Boca Raton Bowl

The Boca Raton Bowl is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game played in Boca Raton, Florida, since December 2014 on the campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) at FAU Stadium. Winners of the game received the Howard Schnellenberger championship trophy, named for the football head coach at FAU from 2001 to 2011.

Since 2025, it has been sponsored by food proecessing corporation Bush Brothers and Company and officially known as the Bush's Boca Raton Bowl of Beans; from 2020 through 2023, the bowl was sponsored by RoofClaim.com. Previous sponsors were Cheribundi (2017–2019) and Marmot (2015).

The bowl was founded on October 10, 2013, and was first played in December 2014 as one of the 2014–15 bowl games.

The bowl is owned and operated by ESPN Events, in partnership with Good Karma Brands (owner of the local ESPN Radio affiliate WESP). On October 6, 2015, Marmot, an outdoor clothing and sporting goods company, was announced as the title sponsor of the game. On December 1, 2017, Cheribundi, a New York–based beverage company, was announced as the new title sponsor. On November 20, 2025, Bush Brothers and Company was announced as the new title sponsor, rebranding the game as the Bush's Boca Raton Bowl of Beans.

Panoramic photograph of the 2025 Boca Raton Bowl mid-game

The bowl had a tie-in with the Mid-American Conference (MAC) for 2014 and 2015, to face opponents from Conference USA (C-USA) in the first year and the American Athletic Conference (The American) in the second.

In 2014, Northern Illinois, winner of the 2014 MAC Championship Game, was sent as the conference's representative, while C-USA also sent its champion, Marshall. The MAC and C-USA did not have automatic bowl bids for their champions entering 2014; C-USA had lost its contract with the Liberty Bowl, while the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, which usually took the MAC champion, was discontinued after its 2013 playing and the GoDaddy Bowl, which takes a MAC team and has the option to take the conference champion if it desires, did not invite Marshall. In 2015, the MAC sent Toledo and The American sent Temple.

In 2016 and 2017, C-USA and The American had primary tie-ins with the bowl. In 2016, C-USA sent Western Kentucky and The American sent Memphis. In 2017, C-USA sent Florida Atlantic while their opponent, Akron, came from the MAC. A C-USA vs. MAC matchup was again featured in 2018. The "affiliated conferences" for the 2019 game were The American, C-USA and MAC.

All rankings per the AP poll, prior to the game being played.

Source:

2014 MVP Rakeem Cato

The number of players honored as MVPs has varied.

Updated through the December 2025 edition (12 games, 24 total appearances).

Teams with multiple appearances

Teams with a single appearance

Won (6): BYU, James Madison, Louisville, Marshall, South Florida, UAB

Lost (8): Akron, Appalachian State, Liberty, Memphis, SMU, Syracuse, Temple, UCF

Updated through the December 2025 edition (12 games, 24 total appearances).

Independent appearances: BYU (2020), Liberty (2022)

The bowl has been televised by ESPN since its inception, with the 2019 edition broadcast on ABC.

Each December, the bowl recognizes one person associated with football in the state of Florida with the Palm Beach County Football Legends Award.

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