2020 Arizona Bowl

2020 Offerpad Arizona Bowl
6th Arizona Bowl
1234 Total
Ball State 27070 34
San Jose State 00130 13
DateDecember 31, 2020
Season2020
StadiumArizona Stadium
LocationTucson, Arizona
MVPDrew Plitt (QB, Ball State) & Bryce Cosby (S, Ball State)[1]
FavoriteSan Jose State by 9[2]
RefereeJoe Lehring (C-USA)[3]
Attendance0
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersBrad Nessler (play–by–play)
Rick Neuheisel (analyst)
Jenny Dell (sideline)
Arizona Bowl
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The 2020 Arizona Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2020, with kickoff at 2:00 p.m. EST (12:00 p.m. local MST).[4] It was the sixth edition of the Arizona Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. On October 30, it was announced that the game would be played behind closed doors without spectators, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona.[5] Sponsored by real estate agency Offerpad, the game was officially known as the Offerpad Arizona Bowl.

With the cancellation of the Sun Bowl, on December 10 it was announced that television coverage of the Arizona Bowl would be moved from CBS Sports Network to the CBS broadcast network.[6]

  1. ^ "Ball State Football Postgame Notes" (PDF). ballstatesports.com. December 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "ESPN Game Summary - Ball State vs. San Jose State - December 31, 2020". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Austro, Ben (December 23, 2020). "2020-21 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  4. ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule | 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "Arizona Bowl will be played Dec. 31; no fans will be allowed at Arizona Stadium". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "The Arizona Bowl Set for Broadcast on CBS". themw.com. December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.