Eaglebank Bowl

Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C., and is one of the two newest bowl games to be approved by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (the other being the St. The NCAA's Postseason Football Licensing Subcommittee approved the bowl on April 30, 2008, allowing the committee that had proposed the game to host it after the 2008 college football season. The game, which was originally dubbed "The Congressional Bowl" before sponsorship was received by EagleBank, was televised by ESPN, with kickoff scheduled for 11 AM US EST, making it officially the first bowl game of the 2008-09 postseason.Terry Gannon and David Norrie announced the inaugural game.
Prior to the game's approval by the NCAA, Navy and the Atlantic Coast Conference signed agreements to participate in the game if it was approved. Under the agreement, the ACC would provide its ninth-best team for the bowl if the league had nine bowl eligible (records of 6-6 or better) teams.
However, if the primary options do not provide two bowl eligible teams to play, the committee can select a team from the Mid-American Conference, Conference USA, or the Big Ten Conference as a replacement.
If Army is bowl eligible in 2009, it will play as the home team instead of Navy.


Origins
The idea for the EagleBank Bowl originated with the Washington, D.C.Bowl Committee, a group founded by Marie Rudolph and Sean Metcalf in December 2006 with the intended purpose of bringing a bowl game to the Washington, D.C. Convention and Tourism Corporation announced their support of the proposed event in 2007.
The initial EagleBank Bowl game was a battle between Navy and Wake Forest University.The two teams had played earlier in the season and Navy was victorious 24–17.