Duke's Mayo Bowl


The Duke’s Mayo Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that has been played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, since 2002. The game currently features a matchup between a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference and a team from either the Southeastern Conference or the Big Ten Conference. Originally commissioned as the Queen City Bowl, it has undergone several name changes due to changes in sponsorship, which have included Continental Tire, Meineke Car Care Center, department store chain Belk, and C.F. Sauer Company through its Duke's Mayonnaise brand.

History

A new college football bowl game in Charlotte, North Carolina, was established in 2002 by Raycom Sports. The game was certified by the NCAA as the Queen City Bowl, which became the Continental Tire Bowl, Meineke Car Care Bowl, and Belk Bowl prior to its current name.
The game previously featured a matchup between the No. 5 selected Atlantic Coast Conference team and the No. 3 selected American Athletic Conference. Originally, the bowl selected a team from the Big East Conference, until that conference's breakup in 2013.
In 2011, Charlotte-based department store chain Belk acquired the title sponsorship for a three-year period through 2013. After the initial period, Belk extended its sponsorship for six years, through 2019. As of 2014, the bowl featured the second pooled selection from the ACC paired against the second pooled selection from the Southeastern Conference, after selection of the College Football Playoff teams.
On November 20, 2019, Belk informed bowl officials that the company would not be renewing its sponsorship after the 2019 season. In June 2020, Duke's Mayonnaise was announced as the new title sponsor for the bowl.
In 2020, the ACC's opponent in the bowl is scheduled to begin alternating between the Big Ten Conference and SEC through 2025, with a Big Ten team playing in even-numbered years and an SEC team playing in odd-numbered years. The conference not sending a team to this bowl will send a team to the Las Vegas Bowl.

Game results

Rankings are based on the AP Poll prior to the game being played.

MVPs

GameMVPSchoolPosition
2002Wali LundyVirginiaTB
2003Matt SchaubVirginiaQB
2004Paul PetersonBoston CollegeQB
2005Stephen TullochNC StateLB
2006JoLonn DunbarBoston CollegeLB
2007Kenneth MooreWake ForestWR
2008Pat WhiteWest VirginiaQB
2009Dion LewisPittsburghRB
2010B. J. DanielsSouth FloridaQB
2011Mike GlennonNC StateQB
2012Brendon KayCincinnatiQB
2013Ryan SwitzerNorth CarolinaWR
2014Nick ChubbGeorgiaRB
2015Dak PrescottMississippi StateQB
2016Cam PhillipsVirginia TechWR
2017John WolfordWake ForestQB
2018Olamide ZaccheausVirginiaWR
2019Lynn Bowden Jr.KentuckyQB

Most appearances

Updated through the December 2019 edition.
;Teams with multiple appearances
;Teams with a single appearance
Won: Georgia, Mississippi State, Kentucky
Lost: Arkansas, Clemson, Connecticut, Duke, Navy, South Carolina, Texas A&M

Appearances by conference

Updated through the December 2019 edition.
Source:

Media coverage

The bowl was televised by ESPN2 from 2002 through 2005; since 2006, the bowl has been televised by ESPN.