2020 Cheez-It Bowl
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| 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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.
Oklahoma State Cowboys
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 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
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
| 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
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Statistics
| 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
- 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