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Cure Bowl
Annual American college football game
Annual American college football game
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cure Bowl |
| full_name | StaffDNA Cure Bowl |
| logo | CureBowlLogo24.svg |
| logo_size | 195px |
| stadium | Camping World Stadium |
| previous_stadiums | {{ubl |
| location | Orlando, Florida |
| years | 2014–present |
| conference_tie-ins | American, CUSA, MAC, Sun Belt |
| payout | 573,125 (2023) |
| website | |
| sponsors | {{ubl |
| former_names | {{ubl |
| prev_matchup_year | 2025 |
| prev_matchup_season | 2025 |
| prev_matchup_teams | Old Dominion vs. South Florida |
| prev_matchup_score | Old Dominion 24–10 |
| next_matchup_year |
|Camping World Stadium (2014–2018; 2020; 2024–present) |Exploria Stadium (2019, 2021–2022) |FBC Mortgage Stadium (2023) | conference_tie-ins = American, CUSA, MAC, Sun Belt | AutoNation (2014–2018) | FBC Mortgage (2019–2020) | Tailgreeter (2021) | Duluth Trading Company (2022) | Avocados from Mexico (2023) | StaffDNA (2024–present) | AutoNation Cure Bowl (2014–2018) | FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl (2019–2020) | Tailgreeter Cure Bowl (2021) | Duluth Trading Cure Bowl (2022) | Avocados from Mexico Cure Bowl (2023)
The Cure Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game that has been played in December of each year since 2015 in Orlando, Florida. It is currently held at Camping World Stadium, and in the past has been held at FBC Mortgage Stadium and Exploria Stadium, now known respectively as Acrisure Bounce House and Inter&Co Stadium. The Cure Bowl is so named to promote awareness and research of breast cancer, with proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The Cure Bowl usually features teams from the American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. Since 2024, it has been sponsored by the health care employment website StaffDNA and officially known as the StaffDNA Cure Bowl; previous sponsors include AutoNation (2014–2018), FBC Mortgage (2019–2020), Tailgreeter (2021), Duluth Trading Company (2022), and Avocados from Mexico (2023).
History
The game has tie-ins with the American Conference (American) and the Sun Belt Conference. The inaugural game took place on December 19, 2015, featuring the San Jose State Spartans from the Mountain West Conference and the Georgia State Panthers of the Sun Belt Conference. A Mountain West team was invited to the bowl due to the American not having enough bowl-eligible teams to fill the tie-in.
During the planning stages, it was originally proposed to hold the game at Bright House Networks Stadium (now known as Acrisure Bounce House) on the campus of UCF. However, it was later decided to hold the game at the newly renovated Camping World Stadium in downtown Orlando, joining the Camping World Bowl and the Citrus Bowl as annual bowl games at the venue. The game was at held Camping World Stadium in 2015–2018 and 2020, and at Exploria Stadium, now known as Inter&Co Stadium, in 2019, 2021–2022. It moved to FBC Mortgage Stadium at UCF in 2023. It moved back to Camping World Stadium in 2024.
The game was acquired by ESPN Events in May 2020. The 2020 edition of the bowl, between Liberty and Coastal Carolina, became the first Cure Bowl to host ranked teams and to go into overtime.
Sponsorship
From its inaugural playing in 2015 through 2018, the game was sponsored by AutoNation and was known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl. In December 2019, FBC Mortgage became the new title sponsor, making the game the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl. In December 2020, FBC Mortgage renewed its sponsorship of the bowl. On December 2, 2021, digital marketplace Tailgreeter became the new sponsor of the bowl, making the game the Tailgreeter Cure Bowl. On June 29, 2022, Duluth Trading Company was announced as the new title sponsor for the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl. On October 31, 2023, Avocados From Mexico, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mexican Hass Avocado Importers Association, became the new title sponsor of the game. On May 28, 2024, StaffDNA became the new title sponsor of the game.
Game results
All rankings are taken from the AP Poll prior to the game being played.
Source:
MVPs
| Year | MVP | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kenny Potter | San Jose State | QB |
| 2016 | Kendall Sanders | Arkansas State | WR |
| 2017 | Conner Manning | Georgia State | QB |
| 2018 | Darius Bradwell | Tulane | RB |
| 2019 | Jessie Lemonier | Liberty | DE |
| 2020 | Malik Willis | Liberty | QB |
| 2021 | Grayson McCall | Coastal Carolina | QB |
| 2022 | KJ Robertson | Troy | LB |
| 2023 | Anderson Castle | Appalachian State | RB |
| 2024 | Parker Navarro | Ohio | QB |
| 2025 | Quinn Henicle | Old Dominion | QB |
Source:
Most appearances
Updated through the December 2025 edition (11 games, 22 total appearances).
;Teams with multiple appearances
| Team | Appearances | Record | Win pct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 2 | 2–0 | |
| Georgia State | 2 | 1–1 | |
| Coastal Carolina | 2 | 1–1 |
;Teams with a single appearance Won (7): Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Ohio, Old Dominion, San Jose State, Troy, Tulane Lost (9): Georgia Southern, Jacksonville State, Louisiana, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, South Florida, UCF, UTSA, Western Kentucky
Appearances by conference
Updated through the December 2025 edition (11 games, 22 total appearances).
| Conference | Record | Appearances by season | Games | W | L | Win pct. | Won | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Belt | 10 | 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 | 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 | |||||
| American | 3 | 2018 | 2016, 2025 | |||||
| MAC | 3 | 2024 | 2021, 2023 | |||||
| CUSA | 3 | 2017, 2022, 2024 | ||||||
| Independents | 2 | 2019, 2020 | ||||||
| Mountain West | 1 | 2015 |
Independent appearances: Liberty (2019, 2020)
Game records
| Team | Performance vs. Opponent | Year | Individual | Player, Team | Year | Long Plays | Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most points scored | 47, Coastal Carolina vs. Northern Illinois | 2021 | ||||||
| Fewest points allowed | 9, Miami (OH) vs. Appalachian State | 2023 | ||||||
| Margin of victory | 18, Arkansas State vs. UCF | 2016 | ||||||
| First downs | 29, shared by: | |||||||
| Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina | ||||||||
| Ohio vs. Jacksonville State | ||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||
| Total yards | 516, Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina | 2021 | ||||||
| Rushing yards | 337, Tulane vs. Louisiana | 2018 | ||||||
| Passing yards | 362, Jacksonville State vs. Ohio | 2024 | ||||||
| Most points scored (losing team) | 41, Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina | 2021 | ||||||
| Most points scored (both teams) | 88, Coastal Carolina vs. Northern Illinois | 2021 | ||||||
| Fewest yards allowed | 223, UCF vs. Arkansas State | 2016 | ||||||
| Fewest rushing yards allowed | -2, Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State | 2017 | ||||||
| Fewest passing yards allowed | 44, Miami (OH) vs. Appalachian State | 2023 | ||||||
| All-Purpose Yards | 234, Quinn Henicle (Old Dominion) | 2025 | ||||||
| Points scored | 24, shared by: | |||||||
| Malik Willis (Liberty) | ||||||||
| Grayson McCall (Coastal Carolina) | ||||||||
| Parker Navarro (Ohio) | ||||||||
| 2020 | ||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||
| Passing touchdowns | 4, Grayson McCall (Coastal Carolina) | 2021 | ||||||
| Rushing yards | 180, Rashad Amos (Miami (OH)) | 2023 | ||||||
| Passing yards | 362, Tyler Huff (Jacksonville State) | 2024 | ||||||
| Receiving yards | 184, Cam Vaughn (Jacksonville State) | 2024 | ||||||
| Receptions | 13, Jaivon Heiligh (Coastal Carolina) | 2020 | ||||||
| Rushing touchdowns | 4, Malik Willis (Liberty) | 2020 | ||||||
| Receiving touchdowns | 3, Kendall Sanders (Arkansas State) | 2016 | ||||||
| Tackles | 14, shared by: | |||||||
| Demeitre Brim (UCF) | ||||||||
| Silas Kelly (Coastal Carolina) | ||||||||
| Carlton Martial (Troy) | ||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
| Sacks | 2.5, Curley Young Jr. (Jacksonville State) | 2024 | ||||||
| Interceptions | 2, Jerome Carter (Old Dominion) | 2025 | ||||||
| Touchdown run | 60 yds., Braydon Bennett (Coastal Carolina) | 2021 | ||||||
| Touchdown pass | 75 yds., shared by: | |||||||
| Justice Hansen to Kendall Sanders (Arkansas State) | ||||||||
| Tyler Huff to Cam Vaughn (Jacksonville State) | ||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||
| Kickoff return | 41 yds., Trayvon Rudolph (Northern Illinois) | 2018 | ||||||
| Punt return | 85 yds., Tyler Ervin (San Jose State) | 2015 | ||||||
| Interception return | 63 yds., Bralen Trahan (Louisiana) | 2018 | ||||||
| Fumble return | 8 yds., Dre Pinckney (Coastal Carolina) | 2021 | ||||||
| Punt | 70 yds., Wil Lutz (Georgia State) | 2015 | ||||||
| Field goal | 46 yds., Alex Probert (Liberty) | 2019 |
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Media coverage
The game was initially televised by CBS Sports Network, making it one of the few bowl games to not be televised by an ESPN network. Following the bowl's acquisition by ESPN Events in 2020, broadcasting moved to ESPN.
Footnotes
References
References
- "2023 Bowl Schedule".
- (14 April 2014). "Citrus Bowl to host Cure Bowl in 2015". [[Hearst Television]].
- "AAC, Sun Belt to meet in 2015 Cure Bowl on CBS Sports Network". [[CBS Interactive]].
- Washington, Chad. (April 14, 2014). "Report: Sun Belt to be tie-in to new bowl game in Orlando".
- Murschel, Matt. (April 14, 2014). "Orlando set to host third bowl game featuring teams from AAC, Sun Belt". [[Orlando Sentinel]].
- "Cure Bowl to be Played Saturday, December 26 on ESPN".
- Murschel, Matt. (May 1, 2019). "Orlando City Stadium to host Cure Bowl". [[Orlando Sentinel]].
- (September 27, 2023). "2023 Cure Bowl Moves to FBC Mortgage Stadium".
- (June 6, 2024). "2024 StaffDNA Cure Bowl Scheduled for December 20 on ESPN".
- (2020-10-30). "ESPN Events Reveals 13-Game College Football Bowl Schedule for 2020-21".
- "AutoNation signs on as title sponsor of Cure Bowl".
- (December 6, 2019). "FBC Mortgage Named Title Sponsor of the Cure Bowl and March 2 Cure".
- (December 18, 2020). "FBC Mortgage Continues as Title Sponsor of the 2020 Cure Bowl".
- "Tailgreeter Named Title Sponsor of 2021 Cure Bowl in Orlando".
- (June 29, 2022). "Duluth Trading Company Named Title Sponsor of 2022 Cure Bowl in Orlando".
- "Avocados From Mexico® Named Title Sponsor of 2023 Cure Bowl in Orlando".
- "StaffDNA Named Title Sponsor of Cure Bowl in Orlando".
- (2020). "FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl". NCAA.
- "The History".
- Keegan III, Robert. (December 20, 2024). "Football: Ohio secures record 11th win with 30-27 Cure Bowl victory".
- "Cure Bowl Records". Orlando Sports Foundation.
- (2020-12-08). "Bowl season is going to be an even more ESPN-centric affair this year".
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