South Wins 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl In Thriller

Florida's Andre Caldwell scores on game's final play and Georgia kicker Brandon Coutu kicked the extra point to give the South a 17-16 victory.

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MOBILE, Ala. (January 26, 2008) -- In the most thrilling Senior Bowl finish in history and the first to be decided on the game's final play, Florida's Andre Caldwell scored on a two-yard touchdown run as time expired and Georgia kicker Brandon Coutu kicked the extra point to give the South a 17-16 victory.

Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge led the South on a 14-play, 86-yard drive in the game's final 2:48 to give the South its first win in four years.

Florida's Andre Caldwell celebrates his
game-tying touchdown as time expired
in the 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl

Tulane's Matt Forte was the game's leading rusher with 59 yards and caught four passes for 38 yards, including a key 13-yard reception on the game's winning drive to win the overall Most Valuable Player award.

Other MVP's were Ainge for the South offense and LSU linebacker Ali Highsmith, who had four tackles for the South defense. Michigan's Chad Henne threw two TD passes to win MVP honors for the North offense and USC's Sedrick Ellis had two tackles, a sack and was credited with a North safety to earn the North's defensive MVP honors.

Michigan's Leon Hall was the North's
Defensive MVP, recording four tackles and
one pass breakup.

Under Armour, the game's title sponsor, also presented The Under Armour New Prototype Awards to linebacker Dan Connor of Penn State and Dominic Rodgers-Cromartie of Tennessee State. Notre Dame's Trevor Laws was the game's Most Outstanding Lineman and Irish teammate Tom Zbikowski won the Long Distance Play of the Game with a 38-yard kickoff return.

The game was played before a sellout crowd, the 14th straight in Mobile's Ladd-Peebles Stadium.