Cure Bowl

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Cure Bowl
Tailgreeter Cure Bowl
Cure Bowl logo.jpg
StadiumExploria Stadium
LocationOrlando, Florida
Previous stadiumsCamping World Stadium (2015–2018; 2020)
Operated2015–present
Conference tie-insThe American, Sun Belt
PayoutUS$573,125 (2019)[1]
Sponsors
AutoNation (2015–2018)
FBC Mortgage (2019–2020)
Tailgreeter (2021-present)
Former names

AutoNation Cure Bowl (2015–2018)

FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl (2019-2020)
2020 matchup
Liberty vs. Coastal Carolina (Liberty 37–34OT)
2021 matchup
Coastal Carolina vs. Northern Illinois
(Coastal Carolina 47–41)

The Cure Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in December of each year in Orlando, Florida, currently at Exploria Stadium. The Cure Bowl is so named to promote awareness and research of breast cancer, with proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The Cure Bowl usually features teams from the American Athletic Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. Since 2021, it has been sponsored by digital marketplace Tailgreeter and is officially known as the Tailgreeter Cure Bowl.

History[]

The game has tie-ins with the American Athletic Conference (The American) and the Sun Belt Conference. The inaugural game took place on December 19, 2015,[2] featuring the San Jose State Spartans from the Mountain West Conference and the Georgia State Panthers of the Sun Belt Conference. A Mountain West team was invited to the bowl due to The American not having enough bowl-eligible teams to fill the tie-in.[3]

During the planning stages, it was originally proposed to hold the game at Bright House Networks Stadium on the campus of UCF.[4] However, it was later decided to hold the game at the newly renovated Camping World Stadium in downtown Orlando, joining the Camping World Bowl and the Citrus Bowl as annual bowl games at the venue.[5] The bowl remained at Camping World Stadium through 2018, but moved to Exploria Stadium for 2019.[6] In 2020, the game returned to Camping World Stadium.[7]

The game was acquired by ESPN Events in May 2020.[8] The 2020 edition of the bowl, between Liberty and Coastal Carolina, became the first Cure Bowl to go to overtime.

Sponsorship[]

From its inaugural playing in 2015 through 2018, the game was sponsored by AutoNation and was known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl.[9] In December 2019, FBC Mortgage became the new title sponsor, making the game the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl.[10] In December 2020, FBC Mortgage renewed its sponsorship of the bowl.[11] On December 2, 2021, it was announced that Tailgreeter became the new sponsor of the bowl, now known as the Tailgreeter Cure Bowl.[12]

Game results[]

All rankings are taken from the AP Poll prior to the game being played.

Date Winning Team Losing Team Attendance Notes
December 19, 2015 San Jose State 27 Georgia State 16 18,536 notes
December 17, 2016 Arkansas State 31 UCF 13 27,213 notes
December 16, 2017 Georgia State 27 Western Kentucky 17 19,585 notes
December 15, 2018 Tulane 41 Louisiana 24 19,066 notes
December 21, 2019 Liberty 23 Georgia Southern 16 18,158 notes
December 26, 2020 No. 23 Liberty 37 No. 9 Coastal Carolina 34OT  4,488 notes
December 17, 2021 Coastal Carolina 47 Northern Illinois 41 9,784 notes

Source:[13]

MVPs[]

Year MVP Team Position
2015 Kenny Potter San Jose State QB
2016 Kendall Sanders Arkansas State WR
2017 Conner Manning Georgia State QB
2018 Darius Bradwell Tulane RB
2019 Jessie Lemonier Liberty DE
2020 Malik Willis Liberty QB
2021 Grayson McCall Coastal Carolina QB

Source:[14][15]

Most appearances[]

Updated through the December 2021 edition (7 games, 14 total appearances).

Teams with multiple appearances
Team Appearances Record Win pct.
Liberty 2 2–0 1.000
Georgia State 2 1–1 0.500
Coastal Carolina 2 1–1 0.000
Teams with a single appearance

Won: Arkansas State, San Jose State, Tulane
Lost: Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Northern Illinois, UCF, Western Kentucky

Appearances by conference[]

Updated for the December 2021 edition (7 games, 14 total appearances).

Conference Record Appearances by season
Games W L Win pct. Won Lost
Sun Belt 7 3 4 0.429 2016, 2017, 2021 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020
Independents 2 2 0 1.000 2019, 2020  
The American 2 1 1 0.500 2018 2016
Mountain West 1 1 0 1.000 2015  
C-USA 1 0 1 0.000   2017
MAC 1 0 1 0.000   2021

Independent appearances: Liberty (2019, 2020)

Game records[]

Team Performance vs. Opponent Year
Most points scored 47, Coastal Carolina vs. Northern Illinois 2021
Fewest points allowed 13, UCF vs. Arkansas State 2016
Margin of victory 18, Arkansas State vs. UCF 2016
First downs 29, Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina 2021
Rushing yards 337, Tulane vs. Louisiana 2015
Passing yards 351, Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State 2017
Most points scored (losing team) 41, Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina 2021
Most points scored (both teams) 88, Coastal Carolina vs. Northern Illinois 2021
Fewest yards allowed 223, UCF vs. Arkansas State 2016
Fewest rushing yards allowed -2, Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State 2017
Fewest passing yards allowed 89, San Jose State vs. Georgia State 2015
Individual Player, Team Year
Points scored 24, shared by:
Malik Willis (Liberty)
Grayson McCall (Coastal Carolina)
2020
2021
Passing touchdowns 4, Grayson McCall (Coastal Carolina) 2021
Rushing yards 146, Jay Ducker (Northern Illinois) 2021
Passing yards 351, Mike White (Western Kentucky) 2017
Receiving yards 178, Jaivon Heiligh (Coastal Carolina) 2020
Rushing touchdowns 4, Malik Willis (Liberty) 2020
Receiving touchdowns 3, Kendall Sanders (Arkansas State) 2016
Tackles 14, shared by:
Demeitre Brim (UCF)
Silas Kelly (Coastal Carolina)
2016
2021
Sacks 2, shared by:
Rolland Jones (Arkansas State)
Ceridor McKendry (Georgia State)
Zachery Harris (Tulane)
2016
2017
2018
Interceptions 1, by multiple players—most recent:
Brayden Matts (Coastal Carolina)
Alex Spillum (Coastal Carolina)
Javon Scruggs (Liberty)
2020
2020
2020
Long Plays Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent Year
Touchdown run 60 yds., Braydon Bennett (Coastal Carolina) 2021
Touchdown pass 75 yds., Justice Hansen to Kendall Sanders (Arkansas State) 2016
Kickoff return 41 yds., Trayvon Rudolph (Northern Illinois) 2018
Punt return 85 yds., Tyler Ervin (San Jose State) 2015
Interception return 63 yds., Bralen Trahan (Louisiana) 2018
Fumble return 8 yds., Dre Pinckney (Coastal Carolina) 2021
Punt 70 yds., Wil Lutz (Georgia State) 2015
Field goal 46 yds., Alex Probert (Liberty) 2019

Source:[16]

Media coverage[]

Television[]

The game was initially televised by CBS Sports Network, making it one of the few bowl games to not be televised by an ESPN network. Following the bowl's acquisition by ESPN Events in 2020, broadcasting moved to ESPN.[17]

Date Network Play-by-play announcers Color commentators Sideline reporters
2015 CBS Sports Network Carter Blackburn Aaron Taylor Jenny Dell
2016
2017
2018
2019 John Schriffen
2020 ESPN Kelly Stouffer Alex Chappell
2021 ESPN2 Mike Morgan Kirk Morrison

Radio[]

Date Network Play-by-play announcers Color commentators Sideline reporters
2015 iHeartRadio Paul Kennedy Max Starks Jamie Seh
2016 Touchdown Radio Bernie Guenther Gino Torretta
2017 JP Shadrick
2018
2019[18] Bowlday Radio Jamie Seh Dani Welniak Melanie Newman
2020[19] First Team Radio Tenitra Batiste
2021 Bowl Season Radio Landry Burdine Despina Barton

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Citrus Bowl to host Cure Bowl in 2015". WESH.com. Hearst Television. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  3. ^ "AAC, Sun Belt to meet in 2015 Cure Bowl on CBS Sports Network". CBSSports.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  4. ^ Washington, Chad (April 14, 2014). "Report: Sun Belt to be tie-in to new bowl game in Orlando". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  5. ^ Murschel, Matt (April 14, 2014). "Orlando set to host third bowl game featuring teams from AAC, Sun Belt". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  6. ^ Murschel, Matt (May 1, 2019). "Orlando City Stadium to host Cure Bowl". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  7. ^ "Cure Bowl to be Played Saturday, December 26 on ESPN". curebowl.com. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  8. ^ "ESPN Events Reveals 13-Game College Football Bowl Schedule for 2020-21". ESPN Press Room U.S. 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  9. ^ "AutoNation signs on as title sponsor of Cure Bowl". Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  10. ^ "FBC Mortgage Named Title Sponsor of the Cure Bowl and March 2 Cure". CureBowl.com (Press release). December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  11. ^ "FBC Mortgage Continues as Title Sponsor of the 2020 Cure Bowl". CureBowl.com (Press release). December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  12. ^ "Tailgreeter Named Title Sponsor of 2021 Cure Bowl in Orlando". Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  13. ^ "FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl" (PDF). Bowl/All Star Game Records. NCAA. 2020. p. 16. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via NCAA.org.
  14. ^ "The History". curebowl.com. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  15. ^ @ASeaofRed (December 26, 2020). "Malik Willis is named MVP of the 2020 Cure Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved December 26, 2020 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Cure Bowl Records" (PDF). 2019 Media Prospectus. Orlando Sports Foundation. pp. 22–23. Retrieved December 26, 2020 – via curebowl.com.
  17. ^ "Bowl season is going to be an even more ESPN-centric affair this year". Awful Announcing. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  18. ^ "More history to be made at Exploria Stadium". Twitter. 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  19. ^ "Announcer for Cure Bowl shares what the game means to her". Click Orlando. 2020-12-22.

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