2008 Gator Bowl
| 2008 Konica Minolta Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 63rd Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Jacksonville Municipal Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Graham Harrell (QB, Texas Tech) & Mikell Simpson (RB, Virginia) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Texas Tech by 5½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John O'Neill (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 60,243 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2.5 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, and Tracy Wolfson | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2008 Gator Bowl was played on January 1, 2008, as part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It featured the Red Raiders of Texas Tech University, who finished third in the Big 12 Conference's South Division, and the Cavaliers of the University of Virginia, who finished second in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division. Texas Tech won the game on a last-second field goal, securing a 31–28 victory.
It was one of 32 games in the 2007–08 bowl season. The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It is one of the oldest college bowls, held continuously since 1946. This edition's full name was the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl after its sponsor, Konica Minolta.