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Boca Raton Bowl

Boca Raton Bowl

Annual American college football postseason game


The Boca Raton Bowl is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game played in Boca Raton, Florida, since December 2014 on the campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) at FAU Stadium. Winners of the game received the Howard Schnellenberger championship trophy, named for the football head coach at FAU from 2001 to 2011.

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Since 2020, the bowl has been sponsored by RoofClaim.com and officially known as the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl.[2] Previous sponsors include Cheribundi (2017–2019) and Marmot (2015).

History

The bowl was founded on October 10, 2013,[3] and was first played in December 2014 as one of the 2014–15 bowl games.[4]

The bowl is owned and operated by ESPN Events, in partnership with Good Karma Brands (owner of the local ESPN Radio affiliate WUUB).[4][5] On October 6, 2015, Marmot, an outdoor clothing and sporting goods company, was announced as the title sponsor of the game.[6] On December 1, 2017, Cheribundi, a New Yorkbased beverage company, was announced as the new title sponsor.[7][8]

Conference tie-ins

The bowl had a tie-in with the Mid-American Conference (MAC) for 2014 and 2015, to face opponents from Conference USA (C-USA) in the first year and the American Athletic Conference (The American) in the second.[9]

In 2014, Northern Illinois, winner of the 2014 MAC Championship Game, was sent as the conference's representative, while C-USA also sent its champion, Marshall. The MAC and C-USA did not have automatic bowl bids for their champions entering 2014; C-USA had 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, did not invite Marshall. In 2015, the MAC sent Toledo and The American sent Temple.

In 2016 and 2017, C-USA and The American had primary tie-ins with the bowl.[10] In 2016, C-USA sent Western Kentucky and The American sent Memphis. In 2017, C-USA sent Florida Atlantic while their opponent, Akron, came from the MAC. A C-USA vs. MAC matchup was again featured in 2018. The "affiliated conferences" for the 2019 game were The American, C-USA and MAC.[11]

Game results

All rankings in AP Poll.

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Source:[12]

MVPs

2014 MVP Rakeem Cato

The number of players honored as MVPs has varied.

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Most appearances

Updated through the December 2023 edition (10 games, 20 total appearances).

Teams with multiple appearances
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Teams with a single appearance

Won (4): BYU, Marshall, South Florida, UAB
Lost (8): Akron, Appalachian State, Liberty, Memphis, SMU, Syracuse, Temple, UCF

Appearances by conference

Updated through the December 2023 edition (10 games, 20 total appearances).

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Independent appearances: BYU (2020), Liberty (2022)

Game records

[when?]

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Media coverage

TV and radio coverage includes play-by-play announcers, color commentators, and sideline reporters.

Television

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Radio

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Legends honorees

Each December, the bowl recognizes one person associated with football in the state of Florida with the Palm Beach County Football Legends Award.[needs update]

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References

  1. "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  2. "Boca Raton Bowl Announces Roofclaim.Com as Title Sponsor". bowlseason.com (Press release). ESPN Events. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  3. "MAC Announces The Creation Of The Boca Raton Bowl". Mac-sports.com. October 11, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  4. 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.
  5. "Sports Media: Good Karma's deal with ESPN Radio a long time coming". Sports Business Journal. 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  6. "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.
  7. "BOCA RATON BOWL ANNOUNCES CHERIBUNDI TART CHERRY AS THE NEW TITLE SPONSOR". Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  8. Ellis, Zac (October 11, 2013). "MAC announces creation of Boca Raton Bowl in 2014". College-football.si.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  9. "FB: C-USA Bowl Partners Announce 2017 Dates". conferenceusa.com. May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  10. "Matchup". cheribundibocaratonbowl.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  11. "Boca Raton Bowl" (PDF). Bowl/All Star Game Records. NCAA. 2020. p. 16. Retrieved January 3, 2021 via NCAA.org.
  12. Burke, Peter (December 23, 2014). "Rakeem Cato caps record-setting career with win in Boca Raton Bowl". local10.com. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  13. Smith, Cyrus (December 22, 2015). "Toledo shuts Temple down 32-17 to win Marmot Boca Raton Bowl". underdogdynasty.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  14. Kelly, John W. (December 20, 2017). "Owls are Boca Raton Bowl Champions!". FAU.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  15. @MrOliver1970 (December 19, 2018). "Congratulations to UAB BLAZERS FOOTBALL!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 18, 2018 via Twitter.
  16. "Boca Bowl Champs!!". fausports.com. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  17. @BYUfootball (December 23, 2020). "Boca Raton Bowl Game" (Tweet). Retrieved December 23, 2020 via Twitter.
  18. Parry, Rose (December 18, 2021). "Western Kentucky Tops Appalachian State, 59-38, in the 2021 Roofclaim.Com Boca Raton Bowl". roofclaimbocaratonbowl.com (Press release). Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  19. Shomo, Evan (December 21, 2022). "Toledo Rockets Win Ninth Annual Roofclaim.Com Boca Raton Bowl". roofclaimbocaratonbowl.com. Florida Atlantic University. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  20. "USF Football Dominates Syracuse, 45-0, In Boca Raton Bowl Victory". USF Athletics. 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  21. @UAB_FB (December 19, 2018). "The 227 yards receiving by Xavier Ubosi is a new @BocaBowl record!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 18, 2018 via Twitter.
  22. "Zips Keep Busy on Final Day Before Bowl Game". gozips.com. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  23. @BocaBowl (December 17, 2018). "Honoring our #BuiltFordTough Palm Beach County Football Legends Award Winner" (Tweet). Retrieved December 18, 2018 via Twitter.

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