| 2023 Cricket Celebration Bowl | |||||||||||||||
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| 8th Celebration Bowl | |||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 16, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||
The 2023 Celebration Bowl is a college football bowl game scheduled to be played on December 16, 2023, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The eighth annual Celebration Bowl game will feature the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The game is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. EST and will air on ABC.[1][2] The game will be sponsored by wireless service provider Cricket Wireless, and will be officially known as the Cricket Celebration Bowl.
The Celebration Bowl is the only one of the 2023–24 bowl games involving teams from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The NCAA is staging a 24-team bracket tournament to determine a champion for the 2023 FCS football season.
Teams
The game will feature teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Howard, co-champions of the MEAC, qualified for the Celebration Bowl due to their regular-season win over co-champion North Carolina Central.[3] The winner of the 2023 SWAC Football Championship Game, contested on December 2, was the Florida A&M Rattlers, so they moved on to the Celebration Bowl.
Game summary
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Howard | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| No. 10 Florida A&M | - | - | - | - | 0 |
References
- ↑ Straka, Dean (May 31, 2023). "2023-24 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ↑ Lewis, Barry. "2023-24 College Football Bowl Schedule, Dates, Times Announced". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ↑ Hofheimer, Bill (November 2023). "Howard University Qualifies for the Cricket Celebration Bowl for the First Time". espnpressroom.com (Press release). Retrieved November 26, 2023.