Myrtle Beach Bowl
The Myrtle Beach Bowl is an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game first played in December 2020 in the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. Coastal Carolina University hosts the game at its Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina, which has a capacity of 20,000 seats following an expansion project completed prior to the 2019 season.
Owned by ESPN Events, the bowl has tie-ins with Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. The affiliation contract with ESPN Events has each conference supplying a team four times in a six-year bowl cycle from 2020 to 2025. The Myrtle Beach Bowl is one of three contemporary bowl games that have never released payout totals for the teams involved in the game.
History
In 2013, "Group of Five" conferences were looking to start bowl games for their leagues, as the Power Five conferences "prefer to play each other in bowl games". The NCAA had a restriction on championship games, including bowl games, being held in South Carolina due to display of the Confederate flag on State House grounds, which was lifted in July 2015. Organizers for the Medal of Honor Bowl, an all-star game, announced their intent to apply for NCAA sanctioning as a traditional postseason bowl game featuring FBS college teams, with a tentative game date of December 18, 2016. However, in April 2016, the NCAA announced a three-year moratorium on new bowl games.In June 2018, the NCAA indicated that the Grand Strand area was approved for a bowl game. The Myrtle Beach Bowl was subsequently announced on November 13, 2018, by ESPN Events, with tie-ins to three conferences: the Sun Belt Conference, Conference USA, and Mid-American Conference. During 2017–18 [NCAA football bowl games|2017–18 bowl season], there had been three teams that were bowl eligible but did not go to a bowl, as all slots were filled: Western Michigan and Buffalo from the MAC, and UTSA from C-USA.
The bowl made its debut as part of the 2020–21 bowl season, matching North Texas of C-USA and Appalachian State of the Sun Belt.
On November 6, 2025, Engine, a business and group travel platform, signed on a sponsor of the game, officially named the Myrtle Beach Bowl presented by Engine.
Game results
MVPs
Appearances by team
Updated through the December 2025 edition.;Teams with a single appearance
Won : Appalachian State, Marshall, Ohio, Tulsa, UTSA, Western Michigan
Lost : Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Kennesaw State, North Texas, Old Dominion, UConn
Appearances by conference
Updated through the December 2025 edition.Independent appearances: UConn
Media coverage
The bowl has been televised by ESPN since its inception.Game records
Updated through the December 2024 game.| Team | Performance vs. Opponent | Year |
| Most points scored | 56, Appalachian State vs. North Texas | 2020 |
| Fewest points allowed | 6, Western Michigan vs. Kennesaw State | 2025 |
| Margin of victory | 35, Western Michigan vs. Kennesaw State | 2025 |
| First downs | 35, Tulsa vs. Old Dominion | 2021 |
| Total yards | 638, Appalachian State vs. North Texas | 2020 |
| Rushing yards | 502, Appalachian State vs. North Texas | 2020 |
| Passing yards | 350, Georgia Southern vs. Ohio | 2023 |
| Most points scored | 28, North Texas vs. Appalachian State | 2020 |
| Most points scored | 84, Appalachian State vs. North Texas | 2020 |
| Fewest yards allowed | 247, Old Dominion vs. Tulsa | 2021 |
| Fewest rushing yards allowed | 33, Ohio vs. Georgia Southern | 2023 |
| Fewest passing yards allowed | 93, Marshall vs. UConn | 2022 |
| Individual | Player | Year |
| Points scored | 30, shared by: Camerun Peoples Rickey Hunt | 2020 2023 |
| All-Purpose yards | 317, Camerun Peoples | 2020 |
| Rushing yards | 317, Camerun Peoples | 2020 |
| Passing yards | 350, Davis Brin | 2023 |
| Receiving yards | 131, Austin Ogunmakin | 2020 |
| Touchdowns | 5, shared by: Camerun Peoples Rickey Hunt | 2020 2023 |
| Passing touchdowns | 2, shared by: Jason Bean Davis Brin Cam Fancher Davis Brin Tad Hudson Broc Lowry | 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 5, Camerun Peoples | 2020 |
| Receiving touchdowns | 2, shared by: Henry Pearson Loronzo Thompson | 2020 |
| Receptions | 8, Josh Johnson | 2021 |
| Tackles | 13, shared by: Kaiden Smith Jason Henderson R'Tarriun Johnson | 2020 2021 2021 |
| Tackles for loss | 3, shared by: Nick Hampton Jordan Young Bradley Weaver Martavius French | 2020 2021 2023 2024 |
| Sacks | 2.5, Rodney McGraw | 2025 |
| Interceptions | 1, shared by multiple people; most recent: Caleb Offord Joey Pope Tate Hallock | 2025 |
| Long Plays | Record, Player, Team | Year |
| Touchdown run | 70 yds., Marcus Williams Jr. | 2020 |
| Touchdown pass | 82 yds., Amari Odom | 2025 |
| Kickoff return | 100 yds., LaMareon James | 2021 |
| Punt return | 15 yds., Keegan Wilburn | 2023 |
| Interception return | 75 yds., Joey Pope | 2025 |
| Fumble return | 47 yds., Kershawn Fisher | 2025 |
| Punt | 56 yds., Caile Hogan | 2024 |
| Field goal | 38 yds., Tate Sandell | 2024 |