OCC, El Camino in Orange County Bowl

Orange Coast College and El Camino officially accepted bids to play in the Orange County Bowl, committee member Bill Otta said Sunday.

El Camino (8-2) won the Northern Division and OCC (8-2) the Central Division of the Mission Conference. The game will be Dec. 1 at Orange Coast, but the time won’t be decided until today.

This is the first bowl appearance for OCC since 1975, when the Pirates defeated Rio Hondo in the Avocado Bowl. It will be the fourth consecutive bowl appearance for El Camino.