| Game Name: | Frisco Bowl |
| Subheader: | 2nd Frisco Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | DXL |
| Date Game Played: | December 19 |
| Year Game Played: | 2018 |
| Football Season: | 2018 |
| Stadium: | Toyota Stadium |
| City: | Frisco, Texas |
| Visitor School: | San Diego State University |
| Visitor Name Short: | San Diego State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Aztecs |
| Visitor Record: | 7–5 |
| Visitor Conference: | Mountain West |
| Visitor Coach: | Rocky Long |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home School: | Ohio University |
| Home Name Short: | Ohio |
| Home Nickname: | Bobcats |
| Home Record: | 8–4 |
| Home Conference: | MAC |
| Home Coach: | Frank Solich |
| Home 1Q: | 3 |
| Home 2Q: | 14 |
| Home 3Q: | 3 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Mvp: | A. J. Ouellette (RB, Ohio) &<br>Evan Croutch (LB, Ohio) |
| Odds: | Ohio by 3[1] |
| Attendance: | 11,029 |
| Referee: | Jason Autrey (Sun Belt) |
| Payout: | 750,000 [2] |
| Us Network: | ESPN and Gameday Radio |
| Us Announcers: | Kevin Brown, Andre Ware and Kris Budden (ESPN) Brian Estridge, Landry Burdine, and Melanie Newman (Gameday Radio) |
The 2018 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 19, 2018,[3] with kickoff scheduled for 8:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. local CST).[4] It was the second edition of the Frisco Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by Destination XL Group, a retailer of men's big and tall apparel, the game was officially known as the DXL Frisco Bowl. In the game, the Ohio Bobcats shut out the San Diego State Aztecs, 27–0.
Although the bowl has a tie-in with the American Athletic Conference, due to UCF receiving a bid to the Fiesta Bowl—a New Year's Six bowl—the conference was unable to provide a team.[5] Thus, bowl organizers sought at-large teams, and announced a matchup of the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference.[6] This was the first meeting between the two programs.[7]
See main article: 2018 Ohio Bobcats football team. Ohio received and accepted a bid to the Frisco Bowl on December 2.[6] The Bobcats entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (6–2 in conference), having won 5-of-6 to close their regular season.
See main article: 2018 San Diego State Aztecs football team. San Diego State received and accepted a bid to the Frisco Bowl on December 2.[6] The Aztecs entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (4–4 in conference), having lost 4-of-5 to close their regular season.