TCU football will face Cal in the Cheez-It Bowl, it was announced on Sunday.
The bowl game will be played on Dec. 26 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz., with kickoff slated for 8 p.m, CT. The Horned Frogs have never previously faced the Golden Bears, though the two schools have a future home-and-home series scheduled from 2020-2021.
TCU last appeared in the Cheez-It Bowl, then known as the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, in December 2012 -- a 17-16 loss to Michigan State. The trip to Phoenix will mark the 17th time the Horned Frogs have played in a bowl game since Gary Patterson was named TCU's head coach in December 2000.