The 2023 season for Ashland University's football team isn't over yet.
As announced by the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, Great Lakes Valley Conference and the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority on Wednesday (Nov. 15) afternoon, the Eagles will take on McKendree in the America's Crossroads Bowl on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Central at Hammond Central High School in Hammond, Ind.
Ashland finished the regular season at 8-3 overall and 8-1 in the Great Midwest, good for second place in the conference. The Eagles will take a seven-game winning streak into the bowl game – tied for the longest streak in the program since winning 11 straight in 2017.
McKendree sported a record of 5-5 overall and 5-2 in the GLVC during the 2023 regular season, and has a five-game winning streak going into the bowl game. The Bearcats tied for second place in the GLVC standings.
The America's Crossroads Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played between two of the top teams at the NCAA Division II level. It is one of only three NCAA Division II sanctioned bowl games in the country.
Truman State won each of the first three America's Crossroads Bowls – 21-7 over Ohio Dominican in 2019, 34-17 over Hillsdale in 2021, and 28-27 vs. Tiffin in 2022.
Tickets are available for $12 for adults, $7 for students and seniors, and children age four and younger are free.
