CHERIBUNDI BOCA RATON BOWL
SMU vs. FLORIDA ATLANTIC Television National Radio SMU Radio THE GAME
Saturday, Dec. 21 • 3:30 p.m. • ABC
FAU Stadium (29,419/Natural Grass)
Boca Raton, Florida
ABC
Tom Hart, Joey Galloway and Pat McAfee
ESPN Radio
SiriusXM 81
Dave LaMont, Rene Ingoglia and Ed Aschoff
KTCK-FM 96.7 (flagship)
The Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl began in the 2014 season and will be played for the sixth time in 2019 … American Athletic Conference teams have made two appearances in the game … An SMU win against Marshall would give The American its first win in the bowl … The game is played at FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic … FAU will be making its second appearance in the Boca Raton Bowl … The Owls defeated Akron 50-3 in the 2017 game … This year’s bowl itinerary includes a Wednesday afternoon beach party, Friday pep rallies, a Fan Fest and family midway … The game had been played on the Tuesday evening before Christmas in each of its first five years, but will be a featured Saturday-afternoon contest on ABC in 2019 … The Boca Raton Bowl will have featured the Conference USA champion in five of the game’s six seasons following this year’s matchup … SMU and Florida Atlantic have never met on the gridiron prior to this year’s game.