The 2018 Camping World Bowl was a
college football
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Unlike most ...
bowl game played on December 28, 2018, between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Syracuse Orange. It was the 29th edition of the
Camping World Bowl, and one of the
2018–19 bowl games concluding the
2018 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the recreational vehicle company
Camping World.
Teams
The game was played between
West Virginia from the
Big 12 Conference and
Syracuse
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Places Italy
*Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa''
*Province of Syracuse
United States
*Syracuse, New York
**East Syracuse, New York
**North Syracuse, New York
*Syracuse, Indiana
* Syracuse, Kansas
*Syracuse, Miss ...
from the
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
(ACC). Syracuse and West Virginia had long standing rivalry both as Independents and as members of the
Big East Conference. This was the 61st time the two programs had met;
Syracuse held a 33–27 series lead in prior games.
West Virginia Mountaineers
West Virginia received and accepted a bid to the Camping World Bowl on December 2.
[ The Mountaineers entered the bowl with an 8–3 record (6–3 in conference). Quarterback Will Grier, tackle Yodny Cajuste, and wide receiver Gary Jennings announced that they would sit out the game in order to prepare for the ]2019 NFL Draft
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.
Syracuse Orange
Syracuse received and accepted a bid to the Camping World Bowl on December 2.[ The Orange entered the bowl with a 9–3 record (6–2 in conference). Syracuse also entered the game short-handed, as defensive end Alton Robinson, defensive tackle McKinley Williams, and defensive back Antwan Cordy all missed the game for personal reasons.]
Game summary
Scoring summary
Statistics
References
External links
Box score
at ESPN
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