2008 EagleBank Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 1st EagleBank Bowl 2008 EagleBank Bowl EagleBankBowl.jpg 2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest University Navy Midshipmen United States Naval Academy 7–5 ACC 8–4 Independent Jim Grobe Ken Niumatalolo 0 7 7 15 10 3 0 6 December 20 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington D.C. QB Riley Skinner, Wake Forest Land Clark (WAC) 28,777http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/columnists/mcgrath/story/574167.htmlSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 750,000 per teamhttp://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists September 1, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081219075027/http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 December 19, 2008 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Terry Gannon, David Norrie, Quint Kessenich 1.9http://blog.al.com/solomon/2009/01/bowl_tv_ratings.html Bowl TV ratings 12 January 2009 Yes 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. Scoring summary Scoring Play Score 1st QuarterNavy – Matt Harmon 40-yard FG, 10:14Navy 3–0Navy – Rashawn King 50-yard fumble return (Harmon kick), 7:51Navy 10–0 2nd QuarterNavy – Harmon 47-yard FG, 12:32Navy 13–0WF – Josh Adams 4-yard TD run (Sam Swank kick), 0:36Navy 13–7 3rd QuarterWF – Adams 5-yard TD run (Swank kick), 5:50WF 14–13 4th QuarterNavy – Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada 2-yard TD run (pass failed), 12:30Navy 19–14WF – Ben Wooster 8-yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Devon Brown pass from Skinner), 7:52WF 22–19WF – Rich Belton 35-yard TD run (Swank kick), :54WF 29–19 See also List of college football post-season games that were rematches of regular season games References EagleBank Bowl Category:Military Bowl Category:Navy Midshipmen football bowl games Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons football bowl games Category:December 2008 sports events in the United States Category:2008 in sports in Washington, D.C.