2009 EagleBank Bowl The 2009 EagleBank Bowl was a college football bowl game . It marked the second edition of the EagleBank Bowl , played at RFK Stadium in Washington , D . C . The game , in which UCLA of the Pacific - 10 Conference defeated Temple of the Mid - American Conference 30 – 21 , started at 4 : 30 PM US EST on Tuesday , December 29 , 2009 . The game was telecast on ESPN and was organized by the DC Bowl Committee , Inc . , the Washington Convention and Sports Authority and its title sponsor . Teams . The 2009 edition of the EagleBank Bowl was originally to match Army and the eighth team selected from the ACC . Army finished the regular season at 5 – 7 after failing to defeat rival Navy to become bowl eligible . Only seven teams from the ACC finished with bowl - qualifying regular season records ( 6 – 6 or better . ) Temple Owls . A number of teams were up for consideration . The matchup was originally planned to be Army vs . a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference . If Army were not bowl - eligible ( at least 6 – 6 ) , a team from Conference USA would have been selected as the opponent for the ACC team . All of the bowl - eligible teams from the ACC and Conference USA were selected by bowls with a higher selection priority . The Bowl was also under partnership with the MAC to select a team if neither an ACC or a C - USA team is available . Under this provision , the bowl selected the Temple Owls . UCLA Bruins . With the 7 – 5 teams all selected from the Football Bowl Subdivision , the 6 – 6 teams from other conferences are available to be selected . Notre Dame was a likely choice , but the team would not participate in a bowl following the firing of Charlie Weis . The choice then ultimately fell to UCLA , which would take Army ' s spot if Army did not defeat Navy and finish 6 – 6 . UCLA was permitted to practice for the bowl , per NCAA rules , since they were eligible to participate in a bowl . Army was required to beat Navy on Saturday , December 12 , 2009 , in order to qualify for the bowl . Army fell short by losing 17 – 3 in the Army - Navy game , thereby allowing UCLA ( 6 – 6 ) to play Temple ( 9 – 3 ) . Game summary . Temple wore their home cherry jerseys and UCLA wore their away white jerseys . UCLA rallied from a 21 - 10 halftime deficit to defeat Temple for their first winning season in 3 years . Temple did not score in the second half of the game after star tailback Bernard Pierce left the game with an injured shoulder . Pierce had recorded 53 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries before his early exit . UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince completed 16 of 31 passes for 221 yards with two touchdowns and one interception . His counterpart , Vaughn Charlton , had more interceptions ( two ) than completed passes ( one ) in the second half . Bruins linebacker Akeem Ayers returned an interception 2 yards for a go - ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter and was named the game ' s MVP for his efforts . The temperature was 32 degrees at kickoff with the wind chill at 19 , and it only got colder as the evening wore on , leading many ( including Temple Alum Bill Cosby ) to assume UCLA would struggle with the conditions . The game drew 23 , 072 to RFK Stadium , a decline of more than 5 , 000 from last year ' s inaugural game .