Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman

Bowl History: This bowl was founded in 2008, previously known as the EagleBank Bowl, in its’ planning stages it was to be called the Congressional Bowl to be played @ DC’s RFK. EagleBank is a Washington D.C. financial institution which sponsored the first two games (2008 & 2009) until Northrup Grumman, one of the worlds largest defense contractors, took over sponsorship in 2010. They renamed the event the Military Bowl presented by Northrup Grumman that same year! The conference tie-ins are the ACC vs C-USA, Navy or Army. The first game in this bowl was played on December 20, 2008 between Navy & Wake Forest, Wake won 29-19! Bowl Payout:  $ 1,000,000.00 per team

Teams: Temple 10-3 (AAC)  vs Wake Forest 6-6 (ACC)

Bowl Location: Navy-Marine CorpsMemorial Stadium, Annapolis Md

Day, Date & Time: Tuesday, December, 27, 2016, 3:30 CST

Network: ESPN

Best Win(s): Temple beat Navy, 34-10, Wake Forest beat Indiana, 33-28

Worst Losses: Temple lost to Army, 28-13, Wake Forest lost to NC State, 33-16

Common Opponents: None

Vegas Hotsheets Favorite: Temple -13

Offensive Team Data: Temple ; Total Yards,  416 YPG; Passing Yards,  225 YPG;  Rushing Yards,  191 YPG; Scoring Average,  33 PPG, Turnovers,  1.23 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 44.1%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 84% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 57%

Offensive Team Data: Wake Forest ; Total Yards,  307 YPG; Passing Yards, 151 YPG;  Rushing Yards, 156 YPG; Scoring Average  19 PPG, Turnovers,  1.25 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 34.4%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 89% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 49%

Defensive Team Data: Temple ; Total Yards,  276 YPG; Passing Yards,  145 YPG;  Rushing Yards,  131 YPG; Scoring Average,  17 PPG, Turnovers,  1.62 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 33.9%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, 70% & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, 56%

Defensive Team Data: Wake Forest ; Total Yards,  370 YPG; Passing Yards,  222 YPG;  Rushing Yards,  148 YPG; Scoring Average, 22  PPG, Turnovers,  2 TPG; Percent of 3rd Down Conversions, 36.4%; Percentage of all scores in Red Zone, % & Percentage of TD’s in Red Zone, %

Sully’s CFP Game Simulator is a statistical analysis / predictor of how these teams will preform, based solely on their numbers, when they face off on the gridiron! Keep in mind, these stats were established against different teams and conferences and these differences must be taken into account to get a complete picture when attempting to predetermine a winner. If you are interested in how the Simulator works … read this part … if not … skip it! The process used is … we take Arizona’s total yards on offense, add it to what Nevada gives up on defense, …  get a total and then divide that number by 2 … to get the mean. We then invert the process by taking Nevada’s total offense, add it to what Arizona gives up on defense, get a total and divide that number by 2  to get the second mean… the greater number (with the exception of Turnovers) is then determined to have the advantage ( please note …. statistical advantage). We repeat this process in each of the eight statistical categories assessed!  That said… here are the results of the Head to Head Analysis:

Total Yards Advantage: Temple 393 to 291.5

Passing Yards Advantage: Temple 223.5 to 148

Rushing Yard Advantage: Temple 169.5 to 143.5

Scoring Advantage: Temple 27.5 to 18

Turnovers Advantage: Wake Forest 1.435 to 1.615

3rd Down Conversions Advantage:  Temple 40.25 to 34.15

Red Zone All Scores Advantage: Temple 80% to 77.5%

Red Zone TD’s Only Advantage: Temple 61.5% to 52%

The Game Simulator Says: Statistcally its Temple 7, Wake Forest 1. The site computes Temple wins 28-18, but does not cover the 13 points 

Individuals to Watch: Temple QB, Phillip Walker, 20/12 ratio 2899 passing yards, WF QB John Wolford 7/9 TD/INT Ratio1591 passing yards

Sully Says: WF lost 3 of their 6 losses by more than 13 points, while 8 of Temple’s wins were by more than 13. Temple wins but does not cover!