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How to Watch All 40 of College Football's Bowl Games

With the end of the college football season comes some of the best and most interesting match-ups of the season: bowl games. December 20 features the first couple with many more to follow over the course of the following two and a half weeks.

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The most important games of the season are obviously the three games that make up the College Football Playoff. But there are so many more games that make up bowl season, our last chance to watch college football for the next eight months.

College Football Bowl Schedule 2019

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The first bowl game of the season will be played by Buffalo and Charlotte, but the most important will be played eight days later with LSU playing Oklahoma and Ohio State playing Clemson in the first round of the College Football Playoff.

But to enjoy every moment of bowl season, you need to know when each game will begin and how to watch. Those are extremely important pieces of information with 40 games being played. To note, only five of the games won't be available on the ESPN App.

Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl

Who: Buffalo vs. Charlotte
When: Friday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium - Nassau, Bahamas

Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl

Who: Utah State vs. Kent State
When: Friday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Where: Toyota Stadium - Frisco, Texas

Celebration Bowl

Who: Alcorn State vs. North Carolina A&T
When: Saturday, Dec. 21 at 12:00 p.m. ET on ABC
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium - Atlanta, Georgia

New Mexico Bowl

Who: Central Michigan vs. San Diego State
When: Saturday, Dec. 21 at 2:00 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Dreamstyle Stadium - Albuquerque, New Mexico

FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl

Who: Liberty vs. Georgia Southern
When: Saturday, Dec. 21 at 2:30 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network
Where: Exploria Stadium - Orlando, Florida

Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl

Who: SMU vs. Florida Atlantic
When: Saturday, Dec. 21 at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Where: FAU Stadium - Boca Raton, Florida

Camellia Bowl

Who: Florida International vs. Arkansas State
When: Saturday, Dec. 21 at 5:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Cramton Bowl - Montgomery, Alabama

Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl

Who: Boise State vs. Washington
When: Saturday, Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Where: Sam Boyd Stadium - Las Vegas, Nevada

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Who: Appalachian State vs. UAB
When: Saturday, Dec. 21 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome - New Orleans, Louisiana

Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl

Who: UCF vs. Marshall
When: Monday, Dec. 23 at 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Raymond James Stadium - Tampa, Florida

SoFi Hawai'i Bowl

Who: Hawai'i vs. BYU
When: Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Aloha Stadium - Honolulu, Hawaii

Walk-On's Independence Bowl

Who: Louisiana Tech vs. Miami
When: Thursday, Dec. 26 at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Independence Stadium - Shreveport, Louisiana

Quick Lane Bowl

Who: Pittsburgh vs. Eastern Michigan
When: Thursday, Dec. 26 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Ford Field - Detroit, Michigan

Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman

Who: North Carolina vs. Temple
When: Friday, Dec. 27 at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium - Annapolis, Maryland

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

Who: Michigan State vs. Wake Forest
When: Friday, Dec. 27 at 3:20 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Yankee Stadium - New York City

Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl

Who: Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M
When: Friday, Dec. 27 at 6:45 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: NRG Stadium - Houston, Texas

San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl

Who: USC vs. Iowa
When: Friday, Dec. 27 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1
Where: SDCCU Stadium - San Diego, California

Cheez-It Bowl

Who: Air Force vs. Washington State
When: Friday, Dec. 27 at 10:15 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Chase Field - Phoenix, Arizona

Camping World Bowl

Who: Notre Dame vs. Iowa State
When: Saturday, Dec. 28 at 12 p.m. ET on ABC
Where: Camping World Stadium - Orlando, Florida

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

Who: Penn State vs. Memphis
When: Saturday, Dec. 28 at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: AT&T Stadium - Arlington, Texas

College Football Playoff Semifinals

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

Who: No. 1 LSU vs. No. 4 Oklahoma
When: Saturday, Dec. 28 at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium - Atlanta, Georgia

PlayStation Fiesta Bowl

Who: No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Clemson
When: Saturday, Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: State Farm Stadium - Glendale, Arizona

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl

Who: Western Kentucky vs. Western Michigan
When: Monday, Dec. 30 at 12:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Gerald J. Ford Stadium - Dallas, Texas

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl

Who: Mississippi State vs. Louisville
When: Monday, Dec. 30 at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Nissan Stadium - Nashville, Tennessee

Redbox Bowl

Who: California vs. Illinois
When: Monday, Dec. 30 at 4 p.m. ET on FOX
Where: Levi's Stadium - Santa Clara, California

Capital One Orange Bowl

Who: Florida vs. Virginia
When: Monday, Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Hard Rock Stadium - Miami Gardens, Florida

Belk Bowl

Who: Virginia Tech vs. Kentucky
When: Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Bank of America Stadium - Charlotte, North Carolina

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl

Who: Florida State vs. Arizona State
When: Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 2 p.m. ET on CBS
Where: Sun Bowl Stadium - El Paso, Texas

AutoZone Liberty Bowl

Who: Navy vs. Kansas State
When: Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 3:45 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium - Memphis, Tennessee

NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl

Who: Wyoming vs. Georgia State
When: Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 4:30 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network
Where: Arizona Stadium - Tucson, Arizona

Valero Alamo Bowl

Who: Utah vs. Texas
When: Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Alamodome - San Antonio, Texas

Vrbo Citrus Bowl

Who: Michigan vs. Alabama
When: Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 1 p.m. ET on ABC
Where: Camping World Stadium - Orlando, Florida

Outback Bowl

Who: Minnesota vs. Auburn
When: Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Raymond James Stadium - Tampa, Florida

Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual

Who: Oregon vs. Wisconsin
When: Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Rose Bowl - Pasadena, California

Allstate Sugar Bowl

Who: Georgia vs. Baylor
When: Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 8:45 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome - New Orleans, Louisiana

TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl

Who: Boston College vs. Cincinnati
When: Thursday, Jan. 2 at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Legion Field - Birmingham, Alabama

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl

Who: Indiana vs. Tennessee
When: Thursday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: TIAA Bank Field - Jacksonville, Florida

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Who: Ohio vs. Nevada
When: Friday, Jan. 3 at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Albertsons Stadium - Boise, Idaho

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl

Who: Southern Mississippi vs. Tulane
When: Saturday, Jan. 4 at 11:30 a.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Amon G. Carter Stadium - Fort Worth, Texas

LendingTree Bowl

Who: Louisiana vs. Miami (Ohio)
When: Monday, Jan. 6 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Where: Ladd-Peebles Stadium - Mobile, Alabama

College Football Playoff National Championship Game

Who: TBD
When: Monday, Jan. 13
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome - New Orleans, Louisiana

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