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Date | December 30, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Seahawks Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Oregon by 8.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Bill Athan (WAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 38,241 | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$1 million per team [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Steve Levy (play-by-play) Rod Gilmore (analyst) Alex Flanagan (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2002 Seattle Bowl was the second and final edition of the college football bowl game (known for the previous 3 years as the Oahu Bowl, before moving to Seattle), and was played at Seahawks Stadium in Seattle, Washington. The game pitted the University of Oregon Ducks from the Pac-10 and the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons from the ACC. The game was the final competition of the 2002 football season for each team and resulted in a 38–17 Wake Forest victory. [2]
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