The 2009 GMAC Bowl

GMAC Bowl

The GoDaddy.com Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played annually at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama since 1999. It currently matches teams from the Sun Belt Conference and the Mid-American Conference, and...

 was the tenth anniversary edition of the American college football

College football

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 bowl game

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, and part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season

2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season

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 the contest was played on January 6, 2009 at Ladd Peebles Stadium

Ladd Peebles Stadium

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 in Mobile, Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

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 and featured the Tulsa Golden Hurricane

2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

The 2008 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team's head coach was Todd Graham, in his second year at Tulsa. They played home games at Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed in the...

 playing the Ball State Cardinals

2008 Ball State Cardinals football team

The 2008 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2008–2009 college football season. Brady Hoke, in his sixth season at Ball State, was the head coach until December 15, when he resigned to become the head coach at San Diego State...

. For the second consecutive year, the Golden Hurricane won the contest. The game, which was played in a second half driving rainstorm, was won easily by Tulsa 45-13. One year earlier

2008 GMAC Bowl

The 2008 GMAC Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the 9th annual playing of the game...

, Tulsa throttled Bowling Green

Bowling Green Falcons football

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 in this contest, 63-7, and have now outscored the MAC opposition, 108-20.

In chronological order, the GMAC Bowl is the final bowl game outside of the Bowl Championship Series

Bowl Championship Series

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 and the next-to-last (33rd out of 34) overall.

Scoring summary

Scoring Play	Score
1st Quarter
Tulsa - Damaris Johnson Damaris Johnson Damaris Johnson is an American college football player. He is currently a wide receiver and return specialist for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane of the University of Tulsa.-Early years:...  30 yard TD pass from David Johnson David Johnson (American football) David Johnson is an American former college football quarterback. He played for the Golden Hurricane at the University of Tulsa, where he was the starting quarterback for the 2008 season, after several years as a backup. Johnson finished his senior season as the second-most efficient passer in the...  (Jarod Tracy kick), 11:36	Tulsa 7-0
Ball State - Nate Davis Nate Davis (quarterback) Nate Charles Davis is an American football quarterback with the Kansas City Command of the Arena Football League. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft... 17 yard TD run (Ian McGarvey kick), 4:24	Tie 7-7
Tulsa - Tracy 31 yard FG, 2:04	Tulsa 10-7
2nd Quarter
Tulsa - Tarrion Adams 1 yard TD run (Tracy kick), 10:39	Tulsa 17-7
Ball State - McGarvey 40 yard FG, 6:36	Tulsa 17-10
Tulsa - Adams 56 yard TD run (Tracy kick), 4:50	Tulsa 24-10
Ball State - McGarvey 22 yard FG, :29	Tulsa 24-13
3rd Quarter
Tulsa - Slick Shelley 15 yard TD pass from David Johnson (Tracy kick), 12:12	Tulsa 31-13
4th Quarter
Tulsa - Adams 11 yard TD run (Tracy kick), 13:40	Tulsa 38-13
Tulsa - Jacob Frank 12 yard TD pass from David Johnson (Tracy kick), 10:40	Tulsa 45-13

External links

• Official Website of the GMAC Bowl