After their third straight season not finishing over .500 Florida State traveled to El Paso to face Arizona State in the Sun Bowl. For the second time in three years, interim head coach Odell Haggins coached the Seminoles in their bowl game. In 2018 Florida State did not qualify for a bowl game.
Florida State took a 14-9 lead into the fourth quarter after a James Blackman to Tammorion Terry 91 yard TD pass with 1:04 remaining in the third quarter. Arizona State won the game with a 25-yard interception return for a TD for the game-winner. That play summed up FSU’s last three seasons.
After trailing 14-10 at halftime in the Music City Bowl, the Louisville offensive came alive in the second half. The Cardinals outscored Mississippi State 28-14 after halftime in a 38-28 victory. The game turned out to be the last for Joe Morehead as the coach for the Bulldogs. Louisville rolled up 510 yards of offense in the victory.
Florida International was the last team on the 2019 Miami football schedule that played in a bowl game this past season. The Panthers shocked South Florida with their 30-24 victory over Miami in the penultimate game of the 2019 regular season. FIU needed that win to earn an invitation to the Camellia Bowl.
FIU lost 34-24 to Arkansas State. New Miami offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee once held the same position with the Red Wolves. Arkansas State led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter and never trailed in a 34-26 victory over FIU. The victory ended a tough season for Arkansas State who lost the wife of head coach Blake Anderson.