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| 1st EagleBank Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||||||||||||||
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 a.m. 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.
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