Fenway Bowl

The Fenway Bowl is a planned NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game schedule to be played at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Organized by ESPN Events and Fenway Sports Management, it will feature teams by the American Athletic Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] It is scheduled to become the third active bowl game staged in a baseball stadium, along with the Pinstripe Bowl (Yankee Stadium) and Guaranteed Rate Bowl (Chase Field).[2][3][4]

Fenway Bowl
StadiumFenway Park
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Operated2021 (planned debut)
Conference tie-insThe American, ACC

Organizers had planned for the inaugural playing of the bowl to be during the 2020–21 bowl season. On October 23, 2020, it was reported that the bowl would not debut as planned, citing COVID-19 pandemic concerns.[5] Postponement of the bowl to the 2021 football season was confirmed by organizers the following week, with the temporary Montgomery Bowl being created to fill the slot for the 2020 bowl season.[6][7]

References
  1. "New bowl game at Fenway Park to match teams from ACC, AAC". San Francisco Chronicle. September 16, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  2. "Boston's Fenway Park to host new 2020 college football bowl game between ACC, AAC teams". Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  3. "Fenway Park will reportedly begin hosting a bowl game in 2020". Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  4. "Fenway Sports Management and ESPN Events Officially Introduce "The Fenway Bowl"". Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  5. Saunders, Alan (October 23, 2020). "Report: 2020 Fenway Bowl Won't Be Played, 2nd ACC-Tied Bowl to Cancel". pittsburghsportsnow.com. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  6. "ESPN Events Reveals 13-Game College Football Bowl Schedule for 2020-21: Inaugural Launch of the Fenway Bowl Postponed". espnpressroom.com (Press release). October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  7. "2020-21 Bowl Season Schedule Announced". bowlseason.com. October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
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