PHILADELPHIA – The Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman announced today that Temple (8-4, 5-3 American) has been selected to play in its bowl against UNC (6-6, 4-4 ACC). The game will be played on Friday, December 27, at 12:00 p.m. at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md., and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN. This will be the first-ever matchup between the two schools.
This is Temple's fifth straight bowl game and the ninth in school history. Temple has been bowl eligible for six consecutive seasons, tied with Memphis for the longest streak in the American Athletic Conference, and nine times in the past 11 years.