Fun Facts: The Cure Bowl
/The Cure Bowl taking place on December 21, 2019. To kick things off, we wanted to share some fun facts ahead of the fifth annual FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl.
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Fun Facts:
- This is the 5th Annual Cure Bowl
- The Cure Bowl was founded on March 28, 2008
- The Cure Bowl will be the first non-soccer sporting event and the first college football game to take place at Exploria Stadium, since its opening in March 2017.
- Prior to this year, Auto Nation was the title sponsor of the Cure Bowl
- Auto Nation Cure Bowl Facts:
2015
December 19, 2015
San Jose State 27 – Georgia State 16
Game MVP: San Jose State QB Kenny Potter
2016
December 17, 2016
Arkansas State 31 – UCF 13
Game MVP: Arkansas State WR Kendall Sanders
2017
December 16, 2017
Western Kentucky 17 – Georgia State 27
Game MVP: Georgia State QB Conner Manning
2018
December 15, 2018
Tulane 41 – Louisiana 24
Game MVP: Tulane RB Darius Bradwell
- The Cure Bowl is always played on the third Saturday in December each year in Orlando, FL. and is televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.
- Funds raised from the Cure Bowl directly benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).
- Cure Bowl has an estimated $20 million positive impact on the local economy.
- Orlando is a top-20 television market with 1.4 million viewers; the adjacent Tampa market is ranked in the top 15 with 1.8 million viewers.
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Stay tuned for more updates as we cover your 2019 Cure Bowl from Exploria Stadium.