MIAMI (December 3, 2017) – FIU will play in its third bowl game in program history. The Panthers have accepted an invitation to the 2017 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. (ET). The game, which will be played at Tropicana Field, will be broadcast on ESPN. The Panthers will face the Temple Owls of the American Athletic Conference.
"We're very excited to be headed to the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl," FIU Head Football Coach Butch Davis said. "Our guys have worked really hard this year, and I'm proud that we'll end this season in a bowl.