2014 Boca Raton Bowl

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2014 Boca Raton Bowl
1st Boca Raton Bowl
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Marshall1410141452
Northern Illinois767323
DateDecember 23, 2014
Season 2014
Stadium FAU Stadium
Location Boca Raton, Florida
MVPMarshall QB Rakeem Cato [1]
Favorite Marshall by 8.5 [2]
Referee Rick Loumiet [3] (Mtn. West)
Attendance29,419 [4]
Payout US$400,000
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers Dave LaMont, Desmond Howard, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN)
Marc Kestecher, John Congemi, & Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio)
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The 2014 Boca Raton Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 23, 2014 at FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. The first edition of the Boca Raton Bowl, it featured the Conference USA champion Marshall Thundering Herd against the Mid-American Conference champion Northern Illinois Huskies. The game began at 6:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. [5] It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Marshall beat Northern Illinois by a score of 52–23. [6]

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Teams

The game featured the Conference USA champion Marshall Thundering Herd against the Mid-American Conference champion Northern Illinois Huskies.

This was the eighth overall meeting between these two teams, with Northern Illinois previously leading the series 4–3. The previous time these two teams met was in 2001.

Marshall Thundering Herd

After finishing the regular season with a 12–1 record and winning their first Conference USA championship over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a score of 26–23, the Thundering Herd accepted their bid to the Boca Raton Bowl. [7]

This was Marshall's second Florida bowl game; they had previously won the 2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, defeating the FIU Panthers by a score of 20–10.

Northern Illinois Huskies

After finishing the regular season with an 11–2 record and winning the MAC Championship Game over the Bowling Green Falcons by a score of 51–17, the Huskies accepted their bid to the Boca Raton Bowl. [8]

This was Northern Illinois' second bowl game in South Florida; in their most high-profile game to date, they had appeared in the 2013 Orange Bowl, losing to the Florida State Seminoles by a score of 31–10.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP MRSHNIU
17:337672:17NIU Juwan Brescacin 19-yard touchdown reception from Drew Hare, Christian Hagan kick good07
17:19MRSHKickoff returned 93 yards for touchdown by Deandre Reaves, Justin Haig kick good77
13:425422:12MRSH Rakeem Cato 5-yard touchdown run, Haig kick good147
211:519692:41MRSH28-yard field goal by Justin Haig177
27:3110644:20NIU19-yard field goal by Christian Hagan1710
25:296652:02MRSHDevon Johnson 2-yard touchdown run, Haig kick good2410
20:078491:39NIU30-yard field goal by Christian Hagan2413
36:399564:10MRSHTommy Shuler 6-yard touchdown reception from Rakeem Cato, Haig kick good3113
34:505751:49NIUCameron Stingily 24-yard touchdown run, Hagan kick good3120
32:0611682:44MRSHAngelo Jean-Louis 11-yard touchdown reception from Rakeem Cato, Haig kick good3820
411:489703:51MRSHDeon-Tay McManus 27-yard touchdown reception from Rakeem Cato, Haig kick good4520
48:3910653:09NIU31-yard field goal by Christian Hagan4523
44:108414:29MRSHRakeem Cato 4-yard touchdown run, Haig kick good5223
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.5223

Source: [3]

Statistics

Statistics [3] MRSHNIU
First downs2825
Plays–yards75–50578–425
Rushes–yards38–22450–200
Passing yards281225
Passing: Comp–Att–Int25–37–015–28–0
Time of possession29:1830:42

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