Game Name: | Military Bowl |
Subheader: | 12th Military Bowl |
Title Sponsor Suffix: | presented by Northrop Grumman |
Date Game Played: | December 27 |
Year Game Played: | 2019 |
Football Season: | 2019 |
Stadium: | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
City: | Annapolis, Maryland |
Visitor Name Short: | North Carolina |
Visitor Nickname: | Tar Heels |
Visitor Record: | 6–6 |
Visitor Conference: | ACC |
Visitor Coach: | Mack Brown |
Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
Visitor 2Q: | 13 |
Visitor 3Q: | 21 |
Visitor 4Q: | 14 |
Home Name Short: | Temple |
Home Nickname: | Owls |
Home Record: | 8–4 |
Home Conference: | The American |
Home Coach: | Rod Carey |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 6 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Mvp: | Sam Howell (QB, North Carolina)[1] |
Odds: | North Carolina by 6[2] |
Referee: | Mike VanderVelde (Mountain West)[3] |
Attendance: | 24,242 |
Payout: | 2,066,990[4] |
Us Network: | ESPN & ESPN Radio |
Us Announcers: | ESPN: Mike Couzens (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst) and Kelsey Riggs (sideline) ESPN Radio: Kevin Winter (play-by-play), Ben Hartsock & Brad Edwards (analysts) |
Different Next: | 2022 |
The 2019 Military Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2019, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST on ESPN.[5] It was the 12th edition of the Military Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by defense contractor Northrop Grumman, the game was officially known as the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman.
The game was played between the North Carolina Tar Heels from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Temple Owls from the American Athletic Conference (The American). It was the first time that North Carolina and Temple have played against each other.[6]
See main article: 2019 North Carolina Tar Heels football team. North Carolina entered the game with a 6–6 record (4–4 in conference). The Tar Heels finished in a three-way tie for third place in the ACC's Coastal Division. North Carolina won its first two games, lost six of the next eight, then finished the regular season with two wins.
See main article: 2019 Temple Owls football team. Temple entered the game with an 8–4 record (5–3 in conference). The Owls finished in third place in the East Division of The American. Temple played four ranked teams during the 2019 season, recording wins against Maryland and Memphis while losing to SMU and Cincinnati.