The FirstMerit Patriot Bowl was an annual regular season college football game played on Labor Day weekend in Cleveland, Ohio at Browns Stadium.

It was originally envisioned as an annual match-up between a Mid-American Conference (MAC) and a Federal service academy team, but only the first game featured the latter.

The event was sponsored by the FirstMerit Corporation, an Akron, Ohio-based financial institution, and organized by the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission.

The second Patriot Bowl was held on August 30, 2008 and featured the Boston College Eagles of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Kent State Golden Flashes of the MAC.

[3] The 2009 game featured the Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference and the Toledo Rockets of the MAC on September 19.