2020 LendingTree Bowl (December)

2020 LendingTree Bowl
22nd LendingTree Bowl
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Georgia State Panthers
(5–6) (5–4)
C-USA Sun Belt
21 39
Head coach: 
Tyson Helton		 Head coach: 
Shawn Elliott
1234 Total
Western Kentucky 7077 21
Georgia State 72039 39
DateDecember 26, 2020
Season2020
StadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
LocationMobile, Alabama
MVPCornelious Brown IV (QB, Georgia State)[1]
FavoriteGeorgia State by 3[2]
RefereeMike Cuttone (Mountain West)[3]
Attendance5,128
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersMike Couzens (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst) and Dawn Davenport (sideline)
LendingTree Bowl
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The 2020 LendingTree Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2020, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[4] It was the 22nd edition of the LendingTree Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Online lending marketplace LendingTree was the game's title sponsor. It was also the final LendingTree Bowl played at Ladd-Peebles Stadium before the game moved to Hancock Whitney Stadium the following season.

  1. ^ @JMacDonaldSport (December 26, 2020). "Cornelious Brown is the LendingTree Bowl MVP, Destin Coates is the Offensive MVP, Jontrey Hunter was the Defensive MVP and Noel Ruiz was the Special Teams MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved December 26, 2020 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "ESPN Game Summary - Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State - December 26, 2020". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Austro, Ben (December 23, 2020). "2020-21 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule | 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved October 30, 2020.