2013 Military Bowl
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| 2013 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 6th Military Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Annapolis, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Rakeem Cato (Marshall) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Marshall by 2½[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Dan Romeo (Mtn. West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,163 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1 million | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Patrick (play-by-play) Ed Cunningham (analyst) Jeannine Edwards (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2013 Military Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2013, at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The sixth edition of the Military Bowl, it featured the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA against the Maryland Terrapins (based in nearby College Park) from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game began at 2:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was sponsored by aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, and was officially known as the Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman. Marshall defeated Maryland by a score of 31–20.
The Thundering Herd finished the regular season with a 9–4 record (7–1 C-USA), champions of the Conference USA East Division.[2] The Terrapins had a record of 7–5 (3–5 ACC).[3]
This was the first Military Bowl to be played at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The first five were played at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Marshall Thundering Herd
The game featured the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA against Maryland Terrapins from the Atlantic Coast Conference. This was the first meeting between Marshall and Maryland.
The Thundering Herd improved on last season's 5–7 finish, winning the Conference USA East Division Championship and advancing to the 2013 Conference USA Football Championship Game. After their 41–24 defeat at the hands of the Rice Owls, bowl director Steve Beck extended an invitation to the Herd to play in the game.[4]
In addition to being Marshall's first Military Bowl, this is set to be the last Military Bowl to feature representation from Conference USA, as that tie-in will go to the American Athletic Conference from 2014 until at least 2019.[5]
Maryland Terrapins
The Terrapins got back to their winning ways after finishing 7–5 overall and 3–5 in-conference. They are making their first bowl appearance since they played in the 2010 edition of this game where they faced another Conference USA opponent in East Carolina. At season's end, bowl director Steve Beck extended an invitation to the Terps to play in the game.[6]
This will mark as the Terps' final game as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference before moving to the Big Ten Conference for 2014.