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December 3, 2017

FIU & TEMPLE ACCEPT INVITATIONS TO PLAY IN 2017 BAD BOY MOWERS GASPARILLA BOWL

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (December 3, 2017) – The Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl has announced that FIU (8-4, 5-3) from Conference-USA and Temple (6-6, 4-4) from the American Athletic Conference have accepted invitations to play in this year’s game.   The tenth edition of the bowl game will be played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 8 p.m. ET and air on ESPN. Tickets for the 2017 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl start as low as just $40 and are available for online purchase from Tickets.com.   FIU won its eighth game of the [...]

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December 26, 2016

TWO BLOCKED KICKS PROPEL MISSISSIPPI STATE TO 17-16 VICTORY OVER MIAMI IN NINTH ANNUAL ST. PETERSBURG BOWL

Dec. 26, 2016 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Mississippi State blocked a 37-yard field goal attempt with five seconds left in the game to secure a come-from-behind 17-16 victory over Miami (Ohio) in the ninth annual St. Petersburg Bowl at Tropicana Field on Monday. The Bulldogs’ Nelson Adams was credited with the block, the second of two critical blocks of attempts by Miami placekicker Nick Dowd in the game. MSU’s Johnathan Calvin blocked an extra-point attempt midway through the second quarter, a play which ultimately proved to be the game’s deciding point. Miami (6-7) controlled the game for the first three [...]

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December 14, 2016

2016 St Petersburg Bowl Press Conference Highlights

Dec. 14, 2016 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA - Check out the highlights of the 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl Press Conference here!  

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December 9, 2016

2016 St Petersburg Bowl Video

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December 4, 2016

Mississippi State & Miami (OH) To Meet in 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (December 4, 2016) – The St. Petersburg Bowl has announced that Mississippi State from the Southeastern Conference and Miami (OH) from the Mid-American Conference have accepted invitations to play in this year’s game. The ninth edition of the bowl game will be played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Monday, Dec. 26 at 11 a.m. ET and air on ESPN and ESPN Radio. The Bulldogs will be the first SEC program to appear in the St. Petersburg Bowl, while the RedHawks will be the third MAC school (Ohio 2013, Ball State 2012) to appear in [...]

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November 7, 2016

2016 ST. PETERSBURG BOWL GAME TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (November 7, 2016) - Tickets for the 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl go on sale today, Monday, Nov. 7 and start as low as just $40. Game tickets, parking and tailgate event tickets can all be ordered online through Tickets.com. The ninth edition of the bowl game, which is owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, will feature an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team against a representative from the American Athletic Conference at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Monday, Dec. 26, at 11 a.m. ET on ESPN. "We are back in the ACC [...]

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May 5, 2016

St. Petersburg Bowl Set for Dec. 26 Kickoff

St. Petersburg Bowl Set for Dec. 26 Kickoff ACC Returns in 2016 to Play American Athletic Conference  PETERSBURG, Fla. (May 4, 2016) - The 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl will match up the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) against the American Athletic Conference on Monday, December 26, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. ET. The game, which is owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, will air nationally televised on ESPN. This year's game will mark the second time the St. Petersburg Bowl is in the ACC bowl rotation. NC State defeated UCF 34-27 in the 2014 edition of the game. [...]

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