2021 New Era Pinstripe Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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11th Pinstripe Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 29, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Yankee Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bronx, New York | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Taulia Tagovailoa[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Maryland by 4.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Mike McCabe (Pac-12) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 29,653 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | ESPN: Matt Barrie (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst), and Sam Acho (sideline) ESPN Radio: Chris Carlin (play-by-play), Jack Ford (analyst), and Quint Kessenich (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 Pinstripe Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2021, with kickoff at 2:15 p.m. EST and televised on ESPN.[3][4] It was the 11th edition of the Pinstripe Bowl (after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by the New Era Cap Company, the game was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Maryland beat Virginia Tech 54-10. It was the Terrapins first bowl game victory since the 2010 Military Bowl.