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The 2014 Bahamas Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played December 24, 2014 at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas. The first edition of the Bahamas Bowl featured the Central Michigan Chippewas of the Mid-American Conference against the WKU Hilltoppers of Conference USA. It began at 12:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen fried chicken restaurant chain, the game was officially known as the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl. Western Kentucky beat Central Michigan, 49–48. By the middle of the third quarter, the Chippewas had fallen behind the Hilltoppers by a score of 49–14, but they scored four unanswered touchdowns and so near the end of the fourth quarter were down by only seven points. With one second remaining on the clock, they had the ball on their own 25 yard line. They then scored a touchdown on a play that started with a Hail Mary pass and also included three lateral passes. By kicking the extra point they could have tied the game and gone into overtime, but instead they attempted a two-point conversion for the win; however, the pass was blocked.〔Associated Press (December 24, 2015). ("Central Michigan Scores Miracle, Last-Second Touchdown, Only to Miss 2-Point Conversion and Fall to Western Kentucky, 49-48, in Bahamas Bowl" ), ''New York Daily News''. Retrieved December 25, 2014.〕 Chippewas quarterback Cooper Rush threw seven touchdown passes, setting a new NCAA bowl game record.〔Associated Press (December 24, 2014). ("Western Kentucky Holds Off Central Michigan's 34-Point Rally" ), ESPN. Retrieved December 25, 2014.〕 This was the first postseason bowl game to be played outside the United States since the 2010 International Bowl at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. ==Teams== The game featured the Central Michigan Chippewas of the Mid-American Conference against the WKU Hilltoppers of Conference USA. This was a rematch of both teams' most recent bowl appearance. The 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl saw Central Michigan defeat WKU by a score of 24–21. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014 Bahamas Bowl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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