The 2018 First Responder Bowl was a college football bowl game scheduled for December 26, 2018, at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas. It was one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by Servpro, a franchisor of fire and water cleanup and restoration, the game was officially known as the Servpro First Responder Bowl. The ninth overall staging of the bowl, this was the first edition since being rebranded; its prior six editions were the Heart of Dallas Bowl, preceded by the TicketCity Bowl in its first two stagings.
The game was delayed in the first quarter, after Boston College took a 7–0 lead, and went into a weather delay due to lightning. Repeated lightning strikes near the stadium forced further delays; under NCAA rules, any lightning within 8 miles (13 km) of a stadium triggers a mandatory 30-minute delay, and the delay is extended with additional strikes. The game was canceled about two hours later amid forecasts that the severe weather would continue throughout the day and night. The game is considered a no-contest for the teams involved.[3][4]
This is believed to be the first postseason game at the FBS-level (or its predecessors) that was canceled due to weather.[5][6] NCAA records reflect only two prior postseason cancellations—a 1941 charity game between San Jose State and Hawaii that was canceled following the attack on Pearl Harbor;[7][8] and a 2013 Division II game, the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl, between Ouachita Baptist and Tarleton State that was canceled due to severe winter weather.[9]
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^@ActionNetworkHQ (December 26, 2018). "With Boston College (+1.5) leading Boise State 7-0, the First Responder Bowl has been CANCELLED due to weather" (Tweet). Retrieved December 26, 2018 – via Twitter.
^"First Responder Bowl: Boise State vs. Boston College canceled, ruled no contest due to inclement weather". CBSSports.com. December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^"A bowl first: Weather ends BC-Boise St. game". ESPN.com. December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
^Auerbach, Nicole (December 26, 2018). "Why the First Responder Bowl became a rare canceled postseason game". The Athletic. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
^Watson, Don (December 1, 1941). "Sports Comment". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. p. 14. Retrieved December 26, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^"San Jose Eleven Is Paid Off". The Honolulu Advertiser. December 27, 1941. p. 9. Retrieved December 26, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^Chamness, Dan (December 12, 2013). "The College Report". Longview News-Journal. Longview, Texas. p. B2. Retrieved December 26, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
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