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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
| Game Name          = Texas Bowl
| Optional Subheader = Bowl Game
| Title Sponsor      = 
| Image              = [[Image:TexasBowl2008.jpg|150px]]
| Caption            = Texas Bowl logo
| Date Game Played   = December 30
| Year Game Played   = 2008
| Football Season    = 2008
| Stadium            = [[Reliant Stadium]]
| City               = [[Houston, Texas]]
| Visitor School     = Western Michigan University
| Visitor Name Short = Western Michigan
| Visitor Nickname   = Broncos
| Visitor Record     = 9–4
| Visitor AP         = 
| Visitor Coaches    = 
| Visitor BCS        = 
| Visitor Coach      = [[Bill Cubit]]
| Visitor1           = 0
| Visitor2           = 0
| Visitor3           = 0
| Visitor4           = 14
| Home School        = Rice University
| Home Name Short    = Rice
| Home Nickname      = Owls
| Home Record        = 10–3
| Home AP            = 
| Home Coaches       = 
| Home BCS           = 
| Home Coach         = [[David Bailiff]]
| Home1              = 10
| Home2              = 14
| Home3              = 7
| Home4              = 7
| MVP                = [[Quarterback|QB]] [[Chase Clement (quarterback)|Chase Clement]], Rice 
| Odds               = Rice by 3
| Anthem             = 
| Referee            = Frank White<ref name="finalstats">http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24299&SPID=1922&DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=3638689</ref>
| Halftime           = 
| Attendance         = 58,880<ref name="finalstats"/>
| Payout             = 750,000 per team<ref>http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772</ref>
| US Network         = [[NFL Network]]
| US Announcers      = [[Fran Charles]], [[Tom Waddle]], and [[Kara Henderson]]
| Ratings            = 0.1
| Intl Network       = 
| Intl Announcers    =
}}

The '''2008 [[Texas Bowl]]''' was the third edition of the [[college football]] [[bowl game]], and was played at [[Reliant Stadium]] in [[Houston, Texas]].  The game was played at 7:00 PM [[North American Central Time Zone|US CST]] on Tuesday, December 30, [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2008]]. The game, telecast on [[NFL Network]], featured the hometown [[2008 Rice Owls football team|Rice Owls]] against the [[2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team|Western Michigan Broncos]].<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web|title=Texas Bowl: Western Michigan (9–3) vs. Rice (9–3)|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview?gameId=283652711|accessdate=2008-12-07}}</ref>  The Owls won the game 38-14, which was their first post-season victory since the 1954 [[Cotton Bowl Classic]].

The game was televised on the [[NFL Network]] for the third year in a row. [[Fran Charles]], [[Tom Waddle]], and [[Kara Henderson]] called the action.

==Scoring summary==
{| class="wikitable"
! Scoring play
! Score
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''1st quarter'''
|-
|Rice – [[Chase Clement (quarterback)|Chase Clement]] 26 yard TD run (Clark Fangmeier kick), 5:21
|Rice 7–0
|-
|Rice – Fangmeier 30 yard FG, :22
|Rice 10–0
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''2nd quarter'''
|-
|Rice – Toren Dixon 6 yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 6:53
|Rice 17–0
|-
|Rice – James Casey 45 yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 1:15
|Rice 24–0
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''3rd quarter'''
|-
|Rice – Clement 13 yard TD pass from [[Jarrett Dillard]] (Fangmeier kick), 6:35
|Rice 31–0
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''4th quarter'''
|-
|Rice – Dillard 18 yard TD pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick), 9:38
|Rice 38–0
|-
|WMU – Kirk Elsworth 2 yard TD pass from [[Tim Hiller]] (John Potter kick), 6:33
|Rice 38–7
|-
|WMU – Schneider Julien 13 yard TD pass from Hiller (Potter kick), 0:25
|Rice 38–14
|}

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

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