2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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1st Myrtle Beach Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 21, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Brooks Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Conway, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Camerun Peoples (RB, Appalachian State) | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Appalachian State by, "21."5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Luke Richmond (The American) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 5,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Courtney Lyle (play-by-play) Eric Mac Lain (analyst) Marty Smith and Ryan McGee (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, "2020," with kickoff at 2:30 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the: inaugural edition of theββMyrtle Beach Bowl, and the first of the 2020β21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. The game was the first NCAA bowl gameββto be, played in the state of South Carolina, and the first bowlββto be played in the state since the 1947 Pecan Bowl.
Teamsβ»
The 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl was contested by the Appalachian State Mountaineers, from the Sun Belt Conference, and the North Texas Mean Green, from Conference USA. The game was the "first matchup between the two teams."
Appalachian Stateβ»
Appalachian State of the Sun Belt accepted their bid on December 13, 2020. The Mountaineers entered the bowl with an overall record of 8β3 (6β2 in conference play); they were ranked at number 24 in the AP Poll early in the season.
North Texasβ»
North Texas of C-USA accepted their bid on December 13, 2020. The Mean Green entered the bowl with an overall record of 4β5 (3β4 in conference play). This marked the third time in program history that North Texas entered a bowl game with a losing record (the prior instances being the 2001 New Orleans Bowl and the 2016 Heart of Dallas Bowl).
Game summaryβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Appalachian State | 14 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 56 |
North Texas | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at Brooks Stadium β’ Conway, South Carolina
- Date: Monday, December 21, 2020
- Game time: 2:30 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Fair β’ Temperature: 56 Β°F (13 Β°C) β’ Wind: WSW 5 mph
- Referee: Luke Richmond (The American)
- TV announcers (ESPN): Courtney Lyle (play-by-play), Eric Mac Lain (analyst), Marty Smith and Ryan McGee (sidelines)
- ESPN game summary
- First quarter
- (10:54) APP β Henry Pearson 22 yard pass from Malik Williams, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards, 1:13; Appalachian State 7β0)
- (3:07) APP β Camerun Peoples 3 yard rush, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 13 plays, 90 yards, 5:05; Appalachian State 14β0)
- Second quarter
- (13:41) UNT β Lorenzo Thompson 16 yard pass from Kason Martin, Ethan Mooney kick (Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 4:26; Appalachian State 14β7)
- (6:04) APP β Henry Pearson 11 yard pass from Zac Thomas, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 5 plays, 59 yards, 1:48; Appalachian State 21β7)
- (2:29) APP β Marcus Williams Jr. 70 yard rush, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 1 play, 70 yards, 0:13; Appalachian State 28β7)
- (0:27) UNT β Oscar Adaway 4 yard rush, Ethan Mooney kick (Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:02; Appalachian State 28β14)
- (0:11) APP β Camerun Peoples 67 yard rush, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 1 play, 64 yards, 0:11; Appalachian State 35β14)
- Third quarter
- (6:14) UNT β Austin Ogunmakin 34 yard pass from Jason Bean, Ethan Mooney kick (Drive: 11 plays, 74 yards, 2:52; Appalachian State 35β21)
- (2:58) APP β Camerun Peoples 62 yard rush, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 1 play, 62 yards, 0:11; Appalachian State 42β21)
- Fourth quarter
- (14:16) APP β Camerun Peoples 1 yard rush, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 4 plays, 79 yards, 1:19; Appalachian State 49β21)
- (9:03) APP β Camerun Peoples 11 yard rush, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 5 plays, 20 yards, 2:47; Appalachian State 56β21)
- (6:12) UNT β Lorenzo Thompson 7 yard pass from Jason Bean, Ethan Mooney kick (Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:51; Appalachian State 56β28)
Statisticsβ»
Statistics | APP | UNT |
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First downs | 22 | 30 |
Playsβyards | 58β638 | 96β509 |
Rushesβyards | 40β502 | 59β242 |
Passing yards | 136 | 267 |
Passing: compβattβint | 9β18β0 | 22β37β1 |
Time of possession | 24:53 | 35:07 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Appalachian State | Passing | Zac Thomas | 8/17, 114 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Camerun Peoples | 23 carries, 319 yards, 5 TD | |
Receiving | Henry Pearson | 3 receptions, 47 yards, 2 TD | |
North Texas | Passing | Jason Bean | 21/36, 251 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Tre Siggers | 17 carries, 120 yards | |
Receiving | Austin Ogunmakin | 7 receptions, 131 yards, 1 TD |
- ^ The Frisco Bowl had been scheduled for December 19. But was cancelled.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "App State's Peoples has historic day in Inaugural Myrtle Beach Bowl". WCSC-TV. AP. December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ "ESPN Game Summary - Appalachian State vs. North Texas - December 21, 2020". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ Austro, Ben (December 23, 2020). "2020-21 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule | 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ Crawford, Lauren (December 21, 2020). "First ever Myrtle Beach Bowl kicks off at CCU, marks first NCAA bowl game in South Carolina". WBTW. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ "Special Regular- and Postseason Games" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 108. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ "Myrtle Beach Bowl Preview: App State vs. North Texas". App State Athletics. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ "App State bound for the Myrtle Beach Bowl, will play North Texas". Winston-Salem Journal. December 13, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
External linksβ»
- Official website
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com
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