| Game Name: | Camellia Bowl |
| Subheader: | 1st Camellia Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Raycom Media |
| Date Game Played: | December 20 |
| Year Game Played: | 2014 |
| Football Season: | 2014 |
| Stadium: | Cramton Bowl |
| City: | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Visitor School: | University of South Alabama |
| Visitor Name Short: | South Alabama |
| Visitor Nickname: | Jaguars |
| Visitor Record: | 6–6 |
| Visitor Coach: | Joey Jones |
| Visitor Conference: | Sun Belt |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 14 |
| Home School: | Bowling Green State University |
| Home Name Short: | Bowling Green |
| Home Nickname: | Falcons |
| Home Record: | 7–6 |
| Home Coach: | Dino Babers |
| Home Conference: | MAC |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 6 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 6 |
| Odds: | South Alabama by 3.5[1] |
| Mvp: | Bowling Green QB James Knapke[2] |
| Referee: | Brandon Cruse (Mtn. West) |
| Attendance: | 20,256 |
| Payout: | TBD |
| Us Network: | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | Dave LaMont, Joey Galloway, & Paul Carcaterra (ESPN) Jason Benetti, Gene Chizik, & Niki Noto (ESPN Radio) |
| Game Link: | Salute to Veterans Bowl |
| First Game Ever Played: | yes |
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.[3] 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.
The Jaguars accepted their invitation after finishing the regular season with a 6–6 record.[4] The Falcons had a record of 7–6.
Bowling Green won the game by a score of 33–28.
The game featured the Bowling Green Falcons of the Mid-American Conference against the South Alabama Jaguars of the Sun Belt Conference.
This was the first meeting between these two teams.
See also: 2014 Bowling Green Falcons football team. After the Falcons finished the season with a 7-6 record and won the MAC East Division title, they accepted their invite to the Camellia Bowl.[5]
This was the Falcons' third bowl game in Alabama; they had previously won the 2004 GMAC Bowl over the Memphis Tigers by a score of 52–35, and later lost the 2008 GMAC Bowl to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane by a score of 63–7. Coincidentally, the GMAC Bowl (now known as the GoDaddy Bowl) was and is played in Mobile, where South Alabama's campus is located.
See also: 2014 South Alabama Jaguars football team. After the Jaguars finished the regular season with a 6-6 record, bowl director Johnny Williams extended an invitation to play in the game.[4]
This was the first time South Alabama has ever played in a bowl game, seven years after football was approved, five years after the program kicked off, and two years after they joined the Football Bowl Subdivision.
Source: [6]
| Statistics | USA | BGSU |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 24 |
| Plays–yards | 75–415 | 90–500 |
| Rushes–yards | 38–136 | 49–131 |
| Passing yards | 279 | 369 |
| Passing Comp–Att–Int | 20–37–2 | 26–41–0 |
| Time of possession | 25:35 | 34:25 |