The Little Rock Bowl is a proposed NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game to be played in Little Rock, Arkansas at War Memorial Stadium. The college conferences that would have tie-ins with the bowl are the American Athletic Conference and the Sun Belt Conference.

Little Rock Bowl
StadiumWar Memorial Stadium
LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
OperatedTBD
Conference tie-ins

History

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In 2013, officials of the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference first met with officials of the War Memorial Stadium Commission on the possibility of hosting a bowl game at War Memorial Stadium. The bowl game would be called the Rice Bowl.[1] [2] In 2015, officials of the American and Sunbelt Conferences were finalizing plans to have the bowl game approved by the NCAA.[3] On April 11, 2016, the NCAA announced a freeze on new bowl games until after the 2019 season.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Officials meet at War Memorial Stadium to discuss possible bowl game". Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "Montgomery, Little Rock look to host new bowl games". Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  3. ^ "Tucson, Little Rock want bowl games". Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  4. ^ "NCAA approves three-year halt to new bowl games". Retrieved April 11, 2016.