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Frisco Bowl

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Frisco Bowl
Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl


Stadium	Toyota Stadium
Location	Frisco, Texas
Operated	2017–present
Conference tie-ins	The American
Payout	US$650,000 (2019)^[1]
Preceded by	Miami Beach Bowl
Sponsors
DXL (2017–2018) Tropical Smoothie Cafe (2019–2021) Scooter's Coffee (2023–present)
Former names
DXL Frisco Bowl (2017–2018) Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl (2019–2021) Frisco Bowl (2022)
2023 matchup
UTSA vs. Marshall (UTSA 35–17)
2024 matchup
(December 17, 2024)

The Frisco Bowl is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game played in Frisco, Texas, since December 2017. The bowl has a tie-in with the American Athletic Conference, and chooses another team at-large.

DXL was the bowl's inaugural sponsor from 2017 to 2018, followed by Tropical Smoothie Cafe from 2019 to 2021, and Scooter's Coffee beginning in 2023.

History

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On April 21, 2017, it was announced that the Miami Beach Bowl—which had been owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference (The American)—had been sold to ESPN Events and that it would relocate to Frisco, Texas, to be played in Toyota Stadium starting in the 2017 season.^[2] On November 8, 2017, it was announced that Destination XL Group, a retailer specializing in big and tall menswear, had signed on as the inaugural title sponsor of the bowl.^[3] On December 3, 2017, SMU and Louisiana Tech were announced as the teams for the inaugural playing of the bowl.^[4] In 2019, Tropical Smoothie Cafe became the new title sponsor.^[5] In 2023, Scooter's Coffee became the new title sponsor.^[6]

The 2020 Frisco Bowl was originally set to be contested by the SMU Mustangs, from The American, and the UTSA Roadrunners, from Conference USA.^[7]^[8] The game was slated to be the first matchup between the two teams.^[9] Two days after the matchup was announced, the 2020 edition was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns with the SMU football team.^[10]^[11]

Conference tie-ins

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Initial planning had been to have teams from The American face a Sun Belt opponent in 2017 and 2019, and face a Mid-American Conference (MAC) opponent in 2018.^[2] In 2017, the inaugural game featured a matchup between The American and Conference USA (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, as The American was unable to provide a team, due to its champion, UCF, receiving a New Year's Six bowl bid.^[12] MAC and Mountain West teams again met in 2019,^[13] as The American's champion, Memphis, again received a New Year's Six bid.

Game results

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Rankings per AP Poll prior to the game being played.

Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Attendance	Notes
December 20, 2017	Louisiana Tech	51	SMU	10	14,419	notes
December 19, 2018	Ohio	27	San Diego State	0	11,029	notes
December 20, 2019	Kent State	51	Utah State	41	12,120	notes
December 19, 2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic					^[11]
December 21, 2021	San Diego State	38	No. 24 UTSA	24	15,801	notes
December 17, 2022	Boise State	35	North Texas	32	12,211	notes
December 19, 2023	UTSA	35	Marshall	17	11,215	notes

Source:^[14]

MVPs

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Year	Offensive MVP			Defensive MVP			Ref.
Year	Player	College	Position	Player	College	Position	Ref.
2017	J'Mar Smith	Louisiana Tech	QB	Amik Robertson	Louisiana Tech	CB	^[15]
2018	A. J. Ouellette	Ohio	RB	Evan Croutch	Ohio	LB	^[16]
2019	Dustin Crum	Kent State	QB	Qwuantrezz Knight	Kent State	DB	^[17]
2021	Jesse Matthews	San Diego State	WR	CJ Baskerville	San Diego State	S	^[18]
2022	Taylen Green	Boise State	QB	Ezekial Noa	Boise State	LB	^[19]
2023	Joshua Cephus	UTSA	WR	Kam Alexander	UTSA	CB	^[20]

Appearances by team

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Updated through the December 2023 edition (6 games, 12 total appearances).

Rank	Team	Appearances	Record	Win pct.
1	San Diego State	2	1–1	.500
1	UTSA	2	1–1	.500
2	Kent State	1	1–0	1.000
	Louisiana Tech	1	1–0	1.000
	Ohio	1	1–0	1.000
	Boise State	1	1–0	1.000
	Marshall	1	0–1	.000
	North Texas	1	0–1	.000
	SMU	1	0–1	.000
	Utah State	1	0–1	.000

Appearances by conference

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Updated through the December 2022 edition (6 games, 12 total appearances).

Conference	Record				Appearances by season
Conference	Games	W	L	Win pct.	Won	Lost
Mountain West	4	2	2	.500	2021, 2022	2018, 2019
C-USA	3	1	2	.333	2017	2021, 2022
MAC	2	2	0	1.000	2018, 2019
The American	2	1	1	.500	2023	2017
Sun Belt	1	0	1	.000		2023

Game records

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Team	Record, Team vs. Opponent	Year
Most points scored (one team)	51, shared by: Louisiana Tech vs. SMU Kent State vs. Utah State	2017 2019
Most points scored (losing team)	41, Utah State vs. Kent State	2019
Most points scored (both teams)	92, Kent State vs. Utah State	2019
Fewest points allowed	0, San Diego State vs. Ohio	2018
Largest margin of victory	41, Louisiana Tech vs. SMU	2017
Total yards	550, Kent State vs. Utah State	2019
Rushing yards	318, Boise State vs. North Texas	2022
Passing yards	333, San Diego State vs. UTSA	2021
First downs	31, San Diego State vs. UTSA	2021
Fewest yards allowed	287, Ohio vs. San Diego State	2018
Fewest rushing yards allowed	117, San Diego State vs. UTSA	2021
Fewest passing yards allowed	127, Louisiana Tech vs. SMU	2017
Individual	Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent	Year
All-purpose yards	256, Taylen Green (Boise State)	2022
Touchdowns (all-purpose)	3, Taylen Green (Boise State)	2022
Rushing yards	178, Ashton Jeanty (Boise State)	2022
Rushing touchdowns	2, shared by: Nathan Rourke (Ohio) Taylen Green (Boise State) Ikaika Ragsdale (North Texas)	2018 2022
Passing yards	333, Lucas Johnson (San Diego State)	2021
Passing touchdowns	3, shared by: J'Mar Smith (Louisiana Tech) Jordan Love (Utah State) Lucas Johnson (San Diego State)	2017 2019 2021
Receptions	11, Jesse Matthews (San Diego State)	2021
Receiving yards	175, Jesse Matthews (San Diego State)	2021
Receiving touchdowns	2, shared by: Teddy Veal (Louisiana Tech) Siaosi Mariner (Utah State) Jesse Matthews (San Diego State)	2017 2019 2021
Tackles	14, Troy Lefeged Jr. (Utah State)	2019
Sacks	2, Nick Heninger (Utah State)	2019
Interceptions	1, multiple players
Long Plays	Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent	Year
Touchdown run	57 yds., Deven Thompkins (Utah State)	2019
Touchdown pass	78 yds., Dustin Crum to Isaiah McKoy (Kent State)	2019
Kickoff return	65 yds,, Jaqwis Dancy (Louisiana Tech)	2017
Punt return	30 yds., Kylan Nelson (Ohio)	2018
Interception return	52 yds., Ezekiel Noa (Boise State)	2022
Fumble return	8 yds., Eric Kendzior (Louisiana Tech)	2017
Punt	51 yds., Davan Dyer (Louisiana Tech)	2017
Field goal	45 yds., Dominik Eberle (Utah State)	2019

Media coverage

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The bowl has been televised by ESPN or ESPN2 since its inception.

References

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^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
^ ^a ^b McMurphy, Brett (April 21, 2017). "Miami Beach Bowl moving to Frisco, Texas". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
^ "DXL Men's Apparel Named Title Sponsor for Inaugural Frisco Bowl". thefriscobowl.com. November 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
^ "SMU AND LOUISIANA TECH SELECTED TO PLAY IN INAUGURAL 2017 DXL FRISCO BOWL". dxlfriscobowl.com (Press release). December 3, 2017. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
^ Lind, Andrew (December 19, 2019). "Tropical Smoothie Cafe Takes Over As Title Sponsor Of Frisco Bowl". sportslogos.net. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
^ Reports, 6 News Staff (July 31, 2023). "Frisco Bowl welcomes Scooter's Coffee as new title sponsor". WOWT.com. Retrieved July 31, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "SMU football will finish season with Frisco Bowl appearance on Dec. 19". Dallas News. 9 December 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
^ "UTSA headed to Frisco Bowl to face SMU". MySanAntonio. 13 December 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "Winsipedia - SMU Mustangs vs. UTSA Roadrunners football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
^ "Frisco Bowl Canceled Over SMU COVID-19 Protocols, Organizers Say". NBC DFW. 14 December 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl Canceled; UTSA to Play in SERVPRO First Responder Bowl". thefriscobowl.com (Press release). December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ Phillips, Troy (December 7, 2018). "2018 DXL Frisco Bowl Preview". dxlfriscobowl.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
^ "Utah State Accepts Invite to Frisco Bowl Against Kent State". theFriscoBowl.com. December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
^ "Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl" (PDF). Bowl/All Star Game Records. NCAA. 2020. p. 17. Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via NCAA.org.
^ "Smith, Robertson named MVPs in LA Tech's Frisco bowl victory". ESPN. December 2017.
^ @MACSports (December 19, 2018). "MVP's of the Game!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Flashes Win First Bowl Game in Program History". kentstatesports.com. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
^ @ohrnberger (December 21, 2021). "Jesse Matthews wins the offensive MVP, CJ Baskerville wins the defensive MVP for the 2021 Frisco Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved December 22, 2021 – via Twitter.
^ "2022 Frisco Bowl Postgame Notes". thefriscobowl.com. December 17, 2022.
^ @GregLuca (December 20, 2023). "UTSA's Joshua Cephus named the Offensive MVP of the Frisco Bowl, with cornerback Kam Alexander collecting Defensive MVP honors" (Tweet). Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Twitter.

External links

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