Week 5 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.
CONFERENCE STANDINGS LAST week'S ACTION AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE In the AAC? No. 16 UCF extended the nation's longest winning streak to 16 games with a 56-36 victory over FAU...Two more AAC teams remain undefeated as Cincinnati outscored Ohio, 34-30 and USF triumphed over ECU, 20-13...SMU AAC OVERALL WEST DIVISION AAC OVERALL EAST DIVISION picked up its first win of the season, 31-30, against Navy...Temple's defense scored 4-0 1-0 1-3 USF 1-0 SMU on two of five turnovers for a 31-17 win against Tulsa...D'Eriq King scored four UCF 1-0 3-0 Navy 1-1 2-2 touchdowns helping Houston beat Texas Southern, 70-14...Memphis pulled away Temple 1-0 2-2 Houston 0-0 3-1 after scoring 3 late touchdowns to beat South Alabama 52-35...two AAC teams fell on Cincinnati 0-0 4-0 Tulane 0-0 1-3 the road against unbeaten opponents with UConn losing 51-21 at Syracuse and No. ECU 0-1 1-2 Memphis 0-1 3-1 4 Ohio State rolling past Tulane, 49-6. 1-3 0-1 1-3 Connecticut 0-1 Tulsa In C-USA? ODU secured its first ever win over an ACC team as well as its first win CONFERENCE USA against a Power Five Conference team in a 49-35 upset against No. 13 Virginia
EAST DIVISION C-USA OVERALL WEST DIVISION C-USA OVERALL Tech...North Texas prevailed against Liberty 47-7, remaining undefeated for the first FIU 1-0 2-2 Southern Miss 1-0 2-1 time since 1959...Southern Miss brought home its first win in conference play this season, 40-22 over Rice...Despite an early lead in the second quarter, FAU lost to 1-0 2-2 North Texas 0-0 4-0 Charlotte No. 16 UCF, 56-36 ...Charlotte fell 49-31 to Massachusetts...No. 21 Miami drove Marshall 0-0 2-1 Louisana Tech 0-0 2-1 past FIU, 31-17...UTSA held off Texas State for a 25-21 win with Jared Sackett FAU 0-0 2-2 UAB 0-0 2-1 kicking three field goals...Ryan Finley threw for 377 yards and a touchdown leading MTSU 0-0 1-2 UTSA 0-0 1-3 North Carolina State to a 37-20 win over Marshall...No. 6 LSU triumphed over WKU 0-0 1-3 UTEP 0-0 0-3 Louisiana Tech, 38-21...New Mexico State claimed its first win of the year beating ODU 0-2 1-3 Rice 0-1 1-3 UTEP 27-20.
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Mem phis @ Tulane / / ESPN Fri., Sept. 28th, 8p.m. ET Offensive: Offensive: Tulane is looking to bounce back from last weekend's 49-6 loss to No. 4 Ohio State. Memphis has won the last 11 games played in McKenzie Milton, QB, UCF Blake LaRussa, QB, ODU the series against Tulane. This will be the Green Wave's first league game of the season. Defensive: Defensive: Cincinnat i@ UConn/ / CBSS, Sat, Sept. 29th, 3:30 pm ET Quincy Roche ,DE, Temple Oshane Ximines, DE, ODU Having only played undefeated teams so far this season, the Huskies welcome the Bearcats for their annual matchup. Special Teams : Special Teams: Cincinnati is going on the road with a 4-0 win streak after last week's victory over Ohio. Reggie Roberson Jr., WR, SMU Jared Sackett, K, UTSA ODU @ ECU/ / ESPN3, Sat, Sept. 29th, 3:30 p.m. ET After beating Virginia Tech last weekend in a 49-35 upset, ODU heads to Greenville with hopes of improving its current 1-3 Boca Rat on bowl al umni spot l ight record. ECU will close out its 2018 non-conference schedule in this week's game against ODU. Greg Joseph, CTCBRB ?17, FAU Cleveland Browns Louisiana Tech @ No. Texas/ / beIN, Sat, Sept. 29th,7:30 p.m. ET The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs will travel to Apogee Stadium to take With the Browns winning their first game in 635 on the North Texas Mean Green this upcoming Saturday. North days, Joseph kicked two field goals, including a 45 Texas remains undefeated this season and is 6-5 in the series against Louisiana Tech. yarder in his NFL regular season debut. otohtehre sre spet p. 2t 9. 8 a acct tioionn guuuu FAU STADIUM Opened in 2011, Howard Schnellenberger Field at FAU Tem ple @ Bost on College FAU @ Middle Tennessee ESPNU - Noon ET FCBK 7 p.m ET Stadium stands prominently on the campus of Florida Atlantic University Pit t sburgh @ No. 13 UCF UTEP @ UTSA in the heart of Boca Raton, Fla. The ESPNU- 3:30 p.m . ET ESPN+ - 7 p.m . ET stadium has the capacity to hold Sout hern Miss @ No.10 Auburn Ark-Pine Bluff @ FIU 29,419 people and is covered in SECN - 4 p.m . ET beIN- 7:30 p.m . ET natural turf. Just 1.8 miles from the beach, FAU Stadium is the NCAA Charlot t e @ UAB Marshall @ WKU Division-I football venue in the 7:30p.m . ET ESPN3 - 7 p.m . ET United States that offers a view of the ocean from their sky boxes and * Red denot es C-USA t eam Blue denot es AAC t eam Black denot es all ot her press box. Upcoming bowl game event s bowl contact s Socia l MEdia West Palm Tailgate Party Great Chefs Tailgate Showcase Execut ive Direct or - Doug Mosley Thursday, October 11 Wednesday, November 14 561.362.3660 doug.mosley@espn.com Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. 6-8 p.m. Palm Beach Outlets Renaissance Boca Raton Hotel Event Coordinat or - Jena LaMendola 561.306.4508 [email protected] @BocaBowl Media - De'Laija Napier 954.350.2506 [email protected] Event s Assist ant - Jared Maldonado @BocaBowl 954.647.9236 [email protected] Bow l St aff Assist ant - Am anda Blanchard 561.951.7854 [email protected] ESPN Events Ticket s for bot h are available now at w w w.spirit ofgivingnet w ork.com under "Event s"