Gmac Bowl

	Logo	Image:GMACBowlLogopng
	Caption	GMAC Bowl Logo
	Stadium	Ladd Peebles Stadium
	Location	Mobile, Alabama
	Years	1999 — present
	Conference Tie-ins	C-USA , MAC or WAC
	Payout	750,000 <small>( 2006 )</small>
	Sponsors	GMAC Financial Services (2001 — present)
	Former Names	Mobile Alabama Bowl (1999 — 2000)
	Next Matchup Year	2008
	Next Matchup Season	2007
	Next Matchup Date	January 6, 2008

The GMAC Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I -A College Football Bowl Game that has been played annually at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama since 1999. It pits a Conference USA team (home team) against a team from either the Mid-American Conference or the Western Athletic Conference . The game was previously known as the '''Mobile Alabama Bowl''' from 1999 to 2000 until it received corporate sponsorship from GMAC Financial Services , a unit of General Motors .

The 2001 game between Marshall Thundering Herd and East Carolina Pirates is considered to be in the top 25 greatest college football games of all time. In this contest, Marshall battled back from a 38-8 deficit to win 64-61 in double overtime. Future Jacksonville Jaguars and then Thundering Herd Quarterback Byron Leftwich threw for 576 yards in the game.

The latest installment of the game was played on January 7 , 2007 , making it the next-to-last bowl game in the 2006-07 bowl season prior to the BCS National Championship Game the following night. The Golden Eagles of Southern Mississippi knocked off the Ohio Bobcats , 28-7. The 2008 edition of the contest will take place the night before the BCS National Championship Game once again on Sunday, January 6 , 2008 .

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