2008 rose bowl roster

... Rose Bowl, CFB Championship, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl... About. A possible fumble in Penn State's favor was negated by an offsides penalty and Stephon Green's fumble just before halftime led to the final USC touchdown. Iowa began their game-winning drive at their own 15-yard line following a Penn State's defense limited the Iowa offense to 272 yards and forced two turnovers but allowed the Hawkeyes to drive 41 yards and into field goal range on the game's final drive, aided by an Penn State overcame a sluggish first half to preserve their perfect record over the Hoosiers with a 34–7 victory. The contest was televised on ABC, the 20th straight year the network aired the Rose Bowl, starting at 4:30pm EST. Complete coverage of the 2008 The Rose Bowl Game, presented by Citi between the USC Trojans and Penn State Nittany Lions ... ROSTER STATS SCHEDULE HISTORY. USC continued their pass-heavy gameplan, but Penn State adjusted and was able to outscore USC 17–7 in the second half. Sports Reference; Baseball; Football; Basketball; Hockey; Soccer; Blog; Stathead; ... Roster includes most starters and key reserves. Ticket prices rose to levels from $100 to $5,000 apiece.USC and Ohio State opened the preseason ranked No.

Sophomore tailback Linebackers Tyrell Sales and NaVorro Bowman both recorded ten tackles each, both career-highs. Starters Table; Pos Player Age Yrs GS Summary of Player Stats Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) Offensive Starters: QB: Kurt Warner*: 37: 10: 16: 401 for 598, 4,583 yards, 30 td, 14 int, & 18 rushes for -2 yards and 0 td

2008 USC Trojans Roster. He was named Clark finished 18 of 31 for 171 yards and a touchdown and also ran for 45 yards and two one-yard touchdowns, but lost a fumble on Penn State's second drive which led to a Wolverine field goal.

Conference: Pac-10.

However, after the win over UCLA and Oregon State's loss the same day, the Trojans became the Pac-10 Champions for the seventh straight year and qualified for the The game's main sponsor was Citi. Defensively for Penn State, Tyrell Sales led the defense with seven tackles, while In the week leading up to the game, a campus police search turned up a small amount of marijuana in an on-campus apartment home to defensive end Despite the off-field distractions, the Nittany Lions rolled to a 35–7 halftime lead en route to a 45–14 win in their first ever meeting with the Beavers. Coastal Carolina kicked a field goal as time expired for the final score. Prior to the end of the previous season, linebacker Despite the injury, Lee was named one of the team's captains for 2008.A record crowd of 73,000 fans attended the annual Blue-White scrimmage at Five players were suspended prior to spring drills for their involvement in an October 7 fight at the Following spring practice, Baker, Bowman, Quarless, Timmons and Taylor were allowed to rejoin and work out with the team.Many reserves saw action in the second half, including Chaz Powell's 55-yard touchdown run, and freshman Brandon Beachum's 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for the Nittany Lions' final touchdown. Devlin only attempted one pass, which drew a pass interference flag. USC took 38 of 39 first-place votes; A major concern arose in the first week of fall camp, when Sanchez suffered a dislocated left kneecap while warming up for practice. Penn State was the only team in 2008 … Trainers were able to immediately put the kneecap back into place, but the injury sidelined Sanchez and threw his availability for the season opener at The biggest issue facing the team entering the season was how the rebuilt offensive line would perform, though it had improved over the course of fall camp.In the week preceding the regular season, all twelve experts polled by Shane Horton, the brother of 2008 recruit Wes Horton, transferred from Nearly the entire USC coaching staff returned from the 2007 season, with the only change being a different Graduate Assistant working with the secondary.The game was described as possibly the biggest home opener for Virginia at Virginia will become the 34th state (plus Japan) where the Trojans have played football.Scoring three touchdowns in the first quarter was all USC needed to beat up on the Cavaliers at their home field. The 2008 Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi, the 94th Rose Bowl Game, played on January 1, 2008 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, was a college football bowl game. 38. After Darryl Clark and Pat Devlin split quarterback duties in the first three quarters, Penn State subbed in Paul Cianciolo for the 4th. ROSTER … Record: 8-5 (36th of 120) (Schedule & Results) Conference: Big 12 (North Division) Conference Record: 4-4 Coach: Mark Mangino (8-5) Points For: 434 Points/G: 33.4 (22nd of 120) Points Against: 375 Opp Pts/G: 28.8 (83rd of 120) SRS: 9.23 (22nd of 120) . The Trojans finished the 2007 season with a decisive Rose Bowl victory, #2 ranking in the Coaches Poll and #3 ranking (with one first-place vote) in the AP Poll. Kelly's two field goals moved him into a first place tie for made field goals (72) in Big Ten history.The win earned the seventh-largest regular season primetime audience ever on Penn State was handed their only loss of the regular season when Iowa kicked a 31-yard field goal with :01 remaining to win the game, 24–23. Record: 12-1 (3rd of 120) (Schedule & Results) Rank: 3rd in the Final AP poll. The Nittany Lion defense held the Orange offense without a first down until early in the second quarter.After a scoreless first quarter, the Nittany Lions scored three touchdowns in the first six minutes of the second quarter en route to a 31–0 halftime lead.