2014 Camellia Bowl
The 2014 Camellia Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 20, 2014 at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. The first edition of the Camellia Bowl, it featured the Bowling Green Falcons of the Mid-American Conference against the South Alabama Jaguars of the Sun Belt Conference. The game began at 8:15 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Raycom Media broadcasting company and was officially known as the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl.
| 2014 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st Camellia Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 20, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cramton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Montgomery, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bowling Green QB James Knapke | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | South Alabama by 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Brandon Cruse (Mtn. West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 20,256 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave LaMont, Joey Galloway, & Paul Carcaterra (ESPN) Jason Benetti, Gene Chizik, & Niki Noto (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The Jaguars accepted their invitation after finishing the regular season with a 6–6 record. The Falcons had a record of 7–6.
Bowling Green won the game by a score of 33–28.