Meineke Car Care Bowl

The Meineke Car Care Bowl is one of 35 annual college football bowl games.http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games.html It is held at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html The bowl features a game between the second selection from the Big East Conference and the fourth selection from the Atlantic Coast Conference.http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html

In the 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl, the Clemson Tigers lost 31-26 to the South Florida Bulls on December 31, 2010, at noon.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303650228 Clemson represented the Atlantic Coast Conference and had a 6-6 record overall and a 4-4 record with the ACC Conference.http://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/nc-news/Clemson-Faces-South-Florida-in-Meineke-Car-Care-Bowl-111353734.html South Florida represened the Big East Conference and the Bulls had a 7-5 record overall and a 3-4 record with their conference.http://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/nc-news/Clemson-Faces-South-Florida-in-Meineke-Car-Care-Bowl-111353734.html

The game was shown on the ESPN network.http://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/nc-news/Clemson-Faces-South-Florida-in-Meineke-Car-Care-Bowl-111353734.html The Meineke Car Care Bowl averages 60,000 fans. It has sold out three times in its eight years.http://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/nc-news/Clemson-Faces-South-Florida-in-Meineke-Car-Care-Bowl-111353734.html

In 2002, the Meineke Car Care Bowl presented its debut game.http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html Unranked Virginia faced #15 West Virginia. Virginia emerged with a victory, winning 48 to 22.http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html Tickets to the game sold out within a week of the game's annoucement.http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/history.html The game had the largest attendance (73,535) outside of the BCS bowl games.http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/history.html

The Sports Business Journal named the Meineke Car Care Bowl one of the "five-best start-ups in sports over the past five years" in 2003.http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html

• 2009: Pittsburgh 19, North Carolina 17http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html
• 2008: West Virginia 31, North Carolina 30http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html
• 2007: Wake Forest 24 - UConn 10http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html
• 2006: No. 23 Boston College 25 - Navy 24http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html
• 2005: NC State 14 - South Florida 0http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html
• 2004: No. 25 Boston College 37 - North Carolina 24http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html
• 2003: Virginia 23 - Pittsburgh 16http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html
• 2002: Virginia 48 - No. 15 West Virginia 22http://www.meinekecarcarebowl.com/game/index.html