2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl

NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader
Name=2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl
Date=December 29, 2007
Year=2007
Visitor School=Wake Forest University
Visitor Name Short=Wake Forest
Visitor Nickname=Demon Deacons
Visitor Record=8-4
Visitor

Visitor Coaches=
Visitor BCS=
Visitor Coach=Jim Grobe
Visitor1=0
Visitor2=0
Visitor3=14
Visitor4=10
Visitor Total=24
Home School=University of Connecticut
Home Name Short=Connecticut
Home Nickname=Huskies
Home Record=9-3
Home

Home Coaches=T28
Home BCS=25
Home Coach=Randy Edsall
Home1=7
Home2=3
Home3=0
Home4=0
Home Total=10
Type=bg
Stadium=Bank of America Stadium
City=Charlotte, North Carolina


MVP=Kenneth Moore (Wake Forest)
Odds=Wake Forest by 2½ [World Features Syndicate via the "Long Beach Press-Telegram", Dec. 23, 2007]
Anthem=
Referee=Matt Austin
Halftime=
Attendance=53,126 [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/sports/ncaafootball/30meineke.html Deacons Rally to Defeat Huskies in Meineke Car Care Bowl - New York Times ] ]
US Network=ESPN
US Announcers=Dave Pasch, Andre Ware [ [http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2007/12/your-comprehensive-bowl-game-announcing.html Awful Announcing: Your Comprehensive Bowl Game Announcing Schedule ] ]

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.

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.

AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
Quarter=1
Time=02:38
Team=CONN
DriveLength=68
DriveTime=0:00
Type=Other
Other=Larry Taylor 68-yard touchdown punt return, "Tony Ciaravino" kick good
Visitor=0
Home=7AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
Quarter=2
Time=05:00
Team=CONN
DriveLength=80
DriveTime=2:21
Type=FG
yards=29
Kicker=Tony Ciaravino
Visitor=0
Home=10AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
Quarter=3
Time=12:44
Team=WF
DriveLength=66
DriveTime=2:08
Type=RushTD
Runner=Josh Adams
yards=38
kickresult=good
Kicker="Sam Swank"
Visitor=7
Home=10AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
Quarter=3
Time=03:27
Team=WF
DriveLength=30
DriveTime=2:31
Type=RecTD
Receiver=John Tereshinski
yards=20
QB=Riley Skinner
kickresult=good
Kicker="Sam Swank"
Visitor=14
Home=10AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
Quarter=4
Time=11:53
Team=WF
DriveLength=33
DriveTime=3:01
Type=FG
yards=43
Kicker=Sam Swank
Visitor=17
Home=10AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry
Quarter=4
Time=00:29
Team=WF
DriveLength=63
DriveTime=3:36
Type=RushTD
Runner=Micah Andrews
yards=9
kickresult=good
Kicker="Sam Swank"
Visitor=24
Home=10

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