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Mililtary Bowl Preview: Cincinnati Tangles With Virginia Tech

Official Site of the AAC | December 30, 2018

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MILITARY BOWL
presented by Northrop Grumman

CINCINNATI BEARCATS
vs.
VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES

Monday, Dec. 31
Noon ET
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
(34,000/FieldTurf)
Annapolis, Maryland

Television
ESPN
Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia and Alex Corddry

National Radio
ESPN Radio
SiriusXM 80

Cincinnati Radio
WLW-AM 700 (flagship)

THE GAME
The Military Bowl is the only bowl game to be played in the Washington, D.C., region and the first to be played on the campus of one of the nation’s service academies … The Military Bowl has provided more than $700,000 to the USO and other organizations that support the nation’s military … American Athletic Conference teams are a combined 2-2 in the Military Bowl since the league’s formation in 2013 … Navy has provided both of the wins — a 44-28 winner against Pitt in 2015 and a 49-7 victory against Virginia last year … Teams that are current members of The American are a combined 2-5 in the Military Bowl since the game’s inception … This year’s game is a rematch of the 2014 Military Bowl, won by Virginia Tech … It will be the 12th meeting between Cincinnati and Virginia Tech and the fourth meeting in a bowl game since the schools first met in the Sun Bowl Jan.

















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