Bahamas Bowl

The Bahamas Bowl is an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been contested nine times since 2014 in Nassau, Bahamas, at the 15,000-seat Thomas Robinson Stadium. The bowl has tie-ins with the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA.
The game was not played following the 2020 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, nor the 2023 and 2025 seasons, due to stadium renovations.
For the December 2023 edition, the game was replaced by a bowl game at Jerry Richardson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, due to renovations at Thomas Robinson Stadium. This edition was known as the Famous Toastery Bowl, reflecting the title sponsor of the relocated game.
The Bahamas Bowl was not played following the 2025 football season; future plans for the bowl are unclear. Instead, the Xbox Bowl was played at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas.

History

The inaugural edition of the Bahamas Bowl, played in 2014, was the first major bowl game to be played outside the United States and Canada between two U.S. teams since the January 1, 1937, Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba. The game featured teams from the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA; that conference matchup has continued annually. In July 2019, the MAC announced a continuation of its tie-in with the bowl through the 2025–26 football season.
From its inception to 2017, the game was sponsored by the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant franchise and officially known as the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl. After Restaurant Brands International acquired Popeyes in 2017, they declined to renew sponsorship. Elk Grove Village, Illinois—"home to the largest industrial park in the United States"—picked up title sponsorship in 2018, with the bowl using the official naming of Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl. The name lasted until Elk Grove Village ended its sponsorship in March 2020. On May 25, 2022, it was announced that HomeTown Lenders would be the new title sponsor of the game.
The winning team is presented with a trophy, since 2016 named the Prime Minister's Trophy. The current trophy, in use since the 2018 playing, is approximately tall and weighs nearly.
On October 2, 2020, the 2020 edition of the bowl was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related travel restrictions.
After a one-year hiatus, the bowl returned to the Bahamas for the edition following the 2024 season, and was played in January for the first time.
In early June 2025, the Bahamas Bowl was not included in the announced lineup of bowls scheduled to follow the 2025 season. Future plans for the bowl are unclear.

Game results

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MVPs

Most appearances

Updated through the January 2025 edition.
;Teams with multiple appearances
;Teams with a single appearance
Won : FIU, Ohio, Old Dominion, Western Kentucky, Western Michigan
Lost : Central Michigan, Charlotte, Eastern Michigan, Liberty, Miami

Appearances by conference

Updated through the January 2025 edition.

Games marked with an asterisk were played in January of the following calendar year.
Game records