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The Military Bowl is the National Capital Region’s college football post-season bowl game featuring a matchup between teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the American Athletic Conference. Organized by the Military Bowl Foundation, the bowl’s mission is to benefit our nation’s current and former service members including the operation of Patriot Point, a retreat for recovering service members, their families and caregivers on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

MILITARY BOWL HISTORY

East Carolina beats Pitt, 23-17

After the first scoreless first quarter in Bowl history, East Carolina took a 3-0 lead on the first of three field goals by Nick Mazzie. ...

December 27, 2025

East Carolina beats NC State, 26-21

East Carolina trailed by a point with less than two minutes remaining in a game that once seemed under control. Facing a third-and-10 deep in ...

December 28, 2024

Virginia Tech beats Tulane, 41-20

The Hokies won their first bowl game since 2016. Quarterback Kyron Drones, the Bowl’s Most Valuable Player, completed 13 of 21 passes for 91 yards ...

December 27, 2023

Duke beats UCF, 30-13

The Duke Blue Devils capped their turnaround season with one more feel-good victory.

December 28, 2022

North Carolina Beats Temple in the 2019 Military Bowl

With a Hall of Fame Coach on the sidelines, it was a 19-year-old freshman who led North Carolina to the biggest bowl win in school ...

December 27, 2019

Cincinnati Wins the 2018 Military Bowl

After a special Bowl Week that included visits to various Washington landmarks and saw Downtown Annapolis teeming with fans throughout the weekend, the game was ...

December 31, 2018

Navy cruises by Virginia 49-7 in the 2017 Anniversary Military Bowl

The Virginia Cavaliers started off with a bang in the 10th anniversary Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, benefiting the USO. The rest of the ...

December 28, 2017

WAKE FOREST WINS THE 2016 MILITARY BOWL

Wake Forest built a large first-half lead behind the play of quarterback John Wolford, then relied on its defense to hang on for a 34-26 ...

December 27, 2016

Navy defeats Pitt 44-28 in the 2015 Military Bowl

Pittsburgh started the 2015 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman with a bang, but it was Navy’s record-setting quarterback Keenan Reynolds that had the last ...

December 28, 2015

VT defeats Cincinnati in the 2014 Military Bowl

The Hokies, who earned a 22nd consecutive bowl appearance, used a strong defensive effort to turn back Cincinnati, setting a Military Bowl record for fewest ...

December 27, 2014

Marshall beats Maryland 31-20 in the 2013 Military Bowl

Rakeem Cato guided the Marshall University’s high-powered offense to its first Conference USA East Division title this season. And on a sunny Friday afternoon, Cato finished off ...