2019 Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl
3rd Frisco Bowl
Utah State Aggies Kent State Golden Flashes
(7–5) (6–6)
Mountain West MAC
41 51
Head coach: 
Gary Andersen		 Head coach: 
Sean Lewis
1234 Total
Utah State 1071014 41
Kent State 176325 51
DateDecember 20, 2019
Season2019
StadiumToyota Stadium
LocationFrisco, Texas
MVPDustin Crum (QB, Kent State)[1] & Qwuantrezz Knight (DB, Kent State)[2]
FavoriteUtah State by 7[3]
RefereeKen Antee (C-USA)[4]
Attendance12,120[5]
PayoutUS$650,000[6]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
AnnouncersAnish Shroff (play-by-play), John Congemi (analyst), Kris Budden (sideline)

The 2019 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 20, 2019, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. local CST) on ESPN2.[7] It was the 3rd edition of the Frisco Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by restaurant franchise Tropical Smoothie Cafe, the game was officially known as the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl.[8]

Teams

The bowl matched the Utah State Aggies of the Mountain West Conference and Kent State Golden Flashes of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).[9] This was the teams' third meeting; the all-time series had been tied at 1–1. Their most recent meeting had seen Utah State defeat Kent State by a score of 27–24 on October 19, 1974, at Kent State.[10]

Utah State Aggies

Utah State completed their regular season with a 7–5 record (6–2 in conference),[11] finishing in third place in the Mountain Division of Mountain West. This was the Aggies' 13th bowl game in program history, and eighth bowl appearance in nine seasons.[11]

Kent State Golden Flashes

Kent State finished their regular season at 6–6 (5–3 in conference), in a three-way tie for second place in the East Division of the MAC. This was the fourth bowl game in school history, as the Golden Flashes were seeking their first-ever bowl win after losing the previous three. It was also Kent State's first bowl game since the 2013 GoDaddy.com Bowl, where their 2012 team lost to Arkansas State, 17–13.

Game summary

2019 Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl
Period 1 2 34Total
Utah State 10 7 101441
Kent State 17 6 32551

at Toyota Stadium • Frisco, Texas

Game information
First Quarter
  • (12:02) USU – Gerold Bright 4 yard rush, Dominik Eberle kick (Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 2:58; Utah State 7–0)
  • (11:10) KENT – Dustin Crum 78 yard pass to Isaiah McCoy, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 3 plays, 81 yards, 0:43; Tied 7–7)
  • (5:37) KENT – Xavier Williams 2 yard rush, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 12 plays, 77 yards, 4:23; Kent State 14–7)
  • (2:50) KENT – Matthew Trickett 40 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 20 yards, 2:08; Kent State 17–7)
  • (0:03) USU – Dominik Eberle 41 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 46 yards, 2:40; Kent State 17–10)
Second Quarter
  • (8:24) USU – Jordan Love 25 yard pass to Siaosi Mariner, Dominik Eberle kick (Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards, 2:36; Tied 17–17)
  • (5:07) KENT – Matthew Trickett 22 yard field goal (Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, 1:33; Kent State 20–17)
  • (0:00) KENT – Matthew Trickett 36 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards, 0:58; Kent State 23–17)
Third Quarter
  • (11:41) KENT – Matthew Trickett 29 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards, 3:11; Kent State 26–17)
  • (7:52) USU – Jordan Love 17 yard pass to Deven Thompkins, Dominik Eberle kick (Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 3:49; Kent State 26–24)
  • (2:27) USU – Dominik Eberle 45 yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 44 yards, 3:31; Utah State 27–26)
Fourth Quarter
  • (13:31) KENT – Will Matthews 4 yard rush, 2-point rush good (Drive: 2 plays, 57 yards, 0:26; Kent State 34–27)
  • (12:48) USU – Deven Thompkins 57 yard rush, Dominik Eberle kick (Drive: 3 plays, 58 yards, 0:40; Tied 34–34)
  • (9:36) KENT – Dustin Crum 1 yard pass to Antwan Dixon, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 3:09; Kent State 41–34)
  • (4:56) KENT – Matthew Trickett 37 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 24 yards, 3:50; Kent State 44–34)
  • (3:06) USU – Jordan Love 11 yard pass to Siaosi Mariner, Dominik Eberle kick (Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 1:50; Kent State 44–41)
  • (1:56) KENT – Dustin Crum 4 yard rush, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 4 plays, 13 yards, 1:01; Kent State 51–41)

Statistics

Statistics USU KENT
First downs3026
Plays–yards79–50683–550
Rushes–yards40–18956–252
Passing yards317298
Passing: comp–att–int30–39–122–27–0
Time of possession27:4232:18
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Utah State PassingJordan Love30/39, 317 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
RushingGerold Bright21 carries, 94 yards, 1 TD
ReceivingSiaosi Mariner7 receptions, 113 yards, 2 TD
Kent State PassingDustin Crum21/26, 289 yards, 2 TD
RushingDustin Crum23 carries, 147 yards, 1 TD
ReceivingIsaiah McKoy6 receptions, 103 yards, 1 TD

References

  1. ↑ Gregorski, Keith (December 20, 2019). "2019 Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl Recap: Kent State gets first bowl win in program history in thrilling 51-41 triumph over Utah State". hustlebelt.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Flashes Win First Bowl Game in Program History". kentstatesports.com. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Utah State vs. Kent State - Game Summary - December 20, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ "2019-20 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  5. ↑ @EmptySeatsPics (December 21, 2019). "Announced crowd of 12,120 for the 2019 Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved December 21, 2019 – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  7. ↑ "2019-20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Tropical Smoothie Cafe Named Title Sponsor of Frisco Bowl". ESPN Press Room U.S. August 15, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Utah State Accepts Invite to Frisco Bowl Against Kent State". theFriscoBowl.com. December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Winsipedia - Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Utah State Aggies football series history".
  11. 1 2 "Kent State, Utah State to meet in Frisco Bowl". The Washington Post. AP. December 8, 2019. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
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