Game Name: | Redbox Bowl |
Subheader: | 17th Redbox Bowl |
Date Game Played: | December 30 |
Year Game Played: | 2018 |
Football Season: | 2018 |
Stadium: | Levi's Stadium |
City: | Santa Clara, California |
Visitor School: | Michigan State University |
Visitor Name Short: | Michigan State |
Visitor Nickname: | Spartans |
Visitor Record: | 7–5 |
Visitor Conference: | Big Ten |
Visitor Coach: | Mark Dantonio |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
Visitor 3Q: | 6 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home School: | University of Oregon |
Home Name Short: | Oregon |
Home Nickname: | Ducks |
Home Record: | 8–4 |
Home Conference: | Pac-12 |
Home Coach: | Mario Cristobal |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 0 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Mvp: | Dillon Mitchell (WR, Oregon)[1] & Josiah Scott (CB, Michigan State)[2] |
Odds: | Oregon by 3[3] |
Referee: | Reggie Smith (Big XII) |
Attendance: | 30,212[4] |
Payout: | 3,600,000 [5] |
Us Network: | Fox |
Us Announcers: | Joe Davis, Brady Quinn and Bruce Feldman |
Different Previous: | 2017 |
The 2018 Redbox Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2018, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with kickoff at noon PST (3:00 p.m. EST).[6] It was one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. This was the 17th annual edition of a game that has gone by different names, and was known as the Foster Farms Bowl for the previous four years. For 2018 the game was renamed for its new sponsor, the DVD and video game rental company Redbox.[7]
The game was played between Michigan State of the Big Ten Conference and Oregon of the Pac-12 Conference.[8] The two teams have met six times previously, with each winning three times.[8]
See main article: 2018 Oregon Ducks football team. Oregon received and accepted a bid to the Redbox Bowl on December 2.[8] The Ducks entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (5–4 in conference).
See main article: 2018 Michigan State Spartans football team. Michigan State received and accepted a bid to the Redbox Bowl on December 2.[8] The Spartans entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (5–4 in conference).