2021 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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19th Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 22, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Arik Smith (LB, Army) & Brady Cook (QB, Missouri)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Missouri by 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Derek Anderson (Big 12)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 34,888 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Tiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), and Kris Budden (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Matheus Pinheiro (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2021, with kickoff at 8:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN.[3] It was the 19th edition of the Armed Forces Bowl, and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin, the game was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.[4]