Xavier Ubosi (WR, UAB) & Anthony Rush (NT, UAB)[1]
Favorite
UAB by 2.5[2]
Referee
Cal McNeill (Mountain West)
Attendance
22,614
Payout
US$1,000,000 [3]
United States TV coverage
Network
ESPN & ESPN Radio
Announcers
Dave LaMont, Desmond Howard, Jonathan Vilma and Alyssa Lang (ESPN) Bill Rosinski, David Norrie and Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio)
Boca Raton Bowl
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2019 >
The 2018 Boca Raton Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2018,[4] with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EST.[5] It was the fifth edition of the Boca Raton Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Cheribundi beverage company, the game is officially known as the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl.
The game featured the UAB Blazers, champions of Conference USA, and the Northern Illinois Huskies, champions of the Mid-American Conference. The Boca Raton Bowl was the first of three 2018–19 bowl games featuring two conference champions, along with the Orange Bowl and Rose Bowl.[6] In just the second season since restarting its football program, the UAB Blazers defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies, 37–13, earning UAB their first-ever bowl victory.[7]
^@MrOliver1970 (December 19, 2018). "Congratulations to UAB BLAZERS FOOTBALL!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 18, 2018 – via Twitter.
^Fawkes, Ben (December 10, 2018). "Odds for every 2018-19 CFB bowl game". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
^"2018 Bowl Schedule". CFP.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^"2018-19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule". ESPN. May 2, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
^"Boca Raton Bowl by ESPN Events". cheribundibocaratonbowl.com. Boca Raton Bowl. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
^"Northern Illinois to Play UAB in Boca Raton Bowl in Matchup of Conference Champions". Chicago Tribune. December 2, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^Moriarty, Morgan (December 18, 2018). "UAB earns its first-ever bowl win in program history, capping off an incredible 2018 season". SB Nation. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
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