ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (December 21, 2017) – FIU closes out its 2017 football season on Thursday night as it faces Temple in the Big Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Kick off is slated for 8 p.m. with the game being televised live on ESPN.
The Panthers hit the field looking for their second bowl win in the programs 16-year history. FIU's last win in a bowl game came on Dec. 26, 2010, in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, in Detroit, Michigan, a thrilling 34-32 victory over Toledo. The Panthers last went bowling in this same venue – Tropicana Field – during the, then, Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl on Dec.