America's Crossroads Bowl

The America's Crossroads Bowl is an annual American NCAA Division II college football bowl game between teams from the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) and Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) held at Brickyard Stadium in Hobart, Indiana. The game operates as a partnership between the two conferences, the city of Hobart, and the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority.[1]

America's Crossroads Bowl
StadiumBrickyard Stadium
LocationHobart, Indiana
United States
Operated2019–present
Conference tie-insGLVC, G-MAC

It is one of four NCAA Division II sanctioned bowl games, typically held on the first Saturday in December; the others are the Heritage Bowl, the Live United Texarkana Bowl, and the Florida Beach Bowl. The top-placing teams in the GLVC and G-MAC not qualifying for the NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs receive an invitation to compete.[2]

For every game thus far, the G-MAC has sent the team finishing the season in second place (or a team finishing in a second-place tie) behind the conference's lone Division II playoff qualifier.[3][4][5] Because Lindenwood and Indianapolis both qualified for the Division II playoffs in 2019, the GLVC sent third-place Truman State as its representative to the inaugural game.[6] After the 2020 game was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Truman State once again represented the GLVC in 2021 as a third-place team, when Lindenwood qualified for the playoffs and Indianapolis declined the bowl bid.[7] Truman State represented the GLVC for a third consecutive time in 2022, after finishing the conference season in second place behind Indianapolis.[8]

The 2022 game brought an estimated $200,000 in economic impact to the Hobart area.[9]

Game results
Date played Winning team Losing team notes
December 7, 2019Truman State (GLVC)21Ohio Dominican (G-MAC)7[10]
December 4, 2021Truman State (GLVC)34Hillsdale (G-MAC)17[11]
December 3, 2022Truman State (GLVC)28Tiffin (G-MAC)27[12]

References
  1. "America's Crossroads Bowl". 3 December 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. "Hobart to host bowl game". Munster Times. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "2019 Football Standings". greatmidwestsports.com.
  4. "2021 Football Standings". greatmidwestsports.com.
  5. "2022 Football Standings". greatmidwestsports.com.
  6. "2019 Football Standings". glvcsports.com.
  7. "2021 Football Standings". glvcsports.com.
  8. "2022 Football Standings". glvcsports.com.
  9. "America's Crossroads Bowl a $200,000 Impact". Munster Times. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Truman Football Wins America's Crossroads Bowl 21-7 for Win #10".
  11. "Truman Repeats as America's Crossroads Bowl Champions".
  12. "Tiffin Finishes Season in America's Crossroads Bowl".


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