Boca Raton Bowl

Boca Raton Bowl
Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl
Stadium FAU Stadium
Location Boca Raton, Florida
Operated 2014–present
Conference tie-ins Conference USA, American Athletic Conference
Previous conference tie-ins Mid-American Conference
Payout US$400,000 (as of 2015)[1]
Sponsors
Marmot (2015)
Cheribundi Tart Cherry (2017)
Former names
Boca Raton Bowl (2014, 2016)
Marmot Boca Raton Bowl (2015)
2017 matchup
Akron vs. Florida Atlantic (Florida Atlantic 50–3)
2018 matchup
Teams TBD (December 18, 2018)

The Boca Raton Bowl is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned Division I college football bowl game[2] played in Boca Raton, Florida at FAU Stadium, which is located on the campus of Florida Atlantic University. The game was first held in 2014. Since 2017, it has been sponsored by the New York-based beverage company Cheribundi Tart Cherry and officially known as the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl [3] The sporting goods company Marmot was a previous title sponsor in 2015.

History

The bowl was founded on October 10, 2013, and was first played as part of the 2014 schedule of postseason bowl games.[4] The bowl game will be televised by ESPN.[2][5]

The Northern Illinois Huskies, winners of the conference's championship game, were chosen as the conference's first representative. Conference USA was contracted to provide a team for the 2014 playing and the conference sent its champion, the Marshall Thundering Herd. Both the MAC and C-USA did not have automatic bowl bids for their champions entering 2014; C-USA lost its contract with the Liberty Bowl while the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, which usually took the MAC champion, was discontinued after its 2013 playing and the GoDaddy Bowl, which takes a MAC team and has the option to take the conference champion if it desires, elected to take Toledo instead.

The American Athletic Conference is to provide a team to the Boca Raton Bowl in 2015.[5] In 2016 and 2017, Conference USA and American Athletic Conference had primary tie-ins with the Boca Raton Bowl.[6]

The bowl game is owned and operated by ESPN Events, and is televised by ESPN as part of its annual "Bowl Week".[2] On October 6, 2015, Marmot was announced as the title sponsor of the game.[7] On December 1, 2017, Cheribundi Tart Cherry, a New York based beverage company, was announced as the title sponsor of the game.[8]

Game results

DateWinning TeamLosing TeamAttendanceNotes
December 23, 2014Marshall52Northern Illinois2329,419notes
December 22, 2015Toledo32Temple1725,908notes
December 20, 2016Western Kentucky51Memphis3124,726notes
December 19, 2017Florida Atlantic50Akron325,912notes

MVPs

YearOffensive MVPDefensive MVP
PlayerTeamPos.PlayerTeamPos.
2014Rakeem CatoMarshallQBNoneN/AN/A
2015Phillip ElyToledoQBJu'Wan WoodleyToledoLB
2016Anthony WalesWestern KentuckyRBKeith BrownWestern KentuckyLB
2017Jason DriskelFlorida AtlanticQBAzeez Al-ShaairFlorida AtlanticLB

Most appearances

Rank Team Appearances Record
T1Florida Atlantic11–0
T1Marshall11–0
T1Toledo11–0
T1Western Kentucky11–0
T1Akron10–1
T1Memphis10–1
T1Northern Illinois10–1
T1Temple10–1

Appearances by conference

Through the December 2017 playing, there have been 4 games (8 total appearances).

Rank Conference Appearances Wins Losses Pct.
T1C-USA3301.000
T1MAC3120.333
3The American2020.000

Media coverage

Television

Date Network Play-by-play announcers Color commentators Sideline reporters
2017 ESPN Clay Matvick Kirk Morrison Cole Cubelic
2016 ESPN Dave LaMont Desmond Howard Quint Kessenich
2015 ESPN Allen Bestwick Dan Hawkins
2014 ESPN Dave LaMont Desmond Howard Quint Kessenich

Radio

Date Network Play-by-play announcers Color commentators Sideline reporters
2017 ESPN Radio Steve Levy Desmond Howard Paul Carcaterra
2016 ESPN Radio Marc Kestecher John Congemi Brett McMurphy
2015 ESPN Radio Dave LaMont John Congemi
2014 ESPN Radio Marc Kestecher John Congemi

Legends Honoree

SeasonHonoreeRoleRef.
2014Howard SchnellenbergerCollege & NFL coach
2015
2016
2017Steve WalshCollege & NFL quarterback; High School & CFL coach[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statisticbrain.com/college-bowl-game-payouts/
  2. 1 2 3 Drew, David (May 14, 2014). "Dates and times set for inaugural MAC football-affiliated Boca Raton Bowl, Bahamas Bowl". mlive.com. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "BOCA RATON BOWL ANNOUNCES CHERIBUNDI TART CHERRY AS THE NEW TITLE SPONSOR". Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "MAC Announces The Creation Of The Boca Raton Bowl". Mac-sports.com. October 11, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Ellis, Zac (October 11, 2013). "MAC announces creation of Boca Raton Bowl in 2014". College-football.si.com. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  6. ↑ "FB: C-USA Bowl Partners Announce 2017 Dates". conferenceusa.com. May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Marmot Becomes Title Sponsor of Boca Raton Bowl". ESPN Events. 6 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Boca Raton Bowl Announces Cheribundi Tart Cherry As The New Title Sponsor". Boca Raton News Most Reliable Source | Boca Raton Newspaper. 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  9. ↑ "Zips Keep Busy on Final Day Before Bowl Game". gozips.com. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
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