| New Orleans Bowl | |
| Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Superdome |
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Primary sponsors | itscrap.com (S6 - present) |
| Secondary sponsors | Visit New Orleans tourist board |
| Current selector | Coach Matt (Penultimatt #4794) |
The New Orleans Bowl is an annual NFCAA postseason bowl game played between two teams selected by the bowl organizers. It is played at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
In its history the New Orleans Bowl has generally been a high ranking bowl game that has invited some of the most exciting teams onto its stage.
Past selectors[edit | edit source]
There have been many bowl selectors in the history of the NFCAA, all of whom have helped to push the bowl game into the high ranking position that it currently sits at.
Season 1 saw the coach of Louisiana-Monroe take the scheduling duties for the bowl, before the head coaches for Toledo and Louisiana Tech took on the role in seasons 2 and 3 respectively.
Season 4 had another new NO bowl selector, this time being the South Carolina head coach. He held this position until he left the league whereby current selector Coach Matt took the role starting in season 5 until the present.
Past games[edit | edit source]
The previous iterations of the New Orleans Bowl have provided some exciting and explosive matchups between often very good and equally matched teams.
| Season | Winning Team | Losing Team | Score | Game Thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Alabama (6-6) | Liberty (6-6) | 43 - 35 | [1] |
| Season 2 | UAB (7-5) | Oregon State (6-6) | 9 - 7 | [2] |
| Season 3 | Ohio (6-6) | Iowa State (6-6) | 55 - 49 | [3] |
| Season 4 | #20 Texas A&M (9-3) | Troy (8-4) | 31 - 24 | [4] |
| Season 5 | Kentucky (7-5) | Troy (7-6) | 28 - 24 | [5] |
| Season 6 | Tennessee (7-5) | #23 Arizona State (7-5) | 33 - 7 | [6] |
| Season 7 | Miami (OH) (7-5) | Army (7-5) | 37 - 21 | [7] |
| Season 8 |
Past sponsors[edit | edit source]
Other sponsors have included:
- Cash Money Records (S1)
- Jumbo’s Gumbo (S2)
- Zatarains (S3)
- Paul Prudhomme memorial (S4-5)
For seasons 4 and 5 instead of having a sponsor, the New Orleans Bowl memorialized celebrity chef - Paul Prudhomme who passed away in 2015. Paul had helped reinvigorate NOLA cooking with his Cajun-Creole fusion style and also aided with bringing Louisiana back into the publics eye.