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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college football bowl game The FCS Kickoff is an annual college football game played on the Saturday before the opening weekend of the college football season. The game showcases teams from the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). For the game's first three editions, it was played at campus sites; since 2017, the game has been played at a neutral site, the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. The game is televised nationally by ESPN, and for sponsorship reasons is officially the Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff.

History

In February 2013, ESPN announced that the 2014 college football season would begin at its earliest point in 11 years with the creation of the "FCS Kickoff", an annual game which would showcase two top-level teams from the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. ESPN stated that during meetings with FCS conference commissioners there was an interest in creating a "tentpole type" event around FCS football[1] and to showcase the quality and depth of FCS football to a national audience.[2]

Under current NCAA rules, FCS teams are not allowed to play their first regular-season game until the Thursday preceding Labor Day. However, an exception to this rule has been carved out for nationally televised events (on either over-the-air or cable networks); teams may participate in such an event against an out-of-conference opponent on the Saturday or Sunday preceding the standard season start date. No more than one team from a conference can participate in such an event in a given season, and no team can appear in such a game in three consecutive seasons.[3]

The 2017 edition marked several changes for the event. First, ESPN took ownership of the event through its ESPN Events division. The event was moved to a neutral site (the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama); received a name sponsorship by Guardian Credit Union, a small Montgomery-based credit union; was co-branded as the Montgomery Kickoff Classic; and also took on Alabama FCS member Jacksonville State University as a partner for the 2017 and 2018 editions. As such, JSU participated in both editions of the event.[4][5] With Jacksonville State barred from a third consecutive FCS Kickoff appearance by NCAA rule, ESPN chose another Alabama program, Samford, as the de facto home team for the 2019 edition.[6]

The 2020 edition, which saw Central Arkansas defeat Austin Peay, was the first since ESPN took ownership of the event that did not feature an Alabama school.[7]

Game results

Season Date Winning team Losing team Venue Attendance
2014 August 23 style=Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle | No. 1 Eastern Washington 56 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| No. 17 Sam Houston State 35 Roos Field (Cheney, WA) 10,310[8]
2015 August 29 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| No. 13 Montana 38 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| No. 1 North Dakota State 35 Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Missoula, MT) 26,472[9]
2016 August 27 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| No. 1 North Dakota State 24 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| No. 7 Charleston Southern 17 Fargodome (Fargo, ND) 18,881[10]
2017 August 26 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle | No. 6 Jacksonville State 27 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| No. 12 Chattanooga 13 Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, AL) 12,952[11]
2018 August 25 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle | No. 14 North Carolina A&T 20 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle | No. 6 Jacksonville State 17 13,500[12]
2019 August 24 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle | Youngstown State 45 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Samford 22 12,560[13]
2020 August 29 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle | No. 11 Central Arkansas 24 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|No. 13 Austin Peay 17 2,000[14]
2022 August 27 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle | Jacksonville State 42 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|No. 10 Stephen F. Austin 17 5,235 
2023 August 26 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle | No. 20 Mercer 17 style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle|North Alabama 7 5,566[15]

Rankings are from the STATS FCS Poll.


Records

By team

Rank Team Apps Record Win % PF PA
1 Central Arkansas 1 1–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 24 17
Eastern Washington 1 1–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 56 35
Mercer 1 1–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 17 7
Montana 1 1–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 38 35
North Carolina A&T 1 1–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 20 17
Youngstown State 1 1–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 45 22
7 Jacksonville StateШаблон:Efn 3 2–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 86 50
8 North Dakota State 2 1–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 59 55
9 Austin Peay 1 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 17 24
Charleston Southern 1 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 17 24
Chattanooga 1 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 13 27
North Alabama 1 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 7 17
Sam HoustonШаблон:EfnШаблон:Efn 1 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 35 56
Samford 1 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 22 45
Stephen F. Austin 1 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 17 42

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By conference

Rank Conference Apps Record Win % PF PA
1 Big Sky 2 2–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 94 70
ASUN 1 1–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 42 17
MEAC 1 1–0 Шаблон:Winning percentage 20 17
4 MVFC 3 2–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 104 77
5 Southland 2 1–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 59 73
6 Ohio Valley 3 1–2 Шаблон:Winning percentage 61 57
Southern 3 1–2 Шаблон:Winning percentage 52 79
7 Big South 1 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 17 24
UAC 1 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 7 17
WAC 1 0–1 Шаблон:Winning percentage 17 42

References

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