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GoDaddy.com Bowl
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Stadium Ladd Peebles Stadium
Location Mobile, Alabama
Operated 1999-present
Conference tie-ins Sun Belt, MAC
Previous conference tie-ins ACC, C-USA, WAC
Payout US$750,000 (2012)
Sponsors
GoDaddy.com (2011-present)
Former names
Mobile Alabama Bowl (1999-2000)
GMAC Bowl (2000-2010)
2012 matchup
Northern Illinois vs. Arkansas State (Northern Illinois 38-20)
2013 matchup
Kent State vs. Arkansas State (Arkansas State 17-13)

The GoDaddy.com Bowl is a postseason NCAA-sanctioned Division I FFBS college football bowl game that has been played annually at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama since 1999. The game 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. It was then known as the GMAC Bowl from 2000 to 2010 when its corporate sponsorship was GMAC Financial Services. From 1999 to 2009, the bowl pitted a Conference USA team against a team from either the Mid-American Conference or the Western Athletic Conference. For the 2010 game the Atlantic Coast Conference was to participate in the bowl as its ninth bowl tie-in. The ACC failed to have sufficient bowl-eligible teams to fill the slot, and the bowl chose Sun Belt conference champion Troy as a replacement.[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, 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] The 2013 edition of the GoDaddy.com Bowl will be played on January 6, 2013 and will feature No. 25 Kent State from the MAC, and Arkansas State from the Sun Belt.

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
2013 GoDaddy.com Bowl January 6, 2013 Arkansas State 17 Kent State 13

Most appearances[]

Rank Team Appearances Record
T1 Marshall 2 2–0
T1 Miami (Ohio) 2 2–0
T1 Southern Mississippi 2 2–0
T1 Tulsa 2 2–0
T1 Bowling Green 2 1–1
T1 TCU 2 1–1
T1 Arkansas State 2 1–1
T1 East Carolina 2 0–2
T1 Louisville 2 0–2
T10 Central Michigan 1 1–0
T10 Northern Illinois 1 1–0
T10 Toledo 1 1–0
T10 Ball State 1 0–1
T10 Memphis 1 0–1
T10 Mid-Tennessee State 1 0–1
T10 Ohio 1 0–1
T10 Troy 1 0–1
T10 UTEP 1 0–1
T10 Kent State 1 0–1

Wins by conference[]

Conference Wins Losses Pct.
MAC 8 3 .727
WAC 1 1 .500
C-USA 4 6 .400
Sun Belt 1 3 .250

MVPs[]

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
January 6, 2013 Ryan Aplin Arkansas State QB

See also[]

  • GMAC Bowl broadcasters

References[]

External links[]

fr:GMAC Bowl

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