Game Name: | Myrtle Beach Bowl |
Subheader: | 1st Myrtle Beach Bowl |
Date Game Played: | December 21 |
Year Game Played: | 2020 |
Football Season: | 2020 |
Stadium: | Brooks Stadium |
City: | Conway, South Carolina |
Visitor School: | Appalachian State University |
Visitor Name Short: | Appalachian State |
Visitor Nickname: | Mountaineers |
Visitor Record: | 8–3 |
Visitor Conference: | Sun Belt |
Visitor Coach: | Shawn Clark |
Visitor 1Q: | 14 |
Visitor 2Q: | 21 |
Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
Visitor 4Q: | 14 |
Home School: | North Texas University |
Home Name Short: | North Texas |
Home Nickname: | Mean Green |
Home Record: | 4–5 |
Home Conference: | C-USA |
Home Coach: | Seth Littrell |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 14 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Mvp: | Camerun Peoples (RB, Appalachian State)[1] |
Odds: | Appalachian State by 21.5[2] |
Referee: | Luke Richmond (The American)[3] |
Attendance: | 5,000 |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers: | Courtney Lyle (play-by-play) Eric Mac Lain (analyst) Marty Smith and Ryan McGee (sidelines) |
Intl Network: | ESPN Deportes |
First Game Ever Played: | yes |
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.[4] It was the inaugural edition of the Myrtle Beach Bowl, and the first of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. The game was the first NCAA bowl game to be played in the state of South Carolina,[5] and the first bowl to be played in the state since the 1947 Pecan Bowl.[6]
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.[7]
See main article: 2020 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team. Appalachian State of the Sun Belt accepted their bid on December 13, 2020.[8] The Mountaineers entered the bowl with an overall record of 8–3 (6–2 in conference play); they were ranked at number 24 in the AP Poll early in the season.
See main article: 2020 North Texas Mean Green football team. North Texas of C-USA accepted their bid on December 13, 2020.[8] The Mean Green entered the bowl with an overall record of 4–5 (3–4 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).