2021 First Responder Bowl
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| 2021 Servpro First Responder Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 12th First Responder Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gerald J. Ford Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Haaziq Daniels (QB, Air Force) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Louisville by 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | James Carter (SEC) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 15,251 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark Herzlich (analyst), and Jalyn Johnson (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 First Responder Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2021, with kickoff at 3:15 p.m. EST (2:15 p.m. local CST) and televised on ESPN.[2] It was the 12th edition of the First Responder Bowl, and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by fire and water cleanup and restoration company Servpro, the game was officially known as the Servpro First Responder Bowl.
Air Force Falcons
While the bowl has tie-ins with the American Athletic Conference (AAC), Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and Big 12 Conference, the actual matchup featured teams from the ACC and Mountain West Conference (MWC). This was the first time Air Force and Louisville ever played each other.[3]