Fenway Bowl

The Fenway Bowl is an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Organized by ESPN Events and Fenway Sports Management, it features teams from the American Athletic Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference. The bowl is one of three active bowl games staged in a baseball stadium, along with the Pinstripe Bowl (Yankee Stadium) and Rate Bowl (Chase Field). The Fenway Bowl is one of three contemporary bowl games that have never released payout totals for the teams involved in the game (the Myrtle Beach Bowl and LA Bowl are the others).

Holy Cross and Boston College playing at Fenway Park in 1916

American football games at Fenway Park date to 1912, the year the venue opened. Various high school, college, and professional football teams have played at Fenway, including the Boston Patriots during the American Football League (AFL) era, and the Boston College Eagles. Prior to the Fenway Bowl, no bowl game had been scheduled for the ballpark.

Organizers had planned for the inaugural playing of the Fenway Bowl to be during the 2020–21 bowl season. On October 23, 2020, it was reported that the bowl would not debut as planned, citing COVID-19 pandemic concerns. Postponement of the bowl was confirmed by organizers the following week, with the temporary Montgomery Bowl being created as a substitute.

On May 27, 2021, organizers announced a game date for the 2021–22 bowl season of December 29, 2021. On November 4, 2021, Wasabi Technologies signed on as the title sponsor of the game. However, the game was canceled three days prior to kickoff due to COVID issues within the Virginia team; they had been set to face SMU.

On December 17, 2022, as part of the 2022–23 bowl season, the Fenway Bowl was played for the first time, featuring Cincinnati and Louisville. The following year, the first ranked team was invited to the bowl, as SMU (17th in the AP poll and 24th in the College Football Playoff rankings) faced Boston College.

Rankings are based on the AP poll prior to the game being played.

Updated through the December 2025 edition (4 games, 8 total appearances).

Teams with multiple appearances

Teams with a single appearance

Won (3): Army, Boston College, Louisville

Lost (3): Cincinnati, North Carolina, SMU

Updated through the December 2025 edition (4 games, 8 total appearances).

Independent appearances: UConn (2024, 2025)

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The bowl has been televised by ESPN since its inception.

• Official website