Texas State South Alabama Football Nov. 15, 2014

South Alabama players celebrate the 24-20 win over Texas State in a Sun Belt Conference football game Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell/mkittrell@al.com)

(Mike Kittrell)

MOBILE, Alabama -- South Alabama is headed to the Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, AL.com has learned.

The Camellia Bowl will be played Sat., Dec. 20 at Cramton Bowl. Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. CST. The Jaguars will play a Mid-American Conference opponent.

The school has announced a press conference at 1 p.m. in the John Counts Room of the Mitchell Center on Wednesday to make an announcement "pertaining to the football team.'' The public has been invited to attend the press conference.

The Jaguars finished the regular season with a 6-6 record, losing its final game in heartbreaking fashion to Navy, 42-40, last week. It is the second year the Jags have gained bowl eligibility but this will mark the school's first-ever bowl.

South Alabama officials would not comment further on the topic of the press conference other than to say it involved the football team.

This will be the inaugural Camellia Bowl, which is one of three bowls that have a tie-in with the Sun Belt Conference. The others are the New Orleans Bowl and Mobile's GoDaddy Bowl.