Bacardi Bowl - Afterwards

Afterwards

After the demise of the Bacardi Bowl, an NCAA football game would not be played outside the US until the 1977 matchup between the Grambling State Tigers and the Temple Owls played in Tokyo, Japan. This was the inaugural Mirage Bowl, which despite its name was conducted in the regular season, and was played annually (with different matchups each year) until 1993. The next postseason game played outside the US would not take place until 2007, when Cincinnati defeated Western Michigan in the International Bowl held in Toronto.