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ESPN releases 2019-20 bowl schedule

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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We’re still three months away from the first kickoff of the 2019 college football season, but the bowl game schedule is already set.

Thursday, ESPN released the bowl schedule for the 2019-20 postseason. There will be 35 bowl games played this year, along with the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. The first postseason game will be played on Dec. 20 and the title game will air on Jan. 13.

Here’s the full schedule, along with kickoff times (ET) and broadcast network, as released by ESPN:

Friday, December 20

  • Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl (2 p.m., ESPN)
  • Frisco Bowl (7:30 p.m., ESPN2)

Saturday, December 21

  • Celebration Bowl (12 p.m., ABC)
  • New Mexico Bowl (2 p.m. ESPN)
  • Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl (3:30 p.m., ABC)
  • Camellia Bowl (5:30 p.m., ESPN)
  • Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl (7:30 p.m., ABC)
  • R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (9 p.m., ESPN)

Monday, December 23

  • Bad Boys Mowers Gasparilla Bowl (2:30 p.m., ESPN)

Tuesday, December 24

  • SoFi Hawai’i Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN)

Thursday, December 26

  • Walk-On’s Independence Bowl (4 p.m., ESPN)
  • Quick Lane Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN)

Friday, December 27

  • Presented by Northrop Grumman (12 p.m., ESPN)
  • New Era Pinstripe Bowl (3:20 p.m., ESPN)
  • Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl (6:45 p.m., ESPN)
  • Cheez-It Bowl (10:15 p.m., ESPN)

Saturday, December 28

  • Camping World Bowl (12 p.m., ABC)
  • Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (12 p.m., ESPN)
  • Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl — CFP semifinal (4 p.m./8 p.m., ESPN)
  • PlayStation Fiesta Bowl — CFP semifinal (4 p.m./8 p.m. ESPN)

Monday, December 30

  • SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (12:30 p.m., ESPN)
  • Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (4 p.m., ESPN)
  • Capital One Orange Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN)

Tuesday, December 31

  • Belk Bowl (12 p.m., ESPN)
  • AutoZone Liberty Bowl (3:45 p.m., ESPN)
  • Valero Alamo Bowl (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Wednesday, January 1

  • Citrus Bowl (1 p.m., ABC)
  • Outback Bowl (1 p.m. ESPN)
  • Rose Bowl Game (5 p.m., ESPN)
  • Allstate Sugar Bowl (8:45, ESPN)

Thursday, January 2

  • Birmingham Bowl (3 p.m., ESPN)
  • TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (7 p.m., ESPN)

Friday, January 3

  • Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (3:30 p.m., ESPN)

Saturday, January 4

  • Armed Forces Bowl (11:30 a.m., ESPN)

Monday, January 6

  • Mobile Alabama Bowl (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Monday, January 13

  • College Football Playoff National Championship (8 p.m., ESPN)
Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB