2014 Boca Raton Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 Boca Raton Bowl 1st Boca Raton Bowl December 23 2014 2014 FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida Marshall University Marshall Thundering Herd 12–1 C-USA John "Doc" Holliday 14 10 14 14 Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois Huskies 11–2 MAC Rod Carey 7 6 7 3 Marshall by 8.5Odds Marshall QB Rakeem Catohttp://www.local10.com/sports/rakeem-cato-caps-recordsetting-career-with-win-in-boca-raton-bowl/30379914 Rakeem Cato caps record-setting career with win in Boca Raton Bowl Burke Peter December 23, 2014 local10.com December 27, 2014 Rick Loumiet (Mtn. West) 29,419https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/event/2014/44161/boxscore/ Marshall Thundering Herd vs. Northern Illinois Huskies USA Today December 23, 2014 December 23, 2014 400,000 ESPN/ESPN Radio Dave LaMont, Desmond Howard, & Quint Kessenich (ESPN)Marc Kestecher, John Congemi, & Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio) 2015 yes The 2014 Boca Raton Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 23, 2014 at FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. The first edition of the Boca Raton Bowl, it featured the Conference USA champion Marshall Thundering Herd against the Mid-American Conference champion Northern Illinois Huskies. The game began at 6:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN.http://espnevents.com/boca-raton-bowl/news-and-updates/conference-champions-marshall-12-1-7-1-c-usa-northern-illinois-11-2-7-1-mac-face-inaugural-boca-raton-bowl/ Announced: Marshall, Northern Illinois to Face Off in Inaugural Boca Raton Bowl Boca Raton Bowl TheBocaRatonBowl.com December 7, 2014 December 7, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141208205958/http://espnevents.com/boca-raton-bowl/news-and-updates/conference-champions-marshall-12-1-7-1-c-usa-northern-illinois-11-2-7-1-mac-face-inaugural-boca-raton-bowl/ 2014-12-08 dead It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Marshall beat Northern Illinois by a score of 52–23."Locals Lead Marshall to Boca Raton Bowl Blowout", Reuters, December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014. Teams The game featured the Conference USA champion Marshall Thundering Herd against the Mid-American Conference champion Northern Illinois Huskies. This was the eighth overall meeting between these two teams, with Northern Illinois previously leading the series 4–3. The previous time these two teams met was in 2001. Marshall Thundering Herd 2014 Marshall Thundering Herd football team After finishing the regular season with a 12–1 record and winning their first Conference USA championship over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a score of 26–23, the Thundering Herd accepted their bid to the Boca Raton Bowl.http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120714aab.html Conference USA Sends Marshall to Boca Raton Bowl Marshall Thundering Herd HerdZone.com December 7, 2014 December 7, 2014 December 10, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141210061358/http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120714aab.html dead This was Marshall's second Florida bowl game; they had previously won the 2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, defeating the FIU Panthers by a score of 20–10. Northern Illinois Huskies 2014 Northern Illinois Huskies football team After finishing the regular season with an 11–2 record and winning the MAC Championship Game over the Bowling Green Falcons by a score of 51–17, the Huskies accepted their bid to the Boca Raton Bowl.http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120714aab.html NIU to Take On Marshall in First Boca Raton Bowl Northern Illinois Huskies NIUHuskies.com December 7, 2014 December 7, 2014 This was Northern Illinois' second bowl game in South Florida; in their most high-profile game to date, they had appeared in the 2013 Orange Bowl, losing to the Florida State Seminoles by a score of 31–10. Game summary Scoring summary MRSH NIU expand 1 7:33 NIU 7 67 2:17 RecTD Juwan Brescacin Drew Hare 19 good Christian Hagan 0 7 1 7:19 MRSH – – – Other Kickoff returned 93 yards for touchdown by Deandre Reaves, Justin Haig kick good 7 7 1 3:42 MRSH 5 42 2:12 RushTD Rakeem Cato 5 good Haig 14 7 2 11:51 MRSH 9 69 2:41 FG 28 Justin Haig 17 7 2 7:31 NIU 10 64 4:20 FG 19 Christian Hagan 17 10 2 5:29 MRSH 6 65 2:02 RushTD Devon Johnson 2 good Haig 24 10 2 0:07 NIU 8 49 1:39 FG 30 Christian Hagan 24 13 3 6:39 MRSH 9 56 4:10 RecTD Tommy Shuler Rakeem Cato 6 good Haig 31 13 3 4:50 NIU 5 75 1:49 RushTD Cameron Stingily 24 good Hagan 31 20 3 2:06 MRSH 11 68 2:44 RecTD Angelo Jean-Louis Rakeem Cato 11 good Haig 38 20 4 11:48 MRSH 9 70 3:51 RecTD Deon-Tay McManus Rakeem Cato 27 good Haig 45 20 4 8:39 NIU 10 65 3:09 FG 31 Christian Hagan 45 23 4 4:10 MRSH 8 41 4:29 RushTD Rakeem Cato 4 good Haig 52 23 52 23 Source: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=68900 Boca Raton Bowl Box Score Stat Broadcast December 23, 2014 December 23, 2014 Statistics Statistics MRSH NIU First downs 28 25 Plays–yards 75–505 78–425Rushes–yards 38–224 50–200 Passing yards 281 225Passing: Comp–Att–Int 25–37–0 15–28–0 Time of possession 29:18 30:42 References External links Box score at ESPN Boca Raton Bowl Category:Boca Raton Bowl Category:Marshall Thundering Herd football bowl games Category:Northern Illinois Huskies football bowl games Boca Raton Bowl Boca Raton Bowl