| Game Name: | Camellia Bowl |
| Game Link: | Camellia Bowl (2014–present) |
| Subheader: | 6th Camellia Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 21 |
| Year Game Played: | 2019 |
| Football Season: | 2019 |
| Stadium: | Cramton Bowl |
| City: | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Visitor School: | Florida International University |
| Visitor Name Short: | FIU |
| Visitor Nickname: | Panthers |
| Visitor Record: | 6–6 |
| Visitor Conference: | C-USA |
| Visitor Coach: | Butch Davis |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 13 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
| Home School: | Arkansas State University |
| Home Name Short: | Arkansas State |
| Home Nickname: | Red Wolves |
| Home Record: | 7–5 |
| Home Conference: | Sun Belt |
| Home Coach: | Blake Anderson |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 6 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Mvp: | Omar Bayless (WR, Arkansas State)[1] |
| Odds: | FIU by 1[2] |
| Referee: | Steve Baron (Mountain West)[3] |
| Attendance: | 16,209[4] |
| Payout: | 300,000[5] |
| Us Network: | ESPN & ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | ESPN: Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst) and Alyssa Lang (sideline) ESPN Radio: Kevin Winter (play-by-play), Ben Hartsock (analyst) and Brad Edwards (sideline) |
The 2019 Camellia Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2019, with kickoff at 5:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[6] It was the 6th edition of the Camellia Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. For 2019, the Camellia Bowl did not have a corporate naming sponsor.[7]
The bowl matched the FIU Panthers and the Arkansas State Red Wolves. This was the ninth meeting between the programs; entering the game, Arkansas State led the all-time series, 6–2 (officially 4–2, as two wins were vacated per NCAA sanctions).[8] From 2005 to 2012, FIU and Arkansas State were both members of the Sun Belt Conference; their previous meetings spanned that era.
See main article: 2019 FIU Panthers football team. FIU finished their regular season with a 6–6 record (3–5 in conference). The Panthers tied with Middle Tennessee for fifth place in the East Division of Conference USA.
See main article: 2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team. Arkansas State finished their regular season with a 7–5 record (5–3 in conference). The Red Wolves finished in second place in the West Division of the Sun Belt. This was the program's second Camellia Bowl, making them the second team (after Appalachian State) to appear in multiple Camellia Bowls. The 2017 Red Wolves appeared in that season's Camellia Bowl, losing to Middle Tennessee, 35–30.