Bahamas Bowl

Bahamas Bowl
Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
Stadium Thomas Robinson Stadium
Location Nassau, Bahamas
Operated 2014–present
Conference tie-ins Conference USA (2014, 2015)
Mid-American Conference (2014, 2015, 2016)
American Athletic Conference (2016)
Sponsors
Popeyes (2014–present)
2014 matchup
Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky (WKU 49–48)
2015 matchup
Middle Tennessee vs. Western Michigan (Western Michigan 45–31)

The first Bahamas Bowl is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game played at noon EST, December 24, 2014[1][2] in Nassau, Bahamas at the 15,000-seat Thomas Robinson Stadium.[3] The second edition of the bowl was staged on December 24, 2015, also at noon EST.

Sponsored by the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant franchise, the game is officially known as the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl.[4]

The game will feature a team from the Mid-American Conference in 2014 through 2016.[1] In 2014 and 2015, the opponent will be from Conference USA[1] and in 2016 it will be from the American Athletic Conference.[1]

The Bahamas Bowl is the first postseason FBS bowl game outside of the United States or Canada between two U.S. teams since the Jan. 1, 1937 Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba.

Game results

Date Winning team Losing team Attendance Notes
December 24, 2014 Western Kentucky 49 Central Michigan 48 13,667 notes
December 24, 2015 Western Michigan 45 Middle Tennessee 31 13,123 notes

MVPs

Year Offensive MVP Defensive MVP
Player Team Pos. Player Team Pos.
2014 Brandon Doughty Western Kentucky QB Derik Overstreet Western Kentucky DL
2015 Jamauri Bogan Western Michigan RB Grant DePalma Western Michigan LB

Media Coverage

Television

Date Network Play-by-play announcers Color commentators Sideline reporters
2015[5] ESPN Steve Levy Mack Brown & Mark May Kaylee Hartung
2014[6] ESPN Steve Levy Lou Holtz & Mark May Laura Rutledge

Radio

Date Network Play-by-play announcers Color commentators
2015 RedVoice, LLC Brian Hanni Rob Best
2014 ESPN Radio John Brickley Pete Najarian

Most appearances

Rank Team Appearances Record
T1 Western Kentucky 1 1–0
Western Michigan 1 1–0
Central Michigan 1 0–1
Middle Tennessee 1 0–1

Wins by conference

Conference Wins Losses Pct.
Conference USA 1 1 .500
MAC 1 1 .500

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Inaugural Bahamas Bowl set for December 24, 2014". Bahamas Bowl Communications. May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ "It's Conference USA Against the MAC In The Inaugural Bahamas Bowl". Bahamas Bowl Communications. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ "MAC Announces Creation of the Bahamas Bowl in 2014". Mid-American Conference. October 14, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Popeyes Announced as Title Sponsor of Popeyes Bahamas Bowl". Bahamas Bowl Communications. August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ "College Football Playoff Highlights 2015-16 Bowl Schedule". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "ESPN College Football – Bowl Schedule and Commentators, College GameDay, College Football Awards, Division I Football Championship and More". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

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