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Road t o Boca Rat on - Year Six Week 10 About the bowl BOWL HISTORY GAME INFO Date: December 21, 2019 The sixth-annual Cheribundi Boca 2014 - Marshall 52, Northern Illinois 23 Raton Bowl will be played Saturday, C-USA vs. MAC Time: 3:30 p.m. December 21, at FAU Stadium in Boca 2015 - Toledo 32, Temple 17 Raton, Fla. MAC vs. AAC Location: FAU Stadium ESPN Events, a subsidiary of ESPN, 2016 - Western Kentucky 51, Memphis 31 announced the creation of the game in a C-USA vs. AAC Impor tant dat es six-year agreement beginning in 2015. 2017 - Florida Atlantic 50, Akron 3 The pre-Christmas features C-USA vs. MAC Dec. 8 - Team Announcements teams from the American Athletic Dec.17 - Team Arrivals & Welcome Parties 2018 - UAB 37, Northern Illinois 13 Dec. 18 - Team Practices & Beach Parties Conference, Conference USA and the C-USA vs. MAC Mid-American Conference . Dec.19 - Team Practices & Community Outreach The 2019 Cheribundi Dec 20 - Kickoff Luncheon & Team Pep will be nationally televised on ABC and Rallies carried on ESPN Radio including locally Dec. 21 - Fan Fest & 2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl on ESPN 106.3.

CONFERENCe STANDINGS AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CONFERENCE USA MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION AAC OVERALL EAST DIVISION C-USA OVERALL EAST DIVISION MAC OVERALL Cincinnati* 3-0 6-1 WKU 4-0 5-3 Miami (OH) 3-1 4-4 UCF* 3-1 6-2 Marshall 3-1 5-3 Ohio 3-1 4-4 Temple 2-2 5-3 FAU 3-1 5-3 Kent State 2-2 3-5 USF 2-2 4-4 MTSU 2-2 3-5 Buffalo 2-2 4-4 ECU 0-4 3-5 FIU 2-3 4-4 Bowling Green 1-3 2-6 UConn 0-4 2-6 Charlotte 1-3 3-5 Akron 0-4 0-8 ODU 0-4 1-7

WEST DIVISION AAC OVERALL WEST DIVISION C-USA OVERALL WEST DIVISION MAC OVERALL SMU* 4-0 8-0 Louisiana Tech* 4-0 7-1 Ball State 3-1 4-4 Navy* 4-1 6-1 UAB* 3-1 6-1 Central Michigan 3-2 5-4 Memphis* 3-1 7-1 Southern Miss 3-1 5-3 Western Michigan 3-2 5-4 Tulane 2-2 5-3 UTSA 2-2 3-4 Toledo 2-2 5-3 Houston 1-3 3-5 North Texas 2-2 3-5 Northern Illinois 2-2 3-5 Tulsa 0-4 2-6 UTEP 0-4 1-6 Eastern Michigan 1-3 4-4 Rice 0-4 * Denotes Bowl Eligible Teams 0-8 weekend wat ch list WeeK nine Act ion

NIU @ Central Michigan // CBSSN Sat., Nov. 2, 12 p.m. ET In t he AAC? UCF became bowl eligible after defeating Tem ple, 63-21. The Knights? QB Dillon NIU has played Central Michigan more times than any other MAC team. Gabriel passed for 218 yards and three touchdowns... UConn beat Massachusetts, 56-35. The Saturday will mark the 55th meeting between the two teams. The Huskies? RB Kevin Mensah rushed for 164 yards and a career-high five touchdowns... USF beat ECU, 45-25, and had a season-high 525 total yards and 347 rushing yards... SMU improved to 8-0 Huskies have not won in Mt. Pleasant since 2013. for the first time since 1982 with the win against Houst on, 34-31... Navy K Bijan Nichols hit a FAU @ WKU // ESPN+ Sat., Nov. 2, 3 p.m. ET 48-yard field goal as time expired to beat Tulane, 41-38. Midshipmen FB Jamale Carothers rushed for a career-high 154 yards and three touchdowns and had a 31-yard TD catch... Mem phis beat Saturday's game will be the tenth meeting between FAU and WKU. An Tulsa, 42-41. The Tigers? RB Kenneth Gainwell rushed for 149 yards and a career-high three FAU win will tighten up the C-USA East Division race. FAU has won the touchdowns. last two matchups. In C-USA? Louisiana Tech beat UTEP, 42-21. The Bulldogs? junior RB Justin Henderson rushed No. 15 SMU @ No. 24 Mem phis // ABC Sat., Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. ET for two scores and now has a league-high 12 rushing scores on the season... Marshall K Justing Saturday?s game will be the 11th meeting between SMU and Memphis. Rohrwasser made a career-long 53-yard field goal as time expired to give Marshall a 26-23 win Unbeaten SMU (8-0) heads to Memphis (7-1) in a matchup that will give over WKU... Middle Tennessee rushed for 471 yards, the fourth-highest single-game total in the winner the upper hand in the AAC West Division race. school history, to beat FIU, 50-17... Charlot t e senior RB Benny LeMay recorded his fifth 100-yard game of the season with 155 rushing yards in the 49ers' win over North Texas, 39-38... Sout hern Miss beat Rice, 20-6. The Golden Eagles registered a team-high eight sacks, tying them for the Dat e Television More Top Matchups most in a single game in C-USA this season... FAU beat Old Dominion, 41-3. The 38 point win is Saturday, Nov. 2 UTSA @ Texas A&M // 11 a.m. ET SECN the Owls' biggest margin of victory since a 50-3 win over Akron in the 2017 Boca Raton Bowl. Saturday, Nov. 2 Buffalo @ Eastern Michigan // 12 p.m. ET ESPNU In the MAC? Ohio beat Ball Stat e, 34-21, marking Ohio head coach Frank Solich?s 110th career Saturday, Nov. 2 Akron @ Bowling Green // 2 p.m. ET ESPN+ MAC victory, which ties him with Herb Deromedi (Central Michigan, 1978-93) for the most wins in MAC history... Western Michigan registered 399 rushing yards to go along with six rushing Saturday, Nov. 2 MTSU @ Charlot t e // 3:30 p.m. ET ESPN3 touchdowns in Saturday?s win against Bowling Green, 49-10. Northern Illinois University Saturday, Nov. 2 Cincinnat i @ ECU // 7 p.m. ET CBSSN recorded its first shutout since 2012, beating Akron, 49-0. The Huskies? RB Tre Harbison rushed for 158 yards on 31 carries... Buffalo defeated Central Michigan, 43-20. The Bills? defense had a Saturday, Nov. 2 Navy @ UConn // 8 p.m. ET ESPN2 strong performance, causing five turnovers... Miam i turned in a strong defensive performance, defeating Kent Stat e, 23-16. The Miami defense forced a pair of turnovers and blocked a Blue denot es AAC t eam Red denot es C-USA t eam Green denot es MAC t eam fourth-quarter field goal... Toledo junior QB Eli Peters hit junior TE Drew Rosi for a 15-yard touchdown in overtime to lead Toledo to a 37-34 victory over Eastern Michigan. Bowl Eligibl e teams

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