2003 C-USA Bowls AXA LIBERTY BOWL
MEMPHIS
HAWAII BOWL December 25 - 3:00 PM HST Honolulu, HI Stadium: Aloha Stadium Capacity: 50,000 Network: ESPN2 Opponent: Western Athletic Conference Executive Director: Jim Donovan Media Relations Director: Dave Martin Telephone: 808-983-1124 Website: www.hawaiibowl.com
C-USA is entering the seventh year with the AXA Liberty Bowl and renewed it's contract to send the league's regular season champion to Memphis, TN, to serve as the host team for the December bowl festival. In 1999, the bowl committee reached an agreement with the Mountain West Conference to match that league's champion against the champion from Conference USA. The 45th annual AXA Liberty Bowl Game will be played on Wednesday, December 31 at 2:30 PM and will be carried live on ESPN.
NEW ORLEANS BOWL
AXA LIBERTY BOWL December 31 - 2:30 PM CST Memphis, TN Stadium: Liberty Bowl Memorial Capacity: 62,380 Network: ESPN Opponent: Mountain West Conference Champion Executive Director: Steve Ehrhart President: Dr. Fred Heros Media Relations Director: Harold Graeter Telephone: 901-795-7700 Website: www.libertybowl.org
C-USA will be a part of the third annual New Orleans Bowl and will send a representative of the conference to the Louisiana Superdome for the December contest. For the second year in a row the opponent will come from the Sun Belt Conference. The 3rd annual New Orleans Bowl Game will be played on Tuesday, December 16 at 6:00 PM CST and will be carried live on ESPN2. NEW ORLEANS BOWL December 16 - 6:00 PM CST New Orleans, LA Stadium: Louisiana Superdome Capacity: 69,767 Network: ESPN2 Opponent: Sun Belt Conference President/CEO: Jay Cicero Executive Officer: Ron Maestri Media Relations Director: Dan Happoldt Telephone: 504-525-5678 Website: www.neworleansbowl.org
GMAC BOWL C-USA will send a league team to Mobile, AL, for the fifth consecutive year to represent the conference in the annual GMAC Bowl. For the third year in a row the opponent will come from the Mid-America Conference. The 5th annual GMAC Bowl Game will be played on Thursday, December 18 at 7:00 PM and will be carried live on ESPN2.
FORT WORTH BOWL
GMAC BOWL December 18 - 7:00 PM CST Mobile, AL Stadium: Ladd-Peebles Stadium Capacity: 42,000 Network: ESPN2 Opponent: Mid-America Conference/Western Athletic Conference Chief Executive Officer: Mike Gottfried Executive Officer: Frank Modarelli Media Relations Director: Kelley Wright Telephone: 334-635-0011 Website: www.gmacbowl.com
C-USA will be an inaugural part of the new Fort Worth Bowl and will send a representative of the conference to Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, TX, for the December contest. The opponent for this year's game will come from the Big 12 Conference. The Fort Worth Bowl will be played on Tuesday, December 23 at 6:30 PM CST and will be carried live on ESPN. FORT WORTH BOWL December 23 - 6:30 PM CST Ft. Worth, TX Stadium: Amon G. Carter Stadium Capacity: 44,008 Network: ESPN Opponent: Big 12 Conference Executive Director: Tom Starr Media Relations Director: Tim Simmons Telephone: 303-678-8484 Website: TBA
CONAGRA FOODS HAWAII BOWL C-USA will send a league team to Honolulu, HI, for the second consecutive year to represent the conference in the annual Hawaii Bowl. The Conference USA representative will face an opponent that will come from the Western Athletic Conference. The 2nd annual Hawaii Bowl Game will be played on Thursday, December 25 at 3:00 PM HST, and will be carried live on ESPN2.
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