2019 Frisco Bowl

2019 Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl
3rd Frisco Bowl
Utah State Aggies Kent State Golden Flashes
(7–5) (6–6)
Mountain West MAC
41 51
Head coach: 
Gary Andersen		 Head coach: 
Sean Lewis
1234 Total
Utah State 1071014 41
Kent State 176325 51
DateDecember 20, 2019
Season2019
StadiumToyota Stadium
LocationFrisco, Texas
MVPDustin Crum (QB, Kent State)[1] & Qwuantrezz Knight (DB, Kent State)[2]
FavoriteUtah State by 7[3]
RefereeKen Antee (C-USA)[4]
Attendance12,120[5]
PayoutUS$650,000[6]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
AnnouncersAnish Shroff (play-by-play), John Congemi (analyst), Kris Budden (sideline)
Frisco Bowl
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The 2019 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 20, 2019, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. local CST) on ESPN2.[7] It was the 3rd edition of the Frisco Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by restaurant franchise Tropical Smoothie Cafe, the game was officially known as the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl.[8]

  1. ^ Gregorski, Keith (December 20, 2019). "2019 Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl Recap: Kent State gets first bowl win in program history in thrilling 51-41 triumph over Utah State". hustlebelt.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Flashes Win First Bowl Game in Program History". kentstatesports.com. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Utah State vs. Kent State - Game Summary - December 20, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019-20 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  5. ^ @EmptySeatsPics (December 20, 2019). "Announced crowd of 12,120 for the 2019 Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved December 21, 2019 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  7. ^ "2019-20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  8. ^ "Tropical Smoothie Cafe Named Title Sponsor of Frisco Bowl". ESPN Press Room U.S. August 15, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.