2018 Belk Bowl
The 2018 Belk Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2018. It was the 17th edition of the Belk Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the department store chain Belk. With the bowl contested by two nearby public universities, attendance to the game increased by some 15,000 spectators over the previous year and had its highest attendance total since 2011.
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| 17th Belk Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Bank of America Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Olamide Zaccheaus (WR, Virginia) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | South Carolina by 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeff Servinski (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 48,263 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$4,506,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC & ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Adam Amin, Anthony Becht and Rocky Boiman (ABC) Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb and Kris Budden (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
Virginia shut out South Carolina, 28–0. This was the largest margin of victory in the history of the Belk Bowl. With the victory, the Virginia Cavaliers became the winningest team all-time in the Belk Bowl, and improved their record in Bank of America Stadium to 3–0 after winning the first two editions of the bowl in 2002 and 2003.