2013 Belk Bowl

2013 Belk Bowl
1234 Total
Cincinnati 0377 17
North Carolina 167133 39
DateDecember 28, 2013
Season2013
StadiumBank of America Stadium
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina
MVPRyan Switzer, UNC
FavoriteN. Carolina by 3[1]
RefereeSteve Barth (C-USA)
Attendance45,211
PayoutUS$1.7 million
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersTV: Carter Blackburn (play-by-play), Danny Kanell (analyst), Allison Williams (sideline)
Radio: Tom Hart (play-by-play), David Diaz-Infante (analyst), Cara Capuano (sideline)[2]
Nielsen ratings3.1[3]
Belk Bowl
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The 2013 Belk Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 28, 2013, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The twelfth edition of the Belk Bowl, it featured the Cincinnati Bearcats of the American Athletic Conference against the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It began at 3:20 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN.[4] The game was sponsored by the Belk department store company. North Carolina defeated Cincinnati by a score of 39–17.

The Bearcats accepted their invitation after earning a 9–3 record for the season,[5] while the Tar Heels accepted their bid after going 6–6 on the season.[6]

  1. ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2013
  2. ^ Humes, Michael (December 19, 2013). "Entire BCS highlights ESPN college football bowl schedule of 34 games". ESPN MediaZone. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings | Showbuzz Daily". www.showbuzzdaily.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Game". BelkBowl.com. Belk Bowl. 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  5. ^ "The University of Cincinnati Accepts Bid to Play in 2013 Belk Bowl". Belk Bowl. December 6, 2013. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  6. ^ "Tar Heels Headed to Belk Bowl". UNC Athletics. December 8, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.

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