The Frisco Bowl is an annual
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) sanctioned post-season
Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
college football
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Unlike most ...
bowl game
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played in
Frisco, Texas
Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and about from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Its population was 200,509 at the 2 ...
, since December 2017. The bowl has a tie-in with the
American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) ...
, and chooses another team
at-large
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.
DXL was the bowl's inaugural sponsor from 2017 to 2018, followed by
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Tropical Smoothie Cafe, also referred to as Tropical Smoothie, or Tropical, is a restaurant franchise in the United States. In addition to smoothies, the cafes offer sandwiches, wraps, salads, flat breads, and introduced bowls to their food line ...
from 2019 to 2021.
History
![Frisco Bowl 2017](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Frisco_Bowl_2017.png)
On April 21, 2017, it was announced that the
Miami Beach Bowl
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—which had been owned and operated by the
American Athletic Conference
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(The American)—had been sold to
ESPN Events
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and that it would relocate to
Frisco, Texas
Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and about from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Its population was 200,509 at the 2 ...
, to be played in
Toyota Stadium starting in the 2017 season.
On November 8, 2017, it was announced that
Destination XL Group
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, a retailer specializing in
big and tall
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According to ''PLUS Model' ...
menswear, had signed on as the inaugural title sponsor of the bowl. On December 3, 2017,
SMU and
Louisiana Tech
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were announced as the teams for the inaugural playing of the bowl. In 2019,
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
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became the new title sponsor.
The 2020 Frisco Bowl was originally set to be contested by the
SMU Mustangs
The SMU Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas, United States. The Mustangs were founded in 1911 and joined the Southwest Conference, competing against Baylor, Rice, Texas, Texa ...
, from The American, and the
UTSA Roadrunners
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, from
Conference USA
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. The game was slated to be the first matchup between the two teams. Two days after the matchup was announced, the 2020 edition was canceled due to
COVID-19
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concerns with the SMU football team.
Conference tie-ins
Initial planning had been to have teams from The American face a
Sun Belt
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opponent in 2017 and 2019, and face a
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twel ...
(MAC) opponent in 2018.
[ In 2017, the inaugural game featured a matchup between The American and ]Conference USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are l ...
(C-USA).
The Frisco Bowl then secured an affiliation with The American through the 2021 season, with opponents to be selected at-large. The 2018 matchup featured teams from the MAC and Mountain West
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations o ...
, as The American was unable to provide a team, due to its champion, UCF
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, receiving a New Year's Six
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bowl bid. MAC and Mountain West teams again met in 2019, as The American's champion, Memphis
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, again received a New Year's Six bid.
Game results
Rankings per AP Poll
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prior to the game being played.
Source:
MVPs
Appearances by team
Updated through the December 2022 edition (5 games, 10 total appearances).
Appearances by conference
Updated through the December 2022 edition (5 games, 10 total appearances).
Game records
Media coverage
Television
Radio
References
External links
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2017 establishments in Texas
Annual sporting events in the United States
College football bowls
Recurring sporting events established in 2017