Redbox Bowl

Redbox Bowl
Stadium Levi's Stadium
Location Santa Clara, California
Previous stadiums AT&T Park (2002–2013)
Previous locations San Francisco, California (2002–2013)
Operated 2002–present
Conference tie-ins Pac-12 (2006–present)
Big Ten (2014–present)
Previous conference tie-ins

Big East (2002–2004)
Mtn West (2002–2005)

ACC (2005–2010)
Army (2011)
Navy (2012)
BYU (2013)
Payout US$2,212,500 (as of 2015)[1]
Sponsors
Diamond Foods, Inc. (2002–2009)
Kraft Foods (2010–2012)
Foster Farms (2014–2017)
Redbox (2018–present)
Former names
San Francisco Bowl (2002)
Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl (2002–2003)
Emerald Bowl (2004–2009)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (2010–2012)
Fight Hunger Bowl (2013)
Foster Farms Bowl (2014–2017)
2017 matchup
Arizona vs. Purdue (Purdue 38–35)
2018 matchup
Teams TBD (December 31, 2018)

The Redbox Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually since 2002. The game was recently sponsored by the Foster Farms poultry company and was known as the Foster Farms Bowl from 2014 to 2017. It was also previously known as the Fight Hunger Bowl in 2013, the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl from 2010 to 2012 due to its sponsorship by Kraft Foods, as the Emerald Bowl from 2004 to 2009, and as the Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl from 2002 to 2003, in recognition of the corporate title sponsor, Diamond Foods.[2]

From 2002 to 2013, the annual game was played at 40,800-seat AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, in San Francisco, California. Starting in 2014, it has been played at Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, in Santa Clara, California.[3]

History

The plans for the inaugural 2002 San Francisco Bowl were established on Dec. 2, 2002, when the Air Force Falcons football program accepted a bid to play against an undetermined team from the Big East Conference.[4] Their initial sponsor was Diamond Foods, a producer of walnuts and other nuts under the Emerald brand name, resulting in the name Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl, and later the Emerald Bowl.

In 2010, Kraft Foods became the sponsor of the bowl and announced the new name, which the corporation launched as part of a broader hunger relief program.[5] According to Sports Illustrated, the executive director of the bowl, Gary Cavalli, was paid a $377,475 salary in 2009.[6] Mondelēz International continued to support the game and the program related with Feeding America in 2013.

In August 2014, the bowl's official website listed the game's name as the San Francisco Bowl once again.[7] However, on November 11, 2014, it was announced that the San Francisco Bowl Game Association had reached a multi-year naming rights deal with Northern California-based poultry company Foster Farms, resulting in the game being named the Foster Farms Bowl.[8]

On July 12, 2016, the San Francisco 49ers NFL team announced that it had taken over management of the Foster Farms Bowl from the San Francisco Bowl Game Association, and also announced a new, four-year broadcast rights deal with Fox Sports, replacing ESPN.[9]

Field configuration

Because AT&T Park was not normally used for football, the arrangement of the playing field required both teams to be on the same sideline, separated by a barrier at the 50-yard line. The field ran southwest-to-northeast in this configuration, with the south end zone along the first base line, and the north meeting near the left field wall to place optimum seating along the third base grandstand, and some temporary bleacher seating in center field.

Matchups

The Fight Hunger Bowl had a contract to host the Pac-12's sixth-place team during the 2010 through 2013 seasons. There were multiple contracts that determined the opponent. In 2011, the Pac-12 team's opponent was Illinois, replacing Army, which did not achieve bowl eligibility; in 2012, it was Navy; and in 2013, it was BYU. Had these teams not qualified for bowl eligibility, they would have been replaced by teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) or the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

Beginning with the 2014 season, teams come from the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences.[10]

Game results

NameDateWinning TeamLosing Team
2002 San Francisco BowlDecember 31, 2002Virginia Tech20Air Force13
2003 San Francisco BowlDecember 31, 2003Boston College35Colorado State21
2004 Emerald BowlDecember 30, 2004Navy[a 1]34New Mexico19
2005 Emerald BowlDecember 29, 2005Utah38Georgia Tech[a 2]10
2006 Emerald BowlDecember 27, 2006Florida State44UCLA27
2007 Emerald BowlDecember 28, 2007Oregon State21Maryland14
2008 Emerald BowlDecember 27, 2008California24Miami (FL)17
2009 Emerald BowlDecember 26, 2009USC24Boston College13
2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (January)January 9, 2011Nevada20Boston College13
2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (December)December 31, 2011Illinois20UCLA14
2012 Kraft Fight Hunger BowlDecember 29, 2012Arizona State62Navy28
2013 Fight Hunger BowlDecember 27, 2013Washington31BYU16
2014 Foster Farms BowlDecember 30, 2014Stanford45Maryland21
2015 Foster Farms BowlDecember 26, 2015Nebraska37UCLA29
2016 Foster Farms BowlDecember 28, 2016Utah26Indiana24
2017 Foster Farms BowlDecember 27, 2017Purdue38Arizona35
  1. ↑ Navy took the place of a Pac-10 team as their conference did not have enough bowl-eligible teams.
  2. ↑ Because the Pac-10 did not have enough teams to qualify, Georgia Tech from the ACC was named the replacement.

MVPs

Cal running back Jahvid Best (no. 4) accepts the 2008 Emerald Bowl Offensive MVP trophy from Emerald Bowl Executive Director Gary Cavalli
Date played MVPs School Position
December 31, 2002Bryan RandallVirginia TechQB
Anthony SchlegelAir ForceLB
December 31, 2003Derrick KnightBoston CollegeRB
T. J. StancilBoston CollegeFS
December 30, 2004Aaron PolancoNavyQB
Vaughn KeleyNavyCB
December 29, 2005Travis LaTendresseUtahWR
Eric WeddleUtahCB
December 27, 2006Lorenzo BookerFlorida StateRB
Tony CarterFlorida StateCB
December 28, 2007Yvenson BernardOregon StateRB
Derrick DoggettOregon StateLB
December 27, 2008Jahvid BestCaliforniaRB
Zack FollettCaliforniaLB
December 26, 2009Damian WilliamsUSCWR
Luke KuechlyBoston CollegeLB
January 9, 2011Rishard MatthewsNevadaWR
Luke KuechlyBoston CollegeLB
December 31, 2011Nathan ScheelhaaseIllinoisQB
Terry HawthorneIllinoisDB
December 29, 2012Marion GriceArizona StateRB
Will SuttonArizona StateDT
December 27, 2013Bishop SankeyWashingtonRB
Hau'oli KikahaWashingtonDE
December 30, 2014Kevin HoganStanfordQB
James VaughtersStanfordLB
December 26, 2015Tommy Armstrong Jr.NebraskaQB
Jaleel WadoodUCLAS
December 28, 2016Joe WilliamsUtahRB
Tegray ScalesIndianaLB
December 27, 2017Elijah SindelarPurdueQB
Ja'Whaun BentleyPurdueDE

Most appearances

Teams with multiple appearances
Rank Team Appearances Record
T1Boston College31–2
T1UCLA30–3
T3Utah22–0
T3Navy21–1
T3Maryland20–2
Teams with a single appearance

Won: Arizona State, California, Florida State, Illinois, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon State, Purdue, Stanford, USC, Virginia Tech, Washington
Lost: Air Force, Arizona, BYU, Colorado State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Miami (FL), New Mexico

Appearances by conference

Through the December 2017 playing, there have been 16 games (32 total appearances).

Rank Conference Appearances Wins Losses Pct.
1Pac-12[n 1]1174.636
2ACC615.167
3Big Ten532.600
4Mountain West413.250
5Independents[n 2]312.333
6Big East[n 3]2201.000
7WAC1101.000
  1. ↑ Includes appearances when the conference was the Pac-10
  2. ↑ Navy (2004, 2012) and BYU (2013)
  3. ↑ Virginia Tech (2002) and Boston College (2003) appeared as members of the Big East. Following the 2013 split of the original Big East along football lines, the FBS schools reorganized as the new American Athletic Conference, which retains the charter of the original Big East.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statisticbrain.com/college-bowl-game-payouts/
  2. ↑ McMurphy, Brett (November 11, 2014). "Fight Hunger Bowl Changes Name to Foster Farms Bowl", ESPN. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Eye On Football". CBSSports.com. 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  4. ↑ "Air Force accepts invitation to San Francisco Bowl". 2002-12-04. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  5. ↑ "Kraft Foods to sponsor San Francisco Bowl Game" (Press release). Kraft Foods. April 15, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  6. ↑ Murphy, Austin, and Dan Wetzel, "Does It Matter?", Sports Illustrated, 15 November 2010, p. 45.
  7. ↑ http://sfbowl.org/SplashPage.dbml?SPLASH_AD_ID=1334556
  8. ↑ "Foster Farms Bowl". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  9. ↑ "San Francisco 49ers Assume Management of Foster Farms Bowl at Levi's® Stadium". 49ers.com. Forty Niners Football Company LLC. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Bay Area Bowl will feature Pac-12 vs. BIG TEN matchup, Fight Hunger Bowl, June 24, 2013
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