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First Responder Bowl

First Responder Bowl Information

The First Responder Bowl is an NCAA post-season college football bowl game played annually in the Dallas, Texas, area. The bowl was first held on January 1, 2011, and since 2014 has been contested in late December. The bowl was held at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park in Dallas through the 2018 game. Since the Cotton Bowl was being used for the 2020 NHL Winter Classic and was not available, the 2019 edition of the bowl was played at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in nearby University Park, Texas. That stadium has remained the home of the bowl.

Website: https://www.firstresponderbowl.com/

Stadium: Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Location: University Park, Texas
Surface: Bermuda Grass

Sponsor(s)
TicketCity (2011?2012)
PlainsCapital Bank (2013)
Zaxby's (2014?2017)
Servpro (2018?present)

Previous Name(s)
Dallas Football Classic (2011, working title)
TicketCity Bowl (2011?2012)
Heart of Dallas Bowl presented by PlainsCapital Bank (2013?Jan 2014)
Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dec 2014?2017)

First Responder Bowl Results

First Responder Bowl Game Results

Date	Bowl Name	Result	Attendance
26-Dec-25	First Responder Bowl	Texas-San Antonio 57, Florida International 20	8,671
3-Jan-25	First Responder Bowl	Texas State 30, North Texas 28	28,725
26-Dec-23	First Responder Bowl	Texas State 45, Rice 21	26,542
27-Dec-22	First Responder Bowl	Memphis 38, Utah State 10
28-Dec-21	First Responder Bowl	Air Force 31, Louisville 28	15,251
26-Dec-20	First Responder Bowl	Louisiana (16) 31, Texas-San Antonio 24	3,512
30-Dec-19	First Responder Bowl	Western Kentucky 23, Western Michigan 20	13,164
26-Dec-17	Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl	Utah 30, West Virginia 14	20,507
27-Dec-16	Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl	Army 38, North Texas 31	39,117
26-Dec-15	Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl	Washington 44, Southern Mississippi 31	20,229
26-Dec-14	Heart of Dallas Bowl	Louisiana Tech 35, Illinois 18	31,297
1-Jan-14	Heart of Dallas Bowl	North Texas 36, Nevada-Las Vegas 14	38,380
1-Jan-13	TicketCity Bowl	Oklahoma State 58, Purdue 14	48,313
2-Jan-12	TicketCity Bowl	Houston 30, Penn State 14	46,817
2-Jan-10	TicketCity Bowl	Northwestern 38, Texas Tech 45	44,009

First Responder Bowl MVP Awards

First Responder Bowl MVP Awards

Date	MVP
26-Dec-25	UTSA QB Owen McCown
3-Jan-25	Texas State RB Lincoln Pare
26-Dec-23	Texas State LB Brian Holloway
27-Dec-22	Memphis QB Seth Henigan
28-Dec-21	Air Force QB Haaziq Daniels
26-Dec-20	Louisiana RB Elijah Mitchell
30-Dec-19	Western Kentucky WR Lucky Jackson
26-Dec-17	Utah CB Julian Blackmon
27-Dec-16	Army QB Ahmad Bradshaw
26-Dec-15	Washington RB Myles Gaskin
26-Dec-14	Houston Bates Louisiana Tech LB
1-Jan-14	Derek Thompson North Texas QB
1-Jan-13	Clint Chelf Oklahoma State QB
2-Jan-12	Case Keenum Houston QB
2-Jan-10	Taylor Potts Texas Tech QB