DALLAS —UTSA will face No. 16 Louisiana in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 26, officials announced on Sunday. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the SMU campus and the game will be televised nationally on ABC.
The Roadrunners' first-ever meeting with the Sun Belt Conference co-champion Ragin' Cajuns will mark their first bowl appearance since the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 17, 2016, in Albuquerque. UTSA, which matched an NCAA modern startup program record by playing in a bowl game in just its sixth season, dropped a 23-20 decision to New Mexico in its inaugural bowl game four years ago.