Boston College to face Nebraska in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium
NEW YORK - Boston College's football team is heading to the Bronx, where they will take on Nebraska for the first time in the Pinstripe Bowl later this month.
Boston College bowl game
This will be the first-ever meeting between the Eagles and the Cornhuskers. It's the second year in a row BC will be playing a bowl game at an MLB ballpark. Last year, they played Southern Methodist University at Fenway Park, where they beat SMU 23-14 in the Fenway Bowl.
The Pinstripe Bowl will kick off at noon on Dec. 28. The bowl game itself has been held since 2010 at Yankee Stadium and both teams will be competing for the George M. Steinbrenner Trophy.
In the first year under former Patriots assistant Bill O'Brien, the Eagles finished the season with a record of 7-5. Boston College started the year with a 4-1 record, including victories over Florida State and Michigan State, along with a narrow loss to Missouri, which was ranked No. 6 at the time.
Fenway Bowl teams announced
As for the Fenway Bowl, this year Fenway Park will host the University of Connecticut Huskies and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.
The Huskies are headed to a bowl game for the second time under head coach Jim Mora. North Carolina went 6-6 this season, and parted ways with head coach Mack Brown.
Former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has reportedly interviewed for the Tar Hells head coaching job.
