[4] The tenth annual Cure Bowl, the game featured Ohio and Jacksonville State.
The team qualified for the MAC Championship Game, a rematch with Miami (OH), which the Bobcats won, 38–3.
They began their regular season with three losses—to Coastal Carolina, Louisville, and Eastern Michigan—then won eight games in a row before ending their regular season with a loss to Western Kentucky.
The Gamecocks then had a rematch with Western Kentucky in the Conference USA Championship Game, which Jacksonville State won, 52–12.
This was Jacksonville State's second consecutive season appearing in a bowl game.