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Dec. 2 - Team Match up Announcements Dec.14 - Team Arrivals & Welcome Parties Dec.15 - Team Practices & Beach Parties Dec.16 - Team Practices & Community Outreach Dec 17. - Kickoff Luncheon, Community Outreach, Team Pep Rallies Dec. 18 - Fan Fest & 2018 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl BOWLHISTORY In the AAC? Two teams notched wins against Big Ten Conference schools with Temple defeating previously unbeaten Maryland, 35-24, and USF rallying from a 12-point deficit to win at Illinois,25-19...UConn outscored Rhode Island 56-49 with David Pindell helping to score six touchdowns...Led by Malcolm Perry and his three touchdowns, Navy won against Lehigh, 51-21...Cincinnati claimed victory over Alabama A&M, 63-7...Tulane fell short against UAB, 31-24...Alan Bowman threw for 605 yards with five touchdowns as Texas Tech triumphed over Houston, 63-49...Arkansas claimed a 29-20 win over Tulsa...Shea Patterson threw three touchdowns to give No. 19 Michigan a 45-20 victory over SMU...Darrell Henderson had a career high of 233 yards helping Memphis beat Georgia State 59-22. In C-USA? Devin Singletary?s school-record five touchdowns powers FAU past Bethune-Cookman, 49-28...Charlotte beat ODU 28-25 in the conference opener...Scoring 44-17 over Arkansas, North Texas brought home its first win against an SEC team in over 40 years...Middle Tennessee was defeated 49-7 by No. 3 Georgia...Three touchdowns from Skylar Thompson propelled Kansas State in a 41-17 rout of UTSA...Tennessee shot past UTEP in a 24-0 victory...Louisville triumphed over WKU 20-17...FIU overtook Massachusetts with a score of 63-24...With the game tied early in the fourth quarter, UAB's 13-play, 93-yard fourth quarter drive marches Bulls past Tulane, 31-24. WEST DIVISION North Texas Louisiana Tech UAB Southern Miss Rice UTEP UTSA EAST DIVISION Charlotte FIU Marshall FAU MTSU WKU ODU EAST DIVISION UCF Cincinnati USF East Carolina Temple Connecticut WEST DIVISION Navy Houston Tulane Tulsa SMU Memphis AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CONFERENCE USA OVERALL 3-0 2-0 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-3 0-3 C-USA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 OVERALL 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 0-3 2-1 AAC 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 OVERALL 2-0 3-0 3-0 1-1 1-2 1-2 AAC 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 OVERALL 2-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 1-2 0-3 0-3 C-USA 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 LASTweek'S ACTION CONFERENCE STANDINGS The fifth annual Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl will be played Tuesday, December 18 at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. ESPN Events, a subsidiary of ESPN, announced the creation of the Boca Raton Bowl in a six-year agreement beginning in 2015. The pre-Christmas bowl game features teams from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA as well as the Mid-American Conference alternating each year. This year's match up will be between C-USA and the AAC. The 2018 Boca Raton Bowl will be nationally televised on ESPN and carried on ESPN Radio including the local ESPN 106.3 station. About t he bowl GAME INFO Impor tant dat es 2014 - Marshall 52, Northern Illinois 23 Date: December 18, 2018 Time: 7 p.m. ET Location: FAU Stadium 2015 - Toledo 32, Temple 17 2016 - Western Kentucky 51, Memphis 31 C-USA vs. MAC MAC vs. AAC C-USA vs. AAC 2017 - Florida Atlantic 50, Akron 3 C-USA vs. AAC Week 4

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Page 1: 2018 Road to Boca Week 4 - Boca Raton Bowl€¦ · Raton Bowl in a six-year agreement beginning in 2015. The pre-Christmas bowl game features teams from the American Athletic Conference,

Dec. 2 - Team Match up AnnouncementsDec.14 - Team Arrivals & Welcome PartiesDec.15 - Team Practices & Beach PartiesDec.16 - Team Practices & Community OutreachDec 17. - Kickoff Luncheon, Community Outreach, Team Pep RalliesDec. 18 - Fan Fest & 2018 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl

BOWL HISTORY

In the AAC? Two teams notched wins against Big Ten Conference schools with Temple defeating previously unbeaten Maryland, 35-24, and USF rallying from a 12-point deficit to win at Illinois,25-19...UConn outscored Rhode Island 56-49 with David Pindell helping to score six touchdowns...Led by Malcolm Perry and his three touchdowns, Navy won against Lehigh, 51-21...Cincinnati claimed victory over Alabama A&M, 63-7...Tulane fell short against UAB, 31-24...Alan Bowman threw for 605 yards with five touchdowns as Texas Tech triumphed over Houston, 63-49...Arkansas claimed a 29-20 win over Tulsa...Shea Patterson threw three touchdowns to give No. 19 Michigan a 45-20 victory over SMU...Darrell Henderson had a career high of 233 yards helping Memphis beat Georgia State 59-22.

In C-USA? Devin Singletary?s school-record five touchdowns powers FAU past Bethune-Cookman, 49-28...Charlotte beat ODU 28-25 in the conference opener...Scoring 44-17 over Arkansas, North Texas brought home its first win against an SEC team in over 40 years...Middle Tennessee was defeated 49-7 by No. 3 Georgia...Three touchdowns from Skylar Thompson propelled Kansas State in a 41-17 rout of UTSA...Tennessee shot past UTEP in a 24-0 victory...Louisville triumphed over WKU 20-17...FIU overtook Massachusetts with a score of 63-24...With the game tied early in the fourth quarter, UAB's 13-play, 93-yard fourth quarter drive marches Bulls past Tulane, 31-24.

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EAST DIVISIONCharlotteFIUMarshallFAUMTSUWKUODU

EAST DIVISIONUCFCincinnatiUSFEast Carolina TempleConnecticut

WEST DIVISIONNavyHoustonTulaneTulsaSMUMemphis

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LAST week'S ACTIONCONFERENCE STANDINGS

The fifth annual Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl will be played Tuesday, December 18 at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla.

ESPN Events, a subsidiary of ESPN, announced the creation of the Boca Raton Bowl in a six-year agreement beginning in 2015. The pre-Christmas bowl game features teams from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA as well as the Mid-American Conference alternating each year. This year's match up will be between C-USA and the AAC.

The 2018 Boca Raton Bowl will be nationally televised on ESPN and carried on ESPN Radio including the local ESPN 106.3 station.

About t he bowl GAME INFO

Impor tant dat es

2014 - Marshall 52, Nor t hern Il l inois 23 Date: December 18, 2018

Time: 7 p.m. ET

Location: FAU Stadium 2015 - Toledo 32, Tem ple 17

2016 - West ern Kent ucky 51, Mem phis 31

C-USA vs. MAC

MAC vs. AAC

C-USA vs. AAC

2017 - Flor ida At lant ic 50, Akron 3C-USA vs. AAC

Week 4

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FAU @ UCF / /ESPN Fri., Sept. 21st, 7p.m. ET No. 19 UCF enters the fourth week of the season still holding the nation's longest winning streak of 15 games. FAU has started the 2018 season with a 2-1 record. The last time the Owls opened 2-1 was in 2007.

Ohio@ Cincinnat i/ / ESPNU, Sat, Sept. 22nd, Noon ET Ohio is coming off of a 45-31 loss to Virginia last Saturday, while The Bearcats are off to their best start since the 2012 season. Saturday marks the first meeting of the two schools in 36 years.

NC St at e @ Marshall/ / CBSSN , Sat, Sept. 22nd, 7 p.m. ET NC State leads the all-time series against Marshall with a 4-0 record. All four games between the two teams have been played in Carter-Finley Stadium. This weekend will be their first matchup in Huntington, W.Va. at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. ECU @ USF/ / ESPNews, Sat, Sept. 22nd, 8 p.m. ET ECU will officially open its 2018 AAC schedule in this weekend's matchup against USF. ECU has won 8 of its last 10 conference openers. USF is 19-5 in AAC games over the last three seasons, the best record in the conference.

Opened in 2011, Howard Schnellenberger Field at FAU Stadium stands prominently on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in the heart of Boca Raton, Fla. The stadium has the capacity to hold 29,419 people and is covered in natural turf. Just 1.8 miles from the beach, FAU Stadium is the NCAA Division-I football venue in the United States that offers a view of the ocean from their sky boxes and press box.

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ESPN Events

Execut ive Direct or - Doug Mosley561.362.3660 [email protected]

Event Coordinat or - Jena LaMendola561.306.4508 [email protected]

Media - De'Laija Napier 954.350.2506 [email protected]

Event s Assist ant - Jared Maldonado

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Bow l St af f Assist ant - Am anda Blanchard

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Upcoming bowl game event s bowl contact s Social MEdia

Navy @ SMU ESPNews - Noon ET

West ern Kent ucky @ Ball St at e ESPN3- 3 p.m . ET

No. 13 Virgin ia Tech @ ODU CBSSN - 3:30 p.m . ET

UConn@ Syracuse ESPNews - 4 p.m . ET

* Red denot es C-USA t eam Blue denot es AAC t eam Black denot es all ot her

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Nor t h Texas @ Liber t y ESPN3- 6 p.m ET

Lousiana Tech @ No. 6 LSU ESPNU - 7 p.m . ET

Texas Sout hern @Houst on ESPN3 - 8 p.m . ET

Sout h Alabam a @ Mem phisESPN3 - 8 p.m . ET

West Palm Tailgate PartyThursday, October 11

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Palm Beach Outlets

Great Chefs Tailgate ShowcaseWednesday, November 14

6-8 p.m.Renaissance Boca Raton Hotel

Ticket s for bot h are available now at www.spir it ofgivingnet work .com under "Event s"

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Offensive:Darrel l Henderson, RB, MemphisBlake Barnet t , QB, USF

Defensive:Michael Dogbe,DT, Navy

Special Teams :Bennet t Moehring, K, Navy

Offensive:Mason Fine, QB, North Texas

Defensive:Nate Brooks, CB, North Texas

Special Teams:Keegan Brewer, PR, North Texas

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Pl ayer s of The week

Tavon Young, MBRB ?15, Temple Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens selected Tavon Young in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. In last Thursday's game, Young had four solo tackles including one tackle for a loss against the Bengals.