Capital Gazette · May 4, 2016
Dates set for Armed Forces Bowl and Military Bowl
Navy hopes to celebrate Christmas early by winning a bowl game in the Lone Star State while supporters of two other schools will descend upon Annapolis a couple days after Santa Claus comes to town.
Dates for college football bowl games were announced on Wednesday and two that matter to local fans are on opposite sides of Christmas. If Navy is eligible it will play against an opponent from the Big 12 Conference in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, being held Friday, Dec. 23 in Fort Worth, Texas. Meanwhile, the Military Bowl will bring programs from the Atlantic Coast Conference and American Athletic Conference to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Tuesday, Dec. 27.