2014 Military Bowl

MVP	Virginia Tech RB J. C. Coleman

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 Virginia Tech Hokies of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the American Athletic Conference co-champion Cincinnati Bearcats. 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.

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.

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.

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

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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