2014 Boca Raton Bowl

2014 Boca Raton Bowl
1st Boca Raton Bowl
Marshall Thundering Herd Northern Illinois Huskies
(12–1) (11–2)
C-USA MAC
52 23
Head coach: 
John "Doc" Holliday		 Head coach: 
Rod Carey
1234 Total
Marshall 14101414 52
Northern Illinois 7673 23
DateDecember 23, 2014
Season2014
StadiumFAU Stadium
LocationBoca Raton, Florida
MVPMarshall QB Rakeem Cato[1]
FavoriteMarshall by 8.5[2]
RefereeRick Loumiet[3] (Mtn. West)
Attendance29,419[4]
PayoutUS$400,000
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersDave LaMont, Desmond Howard, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN)
Marc Kestecher, John Congemi, & Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio)
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The 2014 Boca Raton Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 23, 2014 at FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. The first edition of the Boca Raton Bowl, it featured the Conference USA champion Marshall Thundering Herd against the Mid-American Conference champion Northern Illinois Huskies. The game began at 6:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN.[5] It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Marshall beat Northern Illinois by a score of 52–23.[6]

  1. ^ Burke, Peter (December 23, 2014). "Rakeem Cato caps record-setting career with win in Boca Raton Bowl". local10.com. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  2. ^ Odds
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  4. ^ "Marshall Thundering Herd vs. Northern Illinois Huskies". USA Today. December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  5. ^ "Announced: Marshall, Northern Illinois to Face Off in Inaugural Boca Raton Bowl". TheBocaRatonBowl.com. Boca Raton Bowl. December 7, 2014. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  6. ^ "Locals Lead Marshall to Boca Raton Bowl Blowout", Reuters, December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.