2018-19 BOWL ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE footballbowlassociation.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 2018-19 Bowl Schedule ..................................................................................................................2-3 The Bowl Experience .......................................................................................................................4-5 The Football Bowl Association What is the FBA? ...............................................................................................................................6-7 Bowl Games: Where Everybody Wins .........................................................................8-9 The Regular Season Wins ...........................................................................................10-11 Communities Win .........................................................................................................12-13 The Fans Win ...................................................................................................................14-15 Institutions Win ..............................................................................................................16-17 Most Importantly: Student-Athletes Win .............................................................18-19 FBA Executive Director Wright Waters ....................................................................................... 20 FBA Executive Committee .............................................................................................................. 21 NCAA Bowl Eligibility Policies ....................................................................................................... 22 College Football Playoff .................................................................................................................. 23 THE FBA BOWL GAMES Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl .......................................................................24-27 New Mexico Bowl .........................................................................................................28-31 AutoNation Cure Bowl ................................................................................................32-35 Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl ..........................................................................36-39 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl ..................................................................................40-43 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl ...............................................................................44-47 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl .............................................................48-51 Frisco Bowl ......................................................................................................................52-55 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl ............................................................................56-59 Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl ................................................................................60-63 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl........................................................................................64-67 Birmingham Bowl .........................................................................................................68-71 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl ...................................................................72-75 Dollar General Bowl .....................................................................................................76-79 Hawai'i Bowl ....................................................................................................................80-83 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl ..............................................................................84-87 Quick Lane Bowl ............................................................................................................88-91 Cheez-It Bowl .................................................................................................................92-95 Walk-On’s Independence Bowl ................................................................................96-99 New Era Pinstripe Bowl ..........................................................................................100-103 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl .......................................................104-107 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl ..............................................108-111 Camping World Bowl ..............................................................................................112-115 Valero Alamo Bowl ..................................................................................................116-119 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl ...........................................................................................120-123 Belk Bowl .....................................................................................................................124-127 NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl .......................................................................128-131 CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl ............................................132-135 CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic ...................................136-139 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman .........................................140-143 Hyundai Sun Bowl ...................................................................................................144-147 San Francisco Bowl ..................................................................................................148-151 AutoZone Liberty Bowl ..........................................................................................152-155 San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl ..............................................156-159 TaxSlayer Bowl Gator Bowl ...................................................................................160-163 Outback Bowl ............................................................................................................164-167 Citrus Bowl .................................................................................................................168-171 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl ..........................................................................................172-175 Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual ...........................................176-179 Allstate Sugar Bowl .................................................................................................180-183 College Football Playoff National Championship ........................................184-187 The BCS Era ...............................................................................................................................188-189 FBS Conference Directory ...................................................................................................190-193 All-Time Bowl Individual and Team Records .................................................................194-209 FBA Champions Award ..................................................................................................................210 The 2018-19 Football Bowl Association media guide was produced by FBA Communications, 255 Hartnell Place, Sacramento, CA 95825 [916.202.0552/[email protected]] for the benefit of working media, the 41 bowl games who are FBA members, plus the conferences and institutions participating in this year's postseason bowl games. Edited by Doug Kelly and the media directors of the 41 FBA bowl games. Special thanks to Dan McDonald and Tommy Hicks for their longtime prior editorial contributions. Photos courtesy of the FBA, plus the individual bowls and teams. Thanks to the NCAA for use of their bowl game records research. Printed by Lowry's Printing & Signs, Lafayette, LA, with editorial guidance from Claire Lowry [owner and digital guru]. Additional FBA information may be obtained online at www. FootballBowlAssociation.com. Wright Waters is the FBA Executive Director. He is reachable via the 'Contact' tab on the FBA website. Extra copies are available for $10 [includes postage & handling] by contacting FBA Communications at the email listed above. – 1 – 2018-19 FBA BOWL SCHEDULE 2018-19 FBA BOWL SCHEDULE (All times EST and subject to change) (All times EST and subject to change) Saturday, December 15, 2018 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl ............................9:00 p.m. (FOX) Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl .................................... 12 noon (ABC) Big 12 vs. SEC MEAC vs. SWC New Mexico Bowl ...............................................................2:00 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, December 28, 2018 MWC vs. C-USA Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl ................1:30 p.m. (ESPN) AutoNation Cure Bowl .................................................... 1:30 p.m. (CBSSN) SEC vs. ACC / Big Ten / Notre Dame American vs. Sun Belt Camping World Bowl .........................................................5:15 p.m. (ESPN) Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl ....................................3:30 p.m. (ABC) Big 12 vs. ACC / Notre Dame MWC vs. Pac-12 Valero Alamo Bowl .............................................................9:00 p.m. (ESPN) Raycom Media Camellia Bowl ...........................................5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Big 12 vs.. Pac-12 Sun Belt vs. MAC R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.........................................9:00 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, December 29, 2018 Sun Belt vs. C-USA Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl ................................................... 12:00 noon (ESPN) At-Large