|
2014 Boca Raton Bowl
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. 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. Reuters, December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014. Teams The game featured the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FAU Stadium
Howard Schnellenberger Field at FAU Stadium is a college football stadium located at the north end of the main campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida. Opened in 2011, it is home to the Florida Atlantic Owls football team and is intended to be the first part of FAU's multi-use development project, "Innovation Village" as a replacement for Lockhart Stadium After selecting an architect in 2008, the university began to raise funds for the $70 million facility with the intent to begin construction in 2009. The $70 million stadium was funded through student fees, private donations, and naming rights partnerships, some of which have yet to be determined. After fundraising efforts slowed, the school delayed construction until 2010. The stadium opened when the 2011 Florida Atlantic Owls football team lost to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers on October 15, 2011. Starting in 2014, FAU Stadium became home to the Boca Raton Bowl, a college football bowl game which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Boca Raton Bowl
The 2015 Boca Raton Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 22, 2015 at FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The second edition of the Boca Raton Bowl featured the Mid-American Conference West Division co–champion Toledo Rockets against the American Athletic Conference East Division champion Temple Owls. The game began at 7:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. Sponsored by the Marmot outdoor clothing and sporting goods company, the game was officially known as the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl. Teams The game featured the Temple Owls against the Toledo Rockets. Temple Owls Toledo Rockets The Boca Raton Bowl was the first game for new head coach Jason Candle. Candle replaced Matt Campbell, who accepted a new head coaching job at Iowa State. Game summary Scoring summary Source: Statistics R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Marshall Thundering Herd Football Team
The 2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd were led by second-year head coach Doc Holliday and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl where they defeated FIU 20–10. Previous season In the 2010 season under first year head coach Doc Holliday, the Thundering Herd finished with an overall record of 5–7 and 4–4 within Conference USA. After starting the season 1–6, Marshall won four of the last five games. They missed playing in a bowl game for the first time since 2008. Schedule Game summaries West Virginia The Herd again fell to The Mountaineers in a game that was delayed a total of 4 hours, 22 minutes and called with 14:36 left in the 4th quarter. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
The 2011 Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl, the fourth edition of the game formerly known as the St. Petersburg Bowl, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 20, 2011 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, and telecast at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season. Marshall defeated Florida International, 20–10. On December 3, 2011, Florida International University accepted an invitation to play in the bowl game, as the Big East Conference did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to send a representative to St. Petersburg.FIU to Play Marshall In Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl . fiusports.com. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011. The following day, |
2014 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Football Team
The 2014 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Skip Holtz and played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. They were in their second season as a member of Conference USA, competing in the West Division. They finished the season 9–5, 7–1 in C-USA play to win the West Division title. As West Division Champions, they played East Division Champion Marshall in the C-USA Championship Game, losing to the Thundering Herd 23–26. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they defeated Illinois. Schedule :Schedule Source: Game summaries Oklahoma Louisiana–Lafayette North Texas Northwestern State Auburn UTEP UTSA Southern Miss WKU UAB Old Dominion Rice Marshall Illinois–Heart of Dallas Bowl References Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football seasons Firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Conference USA Football Championship Game
The 2014 Conference USA Football Championship Game, held on December 6 of that year at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, determined the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season, 2014 college football, football champion of Conference USA (C-USA), on December 6. The game featured the 2014 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Marshall Thundering Herd, winners of the conference's East Division, hosting the West Division champion 2014 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Under C-USA rules, the championship game would be played at the home stadium of the team with the best record in conference play. History In the 2013 Conference USA Football Championship Game, 2013 Championship Game 2013 Rice Owls football team, Rice defeated 2013 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Marshall, 41–24 in Houston, Houston, Texas. After the 2010–13 Conference USA realignment, 2014 Conference USA realignment, C-USA added two new members for the 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 NCAA Division I FBS Football Season
The 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 27, 2014 and ended on December 13, 2014. The postseason concluded on January 12, 2015 with the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 2014 season marked a major change to the postseason with the introduction of the College Football Playoff, a four-team knockout tournament to determine the national champion of Division I FBS. The College Football Playoff system replaced the Bowl Championship Series, which had been in use since 1998. Ohio State beat Oregon to claim the first ever FBS (formerly Division I-A) national title awarded using a playoff system. Following the game, Ohio State was named the No. 1 team in the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll for the season, making the Buckeyes consensus national ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 NCAA Football Bowl Games
The 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games. They completed the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and included 39 team-competitive games and four all-star games. The games began on December 20, 2014 and, aside from the all-star games, ended with the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship which was played on January 12, 2015."College Football Playoff 101" ESPN, May 19, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014. A new record total of 39 team-competitive bowl games were played, including the national championship game and the inaugural , |
Eastern Standard Time (North America)
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a small portion of westernmost Brazil in South America, along with certain Caribbean and Atlantic islands. Places that use: * Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00). * Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−04:00). On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT leaving a one-hour "gap". On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, thus "duplicating" one hour. Southern parts of the zone (Panama and the Caribbean) do not observe daylight saving time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Northern Illinois Huskies Football Team
The 2014 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach Rod Carey, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 11–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the MAC West Division title with Toledo. By virtue of their head-to-head win over Toledo, Northern Illinois advanced to the MAC Championship Game, where they defeated Bowling Green to win the program's fifth MAC championship. The Huskies were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl, where they lost to Conference USA champion Marshall. The team played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois. Northern Illinois loss to Central Michigan on October 11 snapped a 26-game home winning streak dating back to the 2009 season. The season marked the Huskies' seventh consecutive trip to a bowl game and their third consecutive bowl game loss. Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Marshall Thundering Herd Football Team
The 2014 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Doc Holliday and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 13–1, 7–1 in C-USA play to win the East Division title. As East Division champions, they played West Division champion Louisiana Tech in the C-USA Championship Game, defeating the Bulldogs 26–23 to become C-USA Champions. They were invited to the inaugural Boca Raton Bowl, where they defeated MAC champion Northern Illinois, 52–23. Schedule Game summaries Miami (OH) Rhode Island Ohio Akron Old Dominion Middle Tennessee Florida International Florida Atlantic Southern Miss Rice UAB Western Kentucky Louisiana Tech Northern Illinois–Boca Raton Bowl Rankings References Marshall Marshall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boca Raton Bowl
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. Since 2020, the bowl has been sponsored by RoofClaim.com and officially known as the ''RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl''. Previous sponsors include Cheribundi (2017–2019) and Marmot (2015). History The bowl was founded on October 10, 2013, and was first played in December 2014 as one of the 2014–15 bowl games. The bowl is owned and operated by ESPN Events, and is televised by ESPN as part of its annual "Bowl Week". On October 6, 2015, Marmot, an outdoor clothing and sporting goods company, was announced as the title sponsor of the game. On December 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
