2020 Senior Bowl

2020 Reese's Senior Bowl
71st Senior Bowl
North Team South Team
34 17
Head coach: 
Matt Patricia
(Detroit Lions)		 Head coach: 
Zac Taylor
(Cincinnati Bengals)
1234 Total
North 010213 34
South 7307 17
DateJanuary 25, 2020
Season2019
StadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
LocationMobile, Alabama
MVPJustin Herbert (QB, Oregon)[1]
RefereeLarry Smith (Big Ten)
Attendance38,252
United States TV coverage
NetworkNFL Network
AnnouncersBooth: Charles Davis, Daniel Jeremiah, Andrew Siciliano
Sidelines: Bucky Brooks, Tom Pelissero
Senior Bowl
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The 2020 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game played on January 25, 2020, at 1:30 p.m. CST, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The game featured prospects for the 2020 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL), predominantly from the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, rostered into "North" and "South" teams. It was one of the final 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. It was sponsored by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and was officially known as the Reese's Senior Bowl, with television coverage provided by NFL Network.[2]

Coaching staffs for the Senior Bowl are selected from NFL teams that did not qualify for the postseason. The Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals were selected to coach in 2020,[3] led by head coaches Matt Patricia and Zac Taylor, respectively. The Lions coached the North team, while the Bengals coached the South team.[4]

This would prove to be the last Senior Bowl played at Ladd–Peebles Stadium. On March 4, 2020, game organizers announced that future editions would remain in Mobile, but move to Hancock Whitney Stadium, set to open in fall 2020 on the campus of the University of South Alabama.[5]

  1. ^ @Sportnewsbuzz (January 25, 2020). "NFL News: Justin Herbert Wins 2020 Senior Bowl MVP as North Beats South 34-17" (Tweet). Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "The Reese's Senior Bowl". seniorbowl.com. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  3. ^ @seniorbowl (January 2, 2020). "We are excited to announce the NFL League Office has assigned the Cincinnati Bengals & Detroit Lions as our coaching staffs!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 3, 2020 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ @JimNagy_SB (January 11, 2020). "The #Bengals will coach the South roster and the #Lions will coach the North at this year's Reese's Senior Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved January 18, 2020 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Stephenson, Creg (March 4, 2020). "Senior Bowl to be played at South Alabama's Hancock Whitney Stadium beginning in 2021". AL.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.