Miami Beach Bowl

Miami Beach Bowl (defunct)
"The Battle of the Beach"
Stadium Marlins Park
Location Miami, Florida
Operated 2014–2016
Conference tie-ins American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mid-American Conference, Sun Belt Conference
Payout US$1,000,000 (as of 2015)[1]
Succeeded by Frisco Bowl
2016 matchup
Central Michigan vs. Tulsa (Tulsa 55–10)

The Miami Beach Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game played for three years (2014–2016) at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida.[2] The bowl was created and owned by the American Athletic Conference ("The American").[2][3]

On April 21, 2017, it was announced that the Miami Beach Bowl had been sold to ESPN, would relocate to Frisco, Texas, and would be played at Toyota Stadium for the 2017 season.[3] The new bowl game is named the Frisco Bowl.[3]

Game results

DateWinning teamLosing teamAttendanceNotes
December 22, 2014Memphis55BYU4820,761Notes
December 21, 2015Western Kentucky45South Florida3521,712Notes
December 19, 2016Tulsa55Central Michigan1015,262Notes

MVPs

Year MVP Team Position
2014Paxton LynchMemphisQB
2015Brandon DoughtyWestern KentuckyQB
2016Dane EvansTulsaQB

Most appearances

Rank Team Appearances Record
T1Memphis11–0
T1Tulsa11–0
T1Western Kentucky11–0
T1BYU10–1
T1Central Michigan10–1
T1South Florida10–1

Wins by conference

Conference Wins Losses Pct.
The American21.667
Conference USA101.000
MAC01.000
Independent01.000

Media coverage

Television

Date Network Play-by-play announcers Color commentators Sideline reporters
2016 ESPN Allen Bestwick Mike Bellotti Kris Budden
2015 ESPN Dave Lamont Desmond Howard Quint Kessenich
2014 ESPN Dave Flemming Danny Kanell Allison Williams

Radio

Date Network Play-by-play announcers Color commentators Sideline reporters
2016 Central Michigan IMG

KXBL

 Don Chiodo

Bruce Howard

 Brock Gutierrez

Rick Couri

 None

Jeremie Poplin

2015 Touchdown Radio Taylor Zarzour Gino Torretta
2014 BYU Radio

WREC

 Greg Wrubell

Dave Woloshin

 Marc Lyons

Jarvis Greer

 Nate Meikle

Matt Dillon

In 2014, the Miami Beach Bowl didn't provide a national radio carrier. As a result, both local schools broadcasts were made available through the regular platforms. The only nationwide broadcast available was the Cougar IMG Sports Network simulcast on BYU Radio – nationwide on Sirius XM 143, Dish Network 980, and byuradio.org. In 2015, Touchdown Radio Productions picked up the rights to air the game nationwide. In 2016, the bowl was again broadcast only by local stations.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statisticbrain.com/college-bowl-game-payouts/
  2. 1 2 "American Athletic Conference Introduces The Miami Beach Bowl". American Athletic Conference. October 24, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 McMurphy, Brett (April 21, 2017). "Miami Beach Bowl moving to Frisco, Texas". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 21, 2017.


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