2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl

2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl
1234 Total
Connecticut 7300 10
Wake Forest 001410 24
DateDecember 29, 2007
Season2007
StadiumBank of America Stadium
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina
MVPWR Kenneth Moore (Wake Forest)
FavoriteWake Forest by 2½[1]
RefereeMatt Austin (SEC)
Attendance53,126[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave Pasch
Andre Ware
Nielsen ratings3.6
Meineke Car Care Bowl
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The 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, one of 27 non-BCS bowl games played after the 2007 NCAA football regular season, took place on Saturday, December 29, 2007, with a 1:00 p.m. EST kickoff at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Wake Forest won the game, 24-10.

The Connecticut Huskies, making just their second bowl appearance in four seasons since joining the Big East entered the game as co-Big East champions after securing a 9-3 overall record. They faced the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, representing the Atlantic Coast Conference, a school located just 80 miles from Charlotte in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

  1. ^ World Features Syndicate via the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Dec. 23, 2007
  2. ^ Bernstein, Viv (December 30, 2007). "Deacons Rally to Defeat Huskies in Meineke Car Care Bowl". The New York Times.