The Florida Beach Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game contested between NCAA Division II teams from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC), two athletic conferences traditionally consisting of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The first edition of the bowl was played on December 13, 2023, at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida . On November 4, 2024, the CIAA and SIAC revealed that the game would not be held in 2024, but did not address whether it would resume in future years.
8-541: The Florida Beach Bowl is one of three Division II sanctioned bowl games. The others are the America's Crossroads Bowl and Heritage Bowl . The bowl was announced in September 2023 by organizers and officials with Inter Miami CF , who operate the host stadium. Urban Edge Network (UEN) was subsequently announced as the broadcaster for the bowl, and Amerant Bank as the official sponsor. The 2023 Florida Beach Bowl revived
16-738: Is an annual American NCAA Division II college football bowl game held at Brickyard Stadium in Hobart, Indiana . The game operates as a partnership between the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC), the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority, and the city of Hobart, Indiana . The America's Crossroads Bowl is one of three Division II sanctioned bowl games. The others are
24-711: The Heritage Bowl and Florida Beach Bowl . The top-placing teams from the GLVC and G-MAC not qualifying for the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs receive an invitation to compete. The creation of America's Crossroads Bowl was announced in April 2019, at a joint press conference including officials of the GLVC, the G-MAC, the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority, and
32-475: The CIAA–SIAC postseason matchup of the defunct Pioneer Bowl , contested from 1997 to 2012. Selection standards included a record of at least six wins, for teams not invited to participate in the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs. Victor Robenson, bowl CEO, revealed the ultimate goal of having the game match the champions of the two conferences in a Black college championship for Division II, similar to
40-476: The city of Hobart. In the seasons prior to the creation of the bowl, neither the GLVC nor the G-MAC had ever sent more than one team to the Division II playoffs, and it was assumed the game would match the second-place finishers of the two conferences. For the G-MAC, this has been the case for every game thus far, with the conference sending a team finishing the season in second (or a second-place tie) behind
48-463: The conference's lone Division II playoff qualifier. The GLVC sent third-place Truman State as its representative to the inaugural game, because Lindenwood and Indianapolis both qualified for the Division II playoffs in 2019, After the 2020 game was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Truman State once again represented the GLVC in 2021 as a third-place team, when Lindenwood qualified for
56-458: The playoffs and Indianapolis declined the bowl bid. Starting in 2022, the GLVC, like the G-MAC, has sent a team finishing in second place or in a second-place tie. Since 2023, the GLVC has made the game optional for the previous year's participant. The game is played on the afternoon of the first Saturday in December, the most common date for NCAA Division II bowl games. The only exception was
64-707: The way the Celebration Bowl functions as the Black college title game for the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). On November 4, 2024, sources within the CIAA and SIAC confirmed the Florida Beach Bowl would not be held in 2024, revealing that "funding was an issue as the bowl looked to build off of its inaugural game." America%27s Crossroads Bowl The America's Crossroads Bowl
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