By Colin McGuigan
Game #13
Myrtle Beach Bowl
UTSA Roadrunners (6-6)
at
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (6-6)
10 a.m. CT | Monday, Dec. 23
Brooks Stadium | Conway, S.C.
TV: ESPN | ESPN Deportes
UTSA Radio: UTSA Sports Media Network / Sports Radio AM 760 The Ticket
National Radio: Bowl Season Radio / SiriusXM
Live Stats: goUTSA.com/fbstats
Series History: First meeting
OPENING DRIVE
- UTSA will make its fifth straight and sixth overall bowl appearance on Monday in the Myrtle Beach Bowl.
- This will mark the first meeting between the Roadrunners and Coastal Carolina.
- UTSA is 1-4 all-time in bowl games after defeating Marshall, 35-17, in the 2023 Frisco Bowl.
- The Roadrunners are the designated home team for the game that will be played at the Chanticleers’ home stadium.
- UTSA will play in a bowl game outside the state of Texas for the third time and first since a trip to Orlando for the 2022 Cure Bowl.
- Fifth-year head coach Jeff Traylor boasts a 45-20 overall record at UTSA, the most wins and best winning percentage (.692) in program history.
- UTSA is 11-7 in weekday games but has yet to play a game on a Monday in its 14-year history.
- The Roadrunners are riding a streak of 22 consecutive games with both a takeaway and a sack.
- UTSA is averaging 41.7 points and 495.5 yards per game over the past six contests.
SETTING THE SCENE
Victorious in three of its last four games, UTSA will meet Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Bowl on Monday, Dec. 23. Kickoff is set for 10 a.m. CT at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina, and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN and ESPN Deportes. The Roadrunners will play in their fifth straight and sixth overall bowl game when they meet the Chanticleers for the first time on the gridiron. UTSA also is seeking its second consecutive bowl win after registering the program’s first with a 35-17 victory over Marshall in the 2023 Frisco Bowl. The Roadrunners are the designated home team for the matchup in Coastal Carolina’s home stadium.
TUNING IN
Monday’s game will be televised nationally on ESPN and also streamed on Watch ESPN and ESPN Deportes and via the ESPN mobile app. Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst) and Alyssa Lang (reporter) will call the action. UTSA Sports Media Network will air the game live in the San Antonio area on Sports Radio AM 760 The Ticket, online at ticket760.com and via the free iHeartRadio app. Andy Everett (play-by-play), Jay Riley (analyst) and Ed Suarez (reporter) have the call. There will be a two-hour pregame show hosted by Pat Evans and a 45-minute postgame show. UTSA’s bowl appearance and radio broadcast are sponsored by Ancira Auto Group. Bowl Season Radio will provide a national radio broadcast on SiriusXM channel 139 or 204 and on the SiriusXM app. Travis Jones (play-by-play), Jay Sonnhalter (analyst) and Molly Cotten (reporter) will be on the call.
GOING BOWLING
Following the 51-27 home victory over Temple on Nov. 22, the Roadrunners became bowl eligible for the fifth year in a row under head coach Jeff Traylor. UTSA has played in a bowl game in each of the past four seasons, capped by a 35-17 victory over Marshall in the 2023 Frisco Bowl for the program’s first bowl win. The Roadrunners competed in their first bowl game in 2016, a 23-20 setback to New Mexico in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque which saw UTSA also designated as the home team for a bowl game in the opposing team’s stadium.
UTSA’s Bowl History
| Date | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
| 12/17/16 | New Mexico Bowl | New Mexico | L, 20-23 |
| 12/26/20 | First Responder Bowl | Louisiana | L, 24-31 |
| 12/21/21 | Frisco Bowl | #24 San Diego State | L, 24-38 |
| 12/16/22 | Cure Bowl | #23 Troy | L, 12-18 |
| 12/19/23 | Frisco Bowl | Marshall | W, 35-17 |
UTSA IN WEEKDAY GAMES
With the Myrtle Beach Bowl falling on a Monday, UTSA will play on a weekday for the third time this season and 13th time under fifth-year head coach Jeff Traylor. This will mark the first Monday game for the Roadrunners, who have played 18 non-Saturday games in their 14-year history and tote an 11-7 record in such contests. UTSA has played in a weekday bowl game in each of the past three seasons.
UTSA’s Non-Saturday Games (11-7)
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result |
| Friday | 8/29/14 | at Houston | W, 27-7 |
| Thursday | 9/4/14 | Arizona | L, 23-26 |
| Thursday | 11/13/14 | Southern Miss | W, 12-10 |
| Thursday | 9/3/15 | at Arizona | L, 32-42 |
| Friday | 9/16/16 | Arizona State | L, 28-32 |
| Friday | 9/25/20 | Middle Tennessee | W, 37-35 |
| Friday | 12/3/21 | Western Kentucky | W, 49-41 |
| Tuesday* | 12/21/21 | vs. #24 San Diego State | L, 24-38 |
| Friday | 9/30/22 | at Middle Tennessee | W, 45-30 |
| Friday | 10/14/22 | at FIU | W, 30-10 |
| Friday | 12/2/22 | North Texas | W, 48-27 |
| Friday* | 12/16/22 | vs. #23 Troy | L, 12-18 |
| Friday | 9/15/23 | Army West Point | L, 29-37 |
| Friday | 11/17/23 | South Florida | W, 49-21 |
| Friday | 11/24/23 | at #18 Tulane | L, 16-29 |
| Tuesday* | 12/19/23 | vs. Marshall | W, 35-17 |
| Friday | 11/15/24 | North Texas | W, 48-27 |
| Friday | 11/22/24 | Temple | W, 51-27 |
* bowl game
ON EASTERN TIME
The Roadrunners are set to play their second straight and third overall game in the Eastern time zone this season when they face Coastal Carolina on Monday in the Myrtle Beach Bowl. UTSA, which dropped a 30-20 decision at East Carolina on Sept. 28 and a 29-24 heartbreak to No. 22 Army on Nov. 30, is 7-10 all-time in games played in the Eastern time zone with road wins against Georgia State in 2012, Charlotte in 2015, Old Dominion in 2019, Army West Point and FIU in 2022 and Temple and Florida Atlantic last season.
UTSA in the Eastern Time Zone (7-10)
| Date | Result | Location |
| 9/15/12 | UTSA 38, Georgia State 14 | Atlanta, Ga. |
| 10/5/13 | Marshall 34, UTSA 10 | Huntington, W.Va. |
| 9/27/14 | Florida Atlantic 41, UTSA 37 | Boca Raton, Fla. |
| 11/14/15 | UTSA 30, Charlotte 27 (OT) | Charlotte, N.C. |
| 9/24/16 | Old Dominion 33, UTSA 19 | Norfolk, Va. |
| 11/4/17 | FIU 14, UTSA 7 | Miami, Fla. |
| 11/17/18 | Marshall 23, UTSA 0 | Huntington, W.Va. |
| 11/9/19 | UTSA 24, Old Dominion 23 | Norfolk, Va. |
| 10/31/20 | Florida Atlantic 24, UTSA 3 | Boca Raton, Fla. |
| 9/10/22 | UTSA 41, Army 38 | West Point, N.Y. |
| 10/14/22 | UTSA 30, FIU 10 | Miami, Fla. |
| 12/16/22 | Troy 18, UTSA 12 | Orlando, Fla. |
| 9/23/23 | Tennessee 45, UTSA 14 | Knoxville, Tenn. |
| 10/7/23 | UTSA 49, Temple 34 | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 10/21/23 | UTSA 36, Florida Atlantic 10 | Boca Raton, Fla. |
| 9/28/24 | East Carolina 30, UTSA 20 | Greenville, N.C. |
| 11/30/24 | Army 29, UTSA 24 | West Point, N.Y. |
EARLY KICKS
With Monday’s kickoff versus Coastal Carolina scheduled for 11 a.m. Eastern/10 a.m. CT, UTSA will be competing in a game that begins at noon or earlier local time for the third time since the beginning of November. The Roadrunners defeated No. 25 Memphis, 44-36, on Nov. 2 in a home contest that began at 11 a.m. at the Alamodome. The Roadrunners dropped a 29-24 heartbreaker to No. 22 Army on Nov. 30 in a game that kicked off at noon Eastern (11 a.m. CT).
UTSA’s Earliest Kickoffs
11 a.m.
| 9/8/13 | vs. Oklahoma State | L, 35-56 |
| 10/18/14 | at Louisiana Tech | L, 20-27 |
| 11/8/14 | at Rice | L, 7-17 |
| 11/22/14 | at Western Kentucky | L, 7-45 |
| 11/29/14 | vs. North Texas | W, 34-27 |
| 9/12/15 | vs. Kansas State | L, 3-30 |
| 10/8/16 | vs. Southern Miss | W, 55-32 |
| 11/19/16 | at Texas A&M | L, 10-23 |
| 11/2/19 | at Texas A&M | L, 14-45 |
| 11/2/24 | vs. Memphis | W, 44-36 |
11:30 a.m.
| 10/3/20 | at UAB | L, 13-21 |
12 p.m.
| 12/17/16 | at New Mexico* | L, 20-23 |
| 10/31/20 | at Florida Atlantic^ | L, 3-24 |
| 9/10/22 | at Army^ | W, 41-38 (OT) |
| 11/19/22 | at Rice | W, 41-7 |
| 11/30/24 | at Army^ | L, 24-29 |
* New Mexico Bowl
^ Eastern time
SCOUTING COASTAL CAROLINA
The Chanticleers improved to 6-6 on the season with a 48-27 victory over Georgia State on Nov. 30 in the regular season finale. Coastal Carolina and UTSA have one common opponent this season in Temple, which the Chanticleers defeated, 28-20, on Sept. 14. Coastal Carolina is averaging 29.8 points and 382.3 yards of offense per game while allowing 30.6 points and 405.6 yards per contest. Ethan Vasko has completed 148 of 271 passes for 2,110 yards and 14 touchdowns. Braydon Bennett is the top rusher with 727 yards and 11 TDs on 112 attempts. Jameson Tucker has a team-high 31 receptions for 540 yards and six scores. Defensively, Shane Bruce has registered a team-best 68 tackles, while Clev Lubin has 12 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks. Head coach Tim Beck is 14-11 in his second season at the helm.
SERIES HISTORY
Friday will mark the first meeting between UTSA and Coastal Carolina, a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Myrtle Beach Bowl also will mark the Roadrunners’ first visit to the state of South Carolina.
WHO’S COUNTING?
Now in their 14th season of play, the Roadrunners will play the 172nd game in program history on Monday when they face Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Bowl. UTSA is 90-81 (.526) all-time, 34-48 (.415) in road games and 1-4 in bowls.
SIMILAR STARTUPS
UTSA and Coastal Carolina are two of the more recent startup programs. The Roadrunners played their first season 2011 as an FCS Independent, while the Chanticleers had an eight-year head start with their inaugural game in 2003. UTSA began its transition to FBS in 2012 as a member of the Western Athletic Conference, while Coastal Carolina made the move up in 2016 and became a Sun Belt Conference member in 2017.
BUNDLE UP
Conway’s forecasted high temperature for the Myrtle Beach Bowl on Monday, Dec. 23, is 46 degrees. In its 14-year history, UTSA has played seven games with a recorded temperature at kickoff of 50 degrees or below. The Roadrunners have posted a 4-3 record in those games. UTSA is 1-1 in bowl games played in 50 degrees or colder. The Roadrunners are coming off the coldest outing in program annals with a temperature of 36 degrees at kickoff against Army on Nov. 30 in West Point, New York.
UTSA’s Cold-Weather Games (50 degrees or below at kickoff)
| Temp. | Date | Result | Location |
| 36 | 11/30/24 | Army 29, UTSA 24 | West Point, N.Y. |
| 39 | 11/23/13 | UTSA 21, North Texas 13 | Denton, Texas |
| 42 | 12/17/16 | New Mexico 23, UTSA 20* | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| 45 | 11/19/22 | UTSA 41, Rice 7 | Houston, Texas |
| 46 | 11/9/19 | UTSA 24, Old Dominion 23 | Norfolk, Va. |
| 48 | 11/17/18 | Marshall 23, UTSA 0 | Huntington, W.Va. |
| 50 | 12/19/23 | UTSA 35, Marshall 17* | Frisco, Texas |
* bowl game
LAST TIME OUT
Syrus Dumas had a career-high 12 tackles and Brandon High Jr. rushed for two touchdowns, but No. 22 Army thwarted a late UTSA rally for a 29-24 decision in American Athletic Conference action on a chilly Saturday at Michie Stadium. Dumas registered three stops behind the line, as UTSA tallied seven tackles for loss on the day to push this year’s total to a school-record 104. The Roadrunners also recorded a pair of sacks and came up with their 21st takeaway of the fall to run those streaks to 21 consecutive games. Army held a 13-10 advantage at halftime, but the Roadrunners took their first lead of the day after their opening drive of the second half ended with a 23-yard touchdown reception by Devin McCuin. Army pulled to within 17-16 on the ensuing possession after a 23-yard field goal with 1:34 left in the third. The Black Knights then came up with a fourth-down stop deep in UTSA territory to open the fourth quarter. Bryson Daily added a pair of TD runs from there to push the Army lead to 29-17. UTSA cut the deficit to five on the next possession, covering 75 yards in just four plays, the last a 6-yard touchdown rush by High. The Roadrunners then forced a missed field goal with just under two minutes remaining. However, Gavin Shields iced the game for Army with an interception off a tipped ball with 1:22 left.
A LOOK AHEAD TO 2025
The Roadrunners will open the 2025 season on Aug. 30 at Texas A&M. UTSA then will host back-to-back games versus Texas State on Sept. 6 and UIW the following Saturday before closing out the non-conference slate at Colorado State on Sept. 20. The American Athletic Conference previously announced the 2025 scheduling model, which puts the Roadrunners at home against Army, East Carolina, Rice and Tulane and on the road versus Charlotte, North Texas, South Florida and Temple.
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Chanticleers set to stay home for postseason appearance
CONWAY —- Coastal Carolina football will make its fifth consecutive postseason appearance when it faces off against UTSA in the Myrtle Beach Bowl on Dec. 23, 2024, it was announced Sunday. Kick from Brooks Stadium is set for 11 a.m. ET on ESPN.
Both programs head into the contest with a 6-6 record. Coastal has posted a 2-2 bowl game record and with its appearance in the 2024 Myrtle Beach Bowl will have competed in a bowl game in five of its first eight seasons at the FBS level.
Coastal Carolina and the Roadrunners have never met on the gridiron.
While the game is on the Coastal Carolina campus, it will not be a home game for the Chanticleers. Myrtle Beach and the Myrtle Beach Bowl serve as the official host of the neutral-site contest.
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