2008 EagleBank Bowl
College football game
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Date | December 20, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Season | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
Location | Washington D.C. | |||||||||||||||||
MVP | QB Riley Skinner , Wake Forest | |||||||||||||||||
Referee | Land Clark ( WAC ) | |||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 28,777 [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$ 750,000 per team [2] | |||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | ||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Terry Gannon , David Norrie , Quint Kessenich | |||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 1.9 [3] | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 EagleBank Bowl was the inaugural edition of the new college football bowl game , and was played at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, DC . The game, formerly known as the Congressional Bowl before naming rights were purchased by EagleBank , started at 11 AM US EST on Saturday, December 20, 2008, as the first contest of the 2008–09 bowl season . The game, telecast on ESPN , pit the Wake Forest Demon Deacons against the Navy Midshipmen . This was a rematch of a September 27, 2008, game between the two teams that Navy won, 24–17, at Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons got a measure of revenge by winning the game, 29–19.
Scoring summary
Scoring Play | Score |
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1st Quarter | |
Navy – Matt Harmon 40-yard FG, 10:14 | Navy 3–0 |
Navy – Rashawn King 50-yard fumble return (Harmon kick), 7:51 | Navy 10–0 |
2nd Quarter | |
Navy – Harmon 47-yard FG, 12:32 | Navy 13–0 |
WF – Josh Adams 4-yard TD run (Sam Swank kick), 0:36 | Navy 13–7 |
3rd Quarter | |
WF – Adams 5-yard TD run (Swank kick), 5:50 | WF 14–13 |
4th Quarter | |
Navy – Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada 2-yard TD run (pass failed), 12:30 | Navy 19–14 |
WF – Ben Wooster 8-yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Devon Brown pass from Skinner), 7:52 | WF 22–19 |
WF – Rich Belton 35-yard TD run (Swank kick), :54 | WF 29–19 |
References
- ↑ http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/columnists/mcgrath/story/574167.html%5B%5D
- ↑ "SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists" . Archived from the original on December 19, 2008 . Retrieved September 1, 2011 .
- ↑ "Bowl TV ratings" . 12 January 2009.
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