2018 Cure Bowl

{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Cure Bowl

| subheader = 4th Cure Bowl

| title_sponsor = AutoNation

| image =

| caption =

| date_game_played = December 15

| year_game_played = 2018

| football_season = 2018

| stadium = Camping World Stadium

| city = Orlando, Florida

| visitor_school = Tulane University

| visitor_name_short = Tulane

| visitor_nickname = Green Wave

| visitor_record = 6–6

| visitor_conference = The American

| visitor_rank_AP =

| visitor_rank_coaches =

| visitor_rank_CFP =

| visitor_coach = Willie Fritz

| visitor_1q = 21

| visitor_2q = 3

| visitor_3q = 3

| visitor_4q = 14

| home_school = University of Louisiana at Lafayette

| home_name_short = Louisiana

| home_nickname = Ragin' Cajuns

| home_record = 7–6

| home_conference = Sun Belt

| home_rank_AP =

| home_rank_coaches =

| home_rank_CFP =

| home_coach = Billy Napier

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 3

| home_3q = 7

| home_4q = 7

| MVP = Darius Bradwell (RB, Tulane){{cite tweet|number=1074063279239118849|user=Guersmith|title=Darius Bradwell Cure Bowl MVP with 35 carries for 150 yards in #Tulane 41-24 Cure Bowl win over UL-Lafayette. |date=15 December 2018}}

| odds = Tulane by 3.5{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/25435852/full-list-spreads-every-2018-19-college-football-bowl-game |title=Odds for every 2018–19 CFB bowl game |last=Fawkes |first=Ben |date=December 3, 2018 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=December 10, 2018}}

| anthem = Girl Scouts Citrus Singers{{cite tweet|number=1074018387922178053|user=CentralFLTop5|title=💚 @GirlScoutsCC performed a beautiful rendition of our National Anthem @CureBowl! #WeCanTackleThis… |date=15 December 2018}}

| halftime =

| referee = Jonathan Noli (Conference USA)

| attendance = 19,066

| payout = 751,000 {{cite web|url=http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl-schedule/2018/|title=2018 Bowl Schedule|author= |website=CFP.com |access-date=December 3, 2018}}

| us_network = CBSSN and Touchdown Radio

| us_announcers = Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor and John Schriffen (CBSSN)
JP Shadrick, Gino Torretta and Jamie Seh (Touchdown Radio)

| ratings =

| intl_network =

| intl_announcers =

}}

The 2018 Cure Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 15, 2018,{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/cfpbowls2018/2018-19-college-football-playoff-bowl-schedule |title=2018–19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule |date=May 2, 2018 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=July 30, 2018}} with kickoff scheduled for 1:30 p.m. EST.{{cite web |title=AutoNation Cure Bowl Week Event Schedule |url=https://curebowl.com/bowl-event-week/ |website=curebowl.com |publisher=AutoNation Cure Bowl |access-date=July 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801003831/https://curebowl.com/bowl-event-week/ |archive-date=August 1, 2018 |url-status=dead }} It was the fourth edition of the Cure Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by automotive retailer AutoNation, the game was officially known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl.

Teams

The game was played between the Tulane Green Wave from the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns from the Sun Belt Conference. Both teams made their first appearance in a Cure Bowl. This game was the 27th all time meeting against the Ragin' Cajuns and the Green Wave, with Tulane leading the series 22–4; this was their second meeting in a bowl.

=Louisiana=

Louisiana won the Sun Belt West Division title, earning a berth in the inaugural Sun Belt Championship, where they lost to Appalachian State.{{cite news |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/article_d6271a36-f5a4-11e8-9e8a-37b22f104054.html |title=Appalachian State tops UL-Lafayette for Sun Belt title, trip to New Orleans Bowl; Cajuns to Cure Bowl |website=The Advocate |location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana |date=December 1, 2018 |access-date=December 1, 2018}} The Ragin' Cajuns entered the bowl with a 7–6 record (5–3 in conference).

=Tulane=

Tulane received and accepted a bid to the Cure Bowl on December 2.{{Cite web|url=https://curebowl.com/2018-autonation-cure-bowl-features-a-bayou-battle-between-louisiana-and-tulane/|title = 2018 AutoNation Cure Bowl Features a Bayou Battle Between Louisiana and Tulane|date = 2 December 2018}} The Green Wave, who were co-champions of the West Division of the AAC, entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (5–3 in conference).

Game summary

=Scoring summary=

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryStart|VisitorName=TUL|HomeName=LA|state=}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=12:25

| Team=LA

| DrivePlays=6

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=2:35

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Raymond Calais

| yards=38

| Kicker=Kyle Pfau

| kickresult=good

| Visitor=0

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=9:49

| Team=TUL

| DrivePlays=7

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=2:36

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Darius Bradwell

| yards=15

| Kicker=Merek Glover

| kickresult=good

| Visitor=7

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=5:21

| Team=TUL

| DrivePlays=6

| DriveLength=55

| DriveTime=2:59

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Terren Encalade

| QB=Justin McMillan

| yards=38

| Kicker=Merek Glover

| kickresult=good

| Visitor=14

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=0:48

| Team=TUL

| DrivePlays=8

| DriveLength=63

| DriveTime=2:36

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Amare Jones

| yards=1

| Kicker=Merek Glover

| kickresult=good

| Visitor=21

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=10:14

| Team=TUL

| DrivePlays=9

| DriveLength=35

| DriveTime=4:32

| Type=FG

| yards=38

| Kicker=Merek Glover

| Visitor=24

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=0:00

| Team=LA

| DrivePlays=4

| DriveLength=11

| DriveTime=0:23

| Type=FG

| yards=43

| Kicker=Kyle Pfau

| Visitor=24

| Home=10

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=9:46

| Team=LA

| DrivePlays=6

| DriveLength=62

| DriveTime=1:50

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Elijah Mitchell

| yards=3

| Kicker=Kyle Pfau

| kickresult=good

| Visitor=24

| Home=17

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=2:58

| Team=TUL

| DrivePlays=12

| DriveLength=73

| DriveTime=4:51

| Type=FG

| yards=26

| Kicker=Merek Glover

| Visitor=27

| Home=17

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=10:16

| Team=LA

| DrivePlays=4

| DriveLength=56

| DriveTime=1:04

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Jarrod Jackson

| QB=Andre Nunez

| yards=13

| Kicker=Kyle Pfau

| kickresult=good

| Visitor=27

| Home=24

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=3:49

| Team=TUL

| DrivePlays=13

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=6:27

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Darius Bradwell

| yards=4

| Kicker=Merek Glover

| kickresult=good

| Visitor=34

| Home=24

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=3:06

| Team=TUL

| DrivePlays=4

| DriveLength=19

| DriveTime=0:22

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Justin McMillan

| yards=16

| Kicker=Merek Glover

| kickresult=good

| Visitor=41

| Home=24

}}

=Statistics=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Green Wave

|R1=21|R2=3 |R3=3 |R4=14

|Home=Ragin' Cajuns

|H1=7 |H2=3 |H3=7 |H4=7

}}

class="wikitable" ! Statistics !! style="{{NCAA color cell\|Tulane Green Wave}}; text-align:center;"\|TUL !!style="{{NCAA color cell\|Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns}}"\|LA
First downs	28	11
Plays–yards	86–482	55–258
Rushes–yards	68–337	30–84
Passing yards	145	174
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	11–18–1	11–25–1
Time of possession	40:31	19:29

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
class="wikitable"
rowspan=3 style="{{NCAA color cell\|Tulane Green Wave}}; text-align:center;"\|Tulane	Passing	Justin McMillan	11/18, 145 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Darius Bradwell	35 car, 150 yds, 2 TD
Receiving	Terren Encalade	5 rec, 93 yds, 1 TD
rowspan=3 style="{{NCAA color cell\|Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns}}; text-align:center;"\|Louisiana	Passing	Andre Nunez	8/17, 136 yds
Rushing	Raymond Calais	3 car, 41 yds, 1 TD
Receiving	Ryheem Malone	3 rec, 59 yds

References

External links

{{official website|https://curebowl.com/}}
[http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=401035253 Box score] at ESPN

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