| Subheader: | 1st EagleBank Bowl |
| Year Game Played: | 2008 |
| Game Name: | EagleBank Bowl |
| Football Season: | 2008 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Wake Forest |
| Visitor Nickname: | Demon Deacons |
| Visitor School: | Wake Forest University |
| Home Name Short: | Navy |
| Home Nickname: | Midshipmen |
| Home School: | United States Naval Academy |
| Visitor Record: | 7 - 5 |
| Visitor Conference: | ACC |
| Home Record: | 8 - 4 |
| Home Conference: | Independent |
| Visitor Coach: | Jim Grobe |
| Home Coach: | Ken Niumatalolo |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 15 |
| Home 1Q: | 10 |
| Home 2Q: | 3 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 6 |
| Date Game Played: | December 20 |
| Stadium: | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium |
| City: | Washington D.C. |
| Mvp: | QB Riley Skinner, Wake Forest |
| Referee: | Land Clark (WAC) |
| Attendance: | 28,777[1] |
| Payout: | 750,000 per team[2] |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Terry Gannon, David Norrie, Quint Kessenich |
| Ratings: | 1.9[3] |
| First Game Ever Played: | 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 AM 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 Play | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 3rd Quarter | |||||
| WF – Adams 5-yard TD run (Swank kick), 5:50 | WF 14–13 | ||||
| 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), :54 | WF 29–19 | ||||