Austin Bowl
{{Short description|Proposed NCAA college football bowl}}
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| stadium = Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
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| location = Austin, Texas
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The Austin Bowl is a proposed NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game to be played in Austin, Texas at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium. The college conferences that would have tie-ins with the bowl are the American Athletic Conference and the Sun Belt Conference.
History
In May 2015, the NCAA certified the Austin area for a bowl game. But bowl organizers indicated that due to the lack of time, the preparation for the game would not be sufficient. It was then decided that organizers would resubmit their application to host the game for the 2016 Bowl season. {{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/college-football/2015/05/06/fbs-bowl-games-tucson-austin-orlando |title=Report: Three FBS bowl games added, pushing total to 42 |accessdate=May 6, 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/number-of-bowls-drops-from-42-to-41-after-austin-chooses-to-wait-until-2016/ |title=Number of bowls drops from 42 to 41 after Austin chooses to wait until 2016 |accessdate=May 27, 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.statesman.com/NEWS/20160923/Austin-will-wait-till-2016-to-stage-its-first-bowl-game |title=Austin will wait till 2016 to stage its first bowl game |accessdate=September 23, 2016}} On April 11, 2016, the NCAA announced a freeze on new bowl games until after the 2019 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/15181015/ncaa-approves-three-year-moratorium-new-bowl-games |title=NCAA approves three-year halt to new bowl games |accessdate=April 11, 2016}}
References
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