Category: Press Releases

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Illinois – Elk Grove Village, using its business slogan – Makers Wanted – has been announced as the title sponsor of the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl, to be played December 21, 2018 in Nassau, Bahamas. The Makers Wanted tagline serves as a call-to-action for Elk Grove Village’s thriving community and the thousands…

The fifth annual Bahamas Bowl has been set for Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 at 12:30 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 fifth consecutive year by ESPN. For the third straight year, the game date falls at the start of…

Four student-athletes who played in the Bahamas Bowl will get their opportunity to make NFL rosters after being selected in the 2018 NFL Draft, held April 26-28 in Arlington, Texas. Three of the universities that participated in the Bahamas Bowl – Middle Tennessee (2015), Ohio (2017) and Western Michigan (2015) – had at least one…

Superlatives: Ohio RB Dorian Brown’s 74-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter was the longest run and longest rushing TD in Bahamas Bowl history (previous long: 62 – Jamauri Bogan, Western Michigan, 2015). Ohio had the second two one-play scoring drives in Bahamas Bowl history (Central Michigan, twice, 2014). The Bobcats scored on a 74-yard…

One of the highly anticipated events of Bahamas Bowl week is set for Wednesday, Dec. 20 as the fourth-annual Bahamas Bowl Youth Football Clinic will take place from 3:30-5:00 pm at the old Thomas Robinson Stadium (adjacent to the National Stadium) in Nassau. The clinic is free and open to boys and girls ages 7-13,…

Veteran ESPN SportsCenter anchor and college football commentator Steve Levy, 1991 Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl XXXI MVP Desmond Howard and sideline reporter Laura Rutledge will call the 2017 Bahamas Bowl between UAB (8-4) and Ohio (8-4) for ESPN on Friday, Dec. 22 in Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium at 12:30 p.m. ET. Levy…

UAB will represent Conference USA and Ohio will represent the Mid-American Conference as both institutions accepted bids to the 2017 Bahamas Bowl, set for Friday, Dec. 22 in Nassau’s Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. The Bahamas Bowl will be played at 12:30 p.m. ET, and the contest will be televised on ESPN and broadcast on…

Click here to read the 2017 Bahamas Bowl Weekly Release – Week 8 – October 20-21 (PDF) THIS WEEKEND: The weekend’s action begins Friday in Conference USA with a pair of East Division matchups. WKU (4-2, 2-1) is at Old Dominion (2-4, 0-2) and division co-leader Marshall (5-1, 2-0) goes to Middle Tennessee (3-4, 1-2)….

Click here to read the 2017 Bahamas Bowl Weekly Release – Week 7 – October 14 (PDF) THIS WEEKEND: Saturday in Conference USA, there are six league games and one non-conference matchup. West Division leader North Texas (3-2, 2-0) hosts UTSA (3-1, 0-1). In the East, Old Dominion (2-3, 0-1) is at Marshall (4-1, 1-0)….

Click here to read the 2017 Bahamas Bowl Weekly Release – Week 6 – October 7 (PDF) THIS WEEKEND: There are 13 games Saturday combined in Conference USA and the MAC, and all but one are league games. In C-USA, six conference games are on the docket. In the East Division, leader FIU (3-1, 2-0)…