2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl

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2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl
Bowl Game
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Connecticut Huskies
(8-4) (9-3)
24 10
Head coach: 
Jim Grobe		 Head coach: 
Randy Edsall
AP Coaches BCS
NR T28 25
1 2 3 4 Total
Wake Forest 0 0 14 10 24
Connecticut 7 3 0 0 10
Date December 29, 2007
Stadium Bank of America Stadium
Location Charlotte, North Carolina
MVP Kenneth Moore (Wake Forest)
Favorite Wake Forest by 2½[1]
Referee Matt Austin
Attendance 53,126[2]
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Announcers Dave Pasch, Andre Ware[3]

The 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 29, 2007 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Connecticut Huskies, came in as Co Big East champions, taking on Wake Forest,who play just 80 miles from its campus in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

[edit] Game summary

The Huskies used a punt return touchdown by Larry Taylor to take a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, and added a field goal in the second to take a 10-0 halftime lead.

The Deacons came back strong in the second half, getting a touchdown run from Josh Adams and a touchdown pass from Riley Skinner to John Tereshinski to give the Deacons their first lead of the game.

Wake added 10 more points in the fourth quarter with a Sam Swank field goal and a Micah Andrews touchdown with under one minute to play to finish off the Huskies 24-10.


[edit] References

  1. ^ World Features Syndicate via the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Dec. 23, 2007
  2. ^ Deacons Rally to Defeat Huskies in Meineke Car Care Bowl - New York Times
  3. ^ Awful Announcing: Your Comprehensive Bowl Game Announcing Schedule
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