Myrtle Beach Bowl | |
---|---|
Stadium | Brooks Stadium |
Location | Conway, South Carolina |
Operated | 2020–present |
Conference tie-ins | |
2023 matchup | |
Georgia Southern vs. Ohio (Ohio 41–21) | |
2024 matchup | |
UTSA vs. Coastal Carolina (December 23, 2024) |
The Myrtle Beach Bowl is an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game first played in December 2020 in the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. Coastal Carolina University hosts the game at its Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina, which has a capacity of 20,000 seats following an expansion project completed prior to the 2019 season. [1] Owned by ESPN Events, the bowl has tie-ins with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. [2] The affiliation contract with ESPN Events has each conference supplying a team four times in a six-year bowl cycle from 2020 to 2025. [3]
In 2013, "Group of Five" conferences were looking to start bowl games for their leagues, as the Power Five conferences "prefer to play each other in bowl games". [4] The NCAA had a restriction on championship games, including bowl games, being held in South Carolina due to display of the Confederate flag on State House grounds, which was lifted in July 2015. [5] Organizers for the Medal of Honor Bowl, an all-star game, announced their intent to apply for NCAA sanctioning as a traditional postseason bowl game featuring FBS college teams, with a tentative game date of December 18, 2016. [6] However, in April 2016, the NCAA announced a three-year moratorium on new bowl games. [7]
In June 2018, the NCAA indicated that the Grand Strand area was approved for a bowl game. [5] The Myrtle Beach Bowl was subsequently announced on November 13, 2018, by ESPN Events, [8] with tie-ins to three conferences: the Sun Belt Conference, Conference USA (C-USA), and Mid-American Conference (MAC). [9] During 2017–18 bowl season, there had been three teams that were bowl eligible but did not go to a bowl, as all slots were filled: Western Michigan and Buffalo from the MAC, and UTSA from C-USA. [3]
The bowl made its debut as part of the 2020–21 bowl season, matching North Texas of C-USA and Appalachian State of the Sun Belt. [10]
Date | Winning Team | Losing Team | Attendance | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 21, 2020 | Appalachian State | 56 | North Texas | 28 | 5,000 | notes |
December 20, 2021 | Tulsa | 30 | Old Dominion | 17 | 6,557 | notes |
December 19, 2022 | Marshall | 28 | UConn | 14 | 12,023 | notes |
December 16, 2023 | Ohio | 41 | Georgia Southern | 21 | 8,059 | notes |
December 23, 2024 | UTSA vs. Coastal Carolina | notes |
Year | Player | College | Position | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Camerun Peoples | Appalachian State | RB | [11] |
2021 | Davis Brin | Tulsa | QB | [12] |
2022 | Rasheen Ali | Marshall | RB | [13] |
2023 | Rickey Hunt Jr. | Ohio | RB | [14] |
2024 |
Updated for the December 2024 edition (5 games, 10 total appearances).
Rank | Team | Appearances | Record | Win pct. |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]] | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 |
T1 | [[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]] | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 |
T1 | [[Ohio Bobcats football|Ohio]] | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 |
T1 | [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa]] | 1 | 1–0 | 1.000 |
T1 | [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina]]† | 1 | 0–0 | .000 |
T1 | [[UTSA Roadrunners football|UTSA]]† | 1 | 0–0 | .000 |
T1 | [[Georgia Southern Eagles football|Georgia Southern]] | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
T1 | [[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]] | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
T1 | [[Old Dominion Monarchs football|Old Dominion]] | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
T1 | [[UConn Huskies football|UConn]] | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
† December 2024 participant
Updated for the December 2024 edition (5 games, 10 total appearances).
Conference | Record | Appearances by season | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Games | W | L | Win pct. | Won | Lost | |
Sun Belt † | 4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2020, 2022 | 2023 |
The American † | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2021 | |
C-USA | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2020, 2021 | |
MAC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2023 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2022 |
† December 2024 participant
Independent appearances: UConn (2022)
The bowl has been televised by ESPN since its inception.
Updated through the December 2023 game.
Team | Performance vs. Opponent | Year |
---|---|---|
Most points scored | 56, Appalachian State vs. North Texas | 2020 |
Fewest points allowed | 14, Marshall vs. UConn | 2022 |
Margin of victory | 28, Appalachian State vs. North Texas | 2020 |
First downs | 35, Tulsa vs. Old Dominion | 2021 |
Total yards | 638, Appalachian State vs. North Texas | 2020 |
Rushing yards | 502, Appalachian State vs. North Texas | 2020 |
Passing yards | 350, Georgia Southern vs. Ohio | 2023 |
Most points scored (losing team) | 28, North Texas vs. Appalachian State | 2020 |
Most points scored (both teams) | 84, Appalachian State vs. North Texas | 2020 |
Fewest yards allowed | 247, Old Dominion vs. Tulsa | 2021 |
Fewest rushing yards allowed | 33, Ohio vs. Georgia Southern | 2023 |
Fewest passing yards allowed | 93, Marshall vs. UConn | 2022 |
Individual | Player (Team) | Year |
Points scored | 30, shared by: Camerun Peoples (Appalachian State) Rickey Hunt (Ohio) | 2020 2023 |
Rushing yards | 319, Camerun Peoples (Appalachian State) | 2020 |
Passing yards | 350, Davis Brin (Georgia Southern) | 2023 |
Receiving yards | 131, Austin Ogunmakin (North Texas) | 2020 |
Touchdowns (all-purpose) | 5, shared by: Camerun Peoples (Appalachian State) Rickey Hunt (Ohio) | 2020 2023 |
Passing touchdowns | 2, shared by: Jason Bean (North Texas) Davis Brin (Tulsa) Cam Fancher (Marshall) Davis Brin (Georgia Southern) | 2020 2021 2022 2023 |
Rushing touchdowns | 5, Camerun Peoples (Appalachian State) | 2020 |
Receiving touchdowns | 2, shared by: Henry Pearson (Appalachian State) Loronzo Thompson (North Texas) | 2020 |
Receptions | 8, Josh Johnson (Tulsa) | 2021 |
Tackles | 13, shared by: Kaiden Smith (Appalachian State) Jason Henderson (Old Dominion) R'Tarriun Johnson (Old Dominion) | 2020 2021 2021 |
Tackles for loss | 3, shared by: Nick Hampton (Appalachian State) Jordan Young (Old Dominion) Bradley Weaver (Ohio) | 2020 2021 2023 |
Sacks | 2.0, shared by: Vonnie Watkins (Ohio) Bradley Weaver (Ohio) | 2023 2023 |
Interceptions | 1, shared by multiple people; most recent: Walter Reynolds (Ohio) Adonis Williams Jr. (Ohio) Jeremiah Wood (Ohio) | 2023 2023 2023 |
Long Plays | Record, Player, Team | Year |
Touchdown run | 70 yds., Marcus Williams Jr. (Appalachian State) | 2020 |
Touchdown pass | 65 yds., Davis Brin (Georgia Southern) | 2023 |
Kickoff return | 100 yds., LaMareon James (Old Dominion) | 2021 |
Punt return | 15 yds., Keegan Wilburn (Georgia Southern) | 2023 |
Interception return | 63 yds., Steven Jones (Appalachian State) | 2020 |
Fumble return | 30 yds., Roman Parodie (Ohio) | 2023 |
Punt | 52 yds., Bernardo Rodriguez (North Texas) | 2020 |
Field goal | 35 yds., Zack Long (Tulsa) | 2021 |
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The 14 member institutions of the Sun Belt are distributed across the Southern United States.
Bowl eligibility in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level is the standard through which teams become available for selection to participate in postseason bowl games. When a team achieves this state, it is described as "bowl-eligible".
The Appalachian State Mountaineers football team is the intercollegiate American football team representing Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Mountaineers have competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Sun Belt Conference since 2014. Appalachian plays its home games in Kidd Brewer Stadium, named after former head coach Kidd Brewer, whose 1937 squad was unbeaten and unscored upon during the regular season, outscoring opponents 206–0.
The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States. The FBS consists of the largest schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As of the 2024 season, there are 10 conferences and 134 schools in FBS.
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represents Coastal Carolina University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. The Chanticleers are members of the Sun Belt Conference, fielding its teams at the FBS level since 2017. The Chanticleers play their home games at James C. Benton Field at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.
The Boca Raton Bowl is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game played in Boca Raton, Florida, since December 2014 on the campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) at FAU Stadium. Winners of the game received the Howard Schnellenberger championship trophy, named for the football head coach at FAU from 2001 to 2011.
The Bahamas Bowl is an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played annually in Nassau, Bahamas, at the 15,000-seat Thomas Robinson Stadium. First held in 2014, the Bowl has tie-ins with the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA.
The 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games which completed the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The games began on December 17, 2016, and aside from the all-star games ended with the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship which was played on January 9, 2017.
The Appalachian State Mountaineers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Appalachian State Mountaineers football program in various categories, including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, kicking, and scoring. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Mountaineers represent Appalachian State University in the NCAA Division I FBS Sun Belt Conference.
The 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games was a series of college football bowl games which completed the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The games began on December 16, 2017, and aside from the all-star games ended with the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, which was played on January 8, 2018.
The Frisco Bowl is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game played in Frisco, Texas, since December 2017. The bowl has a tie-in with the American Athletic Conference, and chooses another team at-large.
The 2020 LendingTree Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 6, 2020, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 21st edition of the LendingTree Bowl, and was the last of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season, with only the National Championship and all-star games to follow. The game's title sponsor was online lending marketplace LendingTree.
The 2020 American Athletic Conference football season is the 29th NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision season of the American Athletic Conference. The season is the eighth since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference and the seventh season of the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the Group of Five (G5) together with Conference USA (C–USA), the Mid-American Conference (MAC), the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference.
The 2020 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 20th season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference. The season began September 3, 2020 and concluded December 26, 2020 as part of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Sun Belt consists of 10 members in two divisions. The conference released its schedule on February 28, 2020, but numerous changes were made due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020–21 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games scheduled to complete the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Team-competitive games began on December 21, 2020, and concluded with the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship played on January 11, 2021. Three all-star games followed, concluding with the 2021 Hula Bowl, played on January 31, 2021.
The 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2020, with kickoff at 2:30 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the inaugural edition of the Myrtle Beach Bowl, and the first of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. The game was the first NCAA bowl game to be played in the state of South Carolina, and the first bowl to be played in the state since the 1947 Pecan Bowl.
The 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 152nd season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision. The regular season began on August 28, 2021, and ended on December 11, 2021. The postseason began on December 17, with the main games ending on January 10, 2022, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, and the all-star portion of the post-season concluding with the inaugural HBCU Legacy Bowl on February 19, 2022. It was the eighth season of the College Football Playoff (CFP) system. It was the first time since 2016 that no major team finished the season undefeated as the Cincinnati Bearcats, the season's last undefeated team, were defeated in the 2021 Cotton Bowl Classic. The season's Heisman Trophy winner was Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Bryce Young.
The 2021 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 21st season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference. The season began September 2, 2021 and concluded with its championship game on December 4, 2021. It was part of the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Sun Belt Conference consists of 10 football members split into two divisions. The conference released its schedule on March 1, 2021.
The 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 153rd season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The regular season began on August 27 and ended on December 10. The postseason began on December 16, and, aside from any all-star games that are scheduled, ended on January 9, 2023, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
The 2022 Sun Belt Conference football season is the 22nd season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The season began on September 2, 2022, and will conclude with its conference championship game on December 3, 2022. It is part of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The conference expanded to 14 football members for the 2022 season with the addition of 4 new member schools. The 14 members were divided into two divisions for play. The conference released its schedule on March 1, 2022.