The GoDaddy.com Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played annually at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama since 1999. It currently matches teams from the Sun Belt Conference and the Mid-American Conference, and will through 2013.
The game was previously known as the Mobile Alabama Bowl from 1999 to 2000. The game was then known as the GMAC Bowl from 2000 to 2010 when its corporate sponsorship was GMAC Financial Services. From 1999 to 2009, it pitted a Conference USA team (home team) against a team from either the Mid-American Conference or the Western Athletic Conference. For the game to be played in 2010 the Atlantic Coast Conference was to participate in the bowl as its ninth bowl tie-in, replacing the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho, in the conference's postseason lineup. The ACC failed to have sufficient bowl-eligible teams to fill the slot, and the bowl chose Sun Belt conference champion Troy to fill the spot.[1] The Mid-American Conference was the other conference tie-in.[2]
The 2001 game between the Marshall Thundering Herd and East Carolina Pirates set the record as the highest scoring bowl game of all time (which has since been surpassed), and Marshall achieved what was then the greatest scoring comeback in Bowl history.[3] In this contest, Marshall battled back from a 38–8 deficit to win 64–61 in double overtime. Thundering Herd quarterback Byron Leftwich threw for 576 yards in the game.
The 2007 edition of the game was played on January 7, 2007, making it the next-to-last bowl game in the 2006–07 bowl season prior to the BCS National Championship Game the following night. The Golden Eagles of Southern Mississippi knocked off the Ohio Bobcats, 28–7. The 2008 edition of the contest took place the night before the BCS National Championship Game once again on Sunday, January 6, 2008. The game became the largest blowout in bowl history, with Tulsa beating Bowling Green, 63–7.
On October 18, 2010 it was announced that the GMAC Bowl was renamed the GoDaddy.com Bowl.[4] Financial terms and the length of the agreement have not been announced. The 2011 edition of the GoDaddy.com bowl will be played on Thursday, January 6, 2011. Kickoff will be at 7:00 p.m. CST, 8:00 p.m. EST and will be televised live on ESPN. The 12th annual GoDaddy.com (GMAC) Bowl will feature the MAC vs. Sun Belt.
[edit] Game results
| Title |
Date |
Winning team |
Losing team |
| 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl |
December 22, 1999 |
TCU |
28 |
East Carolina |
14 |
| 2000 GMAC Mobile Alabama Bowl |
December 20, 2000 |
Southern Miss |
28 |
TCU |
21 |
| 2001 GMAC Bowl |
December 19, 2001 |
Marshall |
64 |
East Carolina |
61 (2 OT) |
| 2002 GMAC Bowl |
December 18, 2002 |
Marshall |
38 |
Louisville |
15 |
| 2003 GMAC Bowl |
December 18, 2003 |
Miami (Ohio) |
49 |
Louisville |
28 |
| 2004 GMAC Bowl |
December 22, 2004 |
Bowling Green |
52 |
Memphis |
35 |
| 2005 GMAC Bowl |
December 21, 2005 |
Toledo |
45 |
UTEP |
13 |
| 2007 GMAC Bowl |
January 7, 2007 |
Southern Miss |
28 |
Ohio |
7 |
| 2008 GMAC Bowl |
January 6, 2008 |
Tulsa |
63 |
Bowling Green |
7 |
| 2009 GMAC Bowl |
January 6, 2009 |
Tulsa |
45 |
Ball State |
13 |
| 2010 GMAC Bowl |
January 6, 2010 |
Central Michigan |
44 |
Troy |
41 (2 OT) |
| 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl |
January 6, 2011 |
Miami (OH) |
35 |
Middle Tennessee |
21 |
| 2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl |
January 8, 2012 |
Northern Illinois |
38 |
Arkansas State |
20 |
[edit] Most appearances
[edit] Wins by conference
| Date played |
MVP |
School |
Position |
| December 22, 1999 |
Casey Printers |
TCU |
QB |
| December 20, 2000 |
LaDainian Tomlinson |
TCU |
RB |
| December 19, 2001 |
Byron Leftwich |
Marshall |
QB |
| December 18, 2002 |
Byron Leftwich |
Marshall |
QB |
| December 18, 2003 |
Ben Roethlisberger |
Miami (OH) |
QB |
| December 22, 2004 |
Omar Jacobs |
Bowling Green |
QB |
| December 21, 2005 |
Bruce Gradkowski |
Toledo |
QB |
| January 7, 2007 |
Damion Fletcher |
Southern Miss |
RB |
| January 6, 2008 |
Paul Smith |
Tulsa |
QB |
| January 6, 2009 |
Tarrion Adams |
Tulsa |
RB |
| January 6, 2010 |
Dan LeFevour |
Central Michigan |
QB |
| January 6, 2011 |
Austin Boucher |
Miami (Ohio) |
QB |
| January 8, 2012 |
Chandler Harnish |
Northern Illinois |
QB |
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