- GMAC Bowl
Collegebowl
name = GMAC Bowl
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nickname =
defunct =
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caption = GMAC Bowl Logo
stadium =Ladd Peebles Stadium
previous_stadiums =
location =Mobile, Alabama
previous_locations =
years = 1999-present
previous_tie-ins =
conference_tie-ins = C-USA, MAC WAC (Alternate)
payout = 750,000 (2006 )
sponsors = GMAC Financial Services (2001-present)
former_names = Mobile Alabama Bowl (1999-2000)
prev_matchup_year = 2008
prev_matchup_season= 2007
prev_matchup_teams = Tulsa vs. Bowling Green
prev_matchup_score = Tulsa 63, BGSU 7
next_matchup_year = 2009
next_matchup_season= 2008
next_matchup_teams = C-USA vs. MAC or WAC
next_matchup_date = January 6The GMAC Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
college football bowl game that has been played annually atLadd Peebles Stadium inMobile, Alabama since 1999. It pits aConference USA team (home team) against a team from either theMid-American Conference or theWestern Athletic Conference . The game was previously known as the Mobile Alabama Bowl from1999 to2000 until it received corporate sponsorship from GMAC Financial Services, formerly a unit of General Motors.The 2001 game between the Marshall Thundering Herd and East Carolina Pirates set the record as the highest scoring bowl game of all time, and Marshall achieved what was then the greatest scoring comeback in Bowl history. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2001/bowls/news/2001/12/19/marshall_ecu_ap/ CNNSI.com - 2001 College Bowls - GMAC Bowl - Marshall edges ECU 64-61 in wild GMAC Bowl - Friday December 21, 2001 02:25 AM ] ] In this contest, Marshall battled back from a 38-8 deficit to win 64-61 in double overtime. Thundering Herd
quarterback Byron Leftwich , later of theJacksonville Jaguars andAtlanta Falcons , threw for 576 yards in the game.The 2007 edition of the game was played on
January 7 ,2007 , making it the next-to-last bowl game in the 2006-07 bowl season prior to theBCS National Championship Game the following night. The Golden Eagles of Southern Mississippi knocked off theOhio Bobcats , 28-7. The2008 edition of the contest took place the night before theBCS National Championship Game once again on Sunday,January 6 ,2008 . The game became the largest blowout in bowl history, with Tulsa beating Bowling Green, 63-7.Previous results
See also
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List of college bowl games References
External links
* [http://www.gmacbowl.com Official Website of the GMAC Bowl]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2001/bowls/news/2001/12/19/marshall_ecu_ap/ 2001 GMAC Bowl]
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