Pinstripe Bowl

Pinstripe Bowl
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
StadiumYankee Stadium
LocationThe Bronx, New York City
Operated2010–present
Conference tie-insACC, Big Ten
Previous conference tie-insAmerican, Big 12, Big East, Notre Dame
PayoutUS$4.4 million (2019)[1]
Sponsors
New Era Cap Company (2010–2021)[2]
Bad Boy Mowers (2022–present)[3]
Former names
Yankee Bowl (2010, working title)
2023 matchup
Rutgers vs. Miami (FL) (Rutgers 31–24)
2024 matchup
(December 28, 2024)

The Pinstripe Bowl is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game held annually since 2010 at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City. Through 2025 it is affiliated with the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Ten Conference;[4][5] it previously had ties with the Big 12 Conference and the Big East Conference.

The winner receives the George M. Steinbrenner Trophy; the bowl’s most valuable player receives the David C. Koch MVP Trophy.[6] The Pinstripe Bowl is one of four outdoor cold-weather bowls, the others being the Military Bowl (Annapolis, Maryland), the Fenway Bowl (Boston, Massachusetts,) and the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, Idaho). It is one of three active bowls played in baseball stadiums, the others being the Rate Bowl (Chase Field) and the Fenway Bowl (Fenway Park).[7]

  1. ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Official sponsors". PinstripeBowl.com. Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Official sponsors". 16 August 2022.
  4. ^ "ACC Announces Bowl Agreements for 2020-25". theacc.com (Press release). July 11, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  5. ^ "Big Ten Announces New Postseason Slate with at Least 11 Different Bowls Across the Country". Big Ten Conference (Press release). June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "David C. Koch MVP Trophy Winners". PinstripeBowl.com. Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  7. ^ "Boston's Fenway Park to host new 2020 college football bowl game between ACC, AAC teams". Retrieved April 30, 2019.