Postseason college football bowl game
College football game
2019 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl |
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19th New Orleans Bowl |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Appalachian State | 0 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 31 | UAB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |
Date | December 21, 2019 |
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Season | 2019 |
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Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Superdome |
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Location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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MVP | Darrynton Evans (RB, Appalachian State)[1] |
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Favorite | Appalachian State by 17[2] |
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Referee | Ron Hudson (MAC)[3] |
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Attendance | 21,202 |
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Payout | US$825,000[4] |
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United States TV coverage |
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Network | ESPN & ESPN Radio |
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Announcers | ESPN: Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Anthony Becht (analyst) and Rocky Boiman (sideline) ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play), Barrett Jones (analyst) and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline) |
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The 2019 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2019, with kickoff at 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[5] It was the 19th edition of the New Orleans Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
Teams
The game was played between the Sun Belt Conference champions Appalachian State Mountaineers and the UAB Blazers of Conference USA (C–USA). It was the first New Orleans Bowl to feature a ranked team, as Appalachian State entered the game at No. 20 in the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, and CFP rankings. It also was the first time that UAB and Appalachian State ever played each other.[6]
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Appalachian State entered the New Orleans Bowl with an overall 12–1 record (7–1 in conference), having won the Sun Belt Championship Game over Louisiana. This was Appalachian State's second New Orleans Bowl, both consecutively and overall; the Mountaineers entered the game as the defending New Orleans Bowl champions, having won the 2018 edition over Middle Tennessee, 45–13.
UAB Blazers
UAB entered the bowl with a 9–4 record (6–2 in conference). The Blazers finished tied with Louisiana Tech atop C–USA's West Division, then lost the C–USA Championship Game to Florida Atlantic, 49–6.
Game summary
Game information |
- First Quarter
- (13:46) UAB – Tyler Johnston III 25 yard pass to Hayden Pittman, Nick Vogel kick (Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:14; UAB 7–0)
- (10:28) UAB – Tyler Johnston III 25 yard pass to Austin Watkins, Nick Vogel kick (Drive: 4 plays, 79 yards, 1:23; UAB 14–0)
- Second Quarter
- (14:11) APP – Chandler Staton 34 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards, 3:21; UAB 14–3)
- (7:59) APP – Zac Thomas 17 yard pass to Thomas Hennigan, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 7 plays, 81 yards, 4:24; UAB 14–10)
- Third Quarter
- (12:14) APP – Darrynton Evans 31 yard rush, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:46; Appalachian State 17–14)
- (8:19) UAB – Nick Vogel kick (Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards, 3:55; Tied 17–17)
- (6:16) APP – Trey Cobb 24 yard fumble return, Chandler Staton kick (Appalachian State 24–17)
- (0:44) APP – Zac Thomas 27 yard pass to Thomas Hennigan, Chandler Staton kick (Drive: 9 plays, 85 yards, 3:56; Appalachian State 31–17)
- Fourth Quarter
- No scoring
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Statistics
Statistics | APP | UAB |
First downs | 19 | 20 |
Plays–yards | 65–403 | 67–338 |
Rushes–yards | 40–261 | 33–40 |
Passing yards | 142 | 298 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 13–25–0 | 22–34–1 |
Time of possession | 32:57 | 27:03 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Appalachian State | Passing | Zac Thomas | 13–24, 142 yds, 2 TD |
Rushing | Darrynton Evans | 19 car., 156 yds, 1 TD |
Receiving | Jalen Virgil | 3 rec., 62 yds |
UAB | Passing | Tyler Johnston III | 22–34, 298 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Spencer Brown | 14 car., 39 yds |
Receiving | Austin Watkins | 10 rec., 159 yds, 1 TD |
References
- ^ @TheRHancock19 (December 22, 2019). "Game MVP Darrynton Evans" (Tweet). Retrieved December 22, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Appalachian State vs. UAB - Game Summary - December 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ^ "2019-20 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "2019-20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ "UAB Blazers vs. Appalachian State Mountaineers football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com
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