| 2018 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 5th Boca Raton Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 18, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | FAU Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Boca Raton, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Xavier Ubosi (WR, UAB) & Anthony Rush (NT, UAB)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | UAB by 2.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Cal McNeill (Mountain West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 22,614 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,000,000 [3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN & ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave LaMont, Desmond Howard, Jonathan Vilma and Alyssa Lang (ESPN) Bill Rosinski, David Norrie and Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 Boca Raton Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2018,[4] with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EST.[5] It was the fifth edition of the Boca Raton Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Cheribundi beverage company, the game is officially known as the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl.
The game featured the UAB Blazers, champions of Conference USA, and the Northern Illinois Huskies, champions of the Mid-American Conference. The Boca Raton Bowl was the first of three 2018–19 bowl games featuring two conference champions, along with the Orange Bowl and Rose Bowl.[6] In just the second season since restarting its football program, the UAB Blazers defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies, 37–13, earning UAB their first-ever bowl victory.[7]