2014 Camellia Bowl

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2014 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
1st Camellia Bowl
2014 Camellia Bowl logo.png
1234Total
South Alabama7071428
Bowling Green1467633
DateDecember 20, 2014
Season 2014
Stadium Cramton Bowl
Location Montgomery, Alabama
MVPBowling Green QB James Knapke [1]
Favorite South Alabama by 3.5 [2]
Referee Brandon Cruse [3] (Mtn. West)
Attendance20,256 [3]
Payout US$TBD
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers Dave LaMont, Joey Galloway, & Paul Carcaterra (ESPN)
Jason Benetti, Gene Chizik, & Niki Noto (ESPN Radio)
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The 2014 Camellia Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 20, 2014 at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. The first edition of the Camellia Bowl, it featured the Bowling Green Falcons of the Mid-American Conference against the South Alabama Jaguars of the Sun Belt Conference. The game began at 8:15 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. [4] It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Raycom Media broadcasting company and was officially known as the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl.

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The Jaguars accepted their invitation after finishing the regular season with a 6–6 record. [5] The Falcons had a record of 7–6.

Bowling Green won the game by a score of 33–28.

Team selection

The game featured the Bowling Green Falcons of the Mid-American Conference against the South Alabama Jaguars of the Sun Belt Conference.

This was the first meeting between these two teams.

Bowling Green Falcons

After the Falcons finished the season with a 7-6 record and won the MAC East Division title, they accepted their invite to the Camellia Bowl. [6]

This was the Falcons' third bowl game in Alabama; they had previously won the 2004 GMAC Bowl over the Memphis Tigers by a score of 52–35, and later lost the 2008 GMAC Bowl to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane by a score of 63–7. Coincidentally, the GMAC Bowl (now known as the GoDaddy Bowl) was and is played in Mobile, where South Alabama's campus is located.

South Alabama Jaguars

After the Jaguars finished the regular season with a 6-6 record, bowl director Johnny Williams extended an invitation to play in the game. [5]

This was the first time South Alabama has ever played in a bowl game, seven years after football was approved, five years after the program kicked off, and two years after they joined the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP USABGSU
111:597652:21BGSU Roger Lewis 44-yard touchdown reception from James Knapke, Tyler Tate kick good07
17:179932:57BGSUTravis Greene 1-yard touchdown run, Tyler Tate kick good014
15:425891:35USAKendall Houston 44-yard touchdown run, Aleem Sunanon kick good714
26:4914565:09BGSU39-yard field goal by Tyler Tate717
20:538361:41BGSU22-yard field goal by Tyler Tate720
36:009523:13USA Brandon Bridge 15-yard touchdown run, Aleem Sunanon kick good1420
34:335471:27BGSUTravis Greene 17-yard touchdown run, Tyler Tate kick good1427
411:235771:46USADeMarrion Buford-Hughes 18-yard touchdown reception from Brandon Bridge, Aleem Sunanon kick good2127
41:208732:53USATerrance Timmons 3-yard touchdown run, Aleem Sunanon kick good2827
41:041780:16BGSURoger Lewis 78-yard touchdown reception from James Knapke, kick failed2833
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.2833

Source: [3]

Statistics

Statistics [3] USABGSU
First downs2324
Plays–yards75–41590–500
Rushes–yards38–13649–131
Passing yards279369
Passing Comp–Att–Int20–37–226–41–0
Time of possession25:3534:25

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