The Cure Bowl, officially the AutoNation Cure Bowl for sponsorship purposes, is an annual American college football bowl game played in December of each year starting in 2015.[1] The Cure Bowl is so named to promote awareness and research of breast cancer, with proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
The AutoNation Cure Bowl, which features a match-up of teams from the American Athletic Conference and the Sun Belt Conference, is played at the Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium in Downtown Orlando, Florida. It is the third annual college bowl game at the Citrus Bowl, joining the Russell Athletic Bowl and the stadium's namesake game. The inaugural AutoNation Cure Bowl took place on December 19, 2015,[2] and was nationally televised on the CBS Sports Network.[3]
On October 24, 2014, AutoNation signed on as the inaugural title sponsor of the game.[4]
History
In Fall 2007, college football in Orlando experienced a surge of support thanks to the completion of a new, on-campus stadium at the University of Central Florida. The community enthusiasm inspired a group of Orlando leaders and philanthropists, many of which were UCF alums, to bring a new college bowl game to Orlando and to make it different by directly tying it to a charitable cause.
Among those initial supporters were the founding Board of Director members and Advisory Board members: Mack Mclaughlin, Alan Fidelo, Joe Mckinney, Jeff Lagos, Dave Almstead, Joe Hornstein, Megan Dowdy, Scott Rose, Alan Morrison, Mike Foristall, George Lamelza, and Executive Director, Alan Gooch.
Through years of experience working with and supporting college athletics, Florida Citrus Sports and the NCAA College Football Bowl system, this group knew that each college bowl game donated its profits to a charitable cause. However, the general public typically is unaware of which charitable causes are being supported. To separate this bowl from the rest, the founding board wanted the bowl game to be different, to allow the public to support the game as well as a significant cause. To do this it was decided the cause would be incorporated into the game title. As a result, the AutoNation Cure Bowl was born.
The inaugural AutoNation Cure Bowl will be played in December, 2015, featuring a bowl eligible team from the American Athletic Conference versus a team from the Sun Belt Conference. On 6 December 2015, San Jose State University and Georgia State University were chosen to play. This will be the first bowl game appearance ever for the relatively young Georgia State football program.[5]
Stadium
The Cure Bowl will be played at the recently refurbished Citrus Bowl Stadium located in Orlando, Florida. The stadium recently completed a $207 million renovation project.
Game results
MVPs
| Year |
MVP |
Team |
Position |
|---|
| 2015 | Kenny Potter | San Jose State | QB |
Most appearances
Wins by conference
Media Coverage
Television
Radio
See also
References
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