2013 Military Bowl
The 2013 Military Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 27, 2013, at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The sixth edition of the Military Bowl, it featured the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA against the Maryland Terrapins (based in nearby College Park) from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game began at 2:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was sponsored by aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, and was officially known as the Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman. Marshall defeated Maryland by a score of 31–20.
| 2013 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 6th Military Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Annapolis, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Rakeem Cato (Marshall) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Marshall by 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Dan Romeo (Mtn. West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,163 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1 million | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Patrick (play-by-play) Ed Cunningham (analyst) Jeannine Edwards (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
The Thundering Herd finished the regular season with a 9–4 record (7–1 C-USA), champions of the Conference USA East Division. The Terrapins had a record of 7–5 (3–5 ACC).
This was the first Military Bowl to be played at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The first five were played at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.