International Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) collegiate American football bowl game played in Toronto from 2007 through 2010 . During its run , it was the only post-season bowl game played outside the United States , the first such game since the Bacardi Bowl , played in Cuba on January 1 , 1937 . Each of the four times the game was contested pitted teams from the Big East and Mid-American Conferences , with the Big East winning all four matchups
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
International Bowl