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The 2014 Military Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2014 at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on the campus of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in the United States. The seventh annual Military Bowl , it pitted the American Athletic Conference co-champion Cincinnati Bearcats against the Virginia Tech Hokies of the Atlantic Coast Conference . It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games will conclude the 2014 FBS football season . The game started at 1:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN . It was sponsored by aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman and is officially known as the Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman .
Teams
The game featured the Virginia Tech Hokies of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the American Athletic Conference co-champion Cincinnati Bearcats . Whit Babcock , the Hokies' director of athletics, previously held the same position at Cincinnati and hired Bearcats' coach Tommy Tuberville .
This was 11th overall meeting between these two teams, with series tied 5–5 before the game. The previous time these two teams met was in 2012. This was also the third bowl game between these two teams, the others being the 1947 Sun Bowl and the 2009 Orange Bowl .
Cincinnati Bearcats
See also: 2014 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
After finishing their regular season with a 9–3 record and winning the American Athletic Conference co-championship, the Bearcats accepted their invitation to play in the game.
Virginia Tech Hokies
See also: 2014 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
After finishing their regular season with a 6–6 record, the Hokies accepted their invitation to play in the game.
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
CIN
VT
1
5:47
7
89
2:50
CIN
Chris Moore 31-yard touchdown reception from Gunner Kiel , Andrew Gantz kick good
7
0
1
3:51
6
64
1:56
VT
J. C. Coleman 1-yard touchdown run, Joey Slye kick good
7
7
2
12:55
7
10
2:45
VT
45-yard field goal by Joey Slye
7
10
2
0:36
13
86
6:23
CIN
25-yard field goal by Andrew Gantz
10
10
2
0:00
4
20
0:36
VT
49-yard field goal by Joey Slye
10
13
3
11:05
11
75
3:55
VT
Ryan Malleck 1-yard touchdown reception from Michael Brewer , Joey Slye kick good
10
20
3
9:16
–
–
–
VT
Fumble recovery returned 12 yards for touchdown by Greg Stroman , Joey Slye kick good
10
27
4
13:20
6
21
2:27
VT
38-yard field goal by Joey Slye
10
30
4
10:35
7
81
2:45
CIN
Chris Moore 43-yard touchdown reception from Michael Colosimo, Andrew Gantz kick good
17
30
4
8:52
6
27
1:43
VT
33-yard field goal by Joey Slye
17
33
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
17
33
Source:
Statistics
Statistics
CIN
VT
First downs
19
18
Plays–yards
70–489
69–334
Rushes–yards
33–144
44–210
Passing yards
345
124
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
18–37–2
15–25–1
Time of possession
29:04
30:56
References
mlicursi (December 28, 2014). "VIRGINIA TECH WINS MILITARY BOWL PRESENTED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN AS MVP J.C. COLEMAN RUSHES FOR 157 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN" . militarybowl.org . Retrieved December 28, 2014.
Odds
^ Stats Archived 2014-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
Virginia Tech and Cincinnati Accept Invitations to Play in the 2014 Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman
Barber, Mike (December 7, 2014). "ACC Virginia Tech to Military Bowl to face Cincinnati" . Richmond Times-Dispatch.
"Football Will Play Virginia Tech In Military Bowl" . GoBearcats.com . Cincinnati Bearcats. December 7, 2014. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014."Virginia Tech selected for Military Bowl" . HokieSports.com . Virginia Tech Hokies. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
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Coast Guard helicopters fly over Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at the start of the Military Bowl