2019 First Responder Bowl
The 2019 First Responder Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 2019, with kickoff at 12:30 p.m. EST (11:30 a.m. local CDT) on ESPN. It was the 10th edition of the First Responder Bowl (although only the ninth to be played, as the 2018 edition of the game was declared a no contest while the game was in the first quarter), and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by fire and water cleanup and restoration company Servpro, the game was officially known as the Servpro First Responder Bowl.
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| 10th First Responder Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gerald J. Ford Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | University Park, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Lucky Jackson (WR, Western Kentucky) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Western Kentucky by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeremy Parker (Sun Belt) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 13,164 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$824,545 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Neal (play-by-play), DJ Shockley (analyst) and Dawn Davenport (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2019 First Responder Bowl was played in Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the campus of Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas. The move was necessitated by the National Hockey League's announcement that the league's annual New Year's Day outdoor game would be played in the bowl's normal host stadium, Dallas' Cotton Bowl, which created a scheduling conflict. Ford Stadium previously hosted two editions of the Armed Forces Bowl due to construction at its host stadium, Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas.