2019 Celebration Bowl

2019 Celebration Bowl
5th Celebration Bowl
Alcorn State Braves North Carolina A&T Aggies
(9–3) (8–3)
SWAC MEAC
44 64
Head coach: 
Fred McNair		 Head coach: 
Sam Washington
STATS
23
1234 Total
Alcorn State 372113 44
North Carolina A&T 0242812 64
DateDecember 21, 2019
Season2019
StadiumMercedes-Benz Stadium
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
MVPKylil Carter (QB, NC A&T) & Jacob Roberts (LB, NC A&T)[1]
FavoriteNorth Carolina A&T by 3[2]
RefereeHubert Owens (SEC)[3][4]
Attendance32,968
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
AnnouncersMark Jones (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek and Jay Walker (analysts), Roddy Jones and Tiffany Greene (sidline)
Celebration Bowl
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The 2019 Celebration Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2019, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST on ABC.[5] It was the 5th edition of the Celebration Bowl, and the only one of the 2019–20 bowl games to feature FCS teams.

  1. ^ @AWainwrightTV (December 21, 2019). "Highlights:" (Tweet). Retrieved December 21, 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Alcorn State vs. North Carolina A&T - Game Summary - December 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019–20 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Cleveland, Rick (October 21, 2020). "Trailblazing SEC football ref Hubert Owens wore the referee's white cap, and it fit him perfectly". ourtupelo.com. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "2019–20 College Football bowl schedule". The Tennessean. Retrieved June 7, 2019.