2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl
6th Boca Raton Bowl
SMU Mustangs Florida Atlantic Owls
(10–2) (10–3)
The American C-USA
28 52
Head coach: 
Sonny Dykes		 Head coach: 
Glenn Spencer (interim)
1234 Total
SMU 014014 28
Florida Atlantic 7211410 52
DateDecember 21, 2019
Season2019
StadiumFAU Stadium
LocationBoca Raton, Florida
MVPChris Robison (QB, FAU), Rashad Smith (CB, FAU), Matt Hayball (P, FAU)[1]
FavoriteSMU by 7[2]
RefereeKyle Olson (Sun Belt)[3]
Attendance23,187[4]
PayoutUS$900,000[5]
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC & ESPN Radio
AnnouncersABC: Tom Hart (play-by-play), Joey Galloway (analyst) and Pat McAfee (sideline)
ESPN Radio: Dave LaMont (play-by-play), Rene Ingoglia (analyst) and Ed Aschoff (sideline)
Boca Raton Bowl
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The 2019 Boca Raton Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 21, 2019, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. EST on ABC.[6] It was the 6th edition of the Boca Raton Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Cheribundi beverage company, the game was officially known as the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl.

Teams

This was the first time that Florida Atlantic and SMU had ever played each other.[7]

SMU Mustangs

Main article: 2019 SMU Mustangs football team

SMU finished their regular season with a 10–2 record (6–2 in conference). The Mustangs finished in third place in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference.

Florida Atlantic Owls

Main article: 2019 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Florida Atlantic finished their regular season atop the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA), then defeated UAB in the C-USA Championship Game, 49–6. The Owls entered the bowl with a 10–3 record (7–1 in conference).

Game summary

2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl
Period 1 2 34Total
SMU 0 14 01428
Florida Atlantic 7 21 141052

at FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida

  • Date: Saturday, December 21, 2019
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 76 °F (24 °C) • Wind: E 21 mph
  • Game attendance: 23,187
  • Referee: Kyle Olson
  • TV announcers (ABC): Tom Hart (play-by-play), Joey Galloway (analyst) and Pat McAfee (sideline)
  • ESPN game summary
Game information
First Quarter
  • (3:11) FAU – B.J. Emmons 1 yard rush, Vladimir Rivas kick (Drive: 13 plays, 74 yards, 3:17; Florida Atlantic 7–0)
Second Quarter
  • (14:05) SMU – Xavier Jones 1 yard rush, Kevin Robledo kick (Drive: 6 plays, 29 yards, 1:04; Tied 7–7)
  • (7:48) FAU – James Charles 1 yard rush, Vladimir Rivas kick (Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards, 2:07; Florida Atlantic 14–7)
  • (2:12) SMU – Xavier Jones 1 yard rush, Kevin Robledo kick (Drive: 14 plays, 55 yards, 5:36; Tied 14–14)
  • (1:00) FAU – James Charles 15 yard rush, Vladimir Rivas kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 1:12; Florida Atlantic 21–14)
  • (0:36) FAU – Chris Robison 13 yard pass to Brandon Robinson, Vladimir Rivas kick (Drive: 1 play, 13 yards, 0:06; Florida Atlantic 28–14)
Third Quarter
  • (6:23) FAU – Chris Robison 18 yard pass to John Raine, Vladimir Rivas kick (Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 2:09; Florida Atlantic 35–14)
  • (4:05) FAU – Rashad Smith 34 yard fumble return, Vladimir Rivas kick (Florida Atlantic 42–14)
Fourth Quarter
  • (13:09) FAU – Vladimir Rivas 38 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards, 3:02; Florida Atlantic 45–14)
  • (10:08) SMU – Ke'Mon Freeman 2 yard pass to Ryan Becker, Kevin Robledo kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:01; Florida Atlantic 45–21)
  • (3:17) FAU – Nick Tronti 23 yard pass to Javion Posey, Vladimir Rivas kick (Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 6:51; Florida Atlantic 52–21)
  • (1:04) SMU – Shane Buechele 22 yard pass to James Proche, Kevin Robledo kick (Drive: 7 plays, 77 yards, 2:10; Florida Atlantic 52–28)

Statistics

Statistics SMU FAU
First downs 24 30
Plays–yards 84–425 83–521
Rushes–yards 34–120 44–188
Passing yards 305 333
Passing: comp–att–int 28–50–1 29–39–0
Time of possession 28:56 31:04
Team Category Player Statistics
SMU Passing Shane Buechele 27/47, 303 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Ke'Mon Freeman 15 carries, 52 yards
Receiving Kylen Granson 7 receptions, 93 yards
Florida Atlantic Passing Chris Robison 27/37, 305 yards, 2 TD
Rushing B.J. Emmons 17 carries, 72 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Brandon Robinson 5 receptions, 78 yards, 1 TD

References

  1. ^ @RedditCFB (December 22, 2019). "MVPs for the 2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl:" (Tweet). Retrieved December 21, 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "SMU vs. Florida Atlantic - Game Summary - December 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019-20 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  4. ^ @ZachWeinberger (December 21, 2019). "23,178 is the attendance for today's Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved December 21, 2019 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019-20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "SMU Mustangs vs. Florida Atlantic Owls football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.

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