Montgomery_Bowl
2020 Montgomery Bowl
Postseason college football bowl game
The 2020 Montgomery Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2020, at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. The game was broadcast on ESPN,[5] with kickoff at 7:00 p.m. EST (6:00 p.m. local CST).[6] It was the inaugural, and potentially only,[lower-alpha 1] edition of the Montgomery Bowl. It was one of two bowl games, along with the Camellia Bowl, that were played at the Cramton Bowl following the 2020 FBS football season.
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| 1st Montgomery Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cramton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Montgomery, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Brady White (QB, Memphis)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Memphis by 9[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Marshall Lewis (Sun Belt)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 2979[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), Lauren Sisler (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Montgomery Bowl was contested by the Florida Atlantic Owls, from Conference USA, and the Memphis Tigers, from the American Athletic Conference ("The American").[5] The two teams met once previously; the Owls defeated the Tigers in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl, 44–27.[8]
Memphis
Memphis of The American entered the bowl with an overall record of 7–3 (5–3 in conference play); they were ranked as high as number 16 in the AP Poll early in the season.
Florida Atlantic
Florida Atlantic of C–USA entered the bowl with an overall record of 5–3 (4–2 in conference play).
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Memphis | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 25 |
| Florida Atlantic | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Game information |
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at Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama
- Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2020
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. EST (6:00 p.m. CST)
- Game weather: Rain • Temperature: 58 °F (14 °C) • Wind: ESE 8 mph
- Referee: Marshall Lewis (Sun Belt)
- TV announcers (ESPN): Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), Lauren Sisler (sideline)
- ESPN game summary
Statistics
| Statistics | MEM | FAU |
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| First downs | 24 | 19 |
| Plays–yards | 24–469 | 19–290 |
| Rushes–yards | 35–185 | 39–139 |
| Passing yards | 284 | 151 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 22–34–1 | 19–35–1 |
| Time of possession | 26:54 | 29:16 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Memphis | Passing | Brady White | 22/34, 284 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Asa Martin | 15 carries, 96 yards | |
| Receiving | Javon Ivory | 7 receptions, 126 yards, 1 TD | |
| Florida Atlantic | Passing | Nick Tronti | 16/32, 146 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | James Charles | 16 carries, 82 yards | |
| Receiving | Brandon Robinson | 4 receptions, 39 yards |
- 2020 Camellia Bowl, held at the same venue
- The Montgomery Bowl was announced in late October 2020, with organizers indicating that it was a "substitute of the Fenway Bowl for this season only."[7]
- @_HaileySutton (December 24, 2020). "Memphis quarterback Brady White selected as the #MontgomeryBowl MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
- "ESPN Game Summary - Memphis vs. Florida Atlantic - December 23, 2020". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- Austro, Ben (December 23, 2020). "2020-21 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- "Football vs Florida Atlantic on 12/23/2020". December 23, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- Barnes, Evan (December 13, 2020). "Memphis football to face FAU in Montgomery Bowl on Dec. 23". commercialappeal.com. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- "ESPN Events Reveals 13-Game College Football Bowl Schedule for 2020-21: Inaugural Launch of the Fenway Bowl Postponed". espnpressroom.com (Press release). October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "2020-21 Bowl Season Schedule Announced". bowlseason.com. October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- "Winsipedia - Florida Atlantic Owls vs. Memphis Tigers football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- Official website
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com