Boca Raton Bowl
The Boca Raton Bowl is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played in Boca Raton, Florida, since December 2014 on the campus of Florida Atlantic University at FAU Stadium. Winners of the game received the Howard Schnellenberger championship trophy, named for the football head coach at FAU from 2001 to 2011.
Since 2025, it has been sponsored by food proecessing corporation Bush Brothers and Company and officially known as the Bush's Boca Raton Bowl of Beans; from 2020 through 2023, the bowl was sponsored by RoofClaim.com. Previous sponsors were Cheribundi and Marmot.
History
The bowl was founded on October 10, 2013, and was first played in December 2014 as one of the 2014–15 bowl games.The bowl is owned and operated by ESPN Events, in partnership with Good Karma Brands. On October 6, 2015, Marmot, an outdoor clothing and sporting goods company, was announced as the title sponsor of the game. On December 1, 2017, Cheribundi, a New Yorkbased beverage company, was announced as the new title sponsor. On November 20, 2025, Bush Brothers and Company was announced as the new title sponsor, rebranding the game as the Bush's Boca Raton Bowl of Beans.
Conference tie-ins
The bowl had a tie-in with the Mid-American Conference for 2014 and 2015, to face opponents from Conference USA in the first year and the American Athletic Conference in the second.In 2014, Northern Illinois, winner of the 2014 MAC Championship Game, was sent as the conference's representative, while C-USA also sent its champion, Marshall. The MAC and C-USA did not have automatic bowl bids for their champions entering 2014; C-USA had lost its contract with the Liberty Bowl, while the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, which usually took the MAC champion, was discontinued after its 2013 playing and the GoDaddy Bowl, which takes a MAC team and has the option to take the conference champion if it desires, did not invite Marshall. In 2015, the MAC sent Toledo and The American sent Temple.
In 2016 and 2017, C-USA and The American had primary tie-ins with the bowl. In 2016, C-USA sent Western Kentucky and The American sent Memphis. In 2017, C-USA sent Florida Atlantic while their opponent, Akron, came from the MAC. A C-USA vs. MAC matchup was again featured in 2018. The "affiliated conferences" for the 2019 game were The American, C-USA and MAC.
Game results
All rankings per the AP poll, prior to the game being played.Source:
MVPs
The number of players honored as MVPs has varied.Most appearances
Updated through the December 2025 edition.;Teams with multiple appearances
;Teams with a single appearance
Won : BYU, James [Madison Dukes football|James Madison], Louisville, Marshall, South Florida, UAB
Lost : Akron, Appalachian State, Liberty, Memphis, SMU, Syracuse, Temple, UCF
Appearances by conference
Updated through the December 2025 edition.Independent appearances: BYU, Liberty
Game records
Media coverage
The bowl has been televised by ESPN since its inception, with the 2019 edition broadcast on ABC.Legends honorees
Each December, the bowl recognizes one person associated with football in the state of Florida with the Palm Beach County Football Legends Award.| Year | Honoree | Role | Florida team | Ref. |
| 2014 | Howard Schnellenberger | College & NFL head coach | Florida Atlantic Owls | |
| 2015 | Reidel Anthony | College & NFL wide receiver | Florida Gators | |
| 2016 | John Carney | College & NFL placekicker | Cardinal [Newman High School (West Palm Beach, Florida)|Cardinal Newman High School] | |
| 2017 | Steve Walsh | College & NFL quarterback; High School & CFL coach | Miami Hurricanes | |
| 2018 | Brad Banks | College & CFL quarterback; 2002 Heisman Trophy runner-up | Glades Central High School | |
| 2019 | Santonio Holmes | College & NFL wide receiver; Super Bowl XLIII MVP | Glades Central High School | |
| 2021 | Pierre Garçon | College & NFL wide receiver | John I. Leonard High School | |
| 2022 | Jacoby Ford | College & NFL wide receiver | Cardinal Newman High School | |
| 2023 | Anthony Carter | College & NFL wide receiver | Suncoast High School | |
| 2024 | Jon Bostic | College & NFL linebacker | Palm Beach Central High School |