ReliaQuest Bowl: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Outback Bowl is an annual New Year's Day college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The event was originally called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994 until being renamed in 1995 for its new title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse. It is organized by the Tampa Bay Bowl Association under Jim McVay, who has been the president/CEO since 1988. The Outback Bowl is not Tampa's first bowl game, as the Cigar Bowl was played at old Phillips Field near downtown from 1947–1954. However, the earlier event matched small college teams, so the Outback Bowl was the first major bowl game to be played in the area. (A notable participant in the 1950 Cigar Bowl was Florida State, but the FSU football program had just begun at the time and they were not yet considered a major college team.)

The Hall of Fame Classic was held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama from 1977–1985. In the spring of 1986, the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame decided to discontinue their association with the bowl and realign with a new bowl game to be played in Tampa Stadium which would inherit the Hall of Fame Bowl name. The bowl did not have agreements to bring in teams from particular conferences in its early years but often matched a school from either the Southeastern Conference or the Atlantic Coast Conference against a team from another region. In 1999, the Outback Bowl was moved from Tampa Stadium into newly built Raymond James Stadium next door.

Series details

• Title: ReliaQuest Bowl
• Format: Sports
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1986-12-23
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ESPN
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 210 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11011

Cast and credited roles

• Dave Flemming — Play-by-Play Commentator
• Brock Osweiler — Analyst
• Stormy Buonantony — Sideline Reporter
• Roy Philpott — Play-by-Play Commentator
• Sam Acho — Analyst
• Taylor Davis — Sideline Reporter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1986: premiered 1986-12-23; final listed air date 1986-12-23.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-01-01; final listed air date 2016-01-01.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-01-02; final listed air date 2017-01-02.
• Season 2020: premiered 2020-01-01; final listed air date 2020-01-01.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-01-02; final listed air date 2021-01-02.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-01-01; final listed air date 2022-01-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-01-02; final listed air date 2023-01-02; episode order: 1.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-01-01; final listed air date 2024-12-31; episode order: 1.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-12-31; final listed air date 2025-12-31; episode order: 1.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-12-31; final listed air date 2026-12-31; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

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