The Cure Bowl is an annual

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that has been played in December of each year in Orlando, Florida since 2015. It was originally held at

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before moving to

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in 2022. The Cure Bowl is so named to promote awareness and research of

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, with proceeds going to

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. The Cure Bowl usually features teams from the

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and the

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. Since June 2022, it has been sponsored by Duluth Trading Company, a workwear and accessories company, and is officially known as the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl.

History

The game has tie-ins with the

(The American) and the

. The inaugural game took place on December 19, 2015, featuring the

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from the Mountain West Conference and the Georgia State Panthers of the

. A Mountain West team was invited to the bowl due to The American not having enough

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teams to fill the tie-in. During the planning stages, it was originally proposed to hold the game at

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on the campus of

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. However, it was later decided to hold the game at the newly renovated

in downtown Orlando, joining the

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and the

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as annual bowl games at the venue. The bowl remained at Camping World Stadium through 2018, but moved to

for 2019. In 2020, the game returned to Camping World Stadium. The game was acquired by

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in May 2020. The 2020 edition of the bowl, between

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and

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, became the first Cure Bowl to go to overtime.

Sponsorship

From its inaugural playing in 2015 through 2018, the game was sponsored by AutoNation and was known as the ''AutoNation Cure Bowl''. In December 2019, FBC Mortgage became the new title sponsor, making the game the ''FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl''. In December 2020, FBC Mortgage renewed its sponsorship of the bowl. On December 2, 2021, digital marketplace Tailgreeter became the new sponsor of the bowl, making the game the ''Tailgreeter Cure Bowl''. On June 29, 2022, Duluth Trading Company was announced as the new title sponsor for the ''Duluth Trading Cure Bowl''.

Game results

All rankings are taken from the

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prior to the game being played. Source:

MVPs

Source:

Most appearances

Updated through the December 2022 edition (8 games, 16 total appearances). ;Teams with multiple appearances ;Teams with a single appearance Won:

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, Troy,

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Lost: Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Northern Illinois,

, UTSA, Western Kentucky

Appearances by conference

Updated for the December 2022 edition (8 games, 16 total appearances). Independent appearances:

(2019, 2020)

Game records

Source:

Media coverage

Television

The game was initially televised by

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, making it one of the few bowl games to not be televised by an

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network. Following the bowl's acquisition by ESPN Events in 2020, broadcasting moved to ESPN.

Radio

References

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