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The Continental Tire Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at 73,367-seat Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, since 2002. Continental Tire Bowl Logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... Bank of America Stadium is a football stadium located in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. ... For other places or people named Charlotte, see Charlotte (disambiguation). ...


The game's current corporate title sponsor is Continental Tire North America, Inc. It features a matchup between teams from the ACC and Big East. The 2005 game will be refered to as the Meineke Car Care Bowl. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of thirteen universities, mostly in the northeastern United States: Boston College (scheduled to leave in 2005) University of Connecticut (UConn) Georgetown University (Plays Division I-AA football in the Patriot League) University of Notre Dame (Plays Division I-A football...


Previous results

Date Played Winning Team Losing Team
December 28, 2002 Virginia 48 West Virginia 22
December 27, 2003 Virginia 23 Pittsburgh 16
December 30, 2004 Boston College 37 North Carolina 24

December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Virginia (also referred to as UVa and often called simply Virginia for short) is a research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. ... WVU Mountaineer Mascot statue in front of the Mountainlair Student Union. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Virginia (also referred to as UVa and often called simply Virginia for short) is a research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. ... The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related, doctoral/research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boston College is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the eleventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. ...

External link

  • Official Web site of the Continental Tire Bowl


2004-05 Division I-A College football Bowl Game season:

New Orleans (Dec. 14) | Champs Sports (Dec. 21) | GMAC (Dec. 22) | Fort Worth (Dec. 23) | Las Vegas (Dec. 23) | Hawaii (Dec. 24) | MPC Computers (Dec. 27) | Motor City (Dec. 27) | Independence (Dec. 28) | Insight (Dec. 28) | Houston (Dec. 29) | Alamo (Dec. 29) | Continental Tire (Dec. 30) | Emerald (Dec. 30) | Holiday (Dec. 30) | Silicon Valley (Dec. 30) | Music City (Dec. 31) | Sun (Dec. 31) | Liberty (Dec. 31) | Peach (Dec. 31) | Outback (Jan. 1) | Cotton (Jan. 1) | Gator (Jan. 1) | Capital One (Jan. 1) | East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 15) | Gridiron Classic (Jan. 15) | Hula Bowl (Jan. 22) | Senior Bowl (Jan. 29) Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... The 2004-05 NCAA college football bowl season was a series of 32 post-season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) played in December 2004 and January 2005 for Division I-A football teams and their all-stars. ... The New Orleans Bowl is a major post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, since 2001. ... Champs Sports Bowl is an annual college football game that is played in Orlando, Florida. ... The GMAC Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division 1-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at 40,646-seat Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, since 1999. ... Categories: American football competitions | College football bowls | Texas sports | American football stubs ... The Las Vegas Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, since 1992. ... The Hawaii Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on the island of Oahu since 2002. ... The MPC Computers Bowl (formerly the Humanitarian Bowl) is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at 30,000-seat Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, since 1997. ... The Motor City Bowl is a major post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually since 1997. ... The Insight Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college American football bowl game played in Arizona since 1989. ... The Houston Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually in Houston, Texas, since 2000. ... Categories: American football competitions | College football bowls | San Antonio sports ... The Emerald Bowl is a major post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at 40,800-seat SBC Park (home of the San Francisco Giants) in San Francisco, California, since 2002. ... The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, since 1978. ... The Silicon Valley Football Classic, sometimes referred to simply as the Silicon Valley Bowl or Silicon Valley Classic, is an NCAA-certified Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that has been played at 30,456-seat Spartan Stadium on the South Campus of San Jose State University... The Music City Bowl is a post-season American college football game certified by the NCAA that has been played in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1998. ... Sun Bowl is an annual college football game that is played usually at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. ... Notes Mountain West Conference champion Utah was released from its contractual obligation to the Liberty Bowl after earning a Bowl Championship Series berth in 2004. ... The Peach Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Atlanta, Georgia since December, 1968. ... Outback Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. ... The Cotton Bowl is a United States college football game played annually since 1937 in Dallas, Texas. ... The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played in Jacksonville, Florida. ... The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football game played in Orlando, Florida, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl (1947_1982) and the Florida Citrus Bowl (1983_2002). ... The East-West Shrine Game is an annual post-season college football all-star game played in January in San Francisco, California. ... The Gridiron Classic is an annual post-season college football all-star game featuring a team representing Florida versus a team from the rest of the United States. ... The Hula Bowl is an independently administered post-season invitational college football game held each year in Hawaii. ... The Senior Bowl is an all-star college football exhibition game usually played either at or towards the end of the college football season in January. ...

Bowl Championship Series games:
Rose Bowl (Jan. 1) Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 1) Sugar Bowl (Jan. 3) Orange Bowl (Jan. 4)

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