CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, November 23, 2021 – For the third time in as many seasons, the Monroe College football team has accepted an invitational for an NJCAA Bowl Game. The No. 5-ranked Mustangs are set to take on No. 10 Iowa Central Community College in the 2021 The Graphic Edge Bowl Feature Game on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. EST.
 

@mjcmustangs are honored to be going to The Graphic Edge Bowl game to play Iowa Central. Proud of our coaches, support staff and especially our players. Let's go!! @Monroe_Mustangs

— Terry Karg (@coachterrykarg) November 23, 2021

This year's The Graphic Edge Bowl Feature Game will be a rematch of the 2018 The Graphic Edge Bowl Opening Game, in which the No. 12-ranked Mustangs took on the No. 16-ranked Tritons at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Monroe took the loss in its first-ever bowl game three years ago, and will look to avenge that defeat this time around.
 
The Mustangs played in the 2019 Salt City Bowl, hosted by Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. The No. 18-ranked Mustangs were defeated by the No. 3-ranked Blue Dragons at Gowans Stadium, and will be looking for their first-ever bowl-game victory this year.
 
The Mustangs enter The Graphic Edge Bowl after finishing the regular season unbeaten for the first time, while also achieving its first-ever 10-win season. The Mustangs had notable victories throughout the season against No. 12 Georgia Military College, No. 11 Lackawanna College and Div. III No. 1 Nassau Community College, the latter two taking place on the road.
 
Iowa Central owns an 8-2 regular-season record heading into The Graphic Edge Bowl this year. Iowa Central opened its season with a neutral-site victory against Lackawanna College. The Tritons' only two losses this season came at the hands of Iowa Western Community College, which concluded the regular season as the only undefeated team in the NJCAA, and will enter the NJCAA's first-ever playoff tournament as the No. 1-ranked team in the country.
 
For more information about The Graphic Edge Bowl, please visit TheGraphicEdgeBowl.com. There you will find information on location, tickets, game-day coverage, The Graphic Edge Bowl history, and more.
 
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 39 teams competing across nine sports. There are 21 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as club men's and women's rugby, the Monroe College marching band, and the newly added esports and men's volleyball programs, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, has 18 teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
For more information about the Monroe Mustangs, please visit us at www.MonroeCollegeMustangs.com or follow us on social media: Facebook (Monroe Mustangs Athletics), Twitter (@Monroe_Mustangs) and Instagram (@monroemustangs).