Week 8 About t he bowl BOWL HISTORY GAME INFO The fifth annual Cheribundi Tart Cherry 2014 - Marshall 52, Nort hern Illinois 23 Date: December 18, 2018 Boca Raton Bowl will be played Tuesday, C-USA vs. MAC December 18 at FAU Stadium in Boca Time: 7 p.m. ET Raton, Fla. 2015 - Toledo 32, Tem ple 17 Location: FAU Stadium ESPN Events, a subsidiary of ESPN, MAC vs. AAC announced the creation of the Boca Impor tant dat es Raton Bowl in a six-year agreement 2016 - West ern Kent ucky 51, Mem phis 31 beginning in 2015. The pre-Christmas C-USA vs. AAC Dec. 2 - Team Match up Announcements bowl game features teams from the 2017 - Florida At lant ic 50, Akron 3 Dec.14 - Team Arrivals & Welcome Parties American Athletic Conference, C-USA vs. AAC Dec.15 - Team Practices & Beach Parties Conference USA as well as the Dec.16 - Team Practices & Community Mid-American Conference alternating Outreach each year. This year's match up will be Dec 17. - Kickoff Luncheon, Community between C-USA and the AAC. Outreach, Team Pep Rallies Dec. 18 - Fan Fest & 2018 Cheribundi Tart The 2018 Boca Raton Bowl will be Cherry Boca Raton Bowl nationally televised on ESPN and carried on ESPN Radio including the local ESPN 106.3 station.

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE In the AAC? No. 23 USF became bowl eligible after a victory on the road as Coby Weiss made a 22-yard field goal with two seconds remaining to give the Bulls a 25-24 EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION AAC OVERALL win against Tulsa...McKenzie Milton scored the game-winning TD, securing bowl AAC OVERALL Houston 2-0 5-1 eligibility and a 19th straight win for No. 10 UCF, 31-30, at Memphis...With D'Eriq UCF 3-0 6-0 1-1 2-4 King throwing for 209 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Houston claimed a 42-20 win Temple 3-0 4-3 SMU at ECU...Temple remained undefeated in conference with a career-high 300 passing Cincinnati 6-0 Tulane 1-1 2-4 2-0 yards from Anthony Russo and a 62-yard game-winning touchdown from Ventell USF Navy 1-2 2-4 2-0 6-0 Bryant for a 24-17 win at Navy. ECU 0-3 2-4 Memphis 1-3 4-3 Connecticut 0-3 1-5 Tulsa 0-3 1-5 In C-USA...A.J. Erdely threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns, both to Xxavier Ubosi to help UAB shut out Rice, 42-0...North Texas became bowl eligible with CONFERENCE USA Mason Fine throwing for 292 yards and DeAndre Torey running for three touchdowns EAST DIVISION C-USA OVERALL WEST DIVISION C-USA OVERALL to claim a 30-7 victory over Southern Miss...Tyler King rushed for a career-high of FIU 2-0 4-2 UAB 3-0 5-1 195 yards with two long touchdown runs in the fourth quarter to help Marshall beat Marshall 2-1 4-2 North Texas 2-1 6-1 ODU, 42-20...Benny LeMay had 17 carries for 121 yards and two touchdowns giving MTSU 2-1 3-3 Louisiana Tech 2-1 4-2 Charlotte a 40-14 win against WKU and their largest margin of victory as a C-USA Charlotte 2-1 3-3 UTSA 2-1 3-4 team...J'Mar Smith led Louisiana Tech, throwing for 309 yards and a touchdown to FAU 1-1 3-3 Southern Miss 1-1 2-3 triumph over UTSA, 31-3...Olin Cushion III intercepted a pass in the end zone with WKU 0-2 1-5 UTEP 0-2 0-5 only 34 seconds remaining to secure FIU's 24-21 win over MTSU. ODU 0-4 1-6 Rice 0-3 1-6

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No. 20 Cincinnat i @ Tem ple/ / ESPNU Sat.,Oct. 20th, Noon ET Offensive: Offensive: This week's matchup marks the 21st meeting between the two McKenzie Milton, QB, UCF Tyler King , RB, Marshall schools in a series that dates back to 1973. Temple leads the series Defensive: Xavier Ubosi, WR, UAB 12-7-1 after winning the last three contests against the Bearcats. E d O l i v e r , D T , H o u s t o n Defensive: Houst on @ Navy / / CBSSN Sat.,Oct. 20th, 3:30 pm ET The Houston Cougars look for their fourth road victory this season Co-Special Teams: Juwan Foggie, LB, Charlotte to become bowl eligible. Houston has won six of its last eight road Coby Weiss, K, USF games. Navy has won seven of its last nine home games and hopes Special Teams: Jose Borregales, K, FIU to break its current three game lost streak. M a t t h e w W r i g h t , K, UCF UConn @ No. 21 USF / / CBSSN Sat., Oct. 20th, 7 p.m. ET USF has won the last six meetings with UConn, including a 37-20 Boca Rat on bowl al umni spot l ight victory in Connecticut last year. The Bulls looks to remain undefeated and improve to 7-0 while the Huskies hope to claim Jake Elliot, BRB ?16, Memphis their first road victory of the season. Philadelphia Eagles No. Texas @ UAB/ / beIn Sat., Oct. 20th, 7:30 pm ET Jake Elliot kicked a 33 yard field goal with less than two minutes In hopes of building on their current winning streak and becoming remaining in the second quarter followed by another 30 yard bowl eligible, UAB hosts North Texas at Legion Field. North Texas field goal early in the fourth quarter to help the reigning Super works to build on back-to-back wins following a 30-7 victory over Southern Miss. Bowl Champion Eagles defeat the New York Giants, 34-13. otohtehre Or C sTe.p 2t0. 8 a catcitoino n guuuu Bowl El igibl e t eams Tulsa @ Arkansas Memphis @ Missouri SEC Network - Noon ET SEC Network- 4 p.m. ET FAU @ Marshall UCF @ ECU 2:30 p.m. ET ESPN2 - 7 p.m. ET

Charlotte@ MTSU UTSA @ SMU ESPN3 - 3 p.m. ET ESPN+ - 7 p.m. ET 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1

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