Week 12 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, December 18 at FAU Stadium in Boca C-USA vs. MAC 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 bowl game features teams from the Dec. 2 - Team Match up Announcements 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.

LAST week'S ACTION

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE In the AAC? McKenzie Milton threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third to help No. 11 UCF win its conference-record 22nd straight game with a 35-24 decision against Navy... Temple EAST AAC OVERALL WEST DIVISION AAC OVERALL claimed a 59-49 victory over Houston with Ryquell Armstead running for 210 yards and six touchdowns...Michael Warren II ran for three touchdowns and caught a pass for another score UCF 6-0 9-0 SMU 4-2 5-5 leading Cincinnati to a 35-23 victory over USF... Darrell Henderson rushed for 166 yards, Temple 5-1 6-4 Houston 4-2 7-3 going over 3,000 for his career, and two touchdowns as Memphis became bowl-eligible with a 4-2 5-5 47-21 victory over Tulsa...Darnell Mooney caught six passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns Cincinnati 5-1 9-1 Tulane to help Tulane beat ECU, 24-18...Ke'Mon Freeman and Xavier Jones each ran for more than USF 3-3 7-3 Memphis 3-3 6-4 100 yards and combined for five touchdowns to help SMU outscore Connecticut 62-50 on ECU 0-6 2-7 Navy 1-5 2-8 Saturday. Connecticut 0-6 1-9 Tulsa 1-5 2-8 In C-USA... James Morgan threw for three touchdowns, breaking a single-season record as FIU beat UTSA, 45-7...Devin Singletary ran for 148 yards and two touchdowns, becoming the first CONFERENCE USA FAU running back to top 4,000 career yards as the Owls cruised to a 34-15 victory over WKU... EAST DIVISION C-USA OVERALL WEST DIVISION C-USA OVERALL Spencer Brown scored the game-winning touchdown on a 17-yard run in overtime to help UAB remain undefeated in conference play with a 26-23 win over Southern Miss...J'Mar Smith MTSU 6-1 7-3 UAB 7-0 9-1 passed for 314 yards and a touchdown while Jaqwis Dancy ran for 80 yards and three FIU 5-1 7-3 Louisiana Tech 5-1 7-3 touchdowns to help Louisiana Tech pull ahead in the second half for a 28-13 victory over Rice... MTSU beat UTEP 48-32 with Brent Stockstill completing 31 of 40 passes for 352 yards Marshall 4-2 6-3 North Texas 3-3 7-3 and four touchdowns...Marshall claimed a 30-13 victory over Charlotte as Breden Knox ran for FAU 3-3 5-5 Southern Miss 3-3 4-5 116 yards and a touchdown...Lala Davis scored from a yard out with 15 seconds left in the Charlotte 3-3 4-6 UTSA 2-4 game as ODU came back from a 28-point deficit in the first half to pull out a 34-31 victory over 3-7 North Texas. ODU 2-5 3-7 UTEP 1-5 1-9 WKU 0-6 1-9 Rice 0-7 1-10

weekend wat ch l ist Pl ayer s of The week Offensive: Tulane @ Houst on / / ESPN Thurs, Nov. 15th, 8 p.m. ET Offensive: Houston enters the game following a 59-49 home loss to Temple, Ryquell Armstead, RB, Temple Brent Stockstill, QB, MTSU while Tulane is riding a three-game winning streak following a 24-18 win over ECU. Houston leads the series 16-6 over Tulane and this game will be the 23rd meeting between the teams. Tulane Defensive: looks for a win to officially become bowl eligible. Defensive: Roderic Teamer Jr., S, Tulane Tre' Crawford, LB, UAB FAU @ No. Texas / / CBSSN Thurs., Nov. 15th , 9:30 p.m. ET The Florida Atlantic Owls will travel to Apogee Stadium to take on the North Texas Mean Green. FAU won its second straight game Special Teams: and improved to 5-5 on the season after defeating WKU, 34-15. Special Teams: North Texas dropped to 7-3 after being defeated by ODU, 34-31. Pop Williams, WR, Memphis Nick Rice, K, ODU Mem phis @ SMU / / ESPN2 Fri., Nov 16th, 9 p.m. ET SMU and Memphis will meet for the 11th time. Memphis holds a Boca Rat on bowl al umni spot l ight 7-3 edge in the series with SMU, winning four-consecutive meetings dating back to 2014. SMU is coming off a 60-52 win at Connecticut last week. Anthony Miller, MBRB ?16, Memphis Chicago Bears No. 25 Cincinnat i @ No. 11 UCF / / ABC Sat., Nov 17th, 8 p.m. ET The Cincinnati Bearcats look for their 10th victory of the season. Anthony Miller added a career-high 122 yards on five Cincinnati has won four of its last five road games while UCF is a receptions, including a 45-yard TD and a 55-yard on a nation-long 22 game winning streak. A victory over the Bearcats will secure the Knights a spot in the conference catch to help the Chicago Bears beat the Detroit championship game. Lions, 34-22. oot thherer N soevp. 1t7. 8 a catcitoino n guuuu Bowl El igibl e t eams

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