# Fenway Bowl

The Fenway Bowl is an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Organized by ESPN Events and Fenway Sports Management, it features teams from the American Athletic Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference. The bowl is one of three active bowl games staged in a baseball stadium, along with the Pinstripe Bowl (Yankee Stadium) and Rate Bowl (Chase Field). The Fenway Bowl is one of three bowl games that have never released payout totals for the teams involved in the game (Myrtle Beach Bowl and the LA Bowl are the others).

## History

American football games at Fenway Park date to 1912, the year the venue opened. Various high school, college, and professional football teams have played at Fenway, including the Boston Patriots during the American Football League (AFL) era, and the Boston College Eagles. Prior to the Fenway Bowl, no bowl game had been scheduled for the ballpark.
Organizers had planned for the inaugural playing of the Fenway Bowl to be during the 2020–21 bowl season. On October 23, 2020, it was reported that the bowl would not debut as planned, citing COVID-19 pandemic concerns. Postponement of the bowl was confirmed by organizers the following week, with the temporary Montgomery Bowl being created as a substitute.
On May 27, 2021, organizers announced a game date for the 2021–22 bowl season of December 29, 2021. On November 4, 2021, Wasabi Technologies signed on as the title sponsor of the game. However, the game was canceled three days prior to kickoff due to COVID issues within the Virginia team; they had been set to face SMU.
On December 17, 2022, as part of the 2022–23 bowl season, the Fenway Bowl was played for the first time, featuring Cincinnati and Louisville. The following year, the first ranked team was invited to the bowl, as SMU (17th in the AP poll and 24th in the College Football Playoff rankings) faced Boston College.

## Game results

Rankings are based on the AP poll prior to the game being played.
| Date | Winning Team | Winning Team | Losing Team | Losing Team | Attendance | Notes / Ref. |
| December 17, 2022 | Louisville | 24 | Cincinnati | 7 | 15,000 | notes |
| December 28, 2023 | Boston College | 23 | No. 17 SMU | 14 | 16,238 | notes |
| December 28, 2024 | UConn | 27 | North Carolina | 14 | 27,900 | notes |

## MVPs

| Year | Offensive MVP | Offensive MVP | Offensive MVP | Defensive MVP | Defensive MVP | Defensive MVP | Ref. |
| Year | Player | Team | Pos. | Player | Team | Pos. | Ref. |
| 2022 | Jawhar Jordan | Louisville | RB | Monty Montgomery | Louisville | LB | |
| 2023 | Thomas Castellanos | Boston College | QB | Kam Arnold | Boston College | LB | |
| 2024 | Joe Fagnano | UConn | QB | Pryce Yates | UConn | DL | |

## Appearances by team

Updated through the December 2024 edition (3 games, 6 total appearances).

### Teams with a single appearance

Won (3): Boston College, Louisville, UConn
Lost (3): Cincinnati, North Carolina, SMU

## Appearances by conference

Updated through the December 2024 edition (3 games, 6 total appearances).
| Conference | Record | Record | Record | Record | Appearances by season | Appearances by season |
| Conference | Games | W | L | Win pct. | Won | Lost |
| ACC | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2022, 2023 | 2024 |
| The American | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | | 2022, 2023 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2024 | |
Independent appearances: UConn (2024)

## Game records

| Team | Performance vs. Opponent | Year |
| Most points scored (one team) | 27, UConn vs. North Carolina | 2024 |
| Most points scored (losing team) | 14, shared by: SMU vs. Boston College North Carolina vs. UConn | 2023 2024 |
| Most points scored (both teams) | 41, UConn vs. North Carolina | 2024 |
| Fewest Points Allowed | 7, Cincinnati vs. Louisville | 2022 |
| Largest margin of victory | 17, Louisville vs. Cincinnati | 2022 |
| Total yards | 419, Louisville vs. Cincinnati (132 pass, 287 rush) | 2022 |
| Rushing yards | 287, Louisville vs. Cincinnati | 2022 |
| Passing yards | 151, UConn vs. North Carolina | 2024 |
| First downs | 24, Louisville vs. Cincinnati | 2022 |
| Fewest yards allowed | 127, Cincinnati vs. Louisville | 2022 |
| Fewest rushing yards allowed | 44, Cincinnati vs. Louisville | 2022 |
| Fewest passing yards allowed | 83, Cincinnati vs. Louisville | 2022 |
| Individual | Performance, Team | Year |
| All-Purpose yards | 160, Maurice Turner (Louisville) (160 pass) | 2022 |
| Touchdowns (all-purpose) | 2, shared by: Jawhar Jordan (Louisville) Thomas Castellanos (Boston College) | 2022 2023 |
| Rushing yards | 160, Maurice Turner (Louisville) | 2022 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2, shared by: Jawhar Jordan (Louisville) Thomas Castellanos (Boston College) | 2022 2023 |
| Passing yards | 151, Joe Fagnano (UConn) | 2024 |
| Passing touchdowns | 2, Joe Fagnano (UConn) | 2024 |
| Receiving yards | 77, Skyler Bell (UConn) | 2024 |
| Receiving touchdowns | 1, shared by: Wyatt Fischer (Cincinnati) Marshon Ford (Louisville) Jaylan Knighton (SMU) Skyler Bell (UConn) John Copenhaver (North Carolina) | 2022 2022 2023 2024 2024 |
| Tackles | 16, Ivan Pace Jr. (Cincinnati) | 2022 |
| Sacks | 1.5, shared by: Yasir Abdullah (Louisville) YaYa Diaby (Louisville) | 2022 |
| Interceptions | 1, shared by: Armorion Smith (Cincinnati) Ja'von Hicks (Cincinnati) Alex Kilgore (SMU) Tui Faumuina-Brown (UConn) | 2022 2022 2023 2024 |
| Long Plays | Performance, Team | Year |
| Touchdown run | 49 yds., Jawhar Jordan (Louisville) | 2022 |
| Touchdown pass | 20 yds., Evan Prater to Wyatt Fischer (Cincinnati) | 2022 |
| Kickoff return | 95 yds., Chase Culliver (North Carolina) | 2024 |
| Punt return | 6 yds., Lewis Bond (Boston College) | 2023 |
| Interception return | 20 yds., Armorion Smith (Cincinnati) | 2022 |
| Fumble return | | |
| Punt | 56 yds., Mark Vassett (Louisville) | 2022 |
| Field goal | 48 yds., James Turner (Louisville) | 2022 |
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## Media coverage

The bowl has been televised by ESPN since its inception.