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Florida sees many great college football games each year including post season action. The Camping World Bowl certainly maintains that expectation of great football. Hosting top teams from the ACC and Big 12 helps. But it’s what happens off the field that creates the greatest impact. Days prior to the 2014 Camping World Bowl, players from both competing schools, Clemson and Oklahoma, visited, played and danced with kids at the Give Kids the World Village. Although this opportunity impacts the children, it’s the players that get the most out of the experience. It’s opportunities like this that make the Camping World Bowl BIGGER THAN THE GAME.

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HISTORY

MEMORABLE GAMES

2011:

Notre Dame led 14-0 in the third quarter, but Florida State’s Seminoles rallied, scoring 15 of their 18 points in the fourth quarter to come out on top 18-14. EJ Manuel threw two touchdown passes in a minute and a half span and the Irish were never able to recover.

2007:

Boston College entered the game riding a seven-game winning streak in bowls, tied for the longest active streak. The Eagles didn’t disappoint, as Matt Ryan threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns while the defense forced five Michigan State turnovers in the24-21 win. The Spartans used a fourth-quarter touchdown pass with six minutes left to cut the lead to three and had two other chances to score, but couldn’t manage a first down on either one.

2009:

John Clay pounded out 121 yards and scored twice on the ground as Wisconsin’s Badgers took the Charles H. Rohe Trophy by a 20-14 score. Miami came out fast with a 16-yard score on the first play from scrimmage after an 84-yard kickoff return by Sam Shields, but after that the Wisconsin defense held Miami to one score in their final 12 drives.

STANDOUT PLAYERS

Tellis Redmond, RB, Minnesota, 2000

Even in a losing effort, rushed a workhorse 42 times for 246 yards to set bowl records in the 38-30 loss to North Carolina State. He had two first-quarter touchdowns in leading the Gophers to an early lead.

Philip Rivers, QB, North Carolina State, 2003

Had the most prolific passing game in bowl history, setting records for completions (37), passing yards (475), touchdown passes (five), completion percentage (82.2% 37-of-45) and total offense in leading the Wolfpack to a 56-26 win over Kansas. Rivers is the bowl’s only two-time MVP, having also won the award as a freshman in 2000.

Jerricho Cotchery, WR, North Carolina State, 2003

As part of Rivers’ passing performance, set bowl records for receptions with 13 and receiving yards with 171 in N.C. State’s win over Kansas.

MORE

• The Camping World Bowl was originally played in Miami and sprang from a desire for a second bowl in the Miami area, and to showcase the newly-built Joe Robbie Stadium. Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga also owned Blockbuster Video, which was the game’s sponsor in the first three years.
• The inaugural game in 1990 matched two of college football’s iconic coaches when Bobby Bowden’s Florida State squad faced the Penn State squad of coach Joe Paterno. A bowl-record crowd of 74,021 watched Florida State take a 24-17 win.
• After the 2000 game, Florida Citrus Sports took over the bowl and moved it to Orlando, with Pittsburgh topping North Carolina State 34-19 in the first game played there. Florida Citrus Sports also operates the Capital One Bowl.

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