Redbox Bowl
The Redbox Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2002. It was originally the San Francisco Bowl. It was the Emerald Bowl from 2004 to 2009, the Fight Hunger Bowl from 2010 to 2013, and the Foster Farms Bowl from 2014 to 2017. It was renamed again, to the Redbox Bowl, in 2018.
From 2002 to 2013, the annual game was played at 40,800-seat AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, in San Francisco, California. Starting in 2014, it has been played at Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, in Santa Clara, California.
History
The plans for the inaugural 2002 San Francisco Bowl were established on Dec. 2, 2002, when the Air Force Falcons football program accepted a bid to play against an undetermined team from the Big East Conference. Their initial sponsor was Diamond Foods, a producer of walnuts and other nuts under the Emerald brand name, resulting in the name Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl, and later the Emerald Bowl.In 2010, Kraft Foods became the sponsor of the bowl and announced the new name, which the corporation launched as part of a broader hunger relief program. According to Sports Illustrated, the executive director of the bowl, Gary Cavalli, was paid a $377,475 salary in 2009. Mondelēz International continued to support the game and the program related with Feeding America in 2013.
In August 2014, the bowl's official website listed the game's name as the San Francisco Bowl once again. However, on November 11, 2014, it was announced that the San Francisco Bowl Game Association had reached a multi-year naming rights deal with Northern California-based poultry company Foster Farms, resulting in the game being named the Foster Farms Bowl.
On July 12, 2016, the San Francisco 49ers NFL team announced that it had taken over management of the Foster Farms Bowl from the San Francisco Bowl Game Association, and also announced a new, four-year broadcast rights deal with Fox Sports, replacing ESPN.
In September 2018, Redbox announced it had become the new title sponsor.
Conference tie-ins
The game had a contract to host the Pac-12's sixth-place team during the 2010 through 2013 seasons. There were multiple contracts that determined the opponent. In 2011, the Pac-12 team's opponent was Illinois, replacing Army, which did not achieve bowl eligibility; in 2012, it was Navy; and in 2013, it was BYU. Had these teams not qualified for bowl eligibility, they would have been replaced by teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference or the Mid-American Conference.Beginning with the 2014 season, teams come from the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences. With Oregon's appearance in the 2018 edition, Colorado and Washington State are the only Pac-12 members who have not appeared in the game.
Field configuration
Because AT&T Park is a baseball park and not normally used for football, arrangement of the field required both teams to be on the same sideline, separated by a barrier at the 50-yard line. The opposite sideline ran along the third base line, with an end zone near the first base dugout, and the other near the left field wall. Primary seating was in the third base grandstand, with temporary bleacher seating in right-center field.Results
Rankings are based on the AP Poll prior to the game being played.MVPs
Most appearances
Updated through the December 2019 edition.;Teams with multiple appearances
;Teams with a single appearance
Won : Arizona State, Florida State, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon State, Purdue, Stanford, USC, Virginia Tech, Washington
Lost : Air Force, Arizona, BYU, Colorado State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Miami, Michigan State, New Mexico
Appearances by conference
Updated through the December 2019 edition.- Games marked with an asterisk were played in January of the following calendar year.
- The Pac-12's record includes appearances when the conference was the Pac-10.
- Virginia Tech and Boston College appeared as members of the Big East; the American Athletic Conference retains the Big East's conference charter following the 2013 split of the original Big East along football lines.
- Independent appearances: Navy and BYU.
- The WAC no longer sponsors football.
Game records
| Team | Record, Team vs. Opponent | Year |
| Most points scored | 62, Arizona State vs Navy | 2012 |
| Most points scored | 35, Arizona vs Purdue | 2017 |
| Most points scored | 90, Arizona State vs Navy | 2012 |
| Fewest points allowed | 6, Oregon vs. Michigan State | 2018 |
| Largest margin of victory | 34, Arizona State vs Navy | 2012 |
| Total yards | 648, Arizona State vs. Navy | 2012 |
| Rushing yards | 380, Arizona State vs. Navy | 2012 |
| Passing yards | 396, Purdue vs. Arizona | 2017 |
| First downs | 36, Arizona State vs. Navy | 2012 |
| Fewest yards allowed | 185, Nevada vs. Boston College | Jan. 2011 |
| Fewest rushing yards allowed | 17, Stanford vd. Maryland | 2014 |
| Fewest passing yards allowed | 37, Arizona State vs. Navy | 2012 |
| Individual | Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent | Year |
| All-purpose yards | ||
| Touchdowns | 4, Travis LaTendresse, Utah vs. Georgia Tech | 2005 |
| Rushing yards | 222, Joe Williams, Utah vs. Indiana | 2016 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 3, most recently: Remound Wright, Stanford vs. Maryland | 2014 |
| Passing yards | 396, Elijah Sindelar, Purdue vs. Arizona | 2017 |
| Passing touchdowns | 4, most recently: Chase Garbers, California vs. Illinois | 2019 |
| Receiving yards | 214, Travis LaTendresse, Utah vs. Georgia Tech | 2005 |
| Receiving touchdowns | 4, Travis LaTendresse, Utah vs. Georgia Tech | 2005 |
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| Interceptions | ||
| Long Plays | Record, Player, Team vs. Opponent | Year |
| Touchdown run | 46, Chris Swain, Navy vs. Arizona State | 2012 |
| Touchdown pass | 78, Brandon Breazell from Patrick Cowan, UCLA vs, Florida State | 2006 |
| Kickoff return | 100, shared by: John Ross, Washington vs. BYU William Likely, Maryland vs. Stanford | 2013 2014 |
| Punt return | 72, Rishard Matthews, Nevada vs. Boston College | Jan. 2011 |
| Interception return | 86, Tony Carter, Florida State vs. UCLA | 2006 |
| Fumble return | ||
| Punt | ||
| Field goal | 48, Andy Phillips, Utah vs. Indiana | 2016 |