2020 Cheez-It Bowl
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31st Cheez-It Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 29, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Camping World Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Spencer Sanders (QB, Oklahoma State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Oklahoma State by 1[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Steve Marlowe (SEC)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 0[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN and ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | ESPN: Dave O'Brien (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst) and Katie George (sideline) ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play) and Barrett Jones (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2020 Cheez-It Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2020, with kickoff at 5:30 p.m. EST on ESPN.[5] It was the 31st edition of the Cheez-It Bowl,[b] and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Food manufacturing company Kellogg Company was the title sponsor of the game, through its Cheez-It brand.
Teams
[edit]The game featured Oklahoma State of the Big 12 Conference and Miami of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The teams had previously met once, in a 1991 contest won by Miami, 40–3.[6]
Oklahoma State Cowboys
[edit]Oklahoma State entered the game with a 7–3 record (6–3 in conference), 21st in CFP rankings. The Cowboys' losses came against Texas, TCU, and ranked Oklahoma. Oklahoma State had played in one prior edition of the Cheez-It Bowl, winning the 2017 Camping World Bowl when it was known by that name.
Miami Hurricanes
[edit]Miami entered the game with an 8–2 record (7–2 in conference), 18th in the AP Poll and CFP rankings. The Hurricanes' two losses were to ranked teams; Clemson and North Carolina. Miami had played in five prior Cheez-It Bowls, when the bowl was known by other names, compiling a 3–2 record.
Game summary
[edit]Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 21 Oklahoma State | 21 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 37 |
No. 18 Miami | 0 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
at Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida
- Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2020
- Game time: 5:30 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 70 °F (21 °C) • Wind: ENE 12 mph
- Game attendance: 0
- Referee: Steve Marlowe (SEC)
- TV announcers (ESPN): Dave O'Brien (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst) and Katie George (sideline)
- ESPN game summary
Game information |
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Statistics
[edit]Statistics | OKST | MIA |
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First downs | 29 | 27 |
Plays–yards | 83–418 | 78–512 |
Rushes–yards | 43–113 | 30–156 |
Passing yards | 305 | 356 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 27–40–0 | 30–48–0 |
Time of possession | 33:46 | 26:14 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Oklahoma State | Passing | Spencer Sanders | 27-for-40, 305 yards, 4 TD |
Rushing | Spencer Sanders | 45 yards on 13 carries | |
Receiving | Brennan Presley | 118 yards on 6 receptions, 3 TD | |
Miami | Passing | N'Kosi Perry | 19-for-34, 228 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Cam'Ron Harris | 52 yards on 6 carries, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Brevin Jordan | 96 yards on 8 receptions, 2 TD |
See also
[edit]- 2021 Citrus Bowl, played at the same venue three days later
- 2020 Cure Bowl, played at the same venue three days earlier
- 2019 Cheez-It Bowl, the prior so-named bowl game, played at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona
Notes
[edit]- ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no reported attendance at the game.[4]
- ^ Originally known as the Blockbuster Bowl, the bowl has had several different names; the prior three editions were staged as the Camping World Bowl.
References
[edit]- ^ @TJEckertKTUL (December 29, 2020). "Spencer Sanders is the Cheez-It Bowl MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved December 29, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "ESPN Game Summary - Oklahoma State vs. Miami - December 29, 2020". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ Austro, Ben (December 23, 2020). "2020-21 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Cheez-It Bowl Game Notes" (PDF). OKState.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule | 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ "Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys football series history games list". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com