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 and Rate Bowl. The Fenway Bowl is one of three contemporary bowl games that have never released payout totals for the teams involved in the game.
History
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 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 [NCAA football bowl games|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 2021 [Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia] team; they had been set to face 2021 [SMU Mustangs football team|SMU].
On December 17, 2022, as part of the 2022–23 bowl season, the Fenway Bowl was played for the first time, featuring 2022 [Cincinnati Bearcats football team|Cincinnati] and 2022 [Louisville Cardinals football team|Louisville]. The following year, the first ranked team was invited to the bowl, as SMU Mustangs football team|SMU] faced 2023 [Boston College Eagles football team|Boston College].
Game results
Rankings are based on the AP poll prior to the game being played.Appearances by team
Updated through the December 2025 edition.;Teams with multiple appearances
| Rank | Team | Appearances | Record |
| 1 | UConn | 2 | 1–1 |
;Teams with a single appearance
Won : Army, Boston College, Louisville
Lost : Cincinnati, North [Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina], SMU
Appearances by conference
Updated through the December 2025 edition.Independent appearances: UConn