Both are conference champions — Jacksonville State in Conference USA and Ohio in the MAC. Both are making their Cure Bowl debuts with a chance to deliver the first wins for their conferences, which are both 0-2 in the game. Both have bowl-game winning streaks on the line. And both will have to try to keep those streaks going under new coaches.

For the first time in program history, the Ohio Bobcats have secured an 11-win season, defeating the Jacksonville State Gamecocks by a final score of 30-27 in t

Parker Navarro ran for three touchdowns and passed for a fourth in the first half and Ohio held off Jacksonville State 30-27 in the Cure Bowl, the only bowl game featuring two conference champions.