2021 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game

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DateDecember 4, 2021
Season2021
2021 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game
3rd SBC Championship Game
1234Total
Appalachian State 073616
Louisiana 7100724
DateDecember 4, 2021
Season2021
StadiumCajun Field
LocationLafayette, Louisiana
MVPQB Levi Lewis, Louisiana
FavoriteAppalachian State by 2.5
RefereeKyle Olsen[1]
Attendance31,014
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave Pasch (play by play), Dusty Dvoracek (color), Tom Luginbill (sideline)
Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game
  2019 2020 2022  
2021 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Appalachian State xy  7 1   10 4  
Georgia State  6 2   8 5  
Coastal Carolina  6 2   11 2  
Troy  3 5   5 7  
Georgia Southern  2 6   3 9  
West Division
No. 16 Louisiana xy$  8 0   13 1  
Texas State  3 5   4 8  
Louisiana–Monroe  2 6   4 8  
South Alabama  2 6   5 7  
Arkansas State  1 7   2 10  
Championship: Louisiana 24, Appalachian State 16
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game was a college football game played on December 4, 2021, at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana. It was the third edition of the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game and determined the champion of the Sun Belt Conference for the 2021 season. The game began at 2:40 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. The game featured the Appalachian State Mountaineers, the East Division champions, and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, the West Division champions. Sponsored by tire company Hercules Tires, the game was officially known as the 2021 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Football Championship.

The 2020 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game was set to have Coastal Carolina face Louisiana. However the game was cancelled due to a positive COVID-19 test in the Coastal Carolina program.[2]

Teams

Appalachian State and Louisiana have faced each other in every other Sun Belt Championship Game held. Since the move to divisions, Appalachian State has won Sun Belt's East Division three times, while Louisiana has won the West four times. Appalachian State has won both previous matchups in the Championship Game. This was the first Sun Belt Championship held in Lafayette, Louisiana where the attendance record for Sun Belt Football Championship games was broken with 31,014 total in attendance.[3]

Appalachian State

Appalachian State clinched a spot in the Sun Belt title game following their 45–7 win over Troy.[4]

Louisiana

Louisiana clinched a spot in the Sun Belt title game following their 21–17 win over Georgia State.[5]

Game summary

References

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