Boca Raton Bowl
Boca Raton Bowl | |
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Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl | |
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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
Date | Winning Team | Losing Team | Attendance | Notes | ||
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December 23, 2014 | Marshall | 52 | Northern Illinois | 23 | 29,419 | notes |
December 22, 2015 | Toledo | 32 | Temple | 17 | 25,908 | notes |
December 20, 2016 | Western Kentucky | 51 | Memphis | 31 | 24,726 | notes |
December 19, 2017 | Florida Atlantic | 50 | Akron | 3 | 25,912 | notes |
MVPs
Year | Offensive MVP | Defensive MVP | ||||
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Player | Team | Pos. | Player | Team | Pos. | |
2014 | Rakeem Cato | Marshall | QB | None | N/A | N/A |
2015 | Phillip Ely | Toledo | QB | Ju'Wan Woodley | Toledo | LB |
2016 | Anthony Wales | Western Kentucky | RB | Keith Brown | Western Kentucky | LB |
2017 | Jason Driskel | Florida Atlantic | QB | Azeez Al-Shaair | Florida Atlantic | LB |
Most appearances
Rank | Team | Appearances | Record |
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T1 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1–0 |
T1 | Marshall | 1 | 1–0 |
T1 | Toledo | 1 | 1–0 |
T1 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1–0 |
T1 | Akron | 1 | 0–1 |
T1 | Memphis | 1 | 0–1 |
T1 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0–1 |
T1 | Temple | 1 | 0–1 |
Appearances by conference
Through the December 2017 playing, there have been 4 games (8 total appearances).
Rank | Conference | Appearances | Wins | Losses | Pct. |
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T1 | C-USA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
T1 | MAC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 |
3 | The American | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
Media coverage
Television
Date | Network | Play-by-play announcers | Color commentators | Sideline reporters |
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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 |
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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
Season | Honoree | Role | Ref. |
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2014 | Howard Schnellenberger | College & NFL coach | |
2015 | |||
2016 | |||
2017 | Steve Walsh | College & NFL quarterback; High School & CFL coach | [9] |
References
- ↑ http://www.statisticbrain.com/college-bowl-game-payouts/
- 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.
- ↑ "BOCA RATON BOWL ANNOUNCES CHERIBUNDI TART CHERRY AS THE NEW TITLE SPONSOR". Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- ↑ "MAC Announces The Creation Of The Boca Raton Bowl". Mac-sports.com. October 11, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- 1 2 Ellis, Zac (October 11, 2013). "MAC announces creation of Boca Raton Bowl in 2014". College-football.si.com. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- ↑ "FB: C-USA Bowl Partners Announce 2017 Dates". conferenceusa.com. May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Marmot Becomes Title Sponsor of Boca Raton Bowl". ESPN Events. 6 October 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Zips Keep Busy on Final Day Before Bowl Game". gozips.com. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.