FIU’s third ever bowl game and its first since 2011 will be a homecoming for starting quarterback Alex McGough and several other Panthers.
The Panthers (8-4) announced on Sunday that they will play Temple (6-6) on December 21 in the Gasparilla Bowl at 43,000-seat Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. The game, which starts at 8 p.m., will be televised by ESPN.
FIU played in St. Petersburg and lost to Marshall in 2011 when this was known as the Beef O’Brady Bowl. But if FIU beat Temple, it would break the program record for single-season wins.
Either way, Butch Davis said he’s thrilled to go bowling in his first year coaching FIU.