2021_Boca_Raton_Bowl
2021 Boca Raton Bowl
Postseason college football bowl game
The 2021 Boca Raton Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18, 2021, with kickoff at 11:00 a.m. EST on ESPN.[4] It was the 8th edition of the Boca Raton Bowl, and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by roofing repair company RoofClaim.com, the game was officially known as the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl.
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| 8th Boca Raton Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 18, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | FAU Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Boca Raton, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Favorite | Appalachian State by 2.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Steve Baron (Mountain West)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,429 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN: Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), and Tiffany Blackmon (sideline) ESPN Radio: Chris Carlin (play-by-play), EJ Manuel (analyst), and Taylor Davis (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game was played between teams from the Sun Belt Conference and Conference USA (C-USA). The bowl also has tie-ins with the American Athletic Conference (AAC), Mid-American Conference (MAC), and Mountain West Conference (MWC).
This was the sixth meeting between Western Kentucky and Appalachian State; the Mountaineers entered leading the all-time series, 4–1.[5] It was also the first time the Mountaineers and Hilltoppers played each other as FBS teams.
Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe entered the game on the verge of FBS records for single-season passing yardage and touchdowns, respectively set by B. J. Symons of Texas Tech in 2003 and Joe Burrow of LSU in 2019.[6]
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Appalachian State Mountaineers
During the game, Zappe threw for 6 touchdowns and 422 yards, giving him possession of both aforementioned single-season FBS passing records. He finished the season with 62 touchdowns and 5,977 yards. Zappe also tied Burrow's single-season FBS record of 65 touchdowns responsible for (combined passing and rushing) from 2019.[7]
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Western Kentucky | 14 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 59 |
| Appalachian State | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
at FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, Florida
- Date: Friday, December 18, 2021
- Game time: 11:00 a.m. EST
- Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Wind: SE 17 mph
- Game attendance: 15,429
- Referee: Steve Baron
- TV announcers (ESPN): Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), and Tiffany Blackmon (sideline)
- Box score
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Statistics
| Statistics | WKU | APP |
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| First downs | 27 | 24 |
| Plays–yards | 75–637 | 78–609 |
| Rushes–yards | 28–215 | 43–251 |
| Passing yards | 422 | 358 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 33–47–0 | 20–35–2 |
| Time of possession | 28:48 | 31:12 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Western Kentucky | Passing | Bailey Zappe | 33/47, 422 yards, 6 TD |
| Rushing | Noah Whittington | 7 carries, 150 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Jerreth Sterns | 13 receptions, 184 yards, 3 TD | |
| Appalachian State | Passing | Chase Brice | 15/23, 317 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Camerun Peoples | 13 carries, 101 yards | |
| Receiving | Christian Wells | 4 receptions, 86 yards, 1 TD |
- Parry, Rose (December 18, 2021). "Western Kentucky Tops Appalachian State, 59-38, in the 2021 Roofclaim.Com Boca Raton Bowl". roofclaimbocaratonbowl.com (Press release). Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- Fawkes, Ben. "Odds for College Football Playoff, every bowl game". vsin.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- "2021–22 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- "2021 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- "Winsipedia – Appalachian State vs. Western Kentucky". Winsipedia.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- Hale, David M. (December 17, 2021). "Bailey Zappe's journey to a historic season for Western Kentucky". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- "Zappe gets records, WKU rolls past App St 59-38 in Boca Bowl". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com