New Orleans Bowl

New Orleans Bowl
	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Previous stadiums	Cajun Field (2005)
Previous locations	Lafayette, Louisiana(2005)
Operated	2001–present
Conference tie-ins	Sun Belt, C-USA
Previous conference tie-ins	MWC (2001, 2011, 2014)
Payout	US$500,000
Sponsors
	Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation (2001–2003); Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (2004–2005); R+L Carriers (2006–present)
Former names
	New Orleans Bowl (2001–2003); Wyndham New Orleans Bowl (2004–2005); New Orleans Bowl at Lafayette (2005)
2016 matchup
	Southern Miss vs. Louisiana-Lafayette; (Southern Miss 28–21)
2017 matchup
	TBD (December 16, 2017)

The New Orleans Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana since 2001. The game was sponsored by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from 2002 to 2004 and was officially called the Wyndham New Orleans Bowl. R+L Carriers replaced Wyndham as the sponsor in 2006, and thus it became officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.

Conference tie-ins[edit]

In 2001, the Sun Belt Conference signed a temporary contract to play against the 5th-ranked team from the Mountain West Conference. Beginning in 2002, the New Orleans Bowl established conference tie-ins with the Sun Belt and Conference USA. The Sun Belt usually sends its conference champion to the New Orleans Bowl, but can (and has) sent the champion to the GoDaddy Bowl.

In 2010, Ohio represented the Mid-American Conference in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, after the Bowl released UTEP to compete in the regional Gildan New Mexico Bowl.^[2]In 2011 and 2014 the Mountain West replaced Conference USA as the opponent to the Sun Belt representative The Sun Belt and Conference USA are currently under contract to contribute teams to the bowl through the 2017 game.

History[edit]

In the inaugural game, the Colorado State Rams defeated North Texas, 45–20. Starting in 2002, the Sun Belt signed a multi-year contract with Conference USA, and the two conferences began their bowl rivalry that December, when North Texas played then-Conference USA member Cincinnati (and won).

Due to damage by Hurricane Katrina to the Superdome, where the game is usually played, the 2005 game was played on December 20 in Lafayette, Louisiana at Cajun Field on the campus of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, and was dubbed the New Orleans Bowl at Lafayette. The game returned to the Superdome on December 22, 2006, with a new corporate sponsor in freight company R+L Carriers, renaming the game the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. The game featured Troy, co-champions of the Sun Belt Conference facing Rice, making their first bowl game visit in 45 years, their last appearance being the Bluebonnet Bowl. Troy defeated Rice, 41–17.

Game results[edit]

Date	Winning Team		Losing Team		Attendance	Notes
December 18, 2001	Colorado State	45	North Texas	20	27,004	notes
December 17, 2002	North Texas	24	Cincinnati	19	19,024	notes
December 16, 2003	Memphis	27	North Texas	17	25,184	notes
December 14, 2004	Southern Miss	31	North Texas	10	27,253	notes
December 20, 2005	Southern Miss	31	Arkansas State	19	18,338	notes
December 22, 2006	Troy	41	Rice	17	26,423	notes
December 21, 2007	Florida Atlantic	44	Memphis	27	25,146	notes
December 21, 2008	Southern Miss	30	Troy	27 (OT)	30,197	notes
December 20, 2009	Middle Tennessee	42	Southern Miss	32	30,228	notes
December 18, 2010	Troy	48	Ohio	21	29,159	notes
December 17, 2011	Louisiana–Lafayette (vacated)	32	San Diego State	30	42,841	notes
December 22, 2012	Louisiana–Lafayette	43	East Carolina	34	48,828	notes
December 21, 2013	Louisiana–Lafayette (vacated)	24	Tulane	21	54,728	notes
December 20, 2014	Louisiana–Lafayette	16	Nevada	3	34,014	notes
December 19, 2015	Louisiana Tech	47	Arkansas State	28	32,847	notes
December 17, 2016	Southern Miss	28	Louisiana-Lafayette	21	35,061	notes

Notes;

The 2005 game was played at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana, due to damage to the Superdome by Hurricane Katrina.
Louisiana–Lafayette vacated all 9 wins from 2011, including the New Orleans Bowl, and vacated 8 wins from 2013, including the New Orleans Bowl, due to major NCAA violations including ACT fraud.^[3]

MVPs[edit]

Year	MVP	Team	Position
2001	Justin Gallimore	Colorado State	DB
2002	Kevin Galbreath	North Texas	RB
2003	Danny Wimprine	Memphis	QB
2004	Michael Boley	Southern Miss	LB
2005	Shawn Nelson	Southern Miss	TE
2006	Omar Haugabook	Troy	QB
2007	Rusty Smith	Florida Atlantic	QB
2008	Austin Davis	Southern Miss	QB
2009	Dwight Dasher	Middle Tennessee	QB
2010	Corey Robinson	Troy	QB
2011	Blaine Gautier	Louisiana–Lafayette (vacated)	QB
2012	Terrance Broadway	Louisiana–Lafayette	QB
2013	Orleans Darkwa	Tulane	RB
2014	Terrance Broadway	Louisiana–Lafayette	QB
2015	Kenneth Dixon	Louisiana Tech	RB
2016	Allenzae Staggers	Southern Miss	WR

Most appearances[edit]

Rank	Team	Appearances	Record
1	Southern Miss	5	4–1
2	North Texas	4	1–3
T3	Louisiana–Lafayette	3	2–1
T3	Troy	3	2–1
T5	Memphis	2	1–1
T5	Arkansas State	2	0–2
T7	Colorado State	1	1–0
T7	Florida Atlantic	1	1–0
T7	Louisiana Tech	1	1–0
T7	Middle Tennessee	1	1–0
T7	Nevada	1	0–1
T7	Cincinnati	1	0–1
T7	East Carolina	1	0–1
T7	Ohio	1	0–1
T7	Rice	1	0–1
T7	San Diego State	1	0–1
T7	Tulane	1	0–1

Does not include Louisiana–Lafayette's two vacated wins.

Wins by conference[edit]

Conference	Wins	Losses	Pct.
Sun Belt	7	7	.500
Conference USA	6	6	.500
Mountain West	1	2	.333
MAC	0	1	.000

Does not include Louisiana–Lafayette's two vacated wins.

Game records[edit]

Team	Performance vs. Opponent	Year
Most points scored	48, Troy vs. Ohio	2010
Fewest points allowed	3, Louisiana–Lafayette vs. Nevada	2014
Margin of victory	27, Troy vs. Ohio	2010
First downs	30, Troy vs. Ohio	2010
Rushing yards	246, Colorado State vs. North Texas	2001
Passing yards	492, Louisiana–Lafayette vs. San Diego State	2011 (vacated)
Total yards	687, Louisiana Tech vs. Arkansas State	2015
Individual	Player, Team	Year
Points scored	24, Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech	2015
Passing touchdowns	5, Rusty Smith, Florida Atlantic	2007
Rushing yards	201, Dwight Dasher, Middle Tennessee	2009
Passing yards	470, Blaine Gautier, Louisiana–Lafayette	2011 (vacated)
Receiving yards	230, Allenzae Staggers, Southern Miss	2016

Television and radio coverage[edit]

List of New Orleans Bowl broadcasters

References[edit]

Jump up^http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games_bowl_schedule.html
Jump up^ http://neworleansbowl.org/news/bowl/index.html?article_id=7597
Jump up^ "Exam fraud, recruit payments among NCAA accusations against UL-Lafayette, ex-assistant coach David Saunders". The Baton Rouge Advocate. October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] Jump up^http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games_bowl_schedule.html

[2] Jump up^ http://neworleansbowl.org/news/bowl/index.html?article_id=7597

[ULL_vacates_2011_bowl-3] Jump up^ "Exam fraud, recruit payments among NCAA accusations against UL-Lafayette, ex-assistant coach David Saunders". The Baton Rouge Advocate. October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.

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Conference tie-ins[edit]

History[edit]

Game results[edit]

MVPs[edit]

Most appearances[edit]

Wins by conference[edit]

Game records[edit]

Television and radio coverage[edit]

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References[edit]

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