2008 EagleBank Bowl

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DateDecember 20, 2008
Season2008
2008 EagleBank Bowl
1st EagleBank Bowl
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Wake Forest 0771529
Navy 1030619
DateDecember 20, 2008
Season2008
StadiumRobert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
LocationWashington D.C.
MVPQB Riley Skinner, Wake Forest
RefereeLand Clark (WAC)
Attendance28,777[1]
PayoutUS$750,000 per team[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersTerry Gannon, David Norrie, Quint Kessenich
Nielsen ratings1.9[3]
EagleBank Bowl
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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 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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