Mid-American Conference

ESPN Annouces Dates and Times for Bowl Games
MAC to play in five primary bowl games plus potential of secondary bowl games

ESPN will televise 35 bowl games, including all 14 of ESPN Events’ owned and operated contests, over 17 days beginning in December and once again establishing itself as the home for postseason college football.  The bowl mania will include the College Football Playoff Semifinals and the entire New Year’s Six, which will build up to the season’s grand finale: The College Football Playoff National Championship from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on January 13.

The MAC will have five primary bowl games this 2019 Bowl Season with the potential of additional appearances with secondary bowl relationships with the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit and ESPN owned and operated bowl games. The college football bowl season begins with two games on Friday, Dec. 20, including the MAC's appearance in the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl at 2:00 pm ET against Conference USA.

This season’s College Football Playoff Semifinals will be played on December 28, three days earlier than the originally scheduled date of New Year’s Eve. The date change to the last Saturday in December, which was announced in 2016 and began in practice last season, did not affect the date of the College Football Playoff National Championship, which remains on Monday, January 13, at 8 p.m. ET as originally scheduled.

The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (4 p.m. or 8 p.m.) and PlayStation Fiesta Bowl (4 p.m. or 8 p.m.) will host this year’s CFP Semifinals, with the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (noon) beginning the New Year’s Six slate earlier the same day. The Capital One Orange Bowl (8 p.m.) will be played on December 30 while the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual (5 p.m.) and Allstate Sugar Bowl (8:45 p.m.) are held in their traditional New Year’s Day time slots.

ESPN’s MAC 2019 Bowl Schedule
Date, Time (ET)                    Game, Network, Opponent
Fri., Dec. 20, 2:00 pm ET      Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl (ESPN) - MAC vs. Conference USA
Fri., Dec. 20, 7:30 pm ET      *Frisco Bowl (ESPN2) - MAC vs. American Athletic Conference
Sat., Dec. 21, 3:30 pm ET     Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl (ESPN) - MAC vs. American Athletic Conference
Sat., Dec. 21, 5:30 pm ET     Camellia Bowl (ESPN) - MAC vs. Sun Belt
Thur., Dec. 26, 8:00 pm ET   *Quick Lane Bowl (ESPN) - MAC vs. Big Ten or ACC
Fri., Jan. 3, 3:30 pm ET         Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (ESPN) - MAC vs. Mountain West
Mon., Jan. 6, 7:30 pm ET      Mobile Alabama Bowl (ESPN) - MAC vs. Sun Belt
*MAC secondary bowl partners

2019 MAC Primary Bowl Games:
Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl
The sixth annual Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl has been set for Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. ET. The game, held in Nassau’s 15,000-seat Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, will be broadcast in the United States for the sixth consecutive year by ESPN. For the fourth straight year, the game date falls at the start of a long holiday period in the Bahamas, allowing for an early Friday afternoon game and features teams from the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA.

Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl
The sixth annual Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl is set for Saturday, Dec. 21 at 3:30 pm ET live from FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla.  The game will air nationally ESPN and will feature a team from the Mid-American Conference and the American Athletic Conference.

Camellia Bowl
The sixth annual Camellia Bowl will be played on Saturday, Dec. 21, from historic Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala. The 5:30 pm ET game on ESPN will match teams from the Mid-American Conference against the Sun Belt Conference.

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
The 23rd edition of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl will kick off Friday, Jan. 3 at 3:30 pm ET.  The game will be held at Boise State University’s Albertsons Stadium and televised on ESPN. The nation’s northern-most bowl game traditionally features a matchup of a team from the Mid-American Conference and the Mountain West Conference. This will mark the MAC's 10th appearance in the bowl game in the last 11 years. 

Mobile Alabama Bowl
The 21st annual Mobile Alabama Bowl will be played on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 at 7:30 pm ET and will be nationally televised on ESPN. Played at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, the game pits top-selected teams from the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. 

2019 MAC Secondary Bowl Games
Quick Lane Bowl
The annual Quick Lane Bowl will be played on Thursday, Dec. 26 at 8:00 pm ET on ESPN. The game will feature a team from the Big Ten Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference, as the Mid-American Conference will provide a backup to this bowl game if necessary.

Frisco Bowl
The third annual Frisco Bowl will air on ESPN2 on Friday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 pm ET live from Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Toyota Stadium is the home of FC Dallas of Major League Soccer and host to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Championship Game since 2010, with a football capacity of 17,200.  The MAC is a secondary partner for the third year bowl game as the game has the potential to showcase a team from the Mid-American Conference against a program from either the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA or Mountain West.

ESPN Bowl Games
The MAC will provide a backup if needed to the various ESPN owned and operated bowl games during the 2019 bowl season.