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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
| Game Name          = EagleBank Bowl
| Optional Subheader = Bowl Game
| Image              =[[File:EagleBankBowl.jpg]]
| Caption            = EagleBank Bowl logo
| Date Game Played   = December 20
| Year Game Played   = 2008
| Football Season    = 2008
| Stadium            = [[Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium]]
| City               = [[Washington D.C.]]
| Visitor School     = Wake Forest University
| Visitor Name Short = Wake Forest
| Visitor Nickname   = Demon Deacons
| Visitor Record     = 7&ndash;5  <!-- Field should contain record prior to game -->
| Visitor AP         = 
| Visitor Coaches    = 
| Visitor BCS        = 
| Visitor Coach      = [[Jim Grobe]]
| Visitor1           = 0
| Visitor2           = 7
| Visitor3           = 7
| Visitor4           = 15
| Home School        = United States Naval Academy
| Home Name Short    = Navy
| Home Nickname      = Midshipmen
| Home Record        = 8&ndash;4  <!-- Field should contain record prior to game -->
| Home AP            = 
| Home Coaches       = 
| Home BCS           = 
| Home Coach         = [[Ken Niumatalolo]]
| Home1              = 10
| Home2              = 3
| Home3              = 0
| Home4              = 6
| MVP                = [[quarterback|QB]] [[Riley Skinner]], Wake Forest
| Odds               = 
| Anthem             = 
| Referee            =
| Halftime           = 
| Attendance         = 28,777<ref>http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/columnists/mcgrath/story/574167.html</ref>
| Payout             = 750,000 per team<ref>http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772</ref>
| US Network         = [[ESPN]]
| US Announcers      = [[Terry Gannon]], [[David Norrie]], [[Quint Kessenich]]
| Ratings            = 1.9<ref>http://blog.al.com/solomon/2009/01/bowl_tv_ratings.html</ref>
| Intl Network       = 
| Intl Announcers    = 
| Title Sponsor      = <!-- EagleBank is the name of the bowl, no other sponsor name in bowl title. Keep this blank please. -->
| FirstGameEverPlayed= Yes <!-- Remember to completely remove this field for the 2009 game -->
}}
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 AM [[North American Eastern Time Zone|US EST]] on Saturday, December 20, [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2008]] as the first contest of the [[NCAA football bowl games, 2008-09|2008-09 bowl season]]. The game, telecast on [[ESPN]], pit the [[2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|Wake Forest Demon Deacons]] against the [[Navy Midshipmen football|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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Scoring Play
! Score
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''1st Quarter'''
|-
|Navy - Matt Harmon 40 yard FG, 10:14
|Navy 3-0
|-
|Navy - Rashawn King 50 yard fumble return (Harmon kick), 7:51
|Navy 10-0
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| '''2nd Quarter'''
|-
|Navy - Harmon 47 yard FG, 12:32
|Navy 13-0
|-
|WF - Josh Adams 4 yard TD run (Sam Swank kick), 0:36
|Navy 13-7
|-
|colspan="6" align="center"| '''3rd Quarter'''
|-
|WF - Adams 5 yard TD run (Swank kick), 5:50
|WF 14-13
|-
|colspan="6" align="center"| '''4th Quarter'''
|-
|Navy – Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada 2 yard TD run (pass failed), 12:30
|Navy 19-14
|-
|WF – Ben Wooster 8 yard TD pass from [[Riley Skinner]] (Devon Brown pass from Skinner), 7:52
|WF 22-19
|-
|WF – Rich Belton 35 yard TD run (Swank kick), 1:02
|WF 29-19 
|}
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|2008 EagleBank Bowl}}
*[http://www.eaglebankbowl.org/ Official website of the EagleBank Bowl]

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