| Title Sponsor      = 
| Image              = [[Image:InsightBowlLogo.png|150px]]  
| Caption            = Insight Bowl logo
| Date Game Played   = December 31
| Year Game Played   = 2008
| Football Season    = 2008
| Stadium            = [[Sun Devil Stadium]]
| City               = [[Tempe, Arizona]]
| Visitor School     = University of Minnesota
| Visitor Name Short = Minnesota
| Visitor Nickname   = Golden Gophers
| Visitor Record     = 7&ndash;5  <!-- Record prior to game -->
| Visitor AP         = 
| Visitor Coaches    = 
| Visitor BCS        = 
| Visitor Coach      = [[Tim Brewster]]
| Visitor1           = 14
| Visitor2           = 0
| Visitor3           = 0
| Visitor4           = 7
| Home School        = University of Kansas
| Home Name Short    = Kansas
| Home Nickname      = Jayhawks
| Home Record        = 7&ndash;5  <!-- Record prior to game -->
| Home AP            = 
| Home Coaches       = 
| Home BCS           = 
| Home Coach         = [[Mark Mangino]]
| Home1              = 14
| Home2              = 14
| Home3              = 7
| Home4              = 7
| MVP                = [[Wide receiver|WR]] [[Dezmon Briscoe]], Kansas (Offensive)<br/> [[Linebacker|LB]] [[James Holt (American football)|James Holt]], Kansas (Defensive)<ref>http://kuathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/123108aac.html</ref>
| Odds               = Kansas by 10
| Anthem             = 
| Referee            = Matt Austin
| Halftime           = 
| Attendance         = 49,103
| Payout             = 1.2 million per team<ref>http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772</ref>
| US Network         = [[NFL Network]] <br>(Simulcast on Fox affiliate [[WDAF-TV|WDAF-TV (channel 4)]] in Kansas City)<br>([[Comcast]] Channel 180, 24-hour [[free preview]] in the [[Twin Cities]][http://www.twincities.com/gophers/ci_11298136])
| US Announcers      = [[Paul Burmeister]], [[Mike Mayock]], [[Lindsay Soto]] 
| Ratings            = 0.4
| Intl Network       = 
| Intl Announcers    =
}}

The '''2008 [[Insight Bowl]]''' was a [[college football]] [[bowl game]] played at [[Sun Devil Stadium]] in [[Tempe, Arizona]]. The game, in its 20th year of existence, began at 5:30 p.m. [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]] on Wednesday, December 31, [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2008]]. The game, which was telecast on [[NFL Network]], featured the [[2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota Golden Gophers]] from the [[Big Ten Conference]] against the [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas Jayhawks]] of the [[Big 12 Conference]], with the Jayhawks winning, 42-21.

==Scoring summary==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Scoring Play
! Score
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''1st Quarter'''
|-
|KU - [[Dezmon Briscoe]] 60 yard TD pass from [[Todd Reesing]] ([[Jacob Branstetter]] kick), 14:49
|KU 7-0
|-
|Minnesota - Jon Hoese 1 yard TD run ([[Joel Monroe]] kick), 13:18
|Tie 7-7
|-
|Minnesota - Hoese 2 yard TD run (Monroe kick), 4:48
|Minnesota 14-7
|-
|KU - [[Kerry Meier]] 4 yard TD pass from Reesing (Branstetter kick), :12
|Tie 14-14
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''2nd Quarter'''
|-
|KU - Briscoe 6 yard TD pass from Reesing (Branstetter kick), 8:49
|KU 21-14
|-
|KU - [[Johnathon Wilson]] 4 yard TD pass from Reesing (Branstetter kick), 1:07
|KU 28-14
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''3rd Quarter'''
|-
|KU - Briscoe 32 yard TD pass from Reesing (Branstetter kick), 8:03
|KU 35-14
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''4th Quarter'''
|-
|Minnesota - [[Eric Decker]] 6 yard TD pass from [[Adam Weber]] (Monroe kick), 13:01
|KU 35-21
|-
|KU - [[Jake Sharp]] 2 yard TD run (Branstetter kick), 1:33
|KU 42-21
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.insightbowl.org/ Official Insight Bowl website]

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