Vanderbilt 16 Boston College 14
A fluke play on a punt and a bad roughing the passer call helped put an end to BC's eight game bowl winning streak. Vanderbilt did not score an offensive touchdown but defeated BC 16-14 on New Year's Eve to win the 2008 Music City Bowl. The key play of the game was a Vanderbilt punt that grazed Paul Anderson and was recovered in the endzone for a Vandy touchdown. Later in the game with BC leading 14-13, Mark Herzlich's roughing the passer penalty extended what turned out to be Vanderbilt's game-winning drive. A few plays later, Commodore kicker Bryant Hahnfeldt connected on a 45 yard field goal with 3:26 remaining to give Vandy their first bowl victory since 1955. The BC defense was again stellar, surrendering only eight first downs and 198 total yards. For BC, Dominique Davis passed for 190 yards and two TDs but was also intercepted twice. Montel Harris and Josh Haden combined for 108 yards rushing. With the loss, BC finishes the season with a record of 9-5.
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2008 BC Rankings
| Statistic | NCAA Rank | ACC Rank |
| Offense - Run | 63 | 5 |
| Offense - Pass | 93 | 10 |
| Total Offense | 94 | 8 |
| Defense - Run | 7 | 1 |
| Defense - Pass | 20 | 6 |
| Total Defense | 5 | 1 |
The Eagles are ranked 7th in the nation in pass efficiency defense.BC is tied for 26th in sacks per game (2.5).Mark Herzlich and Paul Anderson are tied for 16th in the nation in interceptions with six.BC is 24-5 in games following a loss since 2001.Boston College's 96% football graduation rate ranks second only to
Navy (98%) in Division 1-A and 1-AA. Notre Dame and Stanford were third and fourth, respectively.
| 2008 SCHEDULE | ||
| Aug 30 | BC 21 Kent St 0 | (1-0) |
| Sep 6 | GA TECH 19 BC 16 | (1-1) |
| Sep 20 | BC 34 Central FL 7 | (2-1) |
| Sep 27 | BC 42 URI 0 | (3-1) |
| Oct 4 | BC 38 NC STATE 31 | (4-1) |
| Oct 18 | BC 28 VA TECH 23 | (5-1) |
| Oct 25 | UNC 45 BC 24 | (5-2) |
| Nov 1 | CLEMSON 27 BC 21 | (5-3) |
| Nov 8 | BC 17 ND 0 | (6-3) |
| Nov 15 | BC 27 FSU 17 | (7-3) |
| Nov 22 | BC 24 WAKE 21 | (8-3) |
| Nov 29 | BC 28 MARYLAND 21 | (9-3) |
| Dec 6 | VA TECH 30 BC 12 | (9-4) |
| Dec 31 | Vanderbilt 16 BC 14 | (9-5) |
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| 2008 BC MVP | ||
| 1 | Mark Herzlich | 67% |
| 2 | B.J Raji | 10% |
| 3 | Chris Crane | 7% |
| 4 | Montel Harris | 6% |
| 5 | Rich Gunnell | 2% |
| Brandon Robinson | 2% | |
| 7 | Paul Anderson | 1% |
| Other | 5% | |
| 309 total votes cast | ||
| ACC STANDINGS | ||
| ATLANTIC DIVISION | ||
| Conf W-L | All W-L | |
| Boston College | 5-3 | 9-5 |
| Florida State | 5-3 | 9-4 |
| Maryland | 4-4 | 8-5 |
| Wake Forest | 4-4 | 8-5 |
| Clemson | 4-4 | 7-6 |
| NC State | 4-4 | 6-7 |
| COASTAL DIVISION | ||
| Conf W-L | All W-L | |
| Virginia Tech | 5-3 | 10-4 |
| Georgia Tech | 5-3 | 9-4 |
| North Carolina | 4-4 | 8-5 |
| Miami | 4-4 | 7-6 |
| Virginia | 3-5 | 5-7 |
| Duke | 1-7 | 4-8 |
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