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Meineke Car Care Bowl 2006 Game Details

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Date: December 30, 2006, 1:00 PM EST
Teams: Navy vs. Boston College
Televised on: ESPN

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Organizers hope they can secure teams with better records than the 6-5 NC State Wolf Pack and South Florida Bulls who played in the 2005 Meineke Car Care Bowl.

The fourth-place team in the ACC will play either Navy or a Big East school in the 2006 edition of the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

The Bulls, making their bowl debut, lost their last two games to fall to 6-5, but their season was highlighted by a shocking 45-14 upset win over a heavily favored Louisville Cardinals' team that was expected to win the Big East.

With a 6-5 record, the Wolf Pack were fortunate to get a bowl bid, needing to win their final two games. Despite the disappointing season, defensive ends Mario Williams and Manny Lawson got to showcase their prodigious talents in advance of the NFL draft, where Williams was taken first overall by Houston.

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About the Meineke Car Care Bowl 2006

The Meineke Car Care Bowl is a post-season college football game sanctioned by the NCAA that has been played in Charlotte, North Carolina since 2002.

The 2005 Meineke Car Care Bowl was played on Dec. 31, 2005 at the 73,367-seat Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. The University of South Florida accepted the bid for the Big East Conference, while North Carolina State represented the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Bulls appeared in their first bowl game and unfortunately endured the school’s first-ever shutout as well. NC State ran their bowl record to 4-1 with the victory.

History of the Meineke Car Care Bowl

The Meineke Car Care Bowl features a matchup between teams from the ACC and Big East that have ranked at or near #3 in their respective conferences.

From its inauguration in 2002 to 2004 the game was known as the Continental Tire Bowl. With the sponsorship of Meineke Car Care, the game is now officially known as the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

NC State began the season 2-4, but rallied to earn a bid to the 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl. They employed a tight defense against South Florida and beat them 14-0 behind a pair of second-quarter scores.

The ACC earned some bowl revenge after conference member North Carolina lost the 2005 Meineke Car Care Bowl 37-24 to Boston College. Virginia won the first two Meineke Car Care Bowls (when it was known as the Continental Tire Bowl) by defeating West Virginia 48-22 in 2002 and Pittsburgh 23-16 in 2003.

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