2020 Montgomery Bowl
The Montgomery Bowl will be a matchup between the Memphis Tigers and Florida Atlantic Owls on Wednesday, December 23 in Montgomery, Alabama on ESPN. The Montgomery Bowl will be making its debut and it is only expected to be played this year, as it is a replacement for the Fenway Bowl. There will be fans in attendance, but due to COVID-19 the number of fans will be limited. Memphis comes into the game with a record of 7-3 having finished in third place in the American Athletic Conference, while Florida Atlantic finished the regular season at 5-3 and in second place in the East Division of Conference USA.
2020 Montgomery Bowl at a Glance
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Venue: Crampton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama
TV: ESPN
Matchup: Memphis Tigers vs. Florida Atlantic Owls
Montgomery Bowl Preview
Memphis will be playing in a bowl game for the seventh straight season as they take on Florida Atlantic in the inaugural Montgomery Bowl. "It's great for us to be able to represent the University of Memphis and our city in the first-ever Montgomery Bowl," Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield said to the media, "It's a special opportunity to be able to compete at the highest level in a historic, wonderful city."
Memphis comes into this game at 7-3 overall and 5-3 in the American Athletic Conference. The Tigers were just 3-7 ATS this season. They rank in the Top 25 in the country in total yards per game and passing yards per game. Senior quarterback Brady White ranks in the Top 10 in the country in touchdown passes (28), passing yards (3,096), passing yards per game (309.6) and total offense (317.2). Memphis averaged 31.6 points per game this season, while giving up 29.7 points per contest. Memphis has wins this season against Arkansas State, UCF, Temple, USF, Stephen F. Austin, Navy and Houston. Their losses came to SMU, Cincinnati and Tulane. Memphis will be making its 14th all-time bowl appearance and they have a record of 5-8. The Tigers have not won a bowl game since 2014.
FAU went 5-3 in its first season under coach Willie Taggart including 4-2 in Conference USA. The Owls were just 3-5 ATS this season with five of their eight games going under the total. Florida Atlantic has wins this season against Charlotte, UTSA, Western Kentucky, Florida International and Massachusetts. Their losses came against Marshall, Georgia Southern and Southern Mississippi.
The Owls are led by a defense that gave up just 16.5 points per game, 9th best in the country. Senior linebacker Leighton McCarthy is second in the nation with nine sacks. Florida Atlantic averaged just 20 points per game and that was 111th in the nation. FAU will be making their fifth bowl appearance and they are unbeaten at 4-0.
Head coach Willie Taggart has a career record of 61-65. He previously coached at Western Kentucky, South Florida, Oregon and Florida State. He has led his previous teams to five times, but this will only be his second one as head coach as he was hired to other jobs before his teams played in their bowl games. His only other bowl game as head coach was a loss by USF to Western Kentucky in the Miami Beach Bowl in 2015.
These teams met in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl with the Owls winning 44-27.
2020-21 College Football Bowl Games
Monday, Dec 21, 2020
| Bowl |
Location |
Time (ET) / TV |
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Myrtle Beach Bowl
Appalachian State vs. North Texas
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Brooks Stadium
Conway, SC |
2:30 PM ET
ESPN |
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2020
Wednesday, Dec 23, 2020
| Bowl |
Location |
Time (ET) / TV |
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R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Georgia Southern vs. Louisiana Tech
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Mercedes-Benz Superdome
New Orleans, LA |
3:30 PM ET
ESPN |
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Montgomery Bowl
Memphis vs. Florida Atlantic
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Cramton Bowl
Montgomery, AL |
7:00 PM ET
ESPN or ESPN2 |
Thursday, Dec 24, 2020
| Bowl |
Location |
Time (ET) / TV |
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New Mexico Bowl
Hawaii vs. Houston
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Toyota Stadium
Frisco, TX |
3:30 PM ET
ESPN |
Friday, Dec 25, 2020
| Bowl |
Location |
Time (ET) / TV |
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Camellia Bowl
Buffalo vs. Marshall
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Cramton Bowl
Montgomery, AL |
2:30 PM ET
ESPN |
Saturday, Dec 26, 2020
| Bowl |
Location |
Time (ET) / TV |
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Cure Bowl
Liberty vs. Coastal Carolina
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Camping World Stadium
Orlando, FL |
12:00 PM ET
ESPN |
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SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Louisiana vs. UTSA
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Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Dallas, TX |
3:30 PM ET
ABC |
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LendingTree Bowl
Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State
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Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Mobile, AL |
3:30 PM ET
ESPN |
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2020
| Bowl |
Location |
Time (ET) / TV |
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Cheez-It Bowl
Oklahoma State vs. Miami
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Camping World Stadium
Orlando, FL |
5:30 PM ET
ESPN |
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Valero Alamo Bowl
Texas vs. Colorado
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Alamodome
San Antonio, TX |
9:00 PM ET
ESPN |
Wednesday, Dec 30, 2020
Thursday, Dec 31, 2020
| Bowl |
Location |
Time (ET) / TV |
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Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Tulsa vs. Mississippi State
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Amon G. Carter Stadium
Fort Worth, TX |
12:00 PM ET
ESPN |
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AutoZone Liberty Bowl
West Virginia vs. Army
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Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Memphis, TN |
4:00 PM ET
ESPN |
|
Arizona Bowl
Ball State vs. San Jose State
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Arizona Stadium
Tucson, AZ |
4:00 PM ET
CBSSN |
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Texas Bowl
Arkansas vs. TCU
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NRG Stadium
Houston, TX |
8:00 PM ET
ESPN |
Friday, Jan 1, 2021
| Bowl |
Location |
Time (ET) / TV |
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Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Cincinnati vs. Georgia
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Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, GA |
12:30 PM ET
ESPN |
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Vrbo Citrus Bowl
Auburn vs. Northwestern
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Camping World Stadium
Orlando, FL |
1:00 PM ET
ABC |
|
Rose Bowl Game (Semifinal Game)
Alabama vs. Notre Dame
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AT&T Stadium
Arlington, Texas |
5:00 PM ET
ESPN |
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Allstate Sugar Bowl (Semifinal Game)
Clemson vs. Ohio State
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Mercedes-Benz Superdome
New Orleans, LA |
8:45 PM ET
ESPN |
Saturday, Jan 2, 2021
| Bowl |
Location |
Time (ET) / TV |
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TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
NC State vs. Kentucky
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TIAA Bank Field
Jacksonville, FL |
12:00 PM ET
ESPN |
|
Outback Bowl
Ole Miss vs. Indiana
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Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, FL |
12:30 PM ET
ABC |
|
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl
Oregon vs. Iowa State
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State Farm Stadium
Glendale, AZ |
4:00 PM ET
ESPN |
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Capital One Orange Bowl
Texas A&M vs. North Carolina
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Hard Rock Stadium
Miami Gardens, FL |
8:00 PM ET
ESPN |
Monday, Jan 11, 2021
| Bowl |
Location |
Time (ET) / TV |
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CFP National Championship
Semifinal Games Winners
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Hard Rock Stadium
Miami Gardens, FL |
8:00 PM ET
ESPN |
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