Miami Beach Bowl | |
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Stadium | Marlins Park |
Location | Miami, Florida |
Operated | 2014–present |
Conference tie-ins | American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mid-American Conference, Sun Belt Conference |
Payout | US$1,000,000 (as of 2015) |
2016 matchup | |
Central Michigan vs. Tulsa (Tulsa 55–10) |
The Miami Beach Bowl is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned Division I college football bowl game first played on December 22, 2014, in Miami, Florida at Marlins Park.
The Brigham Young Cougars played in the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl against the American Athletic Conference co-champion Memphis Tigers. The Miami Beach Bowl marked the Cougars first appearance in a Florida bowl in nearly 30 years, since the 1985 Citrus Bowl in Orlando, while the Tigers returned to Florida for its first bowl game since the 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl.
Dave Woloshin
Jarvis Greer
Matt Dillon
x – In 2014, the Miami Beach Bowl didn't provide a national radio carrier. As a result, both local schools broadcasts were made available through the regular platforms. The only nationwide broadcast available was the Cougar IMG Sports Network simulcast on BYU Radio – nationwide on Sirius XM 143, Dish Network 980, and byuradio.org. In 2015 Touchdown Radio Productions picked up the rights to air the game nationwide. However, in 2016 the bowl was back to local stations only.